Evelyn Kawaler Memorial Scholarship

Fall 2025

The Evelyn Kawaler Memorial Scholarship was created to provide support for The College of the Florida Keys students who demonstrate financial need, scholarship, leadership and a philanthropic outlook.

Eligible students must have a complete 2025-26 FAFSA, meet standards of satisfactory academic progress and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5. Award is for $1,000 for full-time students and $500 for part-time students. Scholarship monies can be used toward tuition and fees at The College of the Florida Keys for the upcoming semester.

Scholarship recipients are also required to:

1. Confirm registration in courses at The College of the Florida Keys in the term in which the scholarship is to be used.
2. Complete a minimum of 4 hours of volunteer service with the donor and/or The College of the Florida Keys Foundation if requested. (Details will be sent separately if/when applicable.)
3. Attend the Annual College of the Florida Keys Scholarship Recipient & Donor Social at the Tennessee Williams Theatre on the William A. Seeker Campus in Key West during the Fall semester. The event will occur on Tuesday, September 30th, 2025. Invitations will be distributed closer to the event.
4. Attend other scholarship recipient recognition event(s) and/or activities as requested by the scholarship donor if applicable.
5. Demonstrate and maintain the scholarship criteria and requirements.

The Foundation reserves the right to withdraw or modify the student’s award based on the student’s fulfillment of required scholarship criteria.

Donor
Justin & Eileen Kawaler
Award
$500 to $1,000
Scopes
Internal Scholarships
Deadline
06/01/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. *Please describe your desire to master subjects and seek learning experiences outside the classroom.
  2. *Please explain in detail one issue associated with a non-profit or charitable organization at the international, national, state or local level about which you are concerned.
  3. *Please describe a brief idea for a project that would be appropriate in addressing the above issue of concern that you, as a philanthropist, would choose to fund. Describe the anticipated significant impact or contributions that your project would have on the community or society.