ROTC FUTURE LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP

OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

APPLICATION FOR THE

ROTC FUTURE LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP

2024 Spring Semester

SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS

Provided by: The Office of Alumni Relations & The Veterans Support Center

Value: $500

Number of awards: 1 – 4 per ROTC Branch

Application deadline: Sunday, January 28, 2024 by 11:59 PM MST

SCHOLARSHIP PURPOSE

Recognizing that achieving academic excellence while attending without full VA educational benefits is challenging, the Office of Alumni Relations and the VSC established the ROTC Future Leaders Scholarship to promote veteran/military student retention and graduation.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

The ROTC Future Leaders Scholarship recognizes students who are not receiving full VA educational benefits, who continue to pursue their degree, and who demonstrate academic excellence. The scholarship provides one (1) award per ROTC Branch (4 awards) to assist each student in accomplishing their academic goals. Scholarships will be awarded to students graduating no later than August 15, 2024.

ELIGIBILITY

Student selection for the scholarship will determined by the respective ROTC Leadership / Cadre (please see your Cadre for any questions).

The student must be a current ROTC student in good standing with the University of Utah, Army, Navy, Marine, or Air Force ROTC program and will be attending full-time during Spring Semester 2023.

If an undergraduate, the student must have earned a minimum of 15 credit hours at the University of Utah by the end of the Fall Semester 2023 and have a GPA of 3.0 or greater earned at the U.

If a graduate student, the student must have earned a minimum of 9 credit hours at the University of Utah by the end of the Fall Semester 2023 and have a GPA of 3.0 or greater earned at the U.

The ROTC student must not be receiving VA educational benefits at the 100% rate.

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.)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The recipients of scholarships will be required to share their story and a photo with the Alumni Association and meet with members of the Alumni Association. Recipients may also be required to attend a scholarship celebration lunch in April 2024.

SCHOLARSHIP CONTACTS

Faa Taupau, Director, Veterans Support Center, ftaupau@sa.utah.edu

Angela Brink, Office Manager, Veterans Support Center, abrink@sa.utah.edu

Veterans Support Center 801/587-7722

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name (Last, First, M.I.):

Gender:

UID:

Address:

City:

State:

ZIP:

Phone:

Email:

ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

Major:

Projected graduation date:

CGPA at the U:

Credits earned at the U by the end of Fall 2023:

Current enrollment: Y N

Full-time enrollment for Spring 2024? Y or N

MILITARY SERVICE

Branch of service:

From : To :

Type of discharge (if applicable):

VA education benefit rate for which you have qualified (%):