Description: This award recognizes outstanding members who achieve academic excellence while balancing additional commitments such as family and/or career.
Scholarships Available: Ten - $1,000(USD) awards.
Eligibility: Those eligible are undergraduate student members who have completed at least 12 credit hours since returning to the university. He or she must be enrolled at the time of application and must be working toward a baccalaureate degree.
Criteria: Academic achievement, extracurricular activities and family and/or career commitments.
Application requirements:
1. Follow the instructions to Register Your Scholarship Application.
2. Print out the cover page from the online registration and use it as the cover page for your entire application.
3. Attach the following required documentation:
A personal essay of no more than 500 words describing your educational goals, other commitments you may have, and the obstacles you have overcome to achieve academic excellence.
A letter of recommendation from either an employer or a professor in your major field of study.
A current and comprehensive official academic transcript.