Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel

Adult Learner Scholarship Competition 

The Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (SAEOPP) is pleased to announce its twenty-third annual scholarship competition.  TRIO participants are invited to compete for Adult Learner Scholarship awards of $1,000.00.  Also, $1,500.00 awards will be made to the five highest rated Pre-College and/or Adult Learner applicants.  These awards may be used to help defray postsecondary educational costs during the 2009-2010 academic year.  

Enclosed are application materials needed to apply for these scholarships.  Only one application may be submitted per TRIO program, i. e., an individual project.  Institutions which have more than one project (e.g. Student Support Service, Educational Opportunity Center, Veterans Upward Bound, McNair, Educational Talent Search {ETS participants age 19 and older}) may submit an application for each project. 

NOTE:  Institutions/Agencies that send more than one application from the same program will be disqualified

Sponsors of applicants MUST BE CURRENT MEMBERS OF SAEOPP AND THEIR STATE ASSOCIATION (SAEOPP and State Dues paid by October 31, 2009).  

Applicants will be judged and rated in the following areas (See Rating Scale for Detailed Point Values):  

1.       Essay (content, grammar, format, etc.) (50 points)

2.       Academic performance/scholarship or significant academic progress (10 points)

3.       Two recommendation letters (10 points)

4.       Leadership, school activities and/or detailed description of community volunteer service (20 points)

5.       TRIO activities (10 points)

6.       Timeliness in submission of all requested materials  

Each application will be reviewed and rated by the Scholarship Committee (and SAEOPP Board of Directors members, if necessary).  No applicant’s materials will be reviewed by a person from the same state.  Essays are independently reviewed and ranked by three (3) outside (non-TRIO) readers. Scholarship applications with a raw score less than 90 will not be considered.   

Applicants and their sponsors will be notified of results in February, 2010.  The names and schools of the winners and their sponsors will be printed in the conference issue of the SAEOPP Sentinel.  In addition, Presidential Scholarship recipients’ essays will be published in the SAEOPP Sentinel.  

In order for winners to receive their monetary awards, sponsors must provide official verification enrollment in a postsecondary institution. Award checks, made payable to the student, will be initiated upon receipt of the requested documentation and forwarded to the designated mailing address.

The deadline of submission of all application materials is NOVEMBER 20, 2009. All application materials (except for transcripts) are to be submitted online . Transcripts should be mailed to the SAEOPP Scholarship Co-Chairs at:

Rodney E. Adams

Director of Retention and Federal TRIO Programs

Technical College of the Lowcountry

PO Box 1288

Beaufort, SC 29901-1288

SAEOPP will not send confirmations.  If a confirmation of transcript receipt is desired, the applicant should send materials by certified mail-return receipt requested, or by such other mailing source that requires a signature at the time of delivery.

If you have any questions, contact Scholarship Committee Chair: Rod Adams at (843) 525-8219 or via email at scholarship@saeopp.org

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