BONE SCHOLAR AWARD
NOMINEE APPLICATION AND CHECKLIST
Print or Type Name:
Univ ID#:
Local Address:
Local Phone:
Home Address:
Home Phone:
(city)
(state)
(zip)
Email: _______________________________________________________________________
Major(s):
"I expect to graduate during the (check one):
Dec. 2016;
May 2017;
Aug. 2017
semester. I will have attended Illinois State for at least four semesters by June of 2016, and I plan on
being an undergraduate student at Illinois State during the fall 2016 semester."
The following categories indicate the types of materials applicants must submit. Please make sure your
name is on all materials. All materials should be submitted as one document in Word or PDF format on
a labeled CD or flashdrive. The submissions should be double spaced and properly formatted with the
appropriate heading for each requirement. Any videos must be saved as .mp4 files and must be smaller
than 250 MB. Use this form as a checklist to ensure that all elements required to be submitted are
included in your application. Return this form and your materials to the Bone Scholarship Selection
Committee, c/o Honors Program, no later than March 2, 2016 (4:00 PM).
 LETTERS OF NOMINATION AND RECOMMENDATION
Purpose
To provide the selection committee with insight about the nominee's character, work
ethic and accomplishments, from people who know him/her personally and/or
professionally.
Criteria
You must submit a total of five letters. Two are letters of nomination from your
department (already submitted), and three additional letters of recommendation may
come from personal and/or professional contacts (such as work supervisors and
ISU personnel). Letters can be submitted in paper format to Bone Scholarship
Selection Committee, c/o Illinois State University, 6100 Honors Program, Normal, IL
61790-6100, electronically to jlbrook@ilstu.edu, or as part of your application
portfolio.
The letters should include:
•the relationship between the writer and the nominee.
•a description of the nominee's character, work ethic, and accomplishments.
•a discussion of how the nominee qualifies as a Bone Scholar.
 SIGNIFICANT COURSES
Purpose
To provide the selection committee with insight about what intrigues, excites or
inspires the nominee in his/her role as a student.
Criteria
You must identify no more than four courses taken at Illinois State and discuss why
these courses have had a significant impact on your personal and/or professional
life. Also indicate if the course was a required course for your major or if volunteer
work was done as part of a course.
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 ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Purpose
To provide the selection committee with insight regarding the breadth and depth of
the nominee's academic, social, work and/or civic involvement within and outside
the university.
Criteria
You must submit a listing and reflections of your participation in activities and
organizations associated with Illinois State and those associated with the local
and/or home community. Please do not submit high school activities and
organizations. Activities and organizations should be in resume format
(chronological order and bulleted).
The descriptions should include:
•dates and length of participation.
•duties and/or responsibilities.
•positions and/or offices held.
•honors and/or awards received.
 PROJECT
Purpose
To provide the selection committee with insight about the nominee's abilities as a
scholar/student
Criteria
You must submit one example of a project that represents your "best work."
Papers, literary works, art projects, portfolios, and journals are examples of suitable
projects (at your request, the materials will be returned to you after May, 2016). If
you are submitting a group project, be sure to describe and/or indicate your
contribution.
 PROJECT CRITIQUE
Purpose
To provide the selection committee with insight about the nominee's ability to
analyze critically his/her own work.
Criteria
You must submit a critique of your project that discusses its significance and how
the project could have been improved.
 ESSAY
Purpose
To provide the selection committee with insight about the nominee's ability to think
critically and/or creatively and express him/herself in writing (including style,
organization and grammar).
Criteria
You must compose an essay, of not more than 600 words, that addresses the
following questions:
•What are the major challenges in your field of study now and in the immediate
future?
•In what new directions will the field have to go in order to respond to those
challenges?
•How will these changes in the field affect you personally?
•Has your curriculum prepared you to deal with these changes?