Scholarship Applications

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Scholarship Applications
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Outline

• Introduction
• Application Process
• The Application
• Available Scholarships
• Rating Process
• Selection Process
• Summary

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Introduction

• Students must apply for available scholarships
• No application no scholarship!
• Many of our better students or students with only
  one semester left do not apply for scholarships!
• Financial need not a criteria for all
  scholarships
• One application gets you considered for all EMS
  and all CEE Scholarships at a minimum
• Some top ranked students are usually awarded one
  EMS and one CEE Scholarship

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Introduction

• Where does the money come from?
• UW-P Foundation constantly seeking new
  scholarship benefactors
• Primary source is UW-P Alumni
• CEE Alumni are extremely generous
• Mining Engineering Alumni are extremely generous
• These scholarships have been absorbed by CEE

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Application Process

• Must complete a Scholarship Application Form
• Online Application Process
• Paper Application Process Preferred
• Application must be received by the Financial Aid
  Office by 400 PM on February 15, 2008
• Applications are sorted and provided to the EMS
  Scholarship Chair and the EMS Department
  Scholarship Chairs (CEE, etc.)

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Application Process

• Department Scholarship Committees review
  applications and rank the applicants
• EMS Department Scholarship Committee Chairs meet
  with EMS Scholarship Chair and award EMS
  Scholarships
• Department Scholarship Committees meet and award
  individual Department Scholarships
• Students are notified by letter if they are
  awarded a scholarship Goal date is May 1

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The Scholarship Application

• Paper Application
• Electronic Application Online
• You can go back and edit until deadline
• Include the following somewhere (criteria)
• Level Jr, Sr, etc.
• Degree Program or Programs
• Emphasis or Emphases
• Graduation Date

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The Scholarship Application

• Must complete Part I and Part II
• Part I Why are you qualified to receive this
  scholarship?
• Discuss how you meet the minimum criteria for the
  scholarship credits, location, emphasis, GPA,
  etc.
• Do not discuss biographical sketch info here
• Be thorough
• Use good writing skills
• Part II Biographical Sketch

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The Scholarship Application

• You need to make our job more difficult!!
• Improve Your Scholarship Application!!
• Put in the time required to write a Biographical
  Sketch you are proud of
• Ask Faculty to review your Biographical Sketch
• Include a good resume
• Refer to the resume in your Bio
• Include Letters of Reference

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The Biographical Sketch

• Improve Your Scholarship Application
• Concise and informative Introduction
• Concise Statement of Purpose
• Concise personal, academic, and professional
  goals

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The Biographical Sketch

• Improve Your Scholarship Application
• Tell us story about
• Yourself
• Your family
• Your experiences
• Your philosophies
• Your lessons learned so far in life

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The Biographical Sketch

• Improve Your Scholarship Application
• Why are you pursuing a CEE degree?
• Why are you pursuing your emphasis area(s)?

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The Biographical Sketch

• Improve Your Scholarship Application
• Discuss any anomalies without using excuses
• Low grades
• Lack of participation in organizations

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The Biographical Sketch

• Improve Your Scholarship Application
• Do you have a job, why, and how many hours?
• Why is financial aid important to you?

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The Biographical Sketch

• Improve Your Scholarship Application
• Clear and informative Closure
• Use good writing skills spelling and grammar
• Use a word processor
• Proof reading!

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The Biographical Sketch

• 5 lines of text will not cut it!!

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Available Scholarships EMS

• 37 scholarships available for a total of 17,000
• Value 300 to 1250 each
• Not dependent on major or other consistent
  definitive criteria for the most part mostly
  GPA and activities
• Goal is to spread the available money based on
  the percentage of department students in EMS
• Example CEE has 22 percent of EMS students
• Top students in each program are awarded the EMS
  scholarships (CEE 14 for 8,250)

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Available Scholarships CEE

• 57 scholarships awarded (2007)
• Total of 66,000 dollars (2007)
• Value Minimum 500
• 57 out of 75 CEE students who applied received a
  CEE scholarship in 2007

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Available Scholarships CEE

• Full Tuition and Fees Scholarships
• JP Cullen (2) also includes a Co-op offer
• Ted and Sande Richards

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Available Scholarships CEE

• Other High Value Scholarships
• Speedway Sand and Gravel
• Thern Scholarship
• Wisconsin Concrete Paving Association-WCPA
• Wisconsin Asphalt Paving Association-WAPA
• Wisconsin Transportation Builders-WTBA
• Ayres Associates

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CEE Ranking Process

• Rating Basis
• GPA 0 to 5 points
• Extracurricular Activities 0 to 5 points
• Subjective Rating 0 to 5 points
• Each committee member rates each student
• Ratings are averaged for each category
• Final Rating is sum of category rankings
• Final Ranking based on order of final ratings

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Selection Process

• Top 10 students meeting JP Cullen criteria are
  sent to JP Cullen
• Cullen reviews applications and has students
  complete a separate questionnaire
• Possible Interviews
• Scholarship winners forward to CEE Dept
• Co-op offers extended
• Will not lose scholarship if you turn down offer

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Selection Process

• 4 to 5 names sent to several benefactors
• Speedway Sand and Gravel
• WCPA, WAPA, WTBA
• Karberg-Machotka, Keehn
• Benefactors select scholarship recipient
• Remainder of names go back in the pot
• Remainder of CEE Scholarships awarded based on
  rankings and criteria

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Summary

• You need to apply for a scholarship to receive a
  scholarship!
• Application Deadline 400 PM February 15
• Paper or Electronic Applications
• Make our job more difficult!
• 3 out of 4 CEE students who apply for a
  scholarship receive a scholarship
• 57 CEE scholarships awarded valued at 66,000

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Questions?