Local Scholarship Updates

The list of local scholarships is coming together nicely (MANY thanks to Shelly in Counseling and Jo for taking on the lion's share of this project!!). If we get the 2017-2018 applications, they're being posted on the wall by the office.

Please keep an eye on these folders, and if one becomes empty -- let me (or one of our aides) know. Or take the master from the green accordion file on the work table by the sink and make some more copies. The applications are filed alphabetically; sometimes extra copies are also stored in the accordion file.

Anyway, I'm noticing that some of the "old standards" awarded every year have changed. Below are the ones I've noticed so far.

Western Oregon University ASPIRE partnership Scholarship

(for students who have applied at  WOU)

There is no longer a paper application as this award has been folded in with others in their scholarship database.The student will complete and submit it online. After that, I will be asked in an email if I would like to nominate him/her, and I respond accordingly.

It will still be available to two students from YC.

Please pass this info, and the link below, to your WOU-bound students -- otherwise I'm afraid they might miss it in WOU's database.

We'also post the new details on the Scholarship Wall near our office.

This non-renewable scholarship is awarded to incoming freshman nominated by their high school ASPIRE program coordinator. Each ASPIRE program is limited to two nominations per year.

• $500 nonrenewable scholarship
• Must be nominated by qualifying ASPIRE coordinator
• Must be enrolled in 12 credits per term at WOU to receive the scholarship.

To apply for the ASPIRE Scholarship, complete the General Scholarship Application at https://wou.academicworks.com. You must have a WOU Portal username and password to access the General Scholarship Application.\

Deadline March 1, 2017.

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Mid Columbia Bus Company

This award used to be available only to students who rode the school bus.

It is now open to all students.

For 2017-2018, there is no application to complete. Mid Columbia prefers that YC admin make the selection.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you have mentees you think should be considered.

The scholarship amount remains at $500.

Deadline April 15, 2017

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ASPIRE Mentors' Scholarship

This award, supported entirely by donations from ASPIRE mentors, has waxed and waned over the last decade. For 2017-2018, it is again alive and well: A member of our mentor team has made a very generous donation to the fund. We have $500 to work with!

Only students who have participated in the ASPIRE program will be considered.

Deadline April 15, 2017