The Fall 2021 South Wireless Scholarship Fund Issues Guidelines

SHARE THIS ARTICLE

The South Wireless Associations are now accepting applications for the 2021 Fall semester scholarship fund. The scholarship committee will award one student in each of the ten state associations and will receive a grant for the Fall 2021 semester.

Eligibilities include:

  • The student must be enrolled full-time in his/her graduate or undergraduate studies at an accredited college or university. 
  • The student’s family member must be a member of one of the South Wireless Associations: Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas-Oklahoma, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas or Carolinas and live in the state that the awarded scholarship association is awarded.
  • The student must have and maintain a 3.0 GPA average in high school and college and must maintain a 3.0 GPA to remain eligible, and have received a 23 score or better on the ACT.
  • Each state’s association will award the scholarship to a prospective student in their state.
  • AD HOC Scholarship-This Semester-One Scholarship, in addition to the 10 State Scholarships- will be awarded to a resident of a South Wireless Association state that is a member that will be attending an accredited university in another state that comprises one of the states that make up the South Wireless Association (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, OK, AR, TN, KY, TX). e.g.: An Alabama resident that will be attending Vanderbilt in Nashville; a Georgia resident attending Duke University in Durham, etc. You must denote that you are applying as an AD HOC candidate on your application.
  • The Remaining 10 Scholarships require that the student must attend school in the state in which the scholarship is awarded. The student must be a resident of the state that awards the scholarship, i.e. Texas Scholarship will go to a Texas resident who attends an accredited Texas University. Past recipients of the Fall, 2019 SWS Scholarship, must have maintained a minimum of a 3.0 GPA to reapply.
  • Previous award recipients are encouraged to apply.
  • This Scholarship is for FALL, 2021 ONLY, the candidate must be enrolled in an accredited University or College-Full time for FALL, 2021 to be eligible for the FALL, 2021 Scholarship. Winning the FALL, 2021 scholarship is a stand-alone award, and the South Wireless Association will award all future scholarships on a bi-annual basis.

Application:

  • Once the student has met the criteria above, an Essay must be submitted: Title and Subject: “The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on regular life across the world has changed students’ use of technology.  How has your use of technology changed both in education and in your personal life during the pandemic?”
  • Applicants will then be vetted and candidates may be interviewed during the selection process.
  • Applications and all the required attachments must be submitted to the following e-mail box: southwireless2020@gmail.com by 5 p.m. EDT – July 01, 2021. No mailed-in applications will be considered. Scanned documents must be legible and easily printed. All scanned items must be scaled and formatted to an 8” x 11” paper size. The scanned file must be emailed and attached with the completed application; If the scanned files are not downloadable, your application will be voided.
  • Only complete applications will be reviewed and considered (do not use the phrase-“see transcript or see ACT scores,” all blanks must be filled out on the application). No applicant will be considered if they do not fill out the application entirely and all attachments are submitted with the application! These attachments must be printable and scalable! (No exceptions-if your application cannot be viewed upon receipt, it will be disqualified). If your application is not complete and does not include all attachments and the essay at the time of submission, it will be deemed void and not considered.
  • If you do not meet the minimum qualifications-your application will not be considered.
  • The selected candidates of the individual state scholarships will be notified by the committee during July, 2021. All documents sent to the selected candidate must be filled out and returned to the SWS Scholarship Committee for the funds to be distributed to the selected candidate and their university or institution.

The deadline to submit applications is Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 5 p.m. EDT. All applications are to be submitted to southwireless2020@gmail.com.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.