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Kevin Shannon Foundation Scholarship
The Kevin Shannon Foundation
is a Not-For-Profit Corporation established in 1998 and
based in Chicago, IL. The Foundation was established by
friends of Kevin Shannon who wanted to keep alive and celebrate
memories of Kevin by raising funds and contributing to causes
that he cared about.
Eligibility
- Applicant must be either
a high school senior or college student to apply for this
award.
- The scholarship may be
used for expenses in any accredited two-or-four-year college
or university, business school, trade or technical school
approved by the scholarship committee.
- Applicant must have a cumulative
GPA of 2.5 or higher. You must include a transcript that
includes your most recent term with this application.
Copies are acceptable.
- Applicant must submit the
following documents:
--Letter of Need
--Two letters of recommendation written by a teacher,
administrator or work supervisor. Family authored letters
are not acceptable.
- Scholarship awards are
based, in part, on financial need. If you can be claimed
as a dependent on another person’s tax return, then
that person’s prior year tax return must be submitted
with this application. If you cannot be claimed as a dependent
on another person’s tax return, then your prior
year tax return must be submitted with this application.
- Notification of acceptance
from the school the recipient will be attending will be
required to process the check.
- Successful applicant must
maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher during the scholarship
year.
- Successful applicants will
be required to communicate with the KSF on a yearly basis
to update the Foundation on their progress.
- If you receive an award,
and then withdraw from school during the academic year
of the award, you may be required to repay the award amount.
- Applicant must exhibit
leadership, citizenship and ambition.
Instructions
- All
of the fields in this application must be completed. Omitted
fields may cause a delay in processing your application
and put your eligibility at risk. Please put “N/A” if
something does not apply.
- Completion
and submission of this application does not guarantee
you an award.
- The
KSF Scholarship Committee will personally interview candidates
and make recommendations to the full board. Application
does not guarantee an interview.
- This
application must be returned by April 30, 2012 in its
entirety. Information submitted piecemeal will
not be accepted.
- If
you have questions regarding this application, please
call the Kevin Shannon Foundation by contacting Terri
Noon at 312-595-6092.
- Once
you have completed this application, submit it and all
supplementary documentation to:
Terri Noon
Mesirow Financial
353 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654
or
via e-mail to KSF@mesirowfinancial.com
- Scholarship
award decisions shall be final.
Scholarship Awards
- Award
decisions will be made by June 2012.
- Payment
of the award will be made in the form of a check made
payable to the approved institution.
- Recipient
will be awarded in June 2012.
The
information contained in this Application will be utilized
by members of the Scholarship Committee to make Scholarship
awards. The Kevin Shannon Foundation does not share information
contained in this Application and information on scholarship
applicants with third parties except as described herein.
Your information will be held in confidence as required
by law. However, by submitting this application you authorize
the Scholarship Committee Members to contact third parties
in order to verify your scholarship application information.
You further authorize the Kevin Shannon Foundation to utilize
your name, picture, the name of the educational institution
you attend(ed) and the amount of your scholarship award
in marketing brochures or publicity campaigns.
Checklist
- Completed and signed application
- Two Letters of Recommendation (non-family)
- Copies of transcripts including your most recent term
- Tax Return
- Letter of Need
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