Sandy Ulm Scholarship

The Sandy Ulm Scholarship
The Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) is pleased to offer a scholarship for FAME members studying to further their education in the field of Library Science and Educational Media. In 2001, the scholarship was named in honor of Sandy Ulm, first president of FAME and Department of Education Liaison for many years.

History
Sandy Ulm's commitment to advancing the library media profession with favorable policy and funding culminated in a career grounded in advocacy and innovation. Ms. Ulm followed her mother into the library profession when she began her career at Leesburg High School. She later moved to Edgewater High School in Orlando before joining the Department of Education in January, 1974 during an era of substantial federal funding. Ms. Ulm retired twenty-nine years later in North Florida during the summer of 2003.

In 1972, Ms. Ulm was part of a movement that advocated for the merger of the Florida Association of School Librarians, the Florida Audiovisual Association, and the Florida Association of Educational Television into one association, the Florida Association of Media for Education (FAME) and she served as its first president. She later supported the concept of a state-wide union catalog through the services of Sunlink and she developed the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (SSYRA) Program.

Ms. Ulm is honored with this scholarship for her leadership and guidance over twenty-nine years in the Florida Department of Education as a Program Specialist for School Library Media Services.

Scholarship
The Sandy Ulm Scholarship Award is funded by membership dues. A portion of each member's dues, as specified by the FAME Board, is set aside to assist students interested in earning credits and/or a degree in Library Science or Educational Media. The amount of money awarded each year will be contingent on available funds and the number of applicants. Scholarship recipients will be approved by the Board prior to payment.
Contact the Scholarship Committee by email here: ​[email protected]