Hispanic Leadership Council

Hispanic Leadership Council Every year, the Hispanic Leadership Council is pleased to award scholarships of varied amounts to qualified students who enroll in a four year accredited college/university and to qualified students who enroll in an accredited trade/business school or junior college.

Scholarship Guidelines

• The applicant must be Hispanic and/or of Hispanic descent and a U.S. 
  citizen or a legal resident. 

• The applicant must be admitted to an accredited college, university or 
  trade school at the time of the application. 
• The applicant must reside in a county serviced by the Region 14 
  Service Center. 
• Other scholarships, grants or loans received do not exclude students 
  from eligibility. 
• Applicants are encouraged to volunteer for different HLC events. 
• The amount of the scholarship may not exceed total expenses, which include tuition, lab or other fees, and book expenses incurred each semester. Four $1,000 incoming freshman scholarships, one $1,000 current traditional college student scholarship, and several university scholarships will be awarded.

Process

• Any recipient who withdraws from school automatically forfeits all 
  scholarship funds. 

• The application packages are received by the HLC Scholarship 
  Committee. (Deadline: March 30) 
• The HLC Scholarship Committee will grade the application packages and 
  select a group of finalists. 
• Finalists will be interviewed by HLC members. 
• The HLC Scholarship Committee will select recipients based on 
  application packages and interviews. 
• The awards will be announced at an upcoming event (event information 
  is still to be determined). 
• Recipients are encouraged to express their appreciation in writing to 
  the HLC.

Time Schedule

• March 30: Postmark Application Deadline 
• April 19-20: Finalist Interviews 
• May 31: Applicants receive scholarship notifications by this date 
• August / September : Scholarship disbursement after verification of student enrollment

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