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NGIA Offers a Scholarship Program for Dues Paying Members

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Purpose/Philosophy

The Nebraska Grocery Industry Association has established the Nebraska Grocery Industry Association Scholarship Program to achieve a number of highly desirable objectives. It recognizes and aids deserving students who are related to Nebraska's food industry by virtue of their parents' employment or their own part-time employment by businesses which are dues paying members of the Nebraska Grocery Industry Association (NGIA). This scholarship program was established as an expression of appreciation to the members of NGIA and as a service to its members.

Eligibility

  1. Employees or children of employees of businesses which pay dues to NGIA are eligible to apply for a scholarship.
  2. Employees must have been employed for at least one year as of the scholarship deadline in the year in which the scholarship is awarded. They must also still be employed at the time the scholarship is awarded.
  3. Applicants must be high school seniors that have a minimum 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale who plan to enroll in a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two or four year college, university, or vocational-technical school.

Scholarship Award

  1. The scholarship award will be a one-time, non-renewable grant of $1,000 which must be use in the year following graduation from high school.
  2. The NGIA scholarship will be applied toward tuition and fees.

Application Procedure

  1. Members are asked to make copies of this request for application form available to their employees.
  2. Applicants should mail this form to NGIA. NGIA will then mail a scholarship application to them.
  3. Completed applications must be received in the NGIA office by April 1. Applications received after this date will not be considered.

Selection of Winners

  1. An impartial Selection Committee composed of educators will meet in April to select the winner(s).
  2. In evaluating the applicants, the committee will consider each applicant's academic record, test scores, extracurricular or workplace activities, recommendations, and a personal essay.
  3. All applicants are notified of the results of the competition by May 1.

Responsibilities of Recipients

  1. Scholarship recipients must enroll as a full-time student in the fall of the year in which the scholarship is awarded.
  2. Recipient is responsible for having an Enrollment Certificate completed at the beginning of the term.
  3. Enrollment Certificates are used to verify enrollment and to trigger payment.

Payment of Scholarship Funds

Payment is made directly to the college, university or vocational-technical school at the beginning of the academic term upon receipt of an Enrollment Certificate. Any refund of scholarship funds will be made to NGIA and placed back into the fund for re-distribution.