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#1 2007-11-19 6:49 pm
- Warin
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Humbled
I got a letter from my universities Financial Aid and Awards friday that stated I was selected for an award. I hadn't applied for anything. So, today I pick up my name tag for the ceremony, and it lists the award as:
The Fred Billows Memorial Scholarship
I had no idea what it was. So I goggled it, and it came up with this:
Income from the endowment to be awarded annually to a student who has completed FINA286, has a passion for photography and has a serious interest in pursuing a career in photography. No application necessary. Faculty selection.
I am stunned
This is a faculty selected award, and it means that out of all the students in the fine arts department at the university (and it's not a HUGE department) I was selected.
I am totally stoked! No idea how much, but I will know on Friday. If I will be as happy as the faculty member I talked to said I will be (very, according to her) it will be a huge thing... giving me enough to do my Christmas shopping earlier. Anyhow... I just had to blow my own horn a little!
From what I can tell, either way, you're screwed. Bad people are punished by society's laws, and good people are punished by Murphy's Law.
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#2 2007-11-19 7:27 pm
Re: Humbled
Congrats. Nothing like getting a little praise from your professors, not to mention a little money as a result of it.
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#3 2007-11-19 8:21 pm
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As a new small business owner, there's nothing like cutting a check to show some faith in the future employee or student.
Put up some pictures from your portfolio. I'm definitely interested.
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#4 2007-11-19 8:52 pm
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Re: Humbled
Nefarious wrote:
Put up some pictures from your portfolio. I'm definitely interested.
x2 and congratulations!
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#5 2007-11-19 9:17 pm
- Warin
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Re: Humbled
From what I can tell, either way, you're screwed. Bad people are punished by society's laws, and good people are punished by Murphy's Law.
-- George, Dead Like Me
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#7 2007-11-19 9:34 pm
- Warin
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Re: Humbled
Thats the funniest part. Photography is a passion, but I am not a fine arts major. I am an english major. lol.
From what I can tell, either way, you're screwed. Bad people are punished by society's laws, and good people are punished by Murphy's Law.
-- George, Dead Like Me
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#9 2007-11-26 2:01 pm
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#10 2007-11-26 2:32 pm
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Re: Humbled
Warin wrote:
Thats the funniest part. Photography is a passion, but I am not a fine arts major. I am an english major. lol.
Maybe your English professors are telling you something? 
Congratulations! And thanks for posting the links to the pictures--they demonstrate that the award is well-deserved.
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"I think the question now is not whether you went to Vietnam or whether you didn't, whether you fought in the war or fought against the war. I think the only question is whether we can find a president smart enough never to make a mistake like that again"--Molly Ivins, way back in 1992
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#11 2007-11-27 4:27 pm
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Hey, congrats! What a cool surprise for you. You must be psyched.
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