October 1, 2001
Alumni Association Calls for
Scholarship Applications
The Alumni Association is seeking applications for
its student scholarships.
Those eligible
are:
-
current UConn
undergraduates who will be full-time students in
the 2002-2003 academic year;
-
UConn undergraduate
seniors who are accepted for full-time, first
year graduate studies at UConn for the 2002-2003
academic year.
T he evaluation of
scholarship applicants is based on the
following:
-
minimum cumulative
GPA of 2.3;
-
financial
need;
-
contributions to the
University community;
-
letter of
recommendation (university/community-related
extra-curricul ar activities or
employment).
O ther criteria taken
into account but not required are:
-
alumni
relatives;
-
Student Alumni
Association member.
R ecipients of the alumni
scholarships will be notified in January. Recipients
must attend the awards ceremony held in the spring,
in order to receive the award. The monetary amount of
the scholarship will be credited directly to the
students' fee bill. If the student does not attend
UConn for the academic year 2002-2003, the
scholarship will be forfeited.
Applications must be
received, or postmarked, by Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 5
p.m. Faxed applications will not be
accepted.
Application forms are
currently available on-line at http://www.uconnalumni.com.
For more information,
contact Kristi Napolitano at (860) 486-2240 or by
e-mail: kristi.napolitano@uconn.edu.
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