Stewart Family Foundation Scholarship

Selection statement of purpose
Scholarships within the college are awarded to provide financial support based on need, academic achievement, and/or other specified criteria as determined by the fund agreement for Donor/Gift Funded scholarships or the awarding department for Institutional/Departmental scholarships.
The donor sets the criteria for recipient selection (i.e., financial need, field of study). Scholarships are awarded for one academic year. Institutional funded scholarship selection criteria will be determined prior to review and selection of applicants and will be documented annually.
The Stewart Family Foundation was created with proceeds from the estates of Bill and Lila Stewart; the Foundation established this scholarship in 2020 in in honor of Bill and Lila’s careers in media and in memory of Bill, Lila and their daughter, Linda Stewart Stennette. This scholarship endowment provides awards for students enrolled in CMCI.
From 1959 to 1998, Lila and Bill Stewart owned and operated Longmont, Colorado’s KLMO radio station. Until retiring in 1987, Lila hosted a two-hour talk show called “Happy Talk,” which covered women’s issues and shared housekeeping tips and recipes. During their tenure at KLMO, the Stewarts increased its broadcast power so that programming reached beyond northern Colorado into parts of Nebraska and Wyoming.
Prior to moving to Longmont, Bill worked at radios stations in Colby, Denver, Pueblo and Greeley, Colorado. In 2000, he was inducted into the Broadcast Professionals of Colorado’s hall of fame. He passed away in 2012. Lila was a member of the board of directors of the American Women in Radio and Television and founded the Longmont chapter of the American Business Women Association. Lila passed away in 2018. The Stewarts’ daughter, Linda, graduated from CU Boulder in 1975 with a degree in psychology. She passed away in 2009.
Students are encouraged to express gratitude and can write thank you letters to the following individuals, associated with the Stewart Family Foundation and were instrumental in getting this scholarship established:
Ms. Jan Angel, Stewart Family Foundation board member
Mr. Jim Newcomb, Stewart Family Foundation board member
Ms. Linda Snyder Crockett, Stewart Family Foundation board member
Mr. George Baskos (Jour’63, MPubAd’69, MEduc’79), Stewart family friend

Selection Criteria
Applications are reviewed holistically, and selection criteria may include, but is not limited to, academic record, leadership experience, extracurricular involvement, community service, employment, essays, and in some cases, financial need as determined by the FAFSA/CASFA.
Essays: Quality of writing and content are weighed heavily.
Financial Need: The FAFSA and the Colorado Application for State Financial Aid (“CASFA”) are the mechanisms approved for calculating financial need for need-based scholarship awarding.