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Nebraska Association of County Office Employees |
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NEBRASCOE |
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Scholarships |
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NASCOE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
This award is to help defray expenses for a student to attend an accredited school. Applicant MUST be a NASCOE member, members spouse, member’s child, or member’s legal dependent. $2500 for National Winner $1500 for NASCOE NW Area Winner $ 500 for three (3) Nebraska State Winners
See Eligibility, Evaluation, and Judging Process for the NW Area and National Scholarship rules below.
To apply for these scholarships, complete the National NASCOE Scholarship application. It is not necessary for you to complete a separate application for each area. As State Chairperson, I will forward all eligible scholarship applications on to the NW Area office and they will forward eligible application to the National level..
The financial section is a requirement to be considered for the NW Area and National level. If you are only interested in applying for the State NEBRASCOE scholarship, you are not required to complete the financial information. However, in the case of a tie among the applicants, financial need will be taken into consideration. Applicants will not be given another opportunity to supply this information.
Application Deadline All applications must be received by February 10, 2008 Submit applications to: Connie Richardson, PO Box 262, Bancroft, NE. 68004
NEBRASCOE has adopted some rules that differ from the NW Area and National criteria. Our State NEBRASCOE Scholarship program is independent of the National NASCOE scholarship program and is available to eligible Nebraska applicants only. However, Nebraska is using the same application form as is used for the National NASCOE scholarship.
The Nebraska criterion for members only requires that the member be an FSA employee with the current year membership dues paid. NEBRASCOE established a policy that previous state scholarship winners are not eligible to reapply. Previous applicants are encouraged to reapply for awards as long as they meet all other criteria. Applications will be judged on work experience, scholastic, extra curricular, and community service.
NW Area & National Scholarship Program Eligibility *Applicant must be a NASCOE member, members spouse, member’s child, or members legal dependent. *The NASCOE member must be a permanent county office employee, not an Associate member, with dues paid & current for the past 5 years or since becoming a permanent FSA employee. *A member who retires or transfers within the Agency during the scholarship year (September 1 to August 30) must have their entire dues paid regardless of dues withholding. *Applicant may be either a high school senior or a full time [minimum of 12 credit hours] college student up to the Bachelor Degree level. *A minimum of a “C” average [using the 4.0 system] in both their junior and senior years of high school or as a college student is REQUIRED. *This award must be used to defray expenses incidental to the student’s attendance at a 4 year college, university, community college or commercial or trade school which is accredited by the Department of Education of that State. r
THE AWARDEE MUST SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE AT LEAST ONE SEMESTER OF SCHOOLING OR RETURN THE MONEY! *Applicant can only win one (1) time at the Area level. *Applications can be re-submitted if the applicant continues to meet all eligibility requirements. *All applications MUST be hard copies with appropriate signatures NO ELECTRONIC APLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED! *All necessary signatures MUST be affixed to the application and MUST be certified as eligible by an Officer of the State Association.
Evaluation Criteria *All sources of information concerning each applicant will be considered: School Records Employment Work Experience Reference Letters *All applicants will be evaluated on the basis of: basis of: ABILITY: This shall include both mental and physical factors which might affect the applicant’s ability to benefit by further education. This will be judged by available school and health records and any other information which may reflect on the student’s ability. INCENTIVE ASSISTANCE: All pertinent information relative to the student desire to continue his/her education and to the other financial resources available to meet the student’s desire will be considered. OTHER PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Any other personal characteristics such as initiative, industry, persistence, leadership ability, personal and social adjustment which might affect the student’s success will be considered.
NWA JUDGING PROCESS *An Area Judging Committee (3-5 members) will be appointed by the Area Executive Committeeperson. *The Area Judging Committee shall make their selection NO LATER THAN MARCH 30th using the available Score Sheet. *After the Area Chair tabulates all applications, the Area Exec will announce the winner. *If a TIE occurs at the Area level, the Area Scholarship chairperson will judge the applications that are tied to determine the winner. *The Area Chair then forwards an original and five (5) copies of the winner’s application to National Chair NO LATER THAN APRIL 15TH T\
NATIONAL JUDGING *The National judging committee will be the Area Executive Committee members. *The National judging committee shall determine the National winner by May 30th *If a TIE occurs at the National level, the National Chairperson shall break the tie by judging the applications that are tied. |
