UNIVERSAL CRAFTSMEN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERS
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD FUND
To:
Worthy Chiefs of All Councils:
This
provides information to assist you in providing scholarship
opportunities to sons and daughters of members of our fraternity. The
only way these opportunities can be extended is if your council shares
the opportunity with Council members and they with their families. Feel
free to make copies of the scholarship application forms and distribute
them accordingly. Be sure the applicants are aware of the deadline date
for returning their application to you by April 1 and you forward your
council’s recommended applications to the Chairman of the Scholarship
Program by April 30. In order to be fair and fully understood by all
our brothers, there is no extension of deadlines. Awards will be
announced by mid June and all applicants notified accordingly. Stress
with applicants that illegible applications will be returned without
consideration.
1.Scholarship
Application
2.Parent
letter
3. SchoolRecommendation
4. Worthy Chief’s Endorsement
The following procedure is necessary when you receive a request for
an application:
1. You are to give the applicant
the application blank, the parents' letter and the school principal's
letter with instructions to have these three filled out and returned to
you, the Worthy Chief. Also request the student provide a current FAFSA
form and have his/her school or college forward a current transcript to
you.
2. After April 1 and your committee’s
review of applications you should forward the complete set of
applications you recommend along with the Worthy Chief’s endorsement for
each application to the UNIVERSAL CRAFTSMEN COUNCIL of ENGINEERS Scholarship Chairman on or before April
30. This will give the UNIVERSAL CRAFTSMEN COUNCIL of
ENGINEERS scholarship committee ample time to select and notify successful
candidate (s) that they are being recommended to the Grand Council for an
award. Actual scholarship awards must be approved by the Grand Council
authorizing the scholarship payment. Recipients will be notified by
mid-August. It is the intention of the scholarship committee to notify
all applicants whether they are successful or not.
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP
AWARD
1.That our
organization
be more widelyknown and that it may be known for activelypromoting the benefits contained in its
preamble-that of Education and Elevation--which could be termed
Elevation through Education;
2.The scholarship program
will be administered by a Committee of three (3) to be appointed by the
Grand Worthy Chief as follows: Chairman 3 years, 1 member 2 years and
member for l year
3.That eligible candidates
for the Scholarship Fund be Children or grandchildren of members in good
standing and/or Children or Grandchildren of deceased members who were
in good standing at time of demise. That Parent or Grandparent shall
have been a member of Council sponsoring applicant for not less than
(1) year prior to date of application.
4.That other things being
equal, preference will be given to applicants mostly in need of
financial aid.
5.That such application be
certified to, in writing, by parents, Principal or school administrator
of applicant's school and the Worthy Chief of Council proposing
candidate.
6.That successful candidate
be permitted to select his or her own school.
7.That all applicants shall
be among the first twenty per cent of his or her class scholastically.
8.That assistance from
Scholarship Fund be applicable for one (I) year only. But this does not
preclude a successful applicant submitting another application.
9.That applications for
Scholarships be handled in its entirety by the Constituent Council of
which Parent or Grandparent is or was a member in good standing.
10.That whenever feasible
every third (3rd) student assisted by the Scholarship Fund
shall be a resident of the Dominion of Canada.
11.The one year Scholarship
Award will be $500.00 for students majoring in the field of
Engineering. The one yearScholarship Award for Students majoring in other
than engineering fields will be for $300.
