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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
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695.0. "College Scholarships?" by GEMVAX::BUEHLER () Thu Jan 12 1989 19:05

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    Does Digital offer college scholarships for a bright, hardworking,
    eager kid who wants to work with disabled kids but whose mother
    (me) is raising her on one income and cannot help pay for her
    education? 
    
    Thanks,
    Maria
    
    Any information you can give me is greatly appreciated and this
    kid really wants to go to college badly. 
    
    
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695.1Good Luck!REGENT::EPSTEINlpr for LPS? Just askThu Jan 12 1989 20:263
    On page 10.3 of _Your Benefits Book_ (if you don't have one, ask
    your manager or site personnel) is a description of the National Merit
    Scholarship Program.  For more information, call DTN 223-7089.
695.2BINKLY::WINSTONJeff Winston (Hudson, MA)Thu Jan 12 1989 21:402
there is also the GEEP program - where DEC sends certain engineering 
students off for a free masters
695.3Masters *and* PhDDYO780::DYSERTBarry Dysert, DTN-433-2420Fri Jan 13 1989 11:006
695.4SCARY::M_DAVISEat dessert first; life is uncertain.Fri Jan 13 1989 13:094
    Have you thought of a loan program?  Digital does sponsor such a
    program and your PSA probably has literature on it.
    
    Marge
695.5CHUCKM::MURRAYChuck MurrayMon Jan 16 1989 17:4516
Re: < Note 695.0 by GEMVAX::BUEHLER >

First, am I right in assuming that your daughter is a high-school junior
or senior (in which case GEEP wouldn't apply)? Also, are you asking if DEC 
scholarships are available based on your daughter's commendable career goal 
(working with disabled kids) as opposed to grades, test scores, etc.? 
I suspect the answer is "no" as far as any DEC scholarships go; however, 
there might be such scholarships available from other sources.

As the parent of a college freshman and a high-school junior, my advice
would be to use all the resources available at your daughter's high
school. The counselors probably know about loads of loans, work-study
programs, co-op programs, and scholarships, and they can often give you
all the necessary forms.

Good luck to both of you!
695.6Scholarships for Women and MinoritiesTLE::KRUGERWed Jan 18 1989 19:2910
    As a summer hire last summer, I attended a meeting on DEC scholarships.
    They have a special scholarship program set up for Women and
    Minorities.  The only catch is that I believe you have to work for
    DEC (as a co-op or summer hire) in order to receive the scholarship.
    
    You can be employed in any position -- it doesn't have to be
    engineering.  I think the scholarship can cover up to half of tuition,
    but cannot be applied to room and board.
    
    
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                 DECUS MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CONTINUES

The DECUS Merit Scholarship Program was established by Digital Equipment 
Computer Users Society (DECUS) for members and children of members. The 
annual Merit Scholarship competition is conducted by the National Merit 
Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), an independent not-for-profit organization 
whose purposes are to identify and honor academically talented high school 
students and to award college undergraduate scholarships to the most 
outstanding of them.  NMSC handles the selection of winners and the 
administration of their awards.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

High school students who will be completing or leaving secondary school and 
entering college in 1995, who are U. S. citizens, and who are members or 
children of members of DECUS are eligible to compete for this scholarship.

The scholarship winner will be selected by NMSC from among those eligible 
who qualify as SEMIFINALISTS and then advance to Finalist standing in the 
Merit Program.  Students would be notified through their high schools in 
September, 1994, if they achieved this SEMIFINALIST ranking.

IF I AM A SEMIFINALIST, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Semifinalists should notify Ms. Paula Morin in the DECUS office.   This 
notification must be made to DECUS by November 4, 1994.  Semifinalists who 
qualify as finalists will be informed in March, 1995, through their schools.  
Scholarship winners will be chosen on a competitive basis and without regard 
to family financial circumstances.  In most cases, winners will be notified 
in March prior to any public announcement.

WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD?

Each DECUS Scholarship award is $1,000 per year for up to four years of 
college undergraduate study or until baccalaureate degree requirements are 
completed, whichever occurs first.  

WHAT ARE MY OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IF I WIN?

The formal scholarship offer sent to winners by NMSC specifies terms of 
acceptance and continuation of the award.  The DECUS Merit Scholarship 
winner must enter college in the fall term following selection and must 
enroll as a full-time undergraduate in a college or university in the United 
States that holds accredited status with a regional accrediting commission 
on higher education.  The winner must attend such a college during the day, 
be enrolled in a course of study leading to one of the traditional 
baccalaureate degrees, and must remain in good academic and disciplinary 
standing.

WHO CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE?

Questions may be addressed to:

Ms. Paula Morin
DECUS 
334 South Street, SHR3-1/T25
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
(508) 841-3537