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Latino Scholarship Fund

Amount: $750

The National Image Inc., Central Illinois Chapter, will award three scholarships each year. The successful applicant may use these funds for whatever the applicant deems necessary, but the funds must be used for educational purposes only. Funds are paid to the school in the applicant's name.

The scholarship awards will be announced each year by August 16th. Letters announcing the award of a scholarship will be postmarked by this date to each applicant at the address listed on their application. All decisions concerning application acceptance, rejection, award or dollar amounts of the scholarships by the Board of Central Illinois Image are final. Provisions for appeal or further review are not available.

Qualifications or Criteria for Applying: Applicants must:

Be of Latino background (one parent must be full Latino or both parents must be at least half Latino)
Currently reside in central Illinois
Minimum un-weighted grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.00 scale
Currently be enrolled in or accepted to an accredited university, college or trade school
All application materials must be typed and written in English
Each applicant is eligible to receive funds from this scholarship only once

Selection Criteria: Applications will be evaluated on the following criteria:

Academic Achievement (50%)
- Academic Official Transcripts
- Academic Letter of Recommendation on official letterhead
Personal Essay and Other Activities (50%)
- Personal Essay
- Letter of Recommendation from a teacher, clergy or adult club leader on community, civic and/or athletic activities

Application Package Must Include:

Completed and signed application
Copy of Official Transcripts
Letter of Academic Recommendation on official letterhead
Personal Essay
Letter of recommendation on your community, civic and/or athletic activities

Postmark Application Deadline: Applications postmarked by June 25, or received after June 30, each year will not be accepted; no extension will be granted. Each applicant may only receive one scholarship.

Mail applications to:

National Image Latino Scholarship Fund
6101 Willow Springs Road
Springfield, IL 62712-9592

The mission of SIU School of Medicine is to assist the citizens of central and southern Illinois in meeting their present and future health care needs through education, clinical service and research.

Southern Illinois University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution in accordance with Civil Rights legislation and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, handicap or national origin in any of its educational programs, activities, admissions or employment practices.

NOTE: Most of the forms on these web pages are in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).

Office of Student Affairs

Latino Scholarship Fund

Amount: $750