Scholarships
Our Mission
At Cape Canaveral Pen Women, our mission is to promote art and creativity in our community. We aim to provide a platform for emerging artists and offer opportunities for everyone to experience and appreciate the arts.
2025 Music Scholarship award
Scholarship in Music
The Cape Canaveral Pen Women branch offers a scholarship each year to a senior in high school young woman to assist her in advancing her talents and future in the arts. This year, for 2025 the scholarship will be awarded in the area of music. Each applicant should download the procedure document and application form below and follow the instructions in the procedure document to complete the application process. Please note the deadline to apply for this year's scholarship is March 31, 2025. Good luck to all the applicants!
2024 Scholarship Winner
Ella Benson
The Cape Canaveral Pen Women are proud to present the 2024 Scholarship winner, Ella Benson.
Ella Benson is a senior at Titusville High School. She is pursuing a
Bachelor of Architecture degree at the University of Tennessee beginning in the Fall of
2024. It is Ella's hope to specialize in sustainable design in a respected urban architecture
design firm with global influence. It is her intent to focus upon international projects and
their positive impact on local communities.
Ella is a hard-working student who seeks rigor in academics as exemplified
through 8 AP classes and 15 honors classes. She is always open to adventure and new
opportunities. Ella's poise, reliability and dedication as a student leader is demonstrated through steadfast commitment to her clubs, honor societies, orchestra and Best Buddies
commitments throughout the past 4 years. Ella is currently the Vice President of the Titusville HIgh School National Honor Society and 4 year member/3 year officer of the Best Buddies International club
chapter.
As an active community volunteer, Ella has registered 445 volunteer service and mission
hours while completing many more. She is the recipient of school and sport academic
recognition for maintaining a consistent 4.0 GPA all 4 years. Ella has received recognition
from our school, city, county and College Board for academic achievements.
Throughout her life, Ella has pursued creative hobbies such as art, music, and writing. Her
education and career goals are to express creativity, build deep connections within our
world, and find career success while still doing what brings her joy.
We at Cape Canaveral Pen Women loved her story, the artwork she shared with us at our May meeting and can't wait to see her work.
Ella's work will be on display at two local venues first at the Pizzeria Gallery and Grill and also at at the Art Gallery of Viera. Both are located in the Avenues of Viera.
2023 Scholarship Winner
Tiara Henry
The Cape Canaveral Pen Women's 2023 Scholarship recipient in Letters is Tiara Henry.
Ms. Henry is a delightful 17-year-old high school student who found a love for writing at the tender age of nine. Exploring the fandom culture of the Warriors children's book series expanded to essays, short stories, and more.
"Writing kept me afloat in an otherwise stressful and bleak environment," said Ms. Henry, referring to the pandemic shutdown of 2020.
The talented Ms. Henry is currently working on an original SciFi/fantasy novel, although her immediate focus is completing her college education, where she will major in Mathematics and minor in English/Creative Writing.
We at Cape Canaveral Pen Women loved her short story presented at our May meeting and can't wait to read her book!
2022 Scholarship Winner
Colleen Jordan
The 2023 Cape Canaveral Pen Women scholarship will be awarded to Miss Colleen Jordan.
Colleen Jordan, who will graduate in the spring of 2023, attended Sebastian River High School, however, home-schooled her senior year.
She began her interest in music at a young age, eight years old in fact, when she attended the musical Annie. She spent most of that year signing the songs from either that musical or Phantom of the Opera. She has, over the years, expanded her musical talent to include playing the guitar, the piano and the 5-string banjo.
When she learned she was to be this year’s recipient, Colleen could barely contain her excitement, saying, “I was ecstatic! Not only because of the scholarship, but because the award came from a group of strong, talented, independent women.. I am truly honored.”
What are her future plans? She intends to apply to Julliard School of Music, as that has always been her dream, but there are other schools on the list. The final pick will be lucky to have her.
We, at Cape Canaveral Pen Women congratulate Colleen and wish her all the best as she reaches for her dreams!
Past Winners of the Cape Canaveral Pen Women scholarship
