TO: Prospective Applicants for 2009-2010 Rotary Ambassadorial
Scholarships
FROM: Rotary District 5970 Scholarship Committee
The following information is intended to assist you in becoming an applicant
for a Rotary Scholarship. Please follow all steps on the enclosed checklist.
To become a candidate for a Rotary scholarship for advanced undergraduate
or graduate study in another country, a person (a) must be sponsored
by a local Rotary club in his/her home town or by a local club
in the community in which he/she attends college or is employed,
(b) must be able to read, write, and speak the language of the
country to which he/she hopes to be assigned, and (c) must be nominated
for the scholarship by the Education Awards Committee of the Rotary
district in which the sponsoring Rotary club is located.
A prospective candidate should read the information available
on the Rotary.org web pages under the Student and Youth category.
See web addresses on Application Checklist handout. Rotary District
5970 sponsors ONLY the "Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarship."
The web pages contains the instructions for completing the application
process. To learn about Rotary, see Worldwide Web address: http://www.rotary.org
The scholarship specific web page address is:
http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/EducationalPrograms/AmbassadorialScholarships/Pages/Howtoapply.aspx
The "instructions to applicants" in the application
form "scholarship application" must be followed meticulously.
If your institutional choices are in countries in which the language
is not English, a "language ability" form must be completed
by a teacher of the language of each of those countries. If the
language of your first-preference study country is French, German,
Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, you must submit one copy of the "scholarship
application" and of the sheets to be attached to it in the
language of that country. Please photo duplicate the "scholarship
application" and "language ability" sections if
you need additional copies of them.
An applicant for an advanced undergraduate or graduate scholarship
should request not later than mid-April that two collegiate academic
instructors complete "educator's recommendation" forms
and mail them directly to the sponsoring Rotary club before July
24. Similarly, an applicant should arrange for official transcripts
of his/her academic record at all colleges attended, including
2008 spring semester grades, to be sent to the sponsoring club
before the July 24 deadline. Note that the last date for submitting
your completed application materials to the local club whose sponsorship
you're seeking is July 24.
The District 5970 selection committee will screen applications
submitted by the District's Rotary Clubs and invite a subset of
applicants for interviews on Saturday, August 23, 2008 on the campus
of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. The interview
on that date is a "must."
Contact your local Rotary club president or one of the committee
members if you have questions.
GOOD LUCK! |
