James R. McCormick Memorial Scholarship
The Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association announces its James R. McCormick Memorial Scholarship Awards program, open to students residing in Ocean or Monmouth County studying communication. Applications are available at www.jspraa.com
Since 1983, JSPRAA has held the James R. McCormick Memorial Scholarship Award program to recognize the outstanding achievements of communication students and to provide them with financial assistance.
To qualify for the scholarship, candidates must be:
- Pursuing a degree or certified course of study in an accredited junior/community college, college, university or professional trade school
- Pursuing communications, public relations, journalism or advertising as a major course of study. Applications from candidates pursuing major studies in other fields, but whose main interest is in the communications profession, will also be considered
Candidates must be entering the second of a two-year course of study, or the second through fourth year of a four-year course of study. Graduate students are not eligible.
Any candidate who has received JSPRAA scholarship aid for the second year of study in a two-year program will not be eligible for further aid unless the candidate matriculates in a four-year program.
Candidates must be residents of Monmouth or Ocean County. The location of their school is immaterial.
To apply for the scholarship, candidates must submit a letter of recommendation from an instructor in public relations, journalism, advertising, radio and/or television broadcasting, or an active, dues-paying member of JSPRAA. All scholarship packets must include:
- A scholarship application
- A letter from the instructor or JSPRAA member certifying the applicant’s qualifications and professional career goals
- A letter from the applicant stating his/her career goals and what receiving a JSPRAA scholarship will do to assist in achieving these goals
- A current resume
- A transcript of grades from the applicant’s present educational institution (an unofficial copy is acceptable)
Applicants should mail scholarship packets to:
Scholarship Committee, JSPRAA
P.O. Box 8515
Red Bank, NJ 07701
Winners will be notified in December, and presented with the scholarship award at the January JSPRAA membership meeting.