Scholarships for students and teachers

The Oviedo Woman’s Club provides scholarships to Hagerty and Oviedo High School students, Seminole County residents currently enrolled in college. The Club also accepts grant applications from teachers and nonprofits. The deadline is March 1.

The Oviedo Woman’s Club, established in 1906, is accepting scholarship applications from college/university- and technical school-bound Hagerty and Oviedo High School-zoned students as well as continuing education scholarships for Seminole County residents currently enrolled in college.
OWC also gives grants to schools and teachers for supplemental education programs and local nonprofits whose missions align with OWC’s mission, which is “to unite our efforts toward civic betterment, charitable works, and educational improvements, all of which will contribute to the enhanced quality of life in our community.”
The deadline is March 1. Learn more.

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Megan is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Oviedo Community News, the only independent news source for Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs. She oversees editorial content, policy and staff. She attends meetings, sends out the e-newsletter and curates conversations in the community to understand the information gaps that OCN needs to fill. She also works to create partnerships that can strengthen the bond between community and newsroom.

She has served as an award-winning community journalist for more than 20 years, including as associate editor for the East Orlando Sun and a reporter for the Seminole Voice, the Winter Park-Maitland Observer and Orlando Magazine.

In 2024, Megan was named Editor of the Year by the Society for Professional Journalism. With the Central Florida Foundation and Central Florida Public Media, she co-found the News Collaborative of Central Florida, a collective of independent local news outlets and aligned partners working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida.

She served as treasurer for the Florida Press Club for seven years and has won awards from the Institute for Nonprofit News, the Florida Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalism. Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism (now called the Reed College of Media) at West Virginia University.

Megan also loves yoga, running and playing board games with her family.

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