APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR 2010
Please submit an electronic application (Word Document, or pdf) no later than Friday, August 27, 2010 to info@wcri.coop. If you have any further questions, please contact the office.
Two $ 1000 scholarships are available: one to a new member and one to a senior member. The time line is one year beginning in the Fall term (September) and ending in Spring term (August). The purpose of the scholarship is to reward quality of work done, not quantity. Therefore, if your co-op stream only allows you to live in WCRI for one term, you still qualify.
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SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS
Four references
Please provide four letters of reference with valid contact information. Of the four references, a minimum of three must be from WCRI. These references can include anyone who can vouch for your co-operative contributions, such as staff, committee members, Division Managers, board members, volunteer organizations, and so on.
A written essay focusing on what contributions you have made to WCRI and the community in the past year.
In this essay you should highlight:
- - Why you have contributed this way,
- - How these contributions were co-operative, in line with Co-operative ideals and principles,
- - What you have learned,
- - How you have educated members,
- - The benefit of your contributions to the members and the co-op as a whole.
A Co-operative focused résumé listing all the ways you have participated in WCRI and the community for as long as you have been a member of WCRI.
Remember that the selection committee will only be evaluating the past year's contributions.
Please note that to be considered for a scholarship you have to have completed all of your work duty requirements. You must also state your intentions to live here in the future and provide a grade report with an explanation of the minimum grades required to remain in your program. This scholarship is in no way evaluated on your grades. The grade report is to ensure that your academic standing is in order and that the scholarship will be used to help further your education.
A background check will be performed to determine any outstanding fines or performance issues as well as whether the applicant intends to reside at WCRI in the future.