4-H Adult Scholarship: Workforce Re-entry

Application deadline: May 1, 2011

Purpose of Scholarship

To provide an annual $2000 scholarship to an adult who meets the selection criteria, for training or retraining at an institution of higher learning in preparation for re-entry into the workforce or re-training for job transition. This award will be given to an adult who is retooling him or herself for the workforce.

Size and Frequency of Award

A $2,000 scholarship will be awarded once a year. When investment earnings from the Minnesota 4-H Foundation Endowment fund yield more than $2,000, they will be reinvested until such a time a second $2,000 scholarship can be awarded. If not enough funds exist for both scholarships, they can be awarded in the amount of $1,000. The fund will be reevaluated every five years to determine whether current costs warrant upgrading the scholarship(s). When this scholarship was begun in 1997, it awarded two of them per year.

One $2,000 scholarship will be awarded.

Eligibility

The following criteria (25 points possible in each area for a total of 100 points) must be met:

• Plans that demonstrate long-term goals and accomplishments (25 points)
• Practical plan of action (25 points)
• Reasons for plan (25 points)
• Unique opportunities and circumstances (25 points)

In addition, applicants must meet all of these conditions:

• Applicant has been a 4-H member for a minimum of five years and/or a 4-H adult volunteer for a minimum of two years.
• Applicant is/will be 30 years old or older by January 1 of the calendar year in which the scholarship is awarded.
• Applicant must not have received this scholarship before.
  
• Applicant is not an employee of the University of Minnesota Extension.

Contact:

Marlene Eskelson
Minnesota 4-H Foundation
200 Oak St SE Rm 270B
Minneapolis MN 55455

Application (20 K PDF)