Dorothy Greer

Dorothy Greer Scholarship

Dorothy D. Greer co-founded the Col­orado High School Press Asso­ci­a­tion in 1970, and served as vol­un­teer exec­u­tive sec­re­tary until 1989. CHSPA direc­tors then named her exec­u­tive sec­re­tary emer­i­tus. While serv­ing as exec­u­tive sec­re­tary, she was instru­men­tal in estab­lish­ing most of CHSPA’s major activ­i­ties, includ­ing the news­pa­per and year­book con­tests, the stu­dent schol­ar­ship, and the Teacher of the Year award. Mrs. Greer passed away March 9, 2004 in Estes Park. She was 104 years old. Her many accom­plish­ments included being named the National Jour­nal­ism Teacher of the Year in 1962, and des­ig­nated in March 1974 as one of the 12 high­est con­trib­u­tors to the field of Scholas­tic Jour­nal­ism over the past 50 years. Each year CHSPA awards a schol­ar­ship in her name to a grad­u­at­ing high school senior who demon­strates excep­tional jour­nal­is­tic abil­i­ties.
The win­ner rep­re­sents Col­orado as a JEA National High School Jour­nal­ist of the Year nom­i­nee. The JEA Jour­nal­ist of the Year is eli­gi­ble to win an addi­tional schol­ar­ship. Addi­tional port­fo­lio work may be required to meet JEA Jour­nal­ist of the Year requirements.

The Dorothy Greer Schol­ar­ship oppor­tu­nity is offered to any Col­orado high school senior whose school is a mem­ber of the Col­orado High School Press Asso­ci­a­tion. It is a one-time award of $2,000 for an in-state col­lege or $1,000 for out-of-state. The schol­ar­ship must be claimed within two years of grad­u­at­ing from high school or it is forfeited.

Eli­gi­bil­ity: Any Col­orado high school senior who has worked on at least one of the fol­low­ing: year­book, broad­cast, video media, Web or news­pa­per for at least two years. The appli­cant must plan to attend a junior col­lege, col­lege or uni­ver­sity. Breadth of expe­ri­ence is impor­tant as well as depth. Appli­cants must have a 3.0 GPA or better.

To down­load the 3-page PDF of rules, along with the offi­cial entry form, click here. Don’t for­get that the post­mark dead­line for this schol­ar­ship is Feb­ru­ary 15. Good luck!

Past Win­ners

Dorothy Greer Schol­ar­ship Win­ners
2011  Tess Halac, Rocky Moun­tain HS
2010  Marcela Palef­sky, Mon­trose HS
2009  Kris­ten Scheir­man, Rock Canyon HS
2008  Susie Typher, Rock Canyon HS
2007  Young Lim, Smoky Hill HS
2006  Vale­ria Hisam, Rocky Mtn HS
2005  Christo­pher New­ton, Grand Junc­tion HS
2004  Marcy Miranda, Engle­wood HS
2003  Marisa Boehm, Rocky Moun­tain HS
2002  Megan Fromm, Grand Junc­tion HS
2001  Jessie Ann Shay, Rocky Moun­tain HS
2000  Bradley Schallert, Engle­wood HS
1999  J.J. Babb, Rocky Moun­tain HS
1998  J.K. Melton, WheatRidge HS
1997  Maranda McEl­vain, Elli­cott HS
1996  Codi D. Shafer, Fort Collins HS
1995  Robert Espinoza, Pueblo South HS
1994  Reagen G. Blewett, Stan­d­ley Lake HS
1993  Brian Cooper, Rangeview HS
1992  Eli Houck, Glen­wood Springs HS
1991  Daniel Tregembo, Den­ver East HS
1990  Sher­rie Lotito,  Pon­derosa HS
1988  Lau­rie Lat­ti­more, Rocky Moun­tain HS

CHSPA Schol­ar­ship Win­ners
1984  Denn Kempfer, Broom­field HS
1983  Eliz­a­beth Sharp, Ram­part HS
1982  Shane Fitzger­ald, Kennedy HS
1981  Glenda Etheridge, Brighton HS
1980  Lori Clements, Kennedy HS
1979  Susan Raine, Fort Mor­gan HS
1978  Scott Gra­ham, Durango HS
1977  Jill Hall, Alameda HS
1976  Diane Kif­fin, Green Moun­tain HS
1975  Grant Arnold, Broom­field HS
& Ricardo Baca, West­min­ster HS
& Jen­nifer Jones, Fairview HS
& Monika John­son, Durango HS
& Kris­ten Runco, Pon­derosa HS
& Christo­pher Peters, Rocky Mtn HS