Margaret Means Geography Endowment
Margaret Means stipends encourage and enable students in the Department of Geography-Geology at ISU to prepare fully for a career of teaching or service without compromise imposed by financial constraint. Financial awards are available for three sets of activities: 1. Practice teaching. 2. An internship involving community service, either without any remuneration or at less than minimum wage. 3. Off-campus travel and formal study in foreign lands or distant parts of the United States, as part of the Departmental Regional and Area Studies course. Assets of this endowment are invested in the ISU Foundation Investment Pool. The Margaret Means Geography Endowment provides stipends that encourage and enable students in the Department of Geography-Geology at ISU to prepare fully for a career of teaching or service without compromise imposed by financial constraint. Financial awards are available for three sets of activities: 1. Practice teaching. 2. An internship involving community service, either without any remuneration or at less than minimum wage. 3. Off-campus travel and formal study in foreign lands or distant parts of the United States as part of the Departmental Regional and Area Studies course.