(New scholarships posted everyday)
Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America (S.E.A.)
an Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students, students at risk, and college bound students who want to attend an Historically Black College / University. (HBCU).
S.E.A will post a scholarship for minority students each day. If you are a high school senior, junior, or a transferring college student, these scholarships are for you. FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free; you have to apply to receive this money. Your cost is time. The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application. Look for the S.E.A. blogs each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2010/2011
Public Housing Resident /Section 8 Participant
2010 Resident Scholarship Program
Housing Authority Insurance Group
Eligibility
Must be a public housing resident or Section 8 participant for at least 6 months.
Your public housing authority must be a participant in either the HARRG or HAPI program through Housing Authority Insurance, Inc.
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Be a graduating high school senior or already have a high school diploma/GED Note: This includes adults that want to go back to college.
Be currently attending or plan to attend a college, university, or technical school.
You must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or greater or GED
Recipient Selection
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Completion of the application;
Academic achievement;
Leadership and participation in school and community activities;
Honors;
Work experience;
Essay response;
and Recommendations
All applicants will be notified of their status by mail.
Application Instructions
Complete a Housing Authority Insurance, Inc. application form. All applications must be legible and signed.
Submit your most recent high school transcript, college transcript, and/or GED.
Submit two letters of recommendation (one from a housing authority employee on its letterhead for verification and one from a teacher/administrator).
Submit a typed essay (minimum 300 words, but not more than 500 words). .
Check back early next year for the 2011 application information.
Note: Transcripts, essay, and recommendation letters must be attached to the application (and not sent separately) to be considered.
Scholarship Awards
Awards are $2,500 each and are issued before the fall semester of the current year. A total of 40 scholarships will be awarded.
Submission Instructions
Completed applications (B/W or color) must be postmarked by the deadline. Mail the application to the address listed on the application.
Alterations cannot be made to the original application.
Note: No late, incomplete, or faxed applications will be considered. All application information must be sent in together.
- Scholarship Payment
Payments are made directly to the college, university, or technical school.
Recipient must notify HAI before the beginning of the fall semester of which school he/she will attend.
The check will be sent out after verification of enrollment.
For more information, or if you have questions, please call:
Lori Luponio, Marketing Coordinator: 800-873-0242, ext. 639
WEBSITE: http://www.housingcenter.com/riskcontrol/scholarship.aspx
p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please contact S.E.A. c/o
NORRIS COLEMAN @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com
*As part of .E.A. Mentoring Program, we want to build our Mentees vocabulary. S.E.A. has chosen to italicize words and statements in blue for our Mentee to understand and use in their vocabulary
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