Information on FCNS Scholarships
Eligibility Requirements
- Full-time students in the School of Family, Consumer, and Nutrition Sciences at Northern Illinois University are invited to apply.
- Undergraduate applicants must have been accepted into the FCNS major and must have completed at least twelve semester hours at Northern Illinois University to be eligible to apply.
- Students with junior or senior classification will be given first priority.
- Graduate applicants must be admitted to a graduate program in the School.
- A minimum of 3.0 is required for all applicants.
Scholarships are awarded to students who have shown significant academic and personal achievements and who have demonstrated financial need for assistance in meeting educational expenses. The awards do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, disability, status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or sexual orientation.
Maintenance Of Awards
To maintain these awards, scholarship winners must continue with full-time enrollment toward their degree in the School of Family, Consumer, and Nutrition Sciences for the academic year beginning in the fall following receipt of the award. Recipient of the Westlake Scholarship is expected to send a thank you note to the scholarship donor. The School will provide the appropriate names and addresses.
Application Procedures
- Applicants for FCNS scholarships must submit a TYPED or WORD-PROCESSED application form.
- Applicants must attach to the back of the application, a copy of their most current transcript that includes their last semester completed.
- In addition, two letters of recommendation should be submitted directly to the scholarship committee. One letter should be written by a teacher or faculty member who is familiar with your academic ability; the second letter written by a supervisor in a work related or volunteer experience. When thinking about whom to ask for a letter or recommendation, consider people who can provide the Committee with information about your academic ability, work or service/volunteer experiences, and your personal attributes. Family members are not eligible to write letters of support for applications.
Selection Process
A committee of the faculty will determine the recipients of the above named scholarship awards in the School of Family, Consumer, and Nutrition Sciences.
- A representative from each Area will serve on this committee each year and has full responsibility to judge the applications and select the recipients of the awards.
- The scholarship committee will consider only completed applications received by the deadline.
- The committee selects finalists for the Johansen and Westlake Scholarships who will be invited for a personal interview. All applicants will be notified in writing of the committee's decision.
Applications are available now in Wirtz Hall, Room 118 or you can print this form. The deadline to return completed applications and letters or recommendation is the last Friday in February.
