Financial Aid Office

Private Scholarship Offerings:

The scholarships listed below are provided by private agencies, foundations and companies. Students are invited to apply.

HISPANIC COLLEGE FUND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

• Must be Hispanic
• Must maintain a 3.0 Grade Point Average (on a 4.0 scale)
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Must reside in the U.S. or Puerto Rico
• Must be a current or rising undergraduate (some programs accept grad. students) student or a high school senior enrolling at a college or university in the U.S. or Puerto Rico
• Must demonstrate financial need

Some HCF Programs also require that a student be pursuing a certain area of study.
Students studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Pharmacy and Nursing are highly encourage to apply.

All applications can be found at http://scholarships.hispanicfund.org/applications/

For more information, please contact Auri Duarte, Scholarship Program Manager, at aduarte@hispanicfund.org or 1.800.644.4223.

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VETERANS FOR PEACE -CHAPTER 93 PEACE SCHOLARSHIP 2008-2009

From the Purpose of Statement for Veterans For Peace found at www.veteransforpeace.org:

We, having dutifully served our nation, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace and justice.  Americans will be secure at home only when there is peace and justice abroad.  To this end, we will work, with others:

· Toward increasing public awareness of the costs of war,
· To restrain our government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations,
· To end the arms race and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons,
· To abolish war as an instrument of international policy.
· To achieve these goals, members of Veterans For Peace pledge to use non-violent means and to maintain an organization that is democratic.

It is with this statement that VFP-Chapter 93 offers our annual Peace Scholarship.  It is our intent to award a Michigan resident, who will pursue studies in a Peace Studies program or other program that actively promotes the study of global conflict resolution or issues of peace and justice, a $500 Scholarship.  It is our hope that the recipient will align their studies with the principles of the Veterans For Peace and propagate the message of peace well beyond their educational endeavors.

Interested applicants should assemble the following materials and either send as attached email forms to billshea@umich.edu (add “VFP Scholarship” in subject line) or send via US mail four compiled hard copies to Bill Shea, 803 John A. Wood Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (734-662-0818).  Applications will be reviewed as they are received and scholarship will be awarded by 1 October, 2008.

• Name,
• Address,
• Email address,
• Phone number,
• Proof of Veteran Status, if applicable (copy of DD214, VA Papers, or any governmental agency that shows Veteran status),
• Proof of Enrollment in Learning Institution and a declaration of the program which you plan to study including either a program pamphlet or e-link to the program,roster and explanation of Community and Service Activities relevant to Peace Studies,
• Statement of Personal Philosophy (300 words maximum),
• Personal Comments—Other things that you’d like us to know about your history, life and activities (300 words maximum),
• Two letters of reference: one from an academic affiliated with the program of study or a high school teacher/advisor; the other from a community leader, clergy, activist, VFP-member.

Veterans For Peace-Chapter 93 specifically encourages veterans to apply.  All applicants should contact Bill Shea (billshea@umich.edu) about any questions with the application process.

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THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITY

This annual competition is designed to challenge college students to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex world.

Eligibility:

• Registered undergraduate full-time juniors or seniors at accredited four-year colleges or universities in the United States during the fall 2008 semester.

Suggested Essay Topics:

• What does your own experience tell you about the relationship between politics and ethics and, in particular, what could be done to make politics more ethical?
• Articulate with clarity an ethical issue that you have encountered and analyze what it has taught you about ethics and yourself.
• From a personal viewpoint, how does globalization impact your view of the Other in society and in the world?
• Clearly analyze the relationship between religion and ethics in today's world.
• How does a recent political or cultural event shed light on the ethics of rebellion/revolution?

What the Readers Look For:

• Clear articulation and genuine grappling with an ethical dilemma
• Adherence to guidelines and carefully proofread essays
• Observation of rules for Standard English usage (grammar, punctuation, mechanics) in writing and revising your work
• Thoroughly thought-out, tightly focused essays
• Originality and imagination
• Eloquence of writing style
• Intensity and unity in the essay

Submission of Materials:

• Please submit three (3) copies of your essay (one (1) copy paper-clipped and two (2) stapled).
• In addition, be sure to enclose a completed Entry Form (signed by both you and your faculty sponsor).
• Include a letter on school stationery from the Registrar's Office, verifying your eligibility (see above).
• Entries must be postmarked on or before December 19, 2008.  No faxed or e-mailed entries will be accepted.
• Please note that due to the volume of entries, no materials will be critiqued or returned.

Please complete the submission checklist on the Entry Form and send all materials together to:

The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

555 Madison Avenue – 20th Floor,

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: 212-490-7788               

www.eliewieselfoundation.org

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ACEC of MICHIGAN EDUCATION GRANT

• To qualify for consideration for an Education Grant, an applicant must be a full or part-time student (sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student status) pursuing an engineering or surveying degree and enrolled in an ABET accredited engineering or surveying program.
• Amounts received as scholarships by an individual who is a candidate for a degree are excluded from taxable income if the Grant is used for tuition, fees, books, supplies and equipment required for courses.
• The applicant must or have worked in the past 24 months for a consulting engineering, surveying or architectural/engineering firm.
• Criteria used in selecting grant recipients are work experience, references, essay response, extra-curricular and community activity, and grade point average

Click here for the application form.

If you have any questions, please call the ACEC Michigan office, 517-332-2066.

SCHOLARSHIP ENTRY DEADLINE FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2009

Mail your completed application to: ACEC of Michigan, Inc.
Attn: Carolyn Ide
PO Box 19189
Lansing, MI 48901-9189

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