Scholarship Winners

BAR offers travel scholarships of $1,000 every year to a few people who would otherwise not be able to volunteer. In 2001 three individuals whose reports appear below benefitted from the scholarships. To apply, simply send a letter to BAR Dig Scholarships, 4710 41st St. NW, Washington, DC 20016, stating who you are, where you want to dig and why, as well as why you need finacial aid. We require your address, phone number and the names, addresses and phone numbers of two references. The deadline is March 4, 2002.

Denise Manning

Denise Manning was a church youth director in 1999 when a rare disease robbed her of her hearing, forcing her to change her life and career. In 2000, six months after she had become totally deaf, Denise joined the Bethsaida excavation in Israel, under the direction of Rami Arav and Richard Freund. There she found her calling: archaeology. Back in California she took language classes to determine if her deafness would hamper her. But she did well enough that she decided to return to Israel last summer, this time to participate in two digs.