2008 Woodie Awards
Foundation announces scholarship competition
Liz Urban
Issue date: 12/4/06 Section: News
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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is giving away scholarships as part of its Graduate Scholarship Program to outstanding students with high financial need who choose to go to graduate school. The amount of the scholarship awarded may be up to $50,000 per year for as many as six years.
The Foundation was created in 2000 with a mission "to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education" and began awarding scholarships in 2001. The amount rewarded for the scholarship is based on the cost of attendance to the school, length of the particular program, and other scholarships or grants that may have also been received.
The award covers a portion of educational expenses, which includes tuition, living expenses, required fees, and textbooks. In order to be eligible for the scholarship, an in-depth application must be filled out and returned to James Pratt, the Dean of Arts & Sciences, who will select two candidates from Clarkson to compete for the scholarship nationwide.
Clarkson's goal is to "fill a void" where there has not been support for those in non-engineering fields that wish to pursue graduate school. This scholarship will help those in professional programs, visual performing arts, and business programs and in need of financial support. Graduating seniors and recent alumni are encouraged to apply.
Scholarships will be awarded to the recipients in early summer 2007 to be used during the 2007-2008 academic year. The scholarship will be renewed based on personal performance while at school. The Foundation awarded 76 scholarships last year; the recipients were selected by the foundation and a panel of national experts based on the nominations of each school.
Applications can be found online on the Foundation's web site, www.jackkentcookefoundation.org, and the deadline for the completed application is March 15, 2007. Applications can be returned to the School of Arts and Sciences on the third floor of Snell. For help with the application process or if you have any additional questions, please contact James R. Pratt at x2365 or jpratt@clarkson.edu.
The Foundation was created in 2000 with a mission "to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education" and began awarding scholarships in 2001. The amount rewarded for the scholarship is based on the cost of attendance to the school, length of the particular program, and other scholarships or grants that may have also been received.
The award covers a portion of educational expenses, which includes tuition, living expenses, required fees, and textbooks. In order to be eligible for the scholarship, an in-depth application must be filled out and returned to James Pratt, the Dean of Arts & Sciences, who will select two candidates from Clarkson to compete for the scholarship nationwide.
Clarkson's goal is to "fill a void" where there has not been support for those in non-engineering fields that wish to pursue graduate school. This scholarship will help those in professional programs, visual performing arts, and business programs and in need of financial support. Graduating seniors and recent alumni are encouraged to apply.
Scholarships will be awarded to the recipients in early summer 2007 to be used during the 2007-2008 academic year. The scholarship will be renewed based on personal performance while at school. The Foundation awarded 76 scholarships last year; the recipients were selected by the foundation and a panel of national experts based on the nominations of each school.
Applications can be found online on the Foundation's web site, www.jackkentcookefoundation.org, and the deadline for the completed application is March 15, 2007. Applications can be returned to the School of Arts and Sciences on the third floor of Snell. For help with the application process or if you have any additional questions, please contact James R. Pratt at x2365 or jpratt@clarkson.edu.
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