Scholarships

 

Name of the Scholarship

 

Name of the Organization

 

Contact Person

 

Requirements

 

Award Amounts

 

 

Deadline

 

 

Alicia Scholarship

 

Latino Alliance Club

 

Rodolfo Ruiz-Velasco

(847) 543-2752

ruivel@clcillinois.edu

 

 

·          Be a Hispanic Student

·          Be a Lake County resident

·          Attend or be a student of College of Lake County.

·          Become a member of the Latino Alliance club

·          Work 10hrs with the club

·          Write an essay of minimum one page

·          One letter of recommendation

 

 

 

 

April 25th, 2009

 

 

Coalición Latinos Unidos de Lake County

 

CLULC

 

Myra Gaytan-Morales

(847)665-4016

mgaytan@ucenter.org

 

 

·          Be  Hispanic

·          Be accepted  into a college or university

·          Have community  Services

 

 

 

 

July 31, 2009

 

Waukegan Township - Scholarship

 

 

Waukegan Township

 

Candy Ortiz

847-244-4900

 

·          Live in Waukegan Township

·          Be a High School senior

 

 

 

 

University Center of Lake County Scholarship

 

 

The CLC Alumni Association Board

 

The College of Lake County

Alumni Relations Office

19351 W. Washington St.

Grayslake, IL 60030

(847) 543-2847

 

·          Transfer from CLC to the University Center of Lake County

·          Be a domestic student per your institution’s admissions office

·          Be eligible to receive the scholarship

·          GPA 3.0

 

 

$1,000

 

 

No later than June 1st, 2009

 

The Waukegan Business Association (WBA) Scholarship

 

Waukegan Business Association (WBA)

 

Beth Ragsdale

BethRagsdale@Firstmidwest.com

Carol Dore

(847) 623-6800

cdore@waukeganassociation.org

 

 

·          Be a high school graduate.

·          Reside within the 60085 or 60087 zip codes.

·          Provide an outstanding record of service to others.

·          Three letters of recommendation.

·          Have a minimum GPA of 3.0.

·          An official copy of the high school transcript.

 

 

 

$500

 

March 14th, 2009

 

Sí Se Puede Scholarship

 

Lake County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

 

 

www.lakecountychamber.com

 

 

·          Live in Lake County, Illinois

·          A graduating Lake County, Illinois High School Senior

·          Planning to enroll in college in the fall 2009

·          A citizen or legal resident of the US

·          Of Latino descent (at least one parent)

·          Minimum 3.0 GPA (on 4.0 scale)

 

 

 

$500

 

 January 31st, 2009

 

Puerto Rican Society Scholarship

 

Puerto Rican Society

 

Edwin Washington

Edna Nievez

(847) 662-1459

 

·          Be a Hispanic

·          Be accepted into a college or university.

·          Provide a class schedule.

 

 

 

August 1st, 2009

 

The Clara Abbott Foundation Admission and Financial Aid Fair – Lake County, IL

 

 

Abbott Company

 

 

Jordana Zazula

(617) 393-7830

jzazula@getintocollege.com

 

 

 

 

 

·          Must be an employee of the Abbott company

 

 

 

 

 

Eddie Washington - Scholarship

 

The Office of State  Representative  Eddie Washington 60th District

 

Must apply in person at

141A South Genesee St.

Waukegan, Illinois 60085

 

·          Be a citizen or resident

·          Attend an Illinois University

·          A copy of high school diploma, or college transcript

·          One page cover letter

 

 

 

 

March 10th thru May 9th, 2009

 

 

Dr. Juan Andrade, Jr. Scholarship for Young Hispanic Leaders

 

United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI)

 

USHLI

431 S. Dearborn, Suite 1203

Chicago, IL 60605

(312)427-8683

www.ushli.org

 

 

·          Be enrolled as a full-time student in an institution.

·          Attend the National USHLI Conference.

·          Submit: a cover page, background information, an essay, an official transcript, a three letters of recommendation, resume, and a picture.

 

 

$1,000 or $500

 

January 11th, 2009

 

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

 

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

 

www.hsf.net

 

·          Be a undergraduate or graduate student

·          Be a U.S citizen or an eligible non-citizen.

·          Have a GPA of 3.3.

 

 

 

 

 

$1,000 - $5,000.

 

 

 

March 15th, 2009

 

American Veterans (AMVETS) Scholarship

 

American Veterans (AMVETS)

 

Beryl W. Love

Programs Director

301/683-4030

Post 35
Madison Avenue Restaurant
34 North Sheridan Road
Waukegan, IL 60085
(847) 731-7260

blove@amvets.org

www.amvets.org

 

 

·          Be a veteran.

·          Be an undergraduate or graduate student.

 

$1,000 - $4,000.

 

March 1st, 2009

 

The Hispanic College Fund

Scholarship

 

The Hispanic College Fund (HCF)

 

1-800-644-4223

hcf-info@hispanicfund.org

http://hispanicfund.org

 

 

·          Be a U.S citizen or a non-citizen.

·          Have a GPA of 3.0.

·          Enroll in a college as a full-time student.

 

 

 

March 15th, 2009

 

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

 

 

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

(MCSF)

 

http://www.marine-scholars.org

 

 

Son,  Daughter or Grandchild of:

·          An active duty or reserve U.S Marine.

·          Have received an Honorable Discharge, Medical Discharge, or was killed while serving the U.S Marine Corps.

·          Be a U.S Navy Corpsman.

·          GPA of 2.0 (Check website)

 

 

$77,000 -  $10,000

 

Every year

(Check web cite)

 

AGI’s Minority Participation Program Geosciences Student Scholarships

 

 

AGI America Geological Institute

 

http://www.agiweb.org/application.html

 

 

 

 

·          Be a U.S citizen.

·          Have financial need.

·          Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate institution.

·          Primary major in geosciences sub-disciplines of geology.

 

 

 

 

March 14th, 2009

 

Astronaut Scholars

 

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

 

http://www.astronautscholarship.org/scholarship.html

 

 

 

 

Check website for more information

 

 

 

 

Every year

 

CASUALTY ACTUARIAL SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP

 

CASUALTY ACTUARIAL SOCIETY

 

http://www.beanactuary.org

475 N. Martingale Road, Suite 600 Schaumburg, IL 60173-2226

(847)706-3500

 

 

·          undergraduate or graduate level

·          pursuing actuarial careers

·          Minority Students



 

 

$1,000 to $2500

 

April 14th, 2009

 

American Art Therapy Association

 

American Art Therapy Association – Cay Drachnik Minories Fund

 

1202 Allanson Rd. Mundelein, IL 60060

Tel: 847-949-6064

www.arttherapy.org

 

 

·          minority students in the field of art therapy

·          must be members of the American Art Therapy Association

 

 

 

 

 

June 15th, 2009

 

McDonald's Hispanic American Commitment to Education Resources (HACER) Program

 

 

McDonald's Hispanic American Commitment to Education

 

Contact your high school guidance counselor, local McDonald's Manager or the National Hispanic Scholarship Fund

 (415) 892-9971

 

 

 

·          Hispanic high school graduate

 

 

 

 

February 1st,09

 

American Dental Association  Foundation

 

ADA Foundation-Minority Dental Student Scholarship Program

 

211 East Chicago Avenue

Chicago, IL 60611

www.ada.org/ada/pro/adaf/prog_scholarship_prog.asp

(310) 440-2547

ADAF@ada.org

 

 

·          High school seniors or college students

·          3.0 GPA

·          Studying chemical engineering

 

 

$1,000

 

October 16th, 2009

 

Southwest Airlines and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)

 

HACU

 

Lorena Blanco

(210) 573-3224

www.hacu.com

www.southwest.com

www.southwest.com/about_swa/press/college.pdf

 

 

·          Must a college student

·          2.5 GPA

 

 

4 Roundtrip tickets to and from University

 

June 15th, 2009

 

Que Llueva Café Scholarship

 

Chicano Organizing and Research in Education (CORE)

 

 

Send Application  Materials:

Chicano Organizing and Research in Education (CORE)

Attn: Que Llueva Café Scholarship P.O. Box 160144

Sacramento, CA 95816

 

 

·          Two letter of recommendation

·          A statement of Financial Need

·          Written Response

·          Official Transcripts

 

 

 

 

 

Que Llueva Café Scholarship

 

Chicano Organizing and Research in Education (CORE)

 

Chicano Organizing and Research in Education (CORE)

Attn: Que Llueva Café Scholarship

P.O.  Box 160144

Sacramento, CA 95816

 

 

·          Letters of Recommendation

·          Statement of Finacial Need

·          Written Response

·          Official Transcripts

 

 

 

 

A.R.E. Scholarship

 

 

The Association of Raza Educatiors

 

rasaeducators@aol.com

www.razaeducators.com

 

 

Check website for more information

 

$1,000

 

March 31st. 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

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