{"id":16213,"date":"2026-04-23T10:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=16213"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:26:23","slug":"elka-m-stevens-professional-development-endowment-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/uncategorized\/elka-m-stevens-professional-development-endowment-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Elka M. Stevens Professional Development Endowment Fund \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/04\/UMES_SANS_Logo_CMYK-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences logo\" class=\"wp-image-16168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/04\/UMES_SANS_Logo_CMYK-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/04\/UMES_SANS_Logo_CMYK-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/04\/UMES_SANS_Logo_CMYK-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/04\/UMES_SANS_Logo_CMYK-1536x935.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/04\/UMES_SANS_Logo_CMYK-2048x1247.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Established: <\/strong>August 2000 by Elka A. Stevens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> To provide funds for students in the Human Ecology Department at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore the opportunity to attend conferences, seminars and other activities that will contribute to their professional development.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Requirements:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chair of the Human Ecology Department shall administer the fund&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Human Ecology Scholarship Committee shall select the recipients of the funding, in consultation with the donor, if she so chooses&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prospective recipients (individuals or student groups) shall be required to submit a one page proposal outlining how the monies they are requesting will be utilized&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established: August 2000 by Elka A. Stevens. Purpose: To provide funds for students in the Human Ecology Department at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore the opportunity to attend conferences, seminars and other activities that will contribute to their professional development.\u00a0 Requirements:\u00a0 Chair of the Human Ecology Department shall administer the fund&nbsp; The Department of&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/uncategorized\/elka-m-stevens-professional-development-endowment-fund\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Elka M. Stevens Professional Development Endowment Fund \u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-16213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16213"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=16213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}