 |
Utilities Employees Credit Union is pleased to offer an annual Student Scholarship Program. Each spring, UECU announces
a new topic for our scholarship contest for UECU members who are heading to or currently attending college or advanced training
at an accredited institution. (Students must be existing members or be eligible to become a Utilities Employees Credit Union
member prior to the scholarship submission deadline.)
Students who are UECU members may elect to submit an essay, create a video, or both, on the current year’s scholarship
contest topic. The year’s contest topic will be announced each spring - check back for the topic announcement on UECU’s Scholarship
Program web page: http://www.uecu.org/scholarship.
Two scholarships, of $1,000 each, are currently being awarded each year following UECU’s judging of the entries.
|
 |
- Entrant must be a UECU member in good standing with a Share Savings Account in his/her own name. Find out how to become a member online or call Member Services at 800-288-6423.
- Member must be a high school senior through college graduate student.
- Member cannot be an employee of UECU, its affiliates, a UECU board member, a supervisory committee member, or family
member and/or living in the same household thereof.
- Member must be attending or accepted at an accredited college, university, or post-secondary trade school.
- Member must
have a GPA of 3.0 or higher (transcripts will be required of winners only).
|
- Member must submit an entry with name, address, valid email address, phone number, UECU member number, name of college/university,
GPA or equivalent progress measurement, and a list of honors and activities.
- Member may submit a 250-500 word essay on this year’s topic (To Be Announced). The essays will be judged on content,
style, and correct spelling, punctuation and grammar.
- OR Member may elect to create a video and broadcast it on YouTube.com. The video should be 30-60
seconds on this year’s topic (To Be Announced). The videos will be judged on creativity and content. Submit the YouTube.com
link for the video to UECU by mail or email.
- The entry information (essay or video YouTube.com link AND required contestant
information) can be emailed to Promotions@uecu.org or
mailed to Utilities Employees Credit Union, P.O. Box 14864, Reading PA 19612, Attention: Marketing no later than July 31st
during each contest year.
|
|
Prizes: Scholarships are made payable to the college or university of choice in the winner’s name by
August 31st of the contest year.
Deadline: Completed entries and essays must be received by July 31st of the contest year.
Entry Judging Criteria: The essays will be judged on spelling, punctuation, grammar, style, and content.
The video will be judged on creativity and content.
Scholarship Award: Two winners will be selected in this year’s contest and each awarded $1,000 if they
meet the scholarship eligibility requirements.
Winner Notification: Winners will be notified by email and asked for transcripts and other verification
of information. After all information is verified, a check will be distributed to the school of each winner. The winner will
be announced on the UECU website and in the September edition of UECU’s Member News.
Release: All entries become the property of Utilities Employees Credit Union and by submitting the entry
you authorize UECU to utilize all or a portion of the information for purposes of press releases and/or publication in UECU
newsletters, website and social media content, newspapers, trade magazines, etc., announcing the scholarships recipients’
names, contents of the entry, and other reported information.
|
|
|
|
|