KDP Education Scholarship Application Form Spring 2016 The Executive Council and General Membership of UNI’s Psi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi are happy to announce the one hundred sixty-seventh sixty-eighth, and sixty-ninth, awarding of our KDP Education Scholarship. Due to over thirty years of fundraising by members, the chapter is awarding $2000 to three Spring 2016 initiates. The scholarship is designed to honor future educators of special promise who have demonstrated academic excellence and high ideals during their college careers. Consideration will also be given to financial need. To be eligible, candidates must have at least one full-time semester remaining at UNI before graduation. APPLICATION FORM General Information Name _____________________________________________________ Student # _________________________ E-mail ____________________________________________________ Campus Address _____________________________________________________ Telephone ___________________ Permanent Address ___________________________________________________ Telephone ___________________ Expected Semester of Student Teaching _________________________________ Major ________________________________________ Overall GPA ___________________ Minor _______________________________ GPA in Major ___________________ Advisor ________________________ Other Post Secondary Schools (Including Community Colleges) Attended ______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Names of student organizations of which you are a member _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Voluntary (not for class) educational and service activities while at UNI _______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ KDP Education Scholarship Application Page 2 Work Experience related to education _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Are you working to support your schooling at UNI? Yes No If Yes, Employer(s) _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Position(s) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Current Income $ __________ Summer $ __________ Academic Year Approximate Current Indebtedness $ __________ Total $ __________ UNI Financial Aid $ __________ Other $ _________ Total Are you receiving financial aid for your tuition and/or room and board for this academic year? Yes No Scholarships? Yes No 2015 - 2016 Loan Total $ ____________ Grant Total $____________ Scholarship Total $ __________ Please attach a personal statement of approximately one typewritten, single-spaced page, in which you express your reasons for believing that you are qualified to receive the KDP Education Scholarship. If you are applying for more than one KDP scholarship, please submit a distinctly different statement for each one. Please have two letters of recommendation submitted (by the writers) which can help the Selection Committee assess your qualifications for this scholarship. If you are applying for more than one KDP scholarship, please have distinctly different letters submitted for each. 1. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Name Address Telephone 2. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Name Address Telephone I, __________________________________ , hereby make application for the Kappa Delta Pi Education Scholarship and authorize the Selection Committee to review my academic transcript and financial aid records. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Signature Date Please forward your application and have your letters of recommendation sent directly to: Becky Hawbaker, KDP Faculty Counselor, Rod Library 462, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614. The absolute deadline for receipt of applications and materials is NOON on Thursday, January 21, 2016, so those who are interested should begin the application process IMMEDIATELY!!! Candidacies of students with applications or letters received after that time will not be considered. The recipients of the Kappa Delta Pi Education Scholarship will be announced during the fall initiation program on Sunday, February 7, 2016.