Scholarships/Fellowships

The Illinois Club Scholarship Applications

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The Illinois Club is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2016-2017 academic year.  The awards offered are:

  • Nine (9) combined Make-A-Difference Awards & Isabelle Purnell Education Awards of $2,300
  • One (1) Judith Life Ikenberry Fine Arts Award of $3,600
  • One (1) Susan T. Haney Social Work Award of $3,000
  • One (1) STEM Education Award of $3,000
  • One (1) Peri Davis Ceperley Award of $2,300

To qualify, an applicant must:

  • Be an undergraduate with at least 60 earned credit hours by the end of Fall 2015
  • Have a GPA of 2.75 or above
  • Graduate no earlier than December 2016

The Application Deadline is Monday, November 16, 5:00PM
(an application, résumé, essay, and Self-Service Integrate documents are required, so start early!)

Applicants will be notified via e-mail when applications are received.  Semifinalists will be interviewed in late January or early February.  Winners will be honored at a Scholarship Awards Brunch in early March 2016.

Online application & details can be found here:
http://theillinoisclub.org/scholarship.php

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