IAHCE Scholarships

Full scholarships of $500 each up to ten (10) scholarships awarded yearly if funds are available.

The applicant must be a member in good standing or an immediate family member, child or grandchild, niece or nephew of such member of a county HCE/HEA for a minimum of three years. Recipients of an IAHCE Scholarship must be a current resident of Illinois regardless of whether they attend a school in Illinois.

SCHOLARSHIPS

The scholarships offered by the Illinois Association for Home and Community Education are:

IAHCE Member Education Scholarships: These Scholarships are awarded by the IAHCE Scholarship Committee according to the guidelines found in the IAHCE Guidebook.

All scholarships are offered with no discrimination to sex, age, years in school, or national origin.

Ruth B. Sayre Scholarship which is offered by our affiliate CWC. Information can be found in the IAHCE Guidebook guidelines page 71 and at www.cwcusa.org

Scholarships are renewable to qualified applicants.

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE GUIDELINES

This Committee shall consist of four members who are presently on the IAHCE Board. They will serve revolving two-year terms so that two new members will be appointed each year. The IAHCE Secretary should not be a member of this committee, because she/he would know the identity of the applicants.

DUTIES OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE:

• Review scholarship guidelines yearly.
• Choose full-time recipients.
• Directs the IAHCE Treasurer to issue checks for scholarship recipients.

Full scholarships of $500 each up to ten (10) scholarships awarded yearly if funds are available. 

AHCE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES

1. The applicant must be a member in good standing or an immediate family member, child or grandchild, niece or nephew of such member of a county HCE/HEA for a minimum of three years. Recipient of an IAHCE Scholarship must be a current resident of Illinois regardless of whether they attend a school in Illinois.
2. The applicant must attend a vocational institution or institution of higher learning working toward a vocational certification, undergraduate degree or graduate degree.
3. The Applicant must submit a new application each year. Past recipients may not apply again.
4. For each of the full ($500) scholarships, the student must be considered a full-time student by the college the student is/will be attending. Auditing of classes cannot be included in minimum hours.
5. The Scholarship Committee reserves the right to make judgment in cases not covered by the guidelines.
6. Students must maintain a 2.0-point average. Transcript required for most current school year.
7. Payment of all scholarships is made in two installments. The first half of payment will be made by July 1. The second half will be made no earlier than January 1 upon receipt of the student’s fall grades transcript by the scholarship committee chairman. Her/his name and address will be on the letter of acceptance that carries the July check.
8. Scholarship applications must be postmarked by May 1.
9. All applications will receive a letter by July 1 indicating whether or not they are recipients of the scholarship.
10. A photo must be attached to the cover page of the application. These photos will be used by IAHCE for publicity purpose (Newsletter/Annual Conference). If an applicant is not accepted for a scholarship, the photo will be returned.
11. If for any reason, the applicant is unable to enroll, the awarded scholarship is to be returned in full to the IAHCE Treasurer.
12. No current IAHCE Board Member will be eligible for a scholarship.
13. The IAHCE Board Secretary will receive the application keeping the cover page until the scholarship winners have been chosen, so that the committee will not know the identity of the applicants until after selections are made.