Alumni Leadership Scholarship

About the Scholarship

The Alumni Leadership Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship that will recognize and reward outstanding students who have demonstrated leadership, actively participated in the Lewis & Clark community, and who have interest in creating meaningful connections between students and alumni.

Application Process

Click here to download the application for the 2010-2011 academic year. Deadline to apply for the 2010-2011 scholarship is February 15th, 5pm. You can email your application to tanya@lclark.edu, send it to MSC 77, or deliver it in person to the Alumni Gatehouse. Directions for submission are also included in the application download.

Eligibility

You must be in good academic standing. First-year, sophomore, and junior students are eligible. If you have senior standing, but intend to enroll in courses at Lewis & Clark for two more semesters (not counting the current one), you are eligible.

Scholar Benefits

There are some great perks to being an ambassador! The help with tuition is one of them. Another is, if you are a great ambassador, once you receive the scholarship, you qualify for automatic renewal until you graduate. You will also get an in-depth understanding of the alumni community, and meet a lot of local and national alums. As an SAA ambassador, you will also have an opportunity to participate in the Board of Alumni guide program, which pairs scholarship recipients with Board members to benefit career and professional development, and  the creation of stronger ties between the student and alumni communities. The Board of Alumni, who sponsors the scholarship, will also send you event invitations to the Alumni Honors Banquet, where you will meet outstanding L&C alumni, alumni Homecoming events, Young Alumni happy hours in Portland, and more.

Scholar Requirements

It is anticipated that each recipient will take an active role in the Student Alumni Association (SAA). SAA ambassadors will help organize and execute meaningful events for students and alumni, and increase the connections between the alumni association, Board of Alumni, current students, the office of Alumni & Parent Programs, and the community as a whole. Students that receive the scholarship will be asked to attend meetings and alumni events, recruit new members for the SAA, propose ideas for how to increase student-alumni connections, and help plan and execute a keynote SAA event that involves both students and alumni.

Overseas Program Participation

Because this scholarship is tied to a service component (the Student Alumni Association) on campus, if you are awarded a scholarship during a year when you plan to be abroad for both fall and spring semesters, the scholarship will be deposited in your account the first semester you are back on campus. Some exceptions are possible on a case-by-case basis.

Past Scholarship Recipients

With questions, and for more information, please contact:

Tanya Sloan '07
Associate Director
Alumni & Parent Programs
503.768.7941
tanya@lclark.edu

Alumni & Parent Programs are located in the Alumni Gatehouse.