Education & Scholarships

Indiana Mayflower Scholarship Application

The Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants offers a merit scholarship program toward college tuition for eligible applicants. The deadline for the scholarship application is February 1.

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Pilgrim in the Schools

Pilgrim in the Schools is a program for schools and organizations featuring Kevin Stonerock who portrays Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins. The Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants offers a limited number of grants each year to Indiana schools in order to partially fund this program.

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Let Us Tell Your Group About the Mayflower Society

Would you like your organization to learn about the Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants? One of our members can speak to your group about both the Indiana and National Mayflower societies and what they do.

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2024 Scholarships

Patricia Annalise Ginder

Patricia GinderPatricia Annalise Ginder (Annie), from Carmel, is the daughter of Ronald and Jamie Ginder. She is a descendant of Mary Allerton. Jamie will be attending Saint Luis University majoring in Business/Marketing in the Chaifetz School of Business. Annie hopes to use her creative skills in the business of “Beauty and Fragrance” where she can benefit others.

 

Greta Casassa

Greta Casassa, a descendant of Isaac Allerton, is the daughter of Anthony and Ann Lyman Casassa and is from Andover, Minnesota. Greta is a sophomore at Kansas State University pursuing a degree in speech pathology. One of her future goals is to obtain a master’s degree. Greta hopes that “with her work in speech pathology, to help people’s lives by improving their ability to communicate.”

 

Jordan McCullough

Jordan McCollough from Indianapolis is the daughter of Timothy Jordan and Shannan Lee White Jordan. She is a descendant of Myles Standish. McCollough will be attending Ohio State University, pursuing a nursing degree, combining her love for caregiving and kids specializing in pediatrics.

 

Andrew Gibbons

Andrew P. Gibbons from Zionsville is the grandson of Caralyn Kay Bosworth Clark and son of Joel and Rochelle Clark Gibbons. He is a descendant of John Howland. Andrew is attending Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Andrew plans to pursue a liberal arts degree with a concentration in math. Andrew wants to be “part of a community of people who want to think, where critical thinking and logic can emerge.”