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April 24, 2020 at 12:17 pm

Van Hook Awarded Elizabeth Llewellyn Robe Scholarship by Geography

Caroline VanHook, portrait

Caroline Van Hook

Elizabeth Llewellyn Robe Scholarship

Caroline Van Hook was awarded the Elizabeth Llewellyn Robe Scholarship by the Geography Department at Ohio University.

VanHook is a junior majoring in Geography Environmental Pre-Law.

About the Elizabeth Llewellyn Robe Memorial Scholarship

The Elizabeth Llewellyn Robe Scholarship was established by Dr. T. Richard and Eleanora Robe in honor of the Elizabeth Llewellyn Robe family. The scholarship is awarded in alternate years to an Appalachian student of merit majoring in Geography and Geological Sciences. In even years (2016-17, 2018-10, etc.), the scholarship is awarded to Geography majors on the Athens campus.

The Elizabeth Llewellyn Robe Memorial scholars is selected principally on the basis of academic performance or potential and have a GPA of 3.5 or higher but may be awarded to an incoming freshman with a high school rank in the upper 10 percent. The recipient must have graduated from a high school in one of the federally designated Appalachian counties of Ohio (Adams, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Columbiana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Highland, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mahoning, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Vinton, Washington).

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