The CCS Scholarship Foundation enables students to comfortably cover the costs of their education. Fall 23’ funding opens in January. Annually giving students $266,000 for books, tuition, and other associated costs of college, the Scholarship Foundation has opportunities open and often left sitting idle.
Christine DeGeare serves as Scholarship & Alumni Relations Manager for CCS Scholarship Foundation, guiding students to scholarship success.
“We have scholarships that cover smaller things such as bus passes,” DeGeare said, “ and others that help with tuition and books. That amount can range anywhere from $22.00 up to $5,000.00 per year, with various amounts in between.”
Just after winter break, the application for Fall of 2023 funding opens.
“Right now we run two rounds a year, cycles,” said DeGeare, “the next round will be January 17, to March 17, 2023. For this cycle, students will be applying for funding for the Fall of 2023.”
With a new round just about to begin, there are plenty of scholarship opportunities.
“I will have around 120 to 125 different scholarships that are available. Some of those scholarships offer five or 10 different ones,” DeGeare said, “It could be 200 to 300 individual scholarships, so I definitely don’t want to just leave that on the table.”
The vacancy of scholarship applications is seen annually by the foundation.
Unapplied for scholarships remain within the CCS fund, and will hopefully be awarded in the next academic cycle.
“We start one [cycle] in the winter,” DeGeare said, “Then we run a second cycle in the summer.”
The CCS foundation is understanding towards unforeseen circumstances and the chaos that comes with collegiate life.
“You can apply every year,” DeGeare said, “I would encourage students to apply both [cycles].”
Attesting to the assistance that the CCS Scholarship Foundation offers to its students, recipient Brandi Pinette was awarded the Krumble Scholarship for second-year students enrolled in the Business AAS program. Pinette is one of over a hundred students that will recieve the $4,000 scholarship over the next five years.
“My scholarship experience has been fairly easy,” said Pinette, “ …writing an essay has been the most tedious task I have had to accomplish, and some of them did not even require that. The most difficult part was trying to figure out what to write.”
Pinette offers advice for prospective scholarship applicants, guiding future applicants towards success.
“Apply for everything you qualify for.” said Pinette, “Take the time to apply for the scholarships that require more effort, be yourself in your essay, letter, the biggest thing in applying for scholarships is to set yourself apart and stand out. The best way to do that is to be authentic.”
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