Dear OU Student, I am writing to announce the 2007-8 Betty Baum and Norman Hirschfield Award competition. The award was endowed by the son and daughter of Betty Baum and Norman Hirschfield, Alan Hirschfield and E.J. Hirschfield, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It is designed for undergraduate and graduate students who are full-time, single mothers enrolled on the Norman campus. Applicants must have completed fifteen hours of study and have a 3.0 grade-point average. Criteria and forms are available on our website, Three awards of $4000 each will be granted this year. The application deadline has been extended to July 6, 2007. The 2006-7 Betty Baum and Norman Hirschfield Award recipients were Brandy Champeau (MIS), Elizabeth Kickham (Anthropology), and Diana Sietz (Music). Please circulate this announcement to your faculty and students. Thank you. Sincerely, Dr. Betty J. Harris Director of Women's Studies Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies