Stoker Family Endowed Scholarship for Undergraduate Student Veterans
STOKER FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP for UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT VETERANS
YEAR 2022-2023
SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS
Managed by: Veterans Support Center
Value: $2,000
Number of awards: 1
Application deadline: April 3, 2022 by 11:59 PM MST
SCHOLARSHIP PURPOSE
The Stoker Family Endowed Scholarship for Undergraduate Student Veterans is provided to support Undergraduate Student Veterans as the University of Utah.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
The Stoker Family Endowed Scholarship recognizes those who are honorably discharged or are currently serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, National Guard, or Reserves, who are in good academic standing as undergraduate students. The scholarship provides one (1) award of $2,000 to assist student veterans in accomplishing their academic goals.
ELIGIBILITY
• The student must be a student veteran as defined by the Veterans Support Center.*
• The student veteran must be a current full-time undergraduate student in good standing with the University of Utah and will be attending full-time during Fall Semester 2022.
• The student veteran must have earned a minimum of 15 undergraduate credit hours at the University of Utah by the end of Spring Semester 2022 and must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater at the University of Utah.
• While the student veteran must demonstrate significant merit, financial need may also be considered.
Many students who are selected to receive a University scholarship after May 12, 2015 are required by state law to certify under penalty of perjury that they are eligible to receive the scholarship as a U.S. citizen or a citizen of another country who is lawfully present within the United States. Students who have both graduated from a recognized Utah high school and who are awarded a scholarship funded by a private donor are not required to certify their lawful presence before receiving a privately funded scholarship. (This scholarship is a privately funded scholarship.)
VSC DEFINITION OF A STUDENT VETERAN
A collective term for any student who served or serves in the U.S. Armed Forces, regardless of location, duration, branch, or component and who has not been dishonorably discharged.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Applications must be received no later than 11:59 PM on April 3, 2022 MST.
Documentation of military/veteran status will be required.
SCHOLARSHIP CONTACTS
Angela Brink, Office Manager, Veterans Support Center, abrink@sa.utah.edu, (801) 587-7722
Brittany Lambert, Program Coordinator, Veterans Support Center, blambert@sa.utah.edu, (801) 587-7722
- Award
- $2,000
- Deadline
- 04/03/2022
- Supplemental Questions
- Military Service
- Branch of Service
- I certify that I meet the definition of a Student Veteran as defined by the VSC in this application.
- Service Begin Date
- Service End Date
- Type of discharge (if applicable)
- What is your anticipated Graduation Date?
- Explain in essay (500 word minimum - 1, 000 word maximum) why you should be considered for the scholarship. Your narrative should include an explanation of financial need and describe the merit of your academic accomplishments and/or contributions to the campus or community. (You may write the essay in Word and copy and paste into text box.)
- Military Service