Donna Caputo Scholarship in Art Education

The Donna Caputo Award in Art Education was established to honor the life and legacy of Donna Caputo and is intended to encourage and reward top performing BFA students with a specialization in Art Education. Donna Caputo was a much-loved Concordia staffer of over thirty years, who passed away peacefully in September 2020 after a courageous three-and-a-half year battle with cancer. Donna Caputo started working at Concordia in 1986, during a three-week work-study internship in the Department of Building Engineering as a high school student. She was 16. In 1989, Concordia called to offer her a full-time position. In 1998, she moved to the Department of Art Education where she stayed until 2006, then moving to the Office of the Dean of Fine Arts to work as assistant to the Associate Deans and later as coordinator of research administration. By her own admission, much of Donna’s life was tied intimately to Concordia. Her closest Concordia family could be found in the Office of the Dean. Everyone she worked with spoke of the inspiration they drew from quiet strength, incredible positivity, and infectious sense of humour – traits they say she displayed throughout her cancer treatment. She was one of the most generous, funny, smart and caring people they knew. She was a great storyteller and her sweet and kind nature comforted everyone she knew. Most importantly, Donna met the love of her life at Concordia: her husband, Jay Mazzamauro, who works in Human Resources. Travel was a shared interest in their relationship. They travelled around Europe, frequently to Italy, the United States where she loved Hawaii and Florida, and Australia. She was selfless and her joie de vivre was infectious. This award is a testament to a beautiful wife, friend and human being. The Scholarship shall be granted through competition to a full-time or part-time student enrolled in a course of study leading to a Bachelor's of / Baccalaureate in Fine Arts, Art Education degree at the University.

Concordia offers need-based In-Course Bursaries to returning Bachelor's students in the Fall semester.

Application deadline The 2024-2025 Undergraduate In-Course Bursary Program will be open April 1, 2024.

In-Course Bursaries are awarded by the Financial Aid and Awards Office to previously admitted students following an application-based competition that includes a financial need test and holistic committee review. Applicants are notified of the results after the Financial Aid and Awards Office receives results from the bursary committee.

The In-Course Bursary program normally open April 1, 2024 and will close on May 15, 2024.