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SMART MONEY MOVES
SCHOLARSHIP EDITION
Crosby Scholars Financial Aid Newsletter | DECEMBER 2023
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In This Issue:
- Crosby Scholarship Opportunities
- Scholarship Handbook
- Virtual Financial Aid Advising
- Services We Offer
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The first Crosby Scholarship deadline is
JANUARY 10, 2024
This edition of Smart Money Moves highlights all scholarships with a January 10, 2024 deadline.
Please note that all eligibility requirements are not listed below. Please visit the Crosby Scholarship Handbook for full eligibility criteria and to submit your scholarship applications!
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ESSAY BASED SCHOLARSHIPS
Do you enjoy telling stories and expressing yourself through writing? These scholarships are for you! While most of our scholarships do require an essay, these scholarships do not have other criteria such as GPA, academic major, or participation in a particular Crosby Scholars Program.
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Friends of Bernardine Rea Scholarship
Essay Topic: Describe a time when someone unexpectedly treated you with kindness and compassion. How will this influence your future behavior?
$500 | Non-renewable
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Goodwill Willpower & Art Gibel Scholarships
Essay Topic: Explain how you have weathered adversity resulting from a personal choice. How have you emerged with a story of willpower and determination?
$1,500 | $1,000 | Non-renewable
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Kay Landry Scholarship Award
Essay Topic: Describe an impactful relationship, including important life lessons that you have gained as a result of this relationship, and its impact on your future.
$1,000 | Non-renewable
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Joyce Kohfeldt Determination Award
Essay Topic: Express how an event, special circumstance, or an adversity you have overcome has impacted your educational experience.
$1,000 | Non-renewable
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ACADEMIC BASED SCHOLARSHIPS
While many of our academic based scholarships are also essay based, they also have a specific GPA requirement that you must meet to be eligible. These requirements range from a 2.0 to 3.5 cumulative weighted GPA.
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Carolyn "Mimi" Fox Education Award
Minimum GPA: 3.0 (cumulative weighted)
Essay Topic: Describe a teacher who has had a positive impact on you.
$1,000 | Non-renewable
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The Don and Rita Martin Education Scholarship
Minimum GPA: 3.0 (cumulative weighted)
Essay Topic: Discuss a teacher or teachers who have had a significant impact on your life and how they have influenced your desire to pursue a career in Education.
$1,000 | Non-renewable
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There are many other Academic Based Crosby Scholarship opportunities that have a deadline of April 15, 2024. | | |
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COMMUNITY SERVICE BASED SCHOLARSHIPS
Have you spent a lot of your time volunteering in and serving your community? We have several scholarships for students who have served a certain number of volunteer hours, who have spearheaded a service activity and/or recruited others, and more!
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Mona W. Lovett Outstanding Commitment to Service Award
For students who have completed at least 50 hours of volunteer service during their junior and/or senior year of high school.
Essay Topic: Explain the sacrifices needed to perform so many hours of community service alongside the demands of academics, extracurricular activities, employment, and other commitments.
$1,000 | Non-renewable
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Mona W. Lovett Service and Relationships Award
For those who have made a significant commitment to volunteer services in grades 9-12.
Essay Topic: Describe a significant relationship developed through volunteering, especially one that might not have otherwise been established.
$1,000 | Non-renewable
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SCHOOL BASED SCHOLARSHIPS
These scholarships require your enrollment at either UNC-Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina A&T University, Wingate University, Wake Forest University, or a Historically Black College or University (HBCU)!
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All School Based Scholarships have a deadline of April 15, 2024. | | |
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FIRST-GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS
Are you a First-Generation College Student? You are considered a First-Generation College Student if neither of your parents have a four-year Bachelor's Degree from a college or university. If this sounds like you, then you can apply for one of these scholarships!
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There are many other Crosby Scholarship opportunities for students who are First-Generation College Students that have a deadline of April 15, 2024. | | |
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PROGRAM BASED SCHOLARSHIPS
Are you an active member of the AAMPED Program or have you attended a week of Right Decisions/Right Now Camp? If so, these scholarships are for you!
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AAMPED Scholarship
Minimum GPA: 3.0 (cumulative weighted)
Essay Topic: Explain how you will apply the principles of servant leadership to your college experience and beyond.
$1,000 | Non-renewable
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Right Decisions/Right Now Scholarship
Minimum GPA: 2.5 (cumulative weighted)
Essay Topic: Explain how your decision making throughout high school was guided by principles you learned at the Right Decisions Right Now Camp.
$1,000 | Non-renewable
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