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[ See details for the "2008 NWSA Scholarship Award Program" Below ]

Source: February, 2008

CALL FOR NWSA SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS

Donations to the NWSA Scholarship Fund should be forwarded to Sec/Treas Jim Stone.  There are some very bright and highly qualified students across America who want to get into the fields of Meteorology, Oceanography, or Aeronautical Engineering.  Your donation will help us award these deserving young men or women financial assistance in the way of NWSA Scholarships.  Plus, your donation is tax deductible.

2008 NWSA SCHOLARSHIP SPONSOR INFORMATION

We encourage NWSA members to contact student counselors at high schools and/or colleges in your local area with information concerning our scholarship program.  Inform the schools of the qualifications students must have in order to be eligible for an NWSA scholarship award, and leave the school copies of "Instructions for Students" (NWSA FORM SC1 REV 2005) and the actual student application form (NWSA FORM SC2 REV 2005). 

These forms are available in the Nov. issue of the Aerograph and at this website.  You can make as many copies as you deem necessary for distribution.  Familiarize yourself with these forms in order to answer any questions that may arise.  Any and all forms you leave with the school should contain your name (as a sponsor) plus, your address and phone number.  This makes it possible for applicants to contact you if they have questions or need clarification concerning the forms or overall application procedure.

Before you forward an application, be sure and check that the applicant is qualified, and verify that the application form is complete and in order.  You then mail the completed application, along with transcripts (sent directly to you from the student's school) and letters of recommendation to Sec/Treas-Jim Stone.  The deadline for applications is 1 April, 2008.  If applications are postmarked after this date, the application may not be accepted.  You will be notified, following the reunion, whether or not your applicant has been granted an award and the amount.  If your applicant is a selectee, you will need to get the address of the institution he or she will be attending and a recent photo. A yearbook picture would be ideal.  Our Sec/Treas will need the address to which he can send our award.   We'll include the photo in a later addition of the Aerograph.

Thanks to all of you who participate as sponsors.  It is only through your efforts that we are able to assist aspiring students in the fields of meteorology, oceanography, or aeronautical engineering.

IMPORTANT 2008 NWSA SCHOLARSHIP DATES

Even though NWSA Reunion #34 is in Sept. of 2008, the due date for scholarship applications remains unchanged.  Applications need to be submitted by April 1, 2008 to our Sec/Treas (Jim Stone).  This deadline affords Jim, and each member of the scholarship committee, ample time to process and review each application.

Sponsors who have any questions regarding the application forms should contact Jim or members of the Scholarship Committee.  Committee member contact information is listed on page 2…ed…

After reviewing all the applications, the Committee will announce their findings and submit their ranking of applicants, along with recommended monetary awards, to the Executive Board at our annual meeting in Waukesha in September.  The final list of selectees will then be presented to the general membership for approval.   Upon approval, sponsors and their respective selectees will be notified.  Awards should be mailed out to the selectees' institutions of higher learning no later than 31 Oct. 2008.

We continue to encourage members to search for first-time applicants through their local high schools, universities, and/or colleges.   Of course, past scholarship recipients are welcome to reapply.

In the recent past, we have received applicants by way of the NWSA Web Page.  When this occurs, Jim or members of the scholarship committee have had to find sponsors.  Our goal is to find a sponsor in the same general area of the country as the applicant, but this is not always possible.  Therefore, we need a pool of sponsors to draw from in the event we are unable to find a sponsor in the same general location as that of an applicant.  If you are willing to be such a sponsor please let Jim Stone, or a member of the Scholarship Committee, know.

P.J. O'Brien USN RET, Scholarship Committee Chairman

2008 NWSA Scholarship Award Program

After reviewing all the applications, the Committee will announce their findings and submit their ranking of applicants, along with recommended monetary awards, to the Executive Board at our annual meeting in Waukesha in September. The final list of selectees will then be presented to the general membership for approval. Upon approval, sponsors and their respective selectees will be notified. Awards should be mailed out to the selectees' institutions of higher learning no later than 31 Oct. 2008.

2008 NWSA Scholarship Fund

Thanks to all of you who participate as sponsors. It is only through your efforts that we are able to assist aspiring students in the fields of meteorology, oceanography, or aeronautical engineering.