FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 2003 |
CONTACT: |
Doree Krage, Asst. Director
Community Relations Department
630/543-4100, ext. 7550 |
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 28
Village of Addison/AT&T Comcast to Award Five $1,000
Scholarships
Applications for the Village of Addison/AT&T Comcast Scholarships are due
Friday, March 28, 2003 at 5 p.m. Five $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to
junior and senior college and university students for the 2003-04 school year,
who meet the following criteria:
- Be a resident of Addison, Illinois, with an Addison mailing address.
- Have a cumulative Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) of at least 3.0 (on a
4-point scale.) G.P.A. is to be cumulative to date, and certified by the
college registrar.
- Effective with the 1990 scholarships, applicants who have worked with the
Village of Addison in community television production are eligible to
receive an additional quarter point (.25) per year of work, up to a two-year
maximum, applicable toward the G.P.A. requirement. Students who are eligible
for this should indicate years of work on the application form.
- Intend on majoring in one of the following mass communications fields of
study in a college or university: Media – a) Television, b) Radio, c)
Film, d) Audio/Video Engineering or e) Journalism; Computer Technology –
a) Desktop Publishing, b) Computer Graphics or c)Internet/World Wide Web
Design; or Marketing – a) Advertising or b) Public Relations
Applications will be reviewed by a screening committee which will recommend
recipients to the Village of Addison Board of Trustees.
Applications are available at the Addison Village Hall, One Friendship Plaza,
or may be downloaded from the Village's website at www.addisonadvantage.org/scholarship.htm.
Completed applications should be mailed to the Community Relations Department,
Village of Addison, One Friendship Plaza, Addison IL 60101.
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