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SSC Student Award: Success Through Service and Commitment Nominations Requested

April 8, 2020

The Student Success Center (SSC) Student Award Committee requests nominations and applications for the SSC Student Award funded through donations from the SSC staff and other interested faculty and staff at the College.

Award recipients are chosen based on nominations received from faculty and staff.

The intent of the award is to provide financial support to encourage the persistence and continuing success of a student who has made use of the services within the SSC. It will be awarded annually to an undergraduate in economic need.

Nominee/Applicant Criteria
Nominees must have evidence of perseverance amidst personal and/or academic hardship, have used the services of at least 2 (or more) offices in the SSC and have a minimum GPA of 2.75.

Preference will be given to students who have second semester freshmen standing (12-23 audit hours) at the time of nomination.

Deadline for Nominations and Applications
Nominations for the SSC Student Award will be due by April 30, from SSC Offices and the campus community. Students can be nominated more than once, but only one scholarship is awarded annually.

Recipient Benefits

  • The SSC Student Award winner will receive a certificate and a $500 award, which will be presented in May.
  • The announcement of the winner will be included in his or her hometown newspaper, our local newspaper, on the SSC Web site and in the SSC Newsletter.

Attention Faculty & Staff:
To nominate a student for the SSC Student Award, please complete the online SSC Student Award Nomination Form by April 30.

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Alexandra Jacobs Wilke

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