Alan Read Professional Development Award 2018
The Alan Read Professional Development Award is for 2 selected recipients who are looking for a way to advance their professional development by taking a class, attending a conference or workshop, or by some other similar event.
What's the criteria?
- You must be a PMA Member
- You must not be a PMA Board member
- Event/Training/Class must align with the mission and goals of PMA
- You must be willing to present 3-5 things you learned in a short (5-10 min.) presentation after the Event/Training/Class as a way of sharing the knowledge you've gained with other PMA members
- You cannot have won this award the previous year
- The award must be used for an Event/Training/Class in 2019
When is the deadline?
- The deadline to submit an application is November 7, 2018.
How can I apply?
- Applicants must fill out and print this application. Alan Read Professional Development Award
- Submit application to one of the PMA Board members before the deadline at a PMA member meeting or email to pma.bowlinggreen@gmail.com.
The chosen recipient of this award will be announced at the PMA Markie Awards Meeting in November.
For questions, clarifications, comments, and concerns, please email pma.bowlinggreen@gmail.com.

Lou Turley Memorial Scholarship
The Lou Turley Memorial Scholarship is for a Free 3 Hour Course at WKU and is an award of the Professional Marketing Association of Bowling Green. The value of scholarship this year is $1185.
Who is eligible?
- You must be a student at Western Kentucky University.
- You must be accepted as a major or minor in one or more of the following programs: Advertising, Broadcasting, Corporate and Organizational Communication, Entrepreneurship, Graphic Design, Marketing, Public Relations, or Sales or have an interest pursuing a career in marketing.
- You must have a minimum 2.8 cumulative grade-point average.
When is the deadline?
- The deadline to submit an application is March 25, 2016.
How can I apply?
- Applicants must apply online via the WKU TopDollar Scholarship portal.
- To apply for the scholarship, applicants must complete the standard Western Kentucky University scholarship application via the TopDaollar portal. Also include with a two minute video of the applicant making a presentation on a current marketing topic that interests you. The video should be posted to YouTube, Vimeo, or other public video site and the link provided as a part of the application process.
For questions, clarifications, comments, and concerns, please email pma.bowlinggreen@gmail.com.
