Non-Institutional Scholarships Currently Available
| SCHOLARSHIP NAME | DEADLINE |
| Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship | December 15, 2009 |
| John Dewan Memorial Labor Studies Scholarship | February 15, 2010 |
| Fifth Third Bank Scholarship Sweepstakes | see website |
| Soroptimist International of Oakland County | December 15, 2009 |
Award Amount: up to $30,000
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's mission is to help students of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education. Through the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program, the Foundation identified and supports high-achieving community college students hoping to transfer from two-year programs to four-year colleges and universities in fall 2010.
Please see the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation website www.jackkentcookefoundation.org for guidelines, information, and applications
Applications MUST be submitted online
PLEASE NOTE: Although the deadline date on the Jack Kent Cooke website is January 20, 2010, your information MUST reach Oakland Community College by December 15, 2009 in order for the selection committee to complete the nomination process. Applications received after this date will not be considered.
Application Deadline: December 15, 2009
Award Amount: Student must specify amount of scholarship sought
The purpose of the scholarship is to provide an education stipend to residents of Michigan for successful completion of labor studies classes at an accredited Michigan college, community college, or university, or the George Meany Center for Labor Studies.
Applicants must:
- Be in good standing when they apply and continue to be in good standing and meet all academic standards while receiving a scholarship;
- Be sponsored by a member in good standing of a labor organization, and officer of a labor organization, or a member of the Dewan family;
- Continue to pursue a labor studies program while receiving a scholarship;
- Achieve a minimum of 2.0 on a 4.0 GPA scale in labor studies courses;
- Agree to provide the Foundation with a copy of their transcript and course syllabus at the end of the period for which they received a scholarship.
- Write and submit with their application an original essay of
between 500 and 750 words (typed) on ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE
TOPICS:
- How have Union political efforts been of benefit to American society?
- Pick a President or political figure that strikes your interest. Explain why you chose that President or person and discuss that person's relationship with the Labor Movement.
- Pick a historical period in the United States. State the Labor-related issues of this period. How have these events affected the Labor Movement? What lessons and strategies will help us in the future to keep the Labor Movement visible?
- Include a resume of personal background summary (no more than two pages) and a signed letter of recommendation from the sponsor.
Application Deadline: February 15, 2010
An application for this scholarship can be mailed to you by calling 248-341-2181
Award Amount: $1,000 - $10,000
Open a Fifth Third Bank Student Checking Account and you'll be automatically entered in their Scholarship Sweepstakes. One student will win $10,000 towards college tuition and ten students will win $1,000.
Visit the Fifth Third Bank website at:
No purchase necessary. See a Fifth Third representative for
complete details. Call 877-579-5353 or visit
53.com
Award Amount: $1,200 and - $800
Soroptimist is an international volunteer service organization for business and professional women who work to improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world. The Women's Opportunity Award program is the organization's major service project.
Eligibility Requirements:
To be eligible for the Women's Opportunity Award, you must:
- Be a woman with primary financial responsibility for supporting your family (including children, spouse, siblings and/or parents);
- Attend or have been accepted to a vocational/skills training program, or an undergraduate degree program;
- Have financial need;
- Be motivated to achieve your educational and career goals;
- Reside in one of Soroptimist International of the Americas' member countries and territories (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guam, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, United States of America, Venezuela).
Previous Women's Opportunity Award recipients are ineligible to apply. Women who already have an undergraduate degree are ineligible to apply. Soroptimists, employees of Soroptimist, and the immediate families of both are ineligible to apply.
Information needed to apply:
- Application completely filled out (please type or print neatly in dark ink)
- Two personal references
Send application materials to:
Soroptimist International of Oakland County
1722 Sycamore
Royal Oak, MI 48073-3976
Application Deadline: December 15, 2009
For applications, call Judy at 248-541-5245 or Norma at 248-585-7021
or visit www.soroptimist.org, and click on Women's Opportunity Award
