The Zonta Club of Denver is offering the Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarships, which are awarded to women undertaking business studies who have demonstrated outstanding potential in the field. One scholarship will be awarded in the amount of $1,500. In addition, Zonta International is offering scholarships of $1,500 each at the district level and 12 scholarships in the amount of $7,000 each at the international level.
Any woman undertaking a business and/or business related program at the CU Denver Business School, in at least the second year of an undergraduate program through the final year of a Master’s program at the time the application is submitted, is eligible to apply.
Women have made great strides in the pursuit of education, careers and leadership roles that were once denied; however, today, women are still more likely to be pouring the coffee in global boardrooms that sitting on the boards. In 2012, women held only 18.1% of the senior officer positions at Financial Post 500 companies and 6.9% of senior officer top earner positions at public companies according to the 2012 Catalyst Census. The Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship program helps women pursue undergraduate and master’s degrees in business management and overcome gender barriers from the classroom to the boardroom. Since the program’s inception, Zonta has awarded 357 scholarships to women from 47 countries.
Additional information is available at www.zonta-denver.org and for more information on the application process, visit www.zonta-denver.org/Scholarships. The deadline to apply is May 9th.
