Annual Student Scholarship Program
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 16, 2009
Award Overview:
The Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce, adhering to the mission of supporting Asian American business entrepreneurship in Virginia has established a Scholarship Program that awards scholarships to qualified students attending accredited Virginia colleges and universities. Scholarship funds awarded to students are granted to support their academic study activities.
In its first Scholarship award program year, Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce through the Virginia Asian Foundation will award three (3) $500.00 scholarships to three qualified and most deserving students.
Award winners will be recognized for a combination of their dedication to academics and community involvement. Scholarship awards will be paid directly to the award recipients. All scholarship recipients will be recognized at the Virginia Asian Chamber Gala to be held on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond. Students must be present to accept the scholarship awards.
Eligibility Requirements EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To be eligible for the 2009 scholarship, the applicant must:
1. Be an immediate family member or household member of a Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce. Asian Chamber Directors and their families are not eligible.
2. Be a high school senior student or an undergraduate college student attending a full time class work at an accedited college or university, having a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
3. Send a complete Application Package along with all requested materials listed below.
Dedinition:
An immediate family member is either a biological, foster or adoptive parent, a stepparent, spouse, a biological, adoptive or foster child; a step child; mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, husband, your siblings, or your spouse's siblings.
A household member is either someone who lives in a same family but who may not be related to the head of the household.
Application Package
Applicants must submit:
- A complete application (see bellow) which must be received by VACC by 5pm on Wednesday October 21st
- A cover letter
- A copy of a college faculty’s letter of recommendation
- A copy of a current official or unofficial transcript
- A brief resume
Other important details
2009 Scholarship Program Description
2009 Scholarship Application Form
About The Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce Student Scholarship Program
The mission of the Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce Student Scholarship Award Program is to help promote the entrepreneur spirit in students by empowering them with support and resources to educate them with respect to the merit of entrepreneurship and business opportunities and challenges in the global market.
We do this by offering annual scholarships to imemdiate family members or household members of the VACC who are in their junior and senior years pursuing studies that might lead to a career in business/economics, management, and law,; nternational business, international law, and international affairs and related fields.
Please contact:
Mr. Tinh Phan, Chairman
14214 Washington Hwy, Ashland, Virginia 23005