{"id":74956,"date":"2016-04-01T23:48:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T04:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=74956"},"modified":"2016-04-01T23:48:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T04:48:07","slug":"foundation-accepting-scholarship-apps-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/04\/01\/foundation-accepting-scholarship-apps-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation accepting scholarship apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert County Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2016-17 school year. Scholarships are based on residency, college grade point average, and financial need. They are available for any recognized field of study leading to an associate or baccalaureate degree.<\/p>\n<p>A maximum of three grants will be made to a student earning a baccalaureate degree in four years. A student whose course of study requires five years to earn a baccalaureate degree may be awarded a fourth grant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/VWCF-logo-8-2011.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62401\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-62401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/VWCF-logo-8-2011.gif\" alt=\"VWCF logo 8-2011\" width=\"125\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a>Students earning an associate\u2019s degree are eligible for scholarship funds after completing the equivalent of one year. No grants are made beyond the baccalaureate degree. Applicants must be full-time students, although special consideration may be given to part-time students.<\/p>\n<p>Students who have completed the equivalent of one year in college are eligible to have their application considered, provided they have a 2.75 accumulative grade point average. A first time applicant with above sophomore standing must have a 3.0 accumulative grade point average.<\/p>\n<p>Students who have been granted a scholarship must maintain a 3.0 accumulative grade point average to warrant continuation of a scholarship grant.<\/p>\n<p>An applicant must have been a resident of Van Wert, Paulding, or Allen counties when they graduated from one of the following eligible high schools: Antwerp, Crestview, Delphos Jefferson, Delphos St. John\u2019s, Lincolnview, Parkway, Paulding, Spencerville, Vantage, Van Wert, and Wayne Trace.<\/p>\n<p>Applications may be found online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanwertcountyfoundation.org\/\">www.vanwertcountyfoundation.org<\/a> or students may request an application by calling 419.238.1743, emailing <a href=\"mailto:info@vanwertcountyfoundation.org\">info@vanwertcountyfoundation.org<\/a>, or by visiting The Van Wert County Foundation, 138 E. Main St. in Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert County Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2016-17 school year. Scholarships are based on residency, college grade point average, and financial need. They are available for any recognized field of study leading to an associate or baccalaureate degree. A maximum of three grants will be made to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 17:15:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}