Financial aid offers eight scholarships for students who meet “unique” requirements
By Jennifer Rillamas Page Designer rillamas15@up.edu
Scholarships are everywhere.
Many go unheard of, but at UP there are a few that shouldn't be missed.
For the 2011-2012 school year, the Office of Financial Aid is offering eight scholarships to students who meet unique qualifications. Some of these scholarships are not new but are looking for new recipients.
The donors who fund the scholarships set the qualifications and criteria each student needs to meet. These scholarships can be renewed every year as long as the student meets the criteria, according to Financial Aid Assistant Director Bryce Majors
"Endowed means that someone donated money for a scholarship, and the money is put into an investment," Majors said. "The earnings from that investment become a scholarship that can technically be around forever."
The amount scholarship recipients will receive will range from $1,000-$2,000. The deadline for all applications is September 16th.
The availability of the scholarships changes from year to year.
Students who are descendants of a Columbia Prep alumnus
Scholarships & scholarship eligibility
- Bridget M. Connell Endowed Scholarship & Genevieve Moore Endowed Scholarship
- Students of Irish descent
- Columbia Prep Endowed Scholarship
- Students who are descendants of a Columbia Prep alumnus
- The Gix Scholarship in Engineering
- Students who are engineering majors
- Students who took part in an engineering experience during summer break, unpaid or paid
- Juan Young Trust Annual Scholarship
- Students who are descendants of a former Kienow's employee
- Students under the age of 21
- Lois Teske Endowed Scholarship
- Students who are relatives of a Holy Cross Priest
- Students not currently receiving tuition remission (receiving full or partial tuition because they are related to a University of Portland employee)
- Goldie Chan Lam Endowed Scholarship
- Students of Chinese descent
- Ted and Sheila Winnowski Endowed Scholarship
- Students of Polish descent
- Ralph & Sandra Richardson Miller Endowed Scholarship
- Students who are naturalized American citizens
- Students who are children of two naturalized American citizens
To Apply:
To apply for a scholarship, go online to up.edu/finaid and locate the orange news tab on the right hand side. After finding the news tab, click on "Institutional Scholarship Application" on the very bottom and continue with the application.
