02/03/2017

OCRA Membership Awards and Scholarships - Deadline to Nominate/Apply Quickly Approaching!

Nominate and/or apply by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 10, 2017

2017 Membership Awards

Glenn W. Stiles Distinguished Service Award

This award is awarded for outstanding devotion and service to the court reporting profession and OCRA.

Martin Fincun Award

This award is given in recognition of a single but outstanding contribution to diligently promote the goals of our profession and our professional association.

Diplomat Award

This award acknowledges members of OCRA who consistently work to further the goals of the association.  The intent of the Diplomat Award is to create a method of recognizing worthy service and accomplishments that might go unheralded because they do not fall under the criteria required to receive the Martin Fincun or Glenn Stiles Award(s).  The Diplomat Award can be bestowed on one or more members each year.

Other (please indicate)

Other past awards have included but are not limited to:  Legislative Award, Outstanding Associate Member Award, Meritorious Award, Special Award, and designation by the Board of Directors of Honorary Members.

2017 Rosalie Stevens Student Scholarship

ELIGIBILITY:     Students who have been actively engaged in the study of court reporting, either in a school or online program, for one year.  Students must be a member of OCRA and cannot have previously won the award.  If applicant is not currently an OCRA member, they may join at any time prior to submission of scholarship application.  Applicant must be a resident of the state of Ohio or attending an Ohio-based program, either online or in-person classroom.

2017 Vernon C. Steele New Reporter Scholarship

ELIGIBILITY:     Applicants must be a resident of the state of Ohio and meet the following criteria in order to be considered for the award of the Vernon C. Steele New Reporter Scholarship:  (1) The applicant must be a current OCRA member and cannot have previously won this scholarship. (2) The applicant must have graduated from an NCRA-certified program, or request special consideration for such other graduation/program completion. (3) The applicant must be in his/her first three years as a working reporter, as verified by an official transcript or verification statement from the court reporting program submitted along with the application. (4) The applicant must submit a letter of recommendation from his/her employer or contracting agency attesting to the applicant's professional demeanor, attitude, and motivation. (5) The applicant must be striving to achieve certification, as verified by receipt of registration for a past/upcoming certification test. (6) The applicant must be working in any of the profession's career paths: judicial (official/freelance), CART captioning, or broadcast captioning.

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Click here for information and to nominate/apply for the 2017 Rosalie Stevens Student Scholarship and 2017 Vernon C. Steele New Reporter Scholarship