Carole
Rolnick Shlipak Scholarship
The Carole
Rolnick Shlipak Endowment Fund was established to honor her dedication
as DCCCD director of Development and DCCCD Foundation Executive Vice President
from 1979 to 1994. The Carole Rolnick Shlipak Scholarship is awarded to
students who have gone from average or less than average grades to outstanding
scholastic experience during their educational experience at a DCCCD campus.
These students may have started college without a clear focus or goal,
but after enrolled experienced a turnaround in their academic studies
and are now striving diligently to excel. Not only are these students
excelling academically, they are also serving in leadership or service
roles through their involvement in campus or community organizations.
Amount
of Award
Up
to $1,000 per academic year ($500 per semester)
Number
of Awards Per Year
Varies
per available funds
Source
of funds
Permanent
endowment
Designated
College
Any
DCCCD campus
Eligibility
Criteria
Applicants
must enroll in a minimum of nine credit hours. Applicants must have
a 3.0 GPA or better and must have already completed at least one
semester at a DCCCD college. Applicants must also have experienced
a turnaround in their education as evidenced by an improvement in
grades and involvement in college or community organizations while
enrolled in the DCCCD.
Application
Process
Applicants
must submit the following to the Financial Aid Office at the college
they wish to attend:
- Completed
DCCCD
Foundation scholarship application form
- One
letter of recommendation from a DCCCD faculty or staff member
- One-page
typed essay describing applicant's turnaround experience - essay
should be written according to the following guidelines:
- What
caused you to turn around your educational achievement, to
progress from average grades to superior scholastic achievement?
Please explain.
- What
are your educational goals? How do you plan to fulfill them?
- What
are your career goals? How do you plan to fulfill them?
- In
what college or community organizations are you involved?
How do you see this involvement as helping you in your educational
and/or career goals?
- How
do you plan to coordinate your responsibilities -- family,
education, work, etc. -- to ensure that you will meet your
educational goals
Selection
Process
- Phase I - Financial Aid or SPAR Office forwards applications
of top five candidates to the Foundation Office.
- Phase
II - Foundation Scholarship Committee determines the final winners.
Recipient
Requirements
Recipients
must maintain a 3.0 GPA. Failure to do so could result in a reduction
or loss of scholarship benefits.
Deadline
For
application: Second week of April to Financial Aid Office.
Finalist applications to Foundation Office: Second week of May.
Notification to students: Third week of July.
For
further information, contact the
Foundation Scholarship Coordinator, 214-860-2149 or 213-860-2053.
Last Updated 08/16/07 October 2007 |
