Alumni Association Award

Award Criteria

This award, generously funded by the Alumni Association, is designed to help reduce a needy Honors Candidate's employment obligations by enabling that Candidate to devote more time to his or her Honors Project. Two awards are given each year. Recipients of the award are determined by the Chair of the Honors Committee in consultation with the College's Financial Aid Office in May. That determination is based on an assessment of the total financial need of each Candidate during the year that he or she plans to do Honors, and on the assumption that the Candidate intends to continue his or her Honors work after the summer break. Everyone who applies is notified who the recipients of the award are as soon as the decision is made in order to facilitate financial planning for the summer. Upon notification, the recipients must notify the Chair of the Honors Committee in writing to formally accept the award and to reaffirm his or her plans to continue Honors work after the summer break. If a recipient fails to do this, then an alternate Candidate will be selected to receive the award. The awards are officially announced and presented at the beginning of the fall semester.

The Award

The award consists of a total of $1500 which is granted in two $750 installments, one at the beginning of the fall semester and one at the beginning of the spring semester. The second installment is contingent upon the successful completion of the fall semester's Honors work. Candidates wishing to be considered for this award should be aware that it may alter the financial aid they expect to receive from other sources if the award brings that aid to a level above their need. Candidates may want to consult with the Financial Aid Office about this prior to applying for the award.

How to Apply

All students officially accepted into the Honors Program, i.e., all Honors Candidates, are automatically eligible for this award. To apply, simply fill out the form on the back of this page and return it to the Honors Committee Chair when you submit your application to do Honors. If your application is accepted, then you will automatically be considered for the award. Applications from off-sequence Candidates, who begin Honors in the Spring Term, will be reviewed together with other applications in the spring. You must return the form below along with your application to do Honors in order to be considered. You also must have filed all of the requisite financial aid forms with the Financial Aid Office by the end of the spring semester. If there are extenuating circumstances which you think are relevant to the assessment of your financial status, please describe those circumstances in a separate letter to the Chair of the Honors Committee and attach it to the completed form on the back of this page. Any questions regarding the application process should be directed to the Chair of the Honors Committee.

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HONORS AWARD

Application

Name (please print):
Field of Honors:
Title of Proposed Project:
I am submitting this form to verify that I wish to be considered for the Alumni Association Honors Award. I am aware that this means that my financial records will be reviewed by the Financial Aid Office and that pertinent information may be shared with the Chair of the Honors Committee when the determination as to whom the recipient of the award should be is made. I also am aware that being considered for this award is contingent upon the official acceptance of my application to do Honors.
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