Kandice Grossman, who is working toward a PhD degree in environmental sociology as part of the Department of Sociology, received a highly honored scholar award of $20,000 from the P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Sisterhood. She was nominated by the chapter in Lee Summit, Missouri. The scholarship is one of 100 distributed nationwide and throughout Canada.

Founded in 1869, the P.E.O Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, is dedicated to supporting higher education for women. It has about 6,000 chapters with about a quarter of a million active members.

The organization’s Scholar Awards were established in 1991 as merit-based awards for those pursuing a doctorate-level degree at an accredited college or university. Grossman was chosen for her high academic achievement and potential for having a positive impact on society, the organization states in a press release.

Grossman, who is in her fifth year of her PhD and about to enter her final year of studies, didn’t apply for the scholar award; instead, she was nominated by the P.E.O. chapter in Lee Summit, Missouri. Grossman then had a zoom interview before she was actually accepted for the nomination, and the rest is history.

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