Scholarships For Students
Each year donors in the Danville Area present monetary awards to DACC students. Each of the donors determines the criteria for selection of the scholarship recipients. Approximately 200 awards are presented yearly. Recipients acknowledge their Donors at the annual Honors Program held in September. Scholarship applications are available in the DACC Foundation office as well as distributed across campus and at the WIA/JTP "One Stop" location at the Illinois Employment Security office. Scholarships are distributed with specific deadlines throughout the year. For more information click here DACC Foundation web page.
This site is sponsored by the Illinois Student
Assistance Commission and
provides information regarding State & Federal financial aid
programs
as well as information regarding scholarships. It offers complete
college
planning materials and resources. http://www.collegezone.com
Illinois schools and organizations are very active in promoting financial aid awareness. To review a Calendar of Events throughout the state visit the College Awareness & Preparation website. You will find FAFSA workshops and admission information. DACC hosts a FAFSA Workshop and Awareness activity in the month of February (click here for other Important Dates).
Another search opportunity is fastWEB, which is a free service.
FastWEB
(Financial
Aid Search Through the WEB) is the largest and most complete
scholarship
search on the Internet. It provides access to a searchable database of
more than 400,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and
student loans available to students.
Click here to begin! fastWEB.com
The Datatel Scholars Foundation (DSF), an independent tax-exempt
foundation,
awards scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students attending
eligible
Datatel client institutions. Since its establishment in 1990, the
Datatel
Scholars Foundation has helped deserving scholars meet their education
goals by awarding over 3,000 scholarships totaling nearly $4.5 million.
Click
here for more information.
The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS),
funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was
established
in 1999 to provide outstanding African American, American Indian/Alaska
Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American
students
with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in
all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students
pursuing
studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library
science.
The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an
opportunity
for thousands of outstanding students with significant financial need
to
reach their fullest potential.
Click
Here for more information.
The Hispanic Scholarship
Fund
(HSF) is the nation's leading organization supporting Hispanic higher
education.
HSF was founded in 1975 with a vision to strengthen the country by
advancing
college education among Hispanic Americans-the largest minority segment
of the U.S. population. In support of its mission to double the rate of
Hispanics earning college degrees, HSF provides the Latino community
more
college scholarships and educational outreach support than any other
organization
in the country. Headquartered in San Francisco, HSF has opened regional
offices in Southern California, the Southwest, the Northeast, the
Southeast,
and the Midwest. In addition, HSF launched the Washington, D.C.-based
Hispanic
Scholarship Fund Institute to generate public partnerships in support
of
its work. During its 30-year history, HSF has awarded more than 73,000
scholarships totaling nearly $170 million to Latinos from all 50
states,
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam who have attended more than
1,700
colleges and universities. Click
here for more information and scholarship application.
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA)
United Negro College Fund is a fund-raising consortium of 39
private, fully accredited, four-year, historically black colleges and
universities.
As an educational assistance organization, The College Fund provides
operating
assistance to its 39 member colleges and universities, administers over
400 scholarship programs for African American students, provides
technical
assistance for HBCUs, and conducts research and data collection on
African
American education. In its 55 year history, UNCF has raised over $1.4
billion
to promote higher education achievement in the African American
community
and has helped to graduate over 300,000 African Americans from
undergraduate
and graduate programs. Click
here for more information.
International
Honor Society of the Two Year College
The U.S. Department of
Energy Scholars ProgramTo qualify for a scholarship an individual must have received
or will receive an Associate’s Degree from an Illinois community
college,
have at least a 3.0 grade point, be recommended by an Illinois
community
college, be a resident of the state of Illinois and be admitted to
McKendree
College.
To apply for admission to McKendree College, an individual can
go to the McKendree College website at transfer@mckendree.edu or
telephone
McKendree College at 1-800-BEARCAT ext. 6831.
Founded in 1828, McKendree College is located 20 minutes east of
St. Louis, in Lebanon, Illinois. McKendree offers 40 areas of
study
to students from all corners of the United States and many
international
countries.
The Illinois Professional Land
Surveyors Association Student Scholarship Award and Community College
Scholarship Award. The Student Scholarship Award is
for students pursuing a 4 year degree in land surveying or in a related
science. The Community College Scholarship is for students
pursuing a degree associated with the land surveying
profession. Applications are due by
December 1. Students may come to the
DACC Foundation Office to pick up an application.
The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) is offering: Paid internships in multiple fields and disciplines * Scholarships of up to $12,000* for undergraduate and graduate students.
From SIU-C offers two $1,000 scholarships to DACC
students
who are planning on entering SIUC this
summer and/or fall. They have to have been
accepted
by FEB. 1st and
carry at least a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, (4.375 on
a
5.0). They can see Alice Cowan, DACC Counseling/Advisement Dept.,
LH
104A, to be nominated. Deadline
is Jan. 27th. From SIU-C - Tuition and fee
waivers
for
juniors at SIUC, majoring in Rehabilitation Services.Contact
DACC Foundation.
From Illinois State University, College of Business Minority Scholarships, $1,000 awards application available at DACC Foundation.
From Robert Morris College Transfer Scholarships up to $4,800, Veterans Scholarships up to $3,000, contact 1-800-225-1520
From Knox College Scholarships for outstanding Transfer Students, Must have a 3.5 average (on 4.0 scale)up to $9,500 per year Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships up to $9,500 per year . Contact DACC Foundation.
From Monmouth College Transfer Merit Scholarships, Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships, contact Kristi Hippen at khippen@monm.edu
Bradley University, Fine Art Talent Scholarship Eligibility: Arts students with talent and motivation Amount: not indicated Deadline: contact Bradley at (309) 677-2989 for more information
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