American Postal Workers
Union, AFL-CIO
St. Paul, Minnesota Area Local
|
Rules and Regulations
for
Harry Williams Memorial
Scholarship Program |
1. Applicant
must be son or daughter of an active, retired or deceased member of the St. Paul Area Local of the American Postal Workers
Union.
2. Applicant’s
parent or legal guardian must have been a member of APWU St. Paul Area Local, in good standing, for a total of at least one
year immediately preceding application or must have been a member for one year immediately preceding death or retirement.
3. Applicant
must be a senior attending high school or other corresponding secondary school.
4. Sons
and daughters of APWU National and St. Paul Area Local Executive Board members and Hospital Plan National Officers are not
eligible for consideration.
5. Scholarship
recipient must attend an accredited post-secondary school of his or her choice. Applicant must make own application to the
school.
6. Applications
for a scholarship must be made on an official application form. Completed application
forms must be sent to Harry Williams Memorial Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box
65065, St. Paul, MN 55165,
and postmarked not later than February 28 of the year of graduation.
7. Scholarship
must be used towards pursuing post-secondary school education.
8. Harry
Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund will provide three scholarships per year.
9. If
award winner fails to attend post-secondary school in the award year, the award will go to an alternate.
10. Winners must
rank in the upper fifty percentile of their high school or other corresponding secondary school graduation class.
11. Each Memorial
Scholarship will be $1,000.00 for one year of post-secondary school.
12. The amount of the Scholarship will be deposited with the post-secondary school attended by the student. When the recipient notifies the St. Paul Area APWU he or she has been accepted, $1,000.00
will be sent to the business office to be applied to the cost of tuition, room and board.
13. An award winner may not accept more than three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) annually from other
scholarships. If the amount exceeds $3,500.00, the Harry Williams Memorial Scholarship
will be forfeited and will be awarded to an alternate.
14. APWU St. Paul Area Local may discontinue awarding new scholarships if funds do not permit.
15. The Scholarship
Committee shall consist of up to six (6) members. Two (2) of these members shall
consist of the current elected Secretary and Treasurer. One (1) member shall
be a current elected Trustee to be appointed by the President. The remaining members shall be appointed by the President.
The President shall be the chief overseer of this Committee.
16. The Committee
shall be convened by March 15 or the Monday thereafter. The Treasurer will have verified all the membership qualifications
by this date.
17. The application
forms for the scholarship shall appear in the Postmark in the months of January and February.
The draws shall be held at the April General Membership Meeting of the St. Paul Area Local APWU.
18. The Committee,
upon verification of each application, shall place said applications in plain “like type” envelope and the envelopes
are to be placed in a drawing container. There shall be three (3) winners and
a sufficient number of alternates drawn.
19. All disputes
concerning the Scholarship Program shall be submitted to the President within thirty (30) days of the drawing, in written
form. They shall be placed before the Scholarship Committee for review. They shall be answered in writing, within fifteen (15) days.
20. These rules
governing the Harry Williams Memorial Scholarship Program can only be amended, changed, or deleted once a year at the November
General Membership Meeting.
