Schaumburg AM Rotary seeks vocational career students to apply for $1,500 scholarships
Schaumburg AM Rotary invites local students pursuing vocational or trade careers and working toward an associate degree, diploma or certificate to apply for $1,500 scholarships. Rotary encourages education and will grant 10 scholarships this spring to students living in Chicago's north, northwest and many western suburbs.
This program is designed to provide scholarships to students demonstrating financial need who will be pursuing education/training beyond high school in a vocational or technical area. It is not intended for students pursuing traditional four-year Bachelor's degree programs.
Vocational career examples are auto mechanics, administrative assistants, heating/ventilating/air conditioning tech., computer tech., paralegal, pharmacy tech., human services, law enforcement, elder care and many other fields.
Eligibility requirements include the following -
High School Graduate, GED, or non-traditional student entering a vocational program
Be sponsored by a Rotary District 6440 Club (each club can sponsor two applicants)
Be accepted at a school of designation
Permanent residence (domiciled) or employed in District 6440*
*Note: Residing outside District 6440 for educational purposes is not a disqualification.
Candidates must be sponsored by their local Rotary club and show good high school grades in relevant subjects, work experience in their chosen field, volunteer work in their chosen field, good extracurricular activities, character recommendations and more. Rotary clubs will screen applicants and sponsor one or two students each to the suburban Rotary selection committee. That committee will interview and screen applicants further to help determine the 10 vocational scholarship winners.
Information and the application form are at https://rotary6440.org/sitepage/vocational-service.
Students sponsored by Schaumburg AM Rotary must submit their application to the club by Friday, March 13, 2020.
Questions? Email Schaumburg AM Rotary's vocational scholarship chair Jim McKenzie at jim@jtm.us