Scholarship opportunities - Dwight Lauderdale and Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships

Dwight Lauderdale Scholarship

Applications are currently being accepted for the Dwight Lauderdale Scholarship at Barry University for the coming academic year. The fund will award two scholarships of $2500. Requirements are:

• A full-time undergraduate who is a sophomore, junior, or senior at Barry University majoring in communications;
• Cumulative GPA minimum of 3.00
• Financial aid need ranking from Barry University’s Office of Financial Aid based on the EFC from the FAFSA
  
  Preference for:
• Broadcast communication majors or students minoring in journalism
• Documented involvement in community service attesting to the well-roundedness of the candidate and personal character traits (responsibility, maturity, self starting, outgoing personality, etc)

Interested students need to request an application form from Professor Hicks at the Communications Dept. These can be emailed. Contact Professor Hicks at CMcMahon@mail.barry.edu  

APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2009

Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship

The Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship is now open for applications from graduate students who meet the criteria below: 

• Senior standing or graduated from an accredited four-year U.S. college or university within the past five years. 
• A cumulative undergraduate grade-point average of 3.5 or better on a scale of 4.0 (or the equivalent).
• Demonstrated unmet financial need.
• A bachelor’s degree by the start of the fall 2009 semester.
• Not previously nominated for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship.
• Plans to begin their first graduate degree program at an accredited college or university in the fall of 2009.

While the Foundation considers academic excellence first in evaluating candidates, competitive applicants must also demonstrate unmet financial need, which has two components. The first, education costs that are appreciably greater than the total amount of other scholarships or grant awards. The second, insufficient student and family income to meet educational costs.

All scholarship nominees must plan to begin their first graduate degree program on a full-time basis at an accredited university in the fall of 2009. Recipients are chosen from a national pool, with approximately 1,000 nominees competing each year for approximately 35 awards.

To begin the application process, you need to contact James A. Touma, the on-campus faculty representative for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. If you are interested in applying, please contact Mr. Touma at (305) 899-4070 or by email at jtouma@mail.barry.edu.  

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Feb.27, 2009.