This SOI award is given in conjunction with the University of Manitoba, and it is presented to a student entering third year in the Italian Minor program.
The award is in the amount of $600, and the criteria are scholastic achievement and having participated in the first two years of the program. The scholarship is funded jointly between the University and the Lodge, and was awarded for the first time in 2003.
Recent winners of the scholarship:
2011/2012 Douglas O’Brien and Chiou-Rung Chen ($300 each)
2009/2010 Daniel Matsinhe
2008/2009 Jennifer Barr, Ellen Gervino, and Kathy Wong ($200 each)
2007/2008 Katherine Pascucci