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Instructions

 It is with great pleasure that the National Association of Veterans Upward Bound Project Personnel announces its national scholarship competition. Veterans Upward Bound participants are invited to compete for a scholarship award for the 2008 - 2009 academic year. Winning students will be presented with a Certificate of Merit. Payment of the scholarship will be provided once proof of enrollment and attendance is received for the following fall semester. Checks will be made payable to the students.

The following information includes all materials necessary to apply for a scholarship. Each institution is encouraged to conduct an internal competition to determine the most worthy applicant. However, only the official NAVUBPP Scholarship Application and required supporting documentation may be submitted for the national competition.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

  • The applicant must be a present or former participant of the Veterans Upward Bound Program from which the nomination is being made and must be admitted to or currently enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education, seeking an undergraduate degree.
  • The applicant must be nominated by a NAVUBPP staff person of a current member program (institutional dues paid by the required NAVUBPP membership date).
  • The Director, if different from the nominator, will approve the nomination, attest to the nominee’s good standing, and certify that the project is an active member of NAVUBPP.
  • Prior to receipt of the award, the VUB Director of the scholarship recipient will provide NAVUBPP with verification of the student’s actual enrollment in a postsecondary institution in the following fall.
  • All required application materials and supporting documentation must be completed as directed and postmarked or faxed by midnight, May 9. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
  • Projects may send only one nomination.

SELECTION:

Each Nomination Packet will be reviewed and rated by members of the Scholarship Commission. The application will be scored on six categories: 1) nomination letter; 2) recommendation letter; 3) financial need; 4) activities/achievements (honors and awards, e.g., public service and community involvement, VUB activities); 5) academics; and 6) student essay.

Each category will be rated on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest. The results will be tabulated to determine the winners, and the names will be submitted to the Education Chair and the President of NAVUBPP, following verification of the winners’ eligibility to receive the award.

MATERIALS TO BE SUBMITTED:

To be considered, the Veterans Upward Bound Scholarship Application must include:

  • Page 4 (completed by Nominator; signed by Director)
  • Page 5 (completed by Student)
  • Nomination Letter (from VUB staff person) *
  • Letter of Recommendation (from someone who knows the student well) **

BOTH LETTERS SHOULD CONTAIN NOMINEE’S NAME AND THE NAME, TITLE AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE WRITER.

5. Student Essay

* The Nominator must write a letter in support of his/her student, indicating: a) in what capacity you know the Nominee; b) circumstances of his/her financial need; c) his/her activities and achievements (community/public service, military and/or other honors/awards, VUB activities and awards); d) educational progress and commitment to completion of PSE; e) why student is deserving; f) any other pertinent information.

** Letter of recommendation should address the same items as the Nomination Letter.

A color photo of the nominee suitable for publication in the NAVUBPP newsletter and the participant’s hometown newspaper must be provided if the nominee is a winner. (Digital preferred.)

Prior to receipt of the award, the Directors of the winners will provide the NAVUBPP Treasurer with proof of the student’s actual attendance in a program of postsecondary education for the following fall semester, so payment can be made. Students will not receive the award money until verification of attendance is received.

The student applying for the scholarship is responsible for completing the application, writing the essay, and securing a letter of recommendation from someone other than the Nominator. The student is to submit all documents to the Nominator who is to forward the complete application to the Scholarship Commission.

The Director, if different from the nominator, will verify his/her approval of the nomination, certify that the nominee is in good standing, or left the project in good tanding, and that the project is an active member of NAVUBPP.

All materials must be postmarked or faxed no later than midnight, May 9th to:

Chris Wolf, NAVUBPP Scholarship Chair
Veterans Upward Bound
Western Nebraska Community College
1601 E. 27th Street
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Fax: 308.635.6055

 

Questions may be addressed to Chris Wolf (308.635.6042) or wolfc@wncc.net

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