Martin Achievement Scholarships for future UW transfer students

The Martin Family Foundation Achievement Scholarship application is now open and available at http://expd.uw.edu/expo/scholarships/martinachievement. Deadline for applications is April 6, 2018. Please share with your students who have another year of full-time enrollment left to complete at Pierce (or other community colleges) and are looking forward to transferring to UW during the 2019-20 academic year (summer 2019 or later). If I can provide additional information or details, please do let me know. Attached is also a flyer to post where possible. Would be wonderful to see more Pierce students applying!

Martin Achievement Scholarship Information:

The Martin Achievement Scholarship program supports students who have demonstrated signs of exceptional ability in art, humanities, music, science, and/or leadership at one of the fifteen community colleges located around the Puget Sound region. The program selects Martin Achievement Scholars early in their community college career and will fund, encourage and support their study and eventual transfer to the University of Washington-Seattle Campus. Martin Achievement Scholars may receive $5,000 in support for their final year at their community college and up to $12,000 per year for up to three years at UW (contingent upon successful admission to UW).  Awarded on a competitive basis, the Martin Achievement Scholarship recognizes promise and accomplishment in academics, leadership, or contributions to the community.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• Be Washington State residents who are U.S. citizens, or permanent residents who intend to become U.S. citizens;
• Be currently enrolled students at Bellevue, Cascadia, Edmonds, Everett, Grays Harbor, Green River, Highline, North Seattle, Olympic, Peninsula, Pierce, Seattle Central, Shoreline, South Seattle or Tacoma Community College pursuing their first baccalaureate degree;
• Have earned a minimum of 15 community college transfer credits.
• Have demonstrated signs of exceptional ability in science, humanities, music, art, leadership and/or service to the community
• The selection committee gives no consideration to an applicant’s gender, race, color, creed, or national origin.
• Applicants for the 2018 Martin Achievement Scholarship should not plan to transfer to the UW-Seattle prior to the summer 2019.

Martin Scholarships Information Sessions scheduled thus far:

• South Seattle College, Feb. 21, 2018, 1:00pm
• Online session, Feb. 27, 2018, 5:30pm. Join us at that time.
• Online session, March 1, 2018, 12:30pm. Join us at that time.

Additional information about this scholarship, including scholar profiles, is available at http://expd.uw.edu/scholarships/martin/.