Carole Gilmore Winslow Scholarship

In March 2021, the Carole Gilmore Winslow Scholarship was established with the Winona State University Foundation. The scholarship will support and encourage students who are majoring in Elementary Education.

Criteria
Each recipient must:
a. be an undergraduate student enrolled full-time and in good standing at Winona State University (minimum of 12 credits per semester, fall and spring)
b. be a declared Elementary Education major
c. have financial need as determined by response to related application essay question(s)
d. have a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.75 or higher.

Background and Motivation
Carole’s mother, Alice Norton Gilmore, graduated from Winona State Teachers College with an elementary teaching degree in 1939. She worked for the college to pay her expenses. Carole graduated from Winona State with an elementary teaching degree in 1962. At that time, her parents were able to pay her college costs.

Today, college expenses have risen dramatically, presenting students with a financial challenge. It would give Carole immense pleasure to award a scholarship to a deserving student whose major is elementary education. Both she and her mother recognized that aspiring elementary teachers will provide their future students with a solid educational foundation, something they were able to do. Her gift for these students will benefit our whole society.