Scholarship Opportunities: Scholarship Application

The goal of the Southeast Texas Association of Black Journalists scholarship is to provide assistance to Southeast Texas African-American students in their pursuit of higher education in the fields of communication and journalism.  

Scholarship recipients will have the opportunity to choose to allocate their $1,000 award as payment towards attending the 2012 National Association of Black Journalists Convention in New Orleans in June 2012.  Students will also have the option of applying the awarded funds to their tuition to the university/college of their choice for the fall semester of their upcoming freshman year.  

Scholarships are presented to graduating high school seniors.  The scholarship recipients will be named at the Southeast Texas Association of Black Journalists Luncheon to be held at the MCM Elegante Hotel on Thursday, April 5^th in Beaumont, Texas.  

For more information about the Southeast Texas Association of Black Journalists or the scholarship, please feel free to contact Gordon S. Williams at (409) 880-8038 or e-mail gswilliams@lamar.edu.            

High Scholarship Applicant Requirements 

• To be eligible for this scholarship, college students must:

  • Must be a graduating high school senior
  • Be a student of Black/African-American descent
  • Have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher
  • Present an unofficial transcript of completed course work
  • Present one letter of recommendation

College Scholarship Applicant Requirements

To be eligible for this scholarship, college students must:

• Have more than 30 credit hours at a college or university
• Be enrolled as a communication major at Lamar University
• Be a student of African-American descent
• Have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher
• Present an unofficial transcript of completed course work
• Present one letter of recommendation

Essay

Scholarship applicants must write a 500-word essay on the following topic. If given the opportunity today, what would be your plan of implementation to secure the job that you desire in the future? 

Instructions: Complete this application form and attach your unofficial transcript, letter of recommendation and essay.  No application will be considered complete without the supporting documents.  Type or print legibly please.  All applications must be returned to a member of the Southeast Texas Association of Black Journalists prior to the deadline.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Scholarship applications and required materials must be turned into the Lamar University Television Studio, Theatre Annex Room 113 by 5 p.m. or postmarked and mailed to SETXABJ, P.O. Box 21684, Beaumont, Texas 77720 on Monday, March 26^th.