SIUE Staff Senate offering scholarship for union members and their families

Applications are due by Aug. 18

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Staff Senate is offering a scholarship for union members and their families.

The University Staff Senate serves as custodian for the SIUE Faculty for Collective Bargaining Scholarship, which totals $500.

To be eligible, the applicant must be either a Labor union member, or the child, grandchild, or spouse of a Labor union member. This applies to all the Labor unions at SIUE. Students must meet SIUE’s admission requirements and are enrolled for full-time undergraduate study.

If the applicant has fewer than 12 college semester hours earned, they must have an ACT composite score of 19 or above, and a high school GPA of 2.5 on a 4-point scale. Applicants with 12 or more hours earned must have completed at least one term as a full-time college student with a college GPA of 2.5.

The award is directly applied to the student’s university account. The application includes an essay written by the applicant, and the committee also considers honors and awards, work history, co-curricular activities and volunteerism.