UWA Undergraduate Scholarships
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UWA Undergraduate Scholarships for Academic Year 2012-13
The University Women's Association (UWA) provides scholarships for undergraduate women at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Applications for the 2012-13 academic year will be accepted through March 9, 2012.
The scholarship forms are being accepted now.
Scholarship Information
• Applicants will be notified as to the status of their scholarship application by the end of the Spring semester
Scholarship awards range from $1,000 to $3,000 for the academic year.
• Half of the scholarship is deposited in the awardees UAF account at the beginning of each semester.
• The awardee must be registered for 12 credits (Bachelors degree program) or 9 credits (Associates degree program) to receive their scholarship monies.
• An award can be deferred by one semester under special circumstances at the discretion of the Scholarship Committee.
Scholarship Requirements
Female applicants enrolled in the Associate Degree program who meet the following minimum requirements will be considered:
• demonstrated
financial need
• current enrollment of 9 credits or more at UAF in a field of study leading
to an Associate Degree
• a 3.0 or better cumulative GPA based on a minimum of 9 credit hours
•strong faculty and/or employer recommendations
Female applicants enrolled in the Bachelors Degree program who meet the following minimum requirements will be considered:
• demonstrated financial
need
• completion of at least 12 credit hours for each of the two preceding
semesters (at UAF or another institution)
• a 3.0 or better cumulative GPA based on a minimum of 9 credit hours
• current enrollment as a full-time (12 credit) UAF undergraduate in a
degree program with at least sophomore standing
• strong faculty and/or employer recommendations
Checklist for applying for UWA undergraduate scholarship
__Step
1) :Please
fill out the web based scholarship form below, which will be automatically
e-mailed to the UWA Scholarship Chair when you click the submit button.
2012-13 Academic Year Scholarship form is here.
__Step
2) Have
three letters of reference mailed the UWA post box or drop
it off at the Women's center. Typically, letters of reference
are written by UAF faculty and/or applicant's employers. However,
we require that at least one letter is from a faculty member.
Additional information for reference letters is located in
the online application form.
Note that letters of recommendation
dropped off at the Women's Center must be in a sealed
envelope with the recommender's signature across the seal.
Mail
to:
UWA Scholarship committee
P.O. Box 81776
Fairbanks, Alaska 99708-1776
or
Drop off forms at, or send by campus mail
to:
UAF Women's Center,
Eielson Building,
Room 112
on campus
__Step 3) Have your university transcript (unofficial is acceptable) mailed to:
UWA
Scholarship committee
P.O. Box 81776
Fairbanks, Alaska 99708-1776
or
Drop off forms at, or send by
campus mail to:
UAF Women's Center,
Eielson Building,
Room 112 on campus
Scholarship contact information:
Scholarship committee chair, Dr. Anahita at sine.anahita 'at' alaska.edu