Bone Scholarship Awards for Illinois State Undergraduate Student, USA

Description
Being designated a Bone Scholar is the highest honor an Illinois State undergraduate student can receive, and this honor contributes markedly to student success. Bone Scholars receive commemorative medallions and substantial cash prizes and have their names engraved on a metal plaque displayed permanently in the Bone Student Center. They are also formally recognized at a luncheon, at the University Scholarship Awards Ceremony in the fall, and at their commencement exercises.


Eligibility
Any nominee for a Bone Scholarship must have attended Illinois State University for at least four semesters (excluding summer) by June of 2012, must have a current grade point average of 3.7 or higher, and must anticipate graduating no earlier than December 2012, and no later than August 2013. (Students who already have a bachelor’s degree are not eligible.) Bone Scholarship winners will be announced as soon as they are selected, usually in early May. Bone Scholars are students who combine broad and excellent academic achievement with campus and community engagement. They are expected to have shown outstanding qualities of character and leadership. A twelve-member Bone Selection Committee carefully reviews the submitted applications and makes awards based on the following considerations:

• The breadth, diversity, and quality of candidates’ academic work
• The type and extent of activities in which candidates have been involved, both in the university and the community
• Candidates’ personal qualities of dependability, cooperation, and initiative as well as other criteria which may be determined by the committee

Application Procedure
The applicant must submit the following documents;

1. 5 LETTERS OF NOMINATION AND RECOMMENDATION (2 from department nomination process plus three additional letters)
2. A list of 4 SIGNIFICANT COURSES, accompanied by discussion of why these courses have had a significant impact on your personal and/or professional life.
3. Listing and description of ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS at Illinois State and/or in the community
4. PROJECT that represents your best work. (Papers, literary works, portfolios, and art projects are just some of the projects applicants might submit)
5. PROJECT CRITIQUE Students’ critique of their own project that discusses its significance and how the project could have been improved.
6. ESSAY of no more than 500 words that addresses the following questions: What are the major challenges in your field of study now and in the immediate future? In what new directions will the field have to go in order to respond to those challenges?

Submission Deadline
February 1, 2012

Website Link
http://honors.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/scholarships/Bone