The Mensa Education & Research Foundation and Mensa members are proud of their history of providing scholarships to selected essay winners.
More than 5,000 students competed for 170 awards with a total value of $77,800 in 2011. Winners ranged in age from 15 to 56 at the time of scholarship application. Volunteers with 90 Mensa Local Groups finished the scholarship program, and each of their local winners will receive a Karen Cooper or Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $300. American Mensa's Heartland Region (in the central and northern Midwest) had the most Local Group participation.
Winners came from 43 states including Hawaii. The top six states in number of winners were California, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio.
Joe And Carol Vitale Memorial Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Marisa Lucos, Sunrise, FL |
San Diego Mensa Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Alexander Lee, San Diego, CA Gabriel Ferdando Ruiz, LaJolla, CA Megan Robertson, Ramona, CA |
The David Felt Scholarship ($1,000.00) |
Carlos Juarez, Los Angeles, CA |
Region 04 |
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Chicago Area Mensa Scholarship ($300.00) |
Colleen Finlay, Park Ridge, IL Kelissa Peterson, Sheridan, IL |
Minnesota Mensa Scholarship ($400.00) |
Joy L. Provance, Stacy, MN |
Region 05 |
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Memphis Mensa Scholarship ($300.00) |
Lori Lynn Nicholson, Marion, AR |
Region 06 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Ariel Godwin, Austin, TX Joshua Roxby, Albuquerque, NM Kristin Michelle Pruett, Las Cruces, NM |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Megan Hallman, Midland, TX |
Region 07 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Amanda Jeanne Haire, Grand Junction, CO Nicole O'Hearne, Boulder, CO |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Katie J. Kipp, Powell, WY Nicholas K. Merten, Centennial, CO Zachary Gilula, Glendale, CA |
Region 08 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Jessica Brooks, Bellingham, WA Meghan L. Mahoney, San Francisco, CA |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Denna Good-MoJab, Hillsboro, OR Kavitha Goldowitz, Petaluma, CA |
Oregon Mensa Scholarship ($400.00) |
Alexandria V. Reese, Vancouver, WA Corrie Kezer, Medford, OR |
Region 09 |
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Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Andrew Bell, Cathedral City, CA Jane Au, Waialua, HI Karina Simpson, Compton, CA Leslie Feldman, Phoenix, AZ |
Karen Cooper Memorial Scholarship ($300.00) |
Daniel McGowan, Tombstone, AZ Michelle Vaisman, Agoura Hills, CA Robert Crabbs, San Juan Capistrano, CA Sasha Danla, San Diego, CA |
Orange County Mensa Scholarship ($2,000.00) |
Kenneth Richard Wong, Newport Beach, CA |