Hannah Hickman, a D.M.A. student in saxophone at the The Hartt School, is one of 100 doctoral students in the United States and Canada selected to receive a $25,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. International Sisterhood. She was sponsored by Chapter DU of Sheldon, Iowa.
The P.E.O. Scholar Awards were established in 1991 to provide substantial merit-based awards for women of the United States and Canada who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree at an accredited college or university. Scholar Awards recipients are a select group of women chosen for their high level of academic achievement and their potential for having a positive impact on society.
The P.E.O. Sisterhood, founded Jan. 21, 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, is a philanthropic educational organization dedicated to supporting higher education for women. There are approximately 6,000 local chapters in the United States and Canada with nearly a quarter of a million active members.