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Category A - General Scholarships Category
B - Record Book Scholarships Category
C - Governor's Award Scholarship How
to Apply for Scholarship Payment Tips
for Applying for Scholarship
Each year the Arkansas 4-H Foundation awards several thousand dollars in
scholarships to deserving 4-H'ers across the state. The scholarship program
is divided into three sections. The three sections are:
Category A-General Scholarships
Category B-Record Book
Category C-Governor's Award
Each category has specific requirements that must be met for an application to
be considered. The 4-H college scholarships are in addition to the scholarships
awarded to advanced record book winners to attend National 4-H Congress.
Arkansas 4-H members are eligible to receive only one 4-H college scholarship
from each category of state 4-H scholarships:
Category A-General Scholarships
Category B-Scholarships available to current or former state advanced record
book winners only
Category C-Governor's Award
All attachments must be included with the scholarship applications and received
in the state 4-H office by February 1 for the application to be considered. All
applications must be signed by a member of the county Extension faculty in the
member's home county to be considered.
A state scholarship must be used within one year of the date of the award (with
the exception of the Arkansas Livestock Show/Oaklawn Jockey Club
Scholarships, in which case the scholarship must be used within 18 months).
In the event the scholarship is not used within the year of limitation, the
winner must submit a request for a time extension through the county
Extension office where they resided at the time they became eligible for the
award to the state 4-H office. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of
the scholarship.
Applications for each of these scholarships should be made on the Arkansas 4-H
Scholarship Application Form, CES-635, and are due in the state 4-H office
by February 1. Due dates will be observed. Applications received past this
date will not be considered.
Separate applications must be submitted for each scholarship, including
transcripts and letters of recommendation, for which a member wishes to
apply, due to the specialized information required in Sections III and IV.
Repeat - A complete application and all attachments must be submitted
for
each scholarship for which a member wishes to apply. Incomplete
applications
WILL NOT be considered!
Category A - General Scholarships
1. $8,000 Sue Marshall Scholarship - Two $8,000 scholarships ($2,000 per
year renewable for a maximum of four years) - Present or former 4-H member who
will be enrolled in human environmental sciences at the University of Arkansas
in Fayetteville of the current year.
2. $2,000 Sue Marshall Graduate Studies Scholarship - A current Extension
Career Employee, or a graduate student who plans to become an Extension Career
Employee and who is enrolled in an accredited school of Family and Consumer
Science. Preference will be given to former 4-H members.
3. $1,000 Zack O. and Jennie D. Jennings Scholarships - Graduating high
school senior who is a Teen Star and has done outstanding leadership work.
4. $1,000 John W. White Scholarship - Present or former 4-H'er who will
be enrolled in agriculture or human environmental sciences at the University of
Arkansas in Fayetteville in the fall of the current year.
5. $1,000 C. A. and Joye Vines Scholarship - Present or former 4-H'er who
is a graduating high school senior or will be enrolled in an institution of
higher learning in the fall of the current year and has done outstanding
achievement work.
6. $1,000 Seidenstricker Family Scholarship - Present or former 4-H
member who will enroll in an institution of higher education in the fall of the
current year and who has done outstanding 4-H work. (Pending funding)
7. Five $400 Arkansas Livestock Show/Oaklawn Jockey Club Scholarships -
Present 4-H'er who is a high school junior and is currently exhibiting livestock
in the Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show.
8. A maximum of two $250 Raymond C. Cox Scholarships will be awarded to
present or former 4H'ers who will be enrolling in an institution of higher
education (vocational or four-year program) in the fall or spring of the current
year and have done outstanding work in 4-H.
9. Maeda Asbell 4-H Scholarship ($250 to $400) - Present or former 4-H
member who will be enrolled in an institution of higher education in the fall of
the current year and who has done outstanding 4-H work.
Category B - Record Book
Scholarships
Current or former state advanced record book winners will be eligible to apply
for available Category B scholarships (pending funding) the year they are a
graduating high school senior. To be eligible for these scholarships,
graduating high school senior 4-H members should submit a completed
scholarship application with their record book - due February 1! High
school seniors must have made application to the college or institution of
higher learning of their choice by the scholarship due date. Example: In
2002, all 2000-2001 record book winners who were not high school seniors or
who did not receive a record book scholarship and 2002 record book winners
who are seniors will be eligible to apply.
Category C - Governor's Award Scholarship
One $1,000 scholarship (pending funding) is awarded to the Arkansas 4-H
Governor's Award recipient.
This award is available only to current or former state 4-H record book
winners. A current record book
AND the 4-H Governor's Award Report Form must be submitted by February
1. Refer to pages EP 3 - 22 and 23 for complete details and application
form.
How to Apply For Scholarship Payment
Scholarships are payable one-half of the total amount for the first semester of
college or approved post-secondary educational institution and the second
one-half at the beginning of the second semester provided the member
maintains a 2.5 grade average out of a possible 4.0. Upon entering college
for the first semester, the 4-H'er should obtain a statement from the
college registrar stating he/she is currently enrolled. This statement
should be taken to his/her local county Extension office along with a
request for scholarship payment and the college address to which the check
should be mailed. They will then submit it to the state 4-H office. This
procedure would be repeated at the beginning of the second semester, with
the addition of a copy of the member's grades from the first semester in the
information submitted to the county Extension office.
Scholarship checks are made payable to the institution and to the 4-H member
and will be mailed directly to the school, college, or university.
The scholarship must be used within one year or be forfeited unless special
circumstances are documented to the state leader - 4-H and an extension is
granted.
A few of the scholarships have stipulations as to school attended, major field
of study, etc., that must be met.
Tips for Applying for Scholarships
1. Check the individual scholarship requirements and be sure you are eligible
before completing and submitting an application.
2. Fill out everything - answer all questions and be thorough.
3. Be sure to indicate which scholarship you are applying for.
4. Proofread.
5. Make a separate copy of the application for each scholarship applying for.
6. Be sure to include a copy of all supplemental materials with each application
(transcript and reference letters).
7. Keep a copy of your scholarship application on file at home.
8. Complete in time to have your county agent sign.
9. Observe deadlines.
| Author: |
Brian Helms, 4-H Development Specialist |
BRIAN HELMS is 4-H development specialist, Cooperative Extension
Service, University of Arkansas, Little Rock.
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