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Scholarships include:
• National Guard Bureau Officers' Wives' Club
The NGBOWC is offers academic and need-assessed scholarships in 2010. Applicants must be either a 2009-2010 high school senior or enrolled as a full-time college student. The applicant must be a dependent (child or spouse) of a Soldier or civilian assigned to Virginia, Maryland or Washington, D.C., in one of the following categories:
1. Army or Air National Guard assigned to the National Guard Bureau
2. Active Army or Air Force personnel assigned to the NGB
3. Retired from the T-10 AGR program with the NGB
4. Deceased personnel whose previous assignment was the NGB.
5. Civilian personnel (GS/NSPS civilians) working full-time for the bureau.
Applications are not accepted from applicants who have previously received scholarship awards from the NGBOWC. Funds will be awarded through the academic institution's financial aid office to be used for educational needs, including tuition, books and related fees.
Submission deadline is March 31.
Information and applications are available through scholarship chairpeople, Janet Harris, gandjharris@starpower.net; or Roseanna Van Horn, rlarry.vanhorn@verizon.net.
• Military family scholarships
Are you a military spouse or dependent looking for a little extra money to fund your education? Need that extra push to get you started? Park University offers Military Family scholarships for the 2010-11 academic years. Prospective students or newly enrolled students are eligible. The scholarship is for a year and is up to 15 credit hours.
Applications must be submitted by March 13.
Information is available from Park University's Belvoir office, 703-781-8456 or from park.edu/virginia.
• Through April 3, the Army Officers Wives Club of the Greater Washington Area and Fort Myer's Thrift Shop are accepting applications for scholarships to be awarded for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Information on eligibility, requirements, application forms and contacts is available from the site, aowcgwa.org.
Information is available by calling 703-764-9656 or via e-mail to aowcgwascholarship@gmail.com.
• Business scholarships
The Mount Vernon-Lee Education Partnership announces its scholarships for 2010 graduating high school seniors who plan to pursue further education in a business-related field. Graduating seniors who are residents of Belvoir are eligible.
Six scholarships will be awarded for $2,000 each. The scholarships are made available through the contributions of the business community in the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce.
Applications, whether completed online or mailed, are due April 23 and are available from mtvernon-leechamber.org/edpartn scholarshipform.html. Applications must include a copy of the high school transcript. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required to apply.