Savkar-Loser KALA Scholarship Award ($1000)
Marathi Kala Mandal is honored and privileged to announce the inaugural Savkar-Loser KALA Scholarship Award starting in 2024!Congratulations Arya Jadhav on winning the 2024 KALA scholarship!
Rising high school seniors of MKM member families are invited to apply for the 2024 Savkar-Loser KALA Scholarship Award.
Important Notes:
- The scholarship application process is independently managed. The selection process is not governed by Marathi Kala Mandal.
- MKM only intends to promote the award and provide a platform for disseminating information about the scholarship, through official communication channels such as email and the website (access to which will be available via login).
- This scholarship is only available to active MKM members’ children.
- If you have any questions related to the scholarship, please email [email protected]
Applications will be accepted online from June 1 through June 30. The award will be presented at MKM’s Ganeshotsav, tentatively planned for September 14, 2024.
Definitions and Examples of the four KALA Elements
K – Karuna: Activities of compassion and commitment to Social Justice and Equity. Here are some examples of activities resulting in resulting in a positive contribution to society through MKM, high school, and other community organizations:
- Helping to support basic human needs such as food, shelter, clothing, civil rights and healthcare.
- Mentoring or tutoring
- Supporting civic and environmental responsibility
A – Arts: Efforts to perform, preserve, or promote visual and performing arts & crafts through MKM, high school, Marathi Shala, and other community institutions. Examples can include creating, performing, and helping behind the scenes of:
- Performing arts such as music, theater, dance
- Visual and verbal arts such as language and literature, poetry, graphic and digital arts
- Crafts such as pottery, weaving, knitting, wood craft
L – Leadership: Initiatives to lead, start or play other key role in group efforts toward positive and useful contributions in MKM, high school, workplace, or the wider community. Some examples could include:
- Initiating an effort to collect food and clothing for the unhoused
- Leading an environmental clean-up team for a park, stream, or roadway
- Organizing materials for an early childhood reading program at a local child-care center or library.
- Coordinating delivery of essential health and hygiene products to local shelters
- Achieving a position of responsibility at a part-time workplace
A – Academics: Outstanding scholarship, as demonstrated by:
- Minimum 3.75 GPA
- Statement of clear vision and goals about future academic and career paths
The Savkar-Loser KALA award is established by Professors Emeriti Reva A Savkar and Robert C Loser. They have been colleagues, pioneers in online teaching-learning, fellow innovators, passionate educators, best friends, and since 2014, spouses. They share a commitment to Education, Service, Social Justice, and Equity, and have served a combined seven decades as professors at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), helping to bring joy of learning to tens of thousands of students and faculty across the US. They have received Regional, State and National awards for their contributions to Education, Critical Thinking Skills, Science, and Teaching Excellence. Professor Reva A Savkar received the 2013 Statewide Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, and in 2015 she was the invited speaker at President Obama’s White House National Educator Appreciation Day Ceremony.
Mrs. Reva A Savkar is a founding member of MKM, who has served on the MKM Board of Directors in 1977 and 2004. Mr. Robert C Loser is a former Peace Corps Volunteer, who taught Math and Science to high school students for four years in a village near Janakpur, Nepal.