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GAEL Scholarships Opportunity
As a member of the Greater Atlanta Electric League, yourself, your dependants, or your spouse are eligible to win one of several scholarships our organization awards annually. Below you will find information concerning eligibility, selection procedures, and time line for the 2010 scholarships. Please get with your GAEL voting member if you have any questions about the process or you can call Shayna Abbas with the Greater Atlanta Electric League at 678-309-1124. Each member firm (company) automatically will be able to send in one applicant for the scholarship program. However, for every $250 contributed to the Scholarship Fund the member firm (company) will get an additional applicant. The voting member of the member firm (company) must select the best candidates and forward to GFIC.
ELIGIBILITY
- All full-time employee’s, employee’s dependent or spouse of employee of a member firm (company) is eligible for the scholarship. This also includes children and/or grandchildren of employees of a member firm (company). An employee must have completed one full year of full-time employment by the deadline for submitting the scholarship application.
- The parent/ guardian of the applicant must be a resident of Georgia.
- The applicant must be enrolled (or planning to enroll) in a full or part-time program of studies at any accredited 2 or 4 year post-secondary school. The program is for graduate or undergraduate study.
- The applicant must have a minimum 2.5 grade point average.
- To verify eligibility, the application must be signed by a GAEL Voting Member.
SELECTION PROCEDURES
- Applicants must complete the application form, Click here to download the application form. In addition to GPA, SAT scores, school extracurricular activities and full or part-time work experience will be considered.
- All applicants must submit a transcript. High school students and those who have completed less than one (1) full semester of college must submit a high school transcript. Applicants who have completed at least 1 full semester of college must submit the most recent college transcript.
- Applicants must submit a letter of recommendation from a school official.
TIME LINE
December 2009
Scholarship Eligibility Requirements and Application sent out to all voting members via e-mail.
It’s the responsibility of the voting members to communicate this e-mail to his or her employees.
March 2010
Applications must be post-marked no later than March 1st and mailed to:
The Greater Atlanta Electric League
1904 New Haven Court
Smyrna, Georgia 30080
Scholarship recipients should be notified the week of March 22nd.
April 2010
Scholarships will be awarded at our April 12th luncheon meeting.
If you have any additional questions please contact Shayna Abbas (678-309-9219/ gaelexedir@yahoo.com).
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