Professor Emerita Mary Jo Willis was a long-time member of the Harper College faculty. She taught Speech and Theatre classes and served as Director of Theatre during which time she directed plays and musicals at Harper and at other college and community theatres. Mary Jo received the Harper College Distinguished Faculty Award and is an emerita board member of the Harper College Educational Foundation. Mary Jo has made a life-long commitment to the arts and believes that nothing compares with live theatre in its power to educate, entertain, inspire, and remind us that we all share a common and lovely humanity. She is grateful for the opportunity Harper College gave her to share her passion with so many wonderful students.
Apply for the Mary Jo Willis Theatre Scholarship for this academic year!
By submitting our General Scholarship Application, you will be considered for this scholarship award. This scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate a commitment to theatre through coursework and/or production experience. Students must have a 2.5 GPA from high school or Harper College to be eligible for the scholarship.
Follow the instructions below:
Log in to your My Harper Portal
Click on the ‘Finances’ icon
Click on the ‘Harper Scholarship Application’ icon
Click on the ‘Sign-in’ button in the top right-hand corner
Click ‘Sign-in with your institution’
Fill out the General Scholarship Application
Click the ‘Finish and Submit’ button to submit your application
You can also visit our website at: https://harpercollege.academicworks.com/ but you still need to login to your My Harper Portal. If you already submitted an application, there is nothing else you need to do. If you have any questions, please email Scholarship Manager Brenda Escutia at scholars@harpercollege.edu.