2009 Union Plus Scholarship Information
Deadline for Union Plus scholarship application
is January
31, 2009. Winners will be notified by May 31, 2009.
How to apply: The 2009 Union
Plus scholarship application is available for download. Go to
Union Plus
Education Services - Union Plus benefits from Union Privilege .
Eligibility for Scholarships:
- Current and retired
members of unions participating in any Union Plus program, their
spouses and their dependent children (including foster children,
step children, and any other child for whom the individual
member provides greater than 50% of his or her support) can
apply for a Union Plus Scholarship. (Participating union members
from the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands and
Canada are eligible.) Members do not have to purchase any Union
Plus program product or participate in any Union Plus programs
to apply for the scholarships and scholarship awards are not
based upon participation in a Union Plus program.
The individual must be accepted into an accredited college or
university, community college or recognized technical or trade
school at the time the award is issued. Note: Graduate students
are now eligible.
Evaluation criteria:
- The scholarship program is
open to students attending or planning to attend a college or
university, a community college, or a technical college or trade
school. Applicants for scholarships are evaluated according to
academic ability, social awareness, financial need and
appreciation of labor.
- Scholarship applications
are judged by a committee of impartial post secondary educators.
Applications are first reviewed by a panel of independent career
professionals. Semi-finalists are chosen based on a point scale,
and their applications are then provided to judges for further
review and selection of finalists and awards. Program judges
include representatives from the American Association of
Community Colleges, the United Negro College Fund, the American
Association of State Colleges and Universities and the National
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
- Scholarship award amounts:
The amount of the award ranges from $500 - $4,000. This is a
one-time cash award sent to individual winners for study
beginning in the fall of the same year.
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