{"id":86333,"date":"2017-04-12T00:05:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T05:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=86333"},"modified":"2017-04-11T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T02:09:00","slug":"vwcf-accepts-scholarship-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/04\/12\/vwcf-accepts-scholarship-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCF accepts scholarship applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert County Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2017-18\u00a0school 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\u2019s 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><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\" \/>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. 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 or Paulding 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. All graduates of Delphos Jefferson and Delphos St. John\u2019s are eligible regardless of county or residence.<\/p>\n<p>Applications may be found online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanwertcountyfoundation.org\/\">www.vanwertcountyfoundation.org<\/a>\u00a0or students may request an application by calling 419.238.1743, emailing\u00a0<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.\u00a0Application deadline is June 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information The Van Wert County Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2017-18\u00a0school 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\u2019s or baccalaureate degree. A maximum of three grants will be made to a student [&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-86333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 09:03:37","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\/86333","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=86333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}