The Westchester Municipal Planning Federation (WMPF) is offering a $2,000 scholarship for up to two students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate planning program (or a closely-related program such as landscape architecture, public administration, public policy, architecture, or geography) and who plan to continue his/her studies in the summer and/or fall of 2024. Strong preference will be given to those students who have lived, worked or studied in Westchester County, NY, or have some other relevant connection to the County.
The application deadline is Friday, April 26, 2024, and the recipient will be notified by Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Please download the application below for more details. The scholarship application can be accessed through the website as well.
The scholarship(s) will be presented to the recipient(s) at WMPF’s Annual Planning Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at Harrison Meadows Country Club in Harrison, NY. The recipient(s) should anticipate attending the event as a guest of WMPF.
Application Deadline is Friday, April 26, 2024
EMAIL COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO:
Bonnie Von Ohlsen, AICP, RLA
WMPF Member-at-Large
Email: bonnie.vonohlsen@kimley-horn.com
If you have any questions, please email Bonnie.
Congratulations to our 2023 Scholarship Winners Aidan Boyle and Katelin Penner! They were chosen from a wide variety of talented applicants. See below for some of the highlights of each of them that stood out to the committee:
Aidan Boyle
Aidan Boyle is a graduate student at The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, in the Landscape Architecture program. Her focus is in restoration and green infrastructure for sustainable development. She graduated with honors from SUNY Purchase in 2019 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing. Aidan currently resides in New Rochelle.
Katelin Penner
Katelin Penner is a vacant lot researcher and Masters in Urban Planning student at Hunter College. She earned her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University in 2022 and graduated from Hastings High School in 2018. Her work, which has been published in the Hunter Urban Review, Next City, and City Limits, concerns the ways cities respond to austerity, community resilience, social housing, and the role capital has played in shaping our homes and neighborhoods, especially in the late 20th Century. After graduation, Katelin hopes to work on building out a social housing sector in both New York City and Westchester County.