(Posted 5-17-99)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FIVE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR ADULT STUDENTS AT UNCG
GREENSBORO -- Five scholarships for adult students working
toward undergraduate degrees at The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro are now available.
Prospective and current adult undergraduates may receive
scholarship application forms, which cover all five scholarship
sources, from the UNCG Office of Adult Continuing & Evening Students
(ACES) by calling 336-334-5757 weekdays. Forms can be picked up at
room 104 of Elliott University Center on campus, or requested via e-mail at
aces@uncg.edu.
The deadline for scholarship applications is July 1, and the
awards are made by August 1 each year. Scholarship awards are made on
the basis of financial need, academic performance, life and work
experience, and several related criteria, including the writing of a
student essay.
The number of adult undergraduate scholarships was boosted
substantially by a 50th reunion gift of more than $240,000 in 1998
from the UNCG Class of 1948. The four other scholarship funds are the
Kendrick Gilmore Bell Scholarship, the Osborne Memorial Scholarship,
the Rice Scholarship, the Betty Everhart Scholarship, and the
Non-Traditional Adult Scholarship.
"We are delighted that these funds will be available for use
by adult undergraduates at UNCG," said Beverly Bell Armfield of
Greensboro, chair of the Class of 1948's 50th anniversary gift
committee. "Almost 3,000 adult undergraduates are enrolled at UNCG now
and were admitted through the ACES Office. We have heard so many examples
of needy adult students, and we intend for these funds to help those students who are
so deserving."
"Adults decide to attend UNCG to complete an undergraduate
degree for many reasons and at many different stages in life," said
Brooks G. Graham, director of the ACES Office. "We are thrilled that
UNCG now has additional scholarship funds to help more of these
students reach their educational goals."
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