Lieutenant June T. Murphy Scholarship

Lieutenant June T. Murphy Scholarship Criteria and Guidelines
 APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 1, 2018
 AWARD: $1,000.00
 INTRODUCTION: 

The MAWLE Scholarship was established in 2015 by then MAWLE President June T. Murphy.

Lieutenant Murphy joined the Brookline Police Department in 1984, following in the footsteps of her late father Sergeant William R. Murphy. In 2000, Lt. Murphy was appointed as the first female Sergeant in Brookline and in 2003 as the first female Lieutenant.

In 2003, Lt. Murphy was a driving force and charter member in creating MAWLE to help other women succeed in law enforcement careers. Her passion for education and desire to help young women start a career in law enforcement/criminal justice motivated her to organize the MAWLE Scholarship for women.
In May 2017, Lt. Murphy passed away at the age of 60. To honor her memory and continue her passion of aiding young women in the pursuit of a successful career in law enforcement/criminal justice, the scholarship was renamed the Lieutenant June T. Murphy Scholarship.

Commencing in 2018 the scholarship will be awarded annually at the Spirit of MAWLE Awards Ceremony to a candidate who is interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement/criminal justice and who best represents Lt. Murphy’s values and interests, which included hard work, integrity and academic scholarship.

CRITERIA:

To be considered, applicants must be:
•    a female.
•    a citizen of the United States.
•    a resident of Massachusetts for at least the past two years.
•    graduating from an accredited high school this academic year 2017/18.
•    having maintained a minimum of a 2.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
•    a graduating high school senior who intends to pursue a full-time undergraduate degree in law enforcement/criminal justice at an accredited post-secondary college or university, with plans to become a law enforcement officer or work in the criminal justice field.
•    eligible to receive federal student aid.
•    accepted into an accredited college or university full-time program (minimum of two years) with a major in Criminal Justice at an accredited post-secondary institution.

CHECKLIST: 

Applicants must submit the following items by the application deadline:

•    A completed, signed scholarship application,
•    Scanned and emailed to scholarship@mawle.org
•    Send original document(s) to –  Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement, Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, PO Box #124, Boston, MA 02133
•    High School official transcript, through the second semester of 12th grade.
•    College or university acceptance letter.
•    A short (one page) essay describing the applicant’s interest in pursuing a law enforcement/criminal justice career, and what the scholarship would mean to her.
•    A letter of recommendation from a teacher, guidance counselor, or other non-family member/adult mentor/

*All documentation from HS and College must be official (ex. on letterhead, stamped transcripts.)
 
SELECTION AND PROCEDURE:

•    The scholarship recipient will be selected by the MAWLE Scholarship Committee and presented to the MAWLE Executive Board within the month of May 2018.
•    The scholarship check will be delivered to the recipient after the first semester upon the recipient’s submission of documentation that she has attained, at a minimum  a 2.5 minimum average.
•    If the recipient does not graduate from high school, chooses not to attend the identified college or university, or does not maintain the minimum first semester GPA, the Scholarship will be voided.
•    Preference is given to a child of an active or retired member in good standing of MAWLE, or a child of a deceased MAWLE member who were in good standing at the time of their death and has/had been a member for minimum 2 – 3 years.
 
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION: All applications and supporting documentation must be submitted no later than the deadline May 01, 2018 (postmarked.) Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted.