Ken Blankemeyer Faculty Forum Scholarship

Ken Blankemeyer was a faculty member at TCC for forty years. He developed and taught all of the courses in Philosophy. He taught courses in History and Religious Studies as well. He was an avid reader. As a teacher of philosophy, he encouraged students to think and evaluate by offering points and counterpoints and by challenging unexamined assumptions. He received the Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence. He carried his role as philosopher into public life. He was one of the founding members of the Tulsa Philosophical Society and one of the organizers of the multi-year Civil War Sesquicentennial Lecture Series and of the Why Race Still Matters Lecture Series. Ken helped create and edited the Faculty Forum to give voice to faculty concerns. He considered the Forum to be his most important contribution to the life of the college. In recognition of his work on the Forum, his colleagues founded a TCC Foundation scholarship to honor him – The Ken Blankemeyer Faculty Forum Scholarship. Student must be enrolled in 12 or more credit hours with a minimum GPA of 3.2. Student may be a US citizen or international student. Must submit a paragraph that explains how good writing will be essential in your career. Limit your response to 200 words.