Saturday, February 25, 2017

Area scholarships available

EVANSDALE — Applications are being accepted through April 1 for the Forever Young Memorial Scholarship Fund, which memorializes Kelsey Lee and Lindsay Nichols.

This scholarship fund has been established to assist at least two students annually in a health science field. There will be two $1,000 scholarships awarded this year to students residing in Black Hawk or Buchanan counties.

Graduates must be full-time students at an accredited public or private university, college, vocational, technical or post-secondary institution in Iowa for the 2016-17 school years. Priority will be given to individuals with a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Applicants must exhibit leadership qualities through involvement in extracurricular and volunteer activities in school, community or church.

To apply, complete the scholarship application and submit transcript, essay and three letters of recommendation. Winners will be notified in May. Application materials may be obtained at local high schools.

Send completed scholarship packet to Forever Young Memorial Scholarship, 616 Grand Blvd., Evansdale 50707.

Friends of Covenant and Sartori

WATERLOO — The Friends of Covenant Medical Center and Friends of Sartori Memorial Hospital will jointly award scholarships to area students in 2017.

In conjunction with funds donated by McElroy Trust, the scholarship committee is able to award seven $2,000 scholarships this year.

Qualified applicants must be graduating high-school students planning to pursue a career in a health-related program or post-secondary students currently enrolled in a health-related program.

Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academics, financial need and citizenship.

Materials also can be picked up from the Covenant Foundation office, 3421 W. Ninth St., Waterloo 50702, and the Sartori Health Care Foundation office, 515 College St., Cedar Falls.

Submissions must be completed and returned to the Covenant Foundation office by March 10.

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Waterloo Center for the Arts

WATERLOO — The Friends of the Waterloo Center for the Arts are now accepting applications for the Raymond T. Forsberg Scholarship, Marilyn S. Hurley Memorial Scholarship and the Preceptor Beta Lambda Scholarship, all in the amount of $1,000.

These art scholarships are available to graduating seniors attending high school within a 35-mile radius of Waterloo who are interested in pursuing a post-secondary degree in the visual arts.

A panel of art professionals will select the scholarship winners based on students' application, essay, portfolio, transcript, SAT/ACT scores and letters of recommendation.

All application materials are due by April 14.

Three scholarship winners will be notified by mail the first week in May, with an honors reception following later that month.

Students can download an application at waterloocenterforthearts.org, pick up an application in person at the center or request one by calling 291-4490.


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