Academic Achievement Scholarship Award

Purpose:

The Purpose of the Roscoe Wind Council Academic Scholarship is to financially reward a graduating high school senior student for their outstanding academic achievement during their high school career, and for their interest in pursuing a Wind Energy related field in college. The scholarship is a one-time award in the amount of $500.

Requirements:

The Roscoe Wind Council Academic Achievement Scholarship Award is open to all graduating high school students in the Roscoe, Loraine, Highland and Hermleigh school systems. Specific requirements include:

• Overall High School GPA of 87 or higher
• Plans to attend college in the Fall of 2008
• Plans to major in one of the following college disciplines, or in a closely related field of study:
  • Meteorology
  • Geology
  • Ecology
  • Zoology
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Physics
  • Math
  • Engineering
  • Business Administration
  • Business Management
  • Marketing
  • Communications
  • Political Science
  • Finance
  • Agriculture
• Letters of Recommendation from at least 2 sources, one being a faculty member from the applicant’s high school, and the other being a non-related adult individual.
• § Full completion & submission of the Roscoe Wind Council Academic Achievement Scholarship Award Application, including submission of a 1,000 – 2,500 word essay on how renewable energy sources (wind power, in particular) impacts the industry in which they plan to work.

Application:

Applications for the Roscoe Wind Council Academic Achievement Scholarship Award are available from your High School adminstrator or you may download the RWC Scholarship Application.

Deadline:

Fully completed applications and required essays must be submitted to the Roscoe Wind Council by 5:00 PM, April 15th, 2008 for award consideration. Absolutely no applications will be accepted after this deadline.

Judging Criteria:

The scholarship award will be given to the 1 student among all applicants who most readily demonstrates an exceptionally high aptitude for academic achievement (based on high school transcript), civic leadership & self-reliance skills, an understanding and familiarity with the wind energy industry and its business practices, and an eventual desire to work in the wind energy industry or a related field.

• 50% of an applicants score will be determined by their high school transcript, extracurricular record and letters of recommendation.
• 50% of an applicant’s score will be determined by an applicant’s response to the application essay question.

Criteria used to judge the essay are: how well the applicant is able to articulate their thoughts and ideas; how much relevant knowledge about the wind energy industry the applicant is able to demonstrate in the essay; how original and visionary a student’s response is to the application question.

Application Evaluation:

To ensure judging impartiality, the Roscoe Wind Council has formed a separate Evaluation Committee comprised of impartial professionals in education, wind energy and non-profit organizations from outside the area served by the scholarship. The role of this Evaluation Committee is to review and evaluate all scholarship applications, and award the scholarship to the individual they feel best meets the scholarship requirements. In addition, scholarship applications will be submitted to this committee with the names and addresses of the applicants removed and replaced with a unique number. This will ensure complete judging objectivity.

The scholarship will award announcement will be mailed out to the winner on May 8th, with the actual scholarship being awarded to the student at their high school graduation.