College of Sciences Student Advisory Board

Student Assistance Award

 

The College of Sciences Student Advisory Board is offering this award to students who have had to overcome some type of hardship or adversity during their college career in order to continue their education.  The award will be presented at the College of Science’s annual ScienceFest on March 28, 2008.

 

Criteria and requirements for this application are as follows:

1)      2.5 GPA

2)      Undergraduate with at least sophomore status and a student at the time of the award

3)      Declared major in the College of Sciences.

4)      Completed application (attached).  Typed applications are recommended; however, legible written applications are acceptable.  Please limit your response to 4 double-spaced pages. 

5)      Recommendation (attached) from an EIU professor.

 

Applications are due March 18, 2008 by 4:00 p.m.  Electronic applications can be obtained from the COS-SAB website at http://www.eiu.edu/~colsci/sabcos/sab.php.

 

Return the completed application to:  College of Sciences

                                                            2118 Old Main

 

College of Sciences Student Advisory Board

Student Assistance Award

 

Name: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_________________________           Address: __________________________

 

Phone: _________________________           Email: _________________________

 

Major: ________________________________________

 

1.)  What hardship have you faced during your college career?

 

 

 

 

2.)  How did you overcome this hardship?

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.)  How would you use what you have learned to empower other students to work through their hardships to continue their education?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.)  What are your future goals?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

College of Sciences Student Advisory Board

Student Assistance Award

 

Letter of Recommendation

 

Please fill out this form and answer the following questions regarding your relationship with this student.  Letters of recommendation can be typed or handwritten and should be sent to the College of Sciences Office (Old Main 2118) by March 20, 2008.

 

Name:                                                          Department:

Phone:                                                          E-mail:                            

 

Student Name: 

 

Describe how you know this student.

 

 

 

Describe this student’s character and academic potential.

 

 

 

 

 

What qualities make this student a good candidate for this award?