If selected as a finalist by the committee, you MUST attend a pre-selection, in-person interview at the SUCA office on either May 19th or 20th (Date selected by Committee). If selected as one of the scholarship recipients, you MUST attend the Scholarship Night Membership Meeting to receive your award EACH YEAR.
If selected, must I maintain eligibility?
To receive annual scholarship checks you must remain enrolled in an accredited college or university and you must maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA. You are required to send a transcript to the SUCA office not later than June 1st of each year. You must attend the Scholarship Night Membership Meeting each year to accept your check for the next year, unless there is an emergency.
How will the confidentiality of the application be protected?
When the application has been received by SUCA each application is given a number and an acknowledgment is sent to the applicant. The application is handled only by the staff of the association. Once this has been done, the first page of the application will be placed in a sealed envelope marked only with the application number. Staff then reviews the application in detail and removes any and all words or references that provide information relating to the applicant's identity or affiliated SUCA Member Company. The Scholarship Committee will meet at a predetermined time to review only sanitized copies of the application. Should any committee member recognize the applicant through the remaining information, that member will disqualify themselves from consideration of that application and the remaining committee members will make the determinations regarding that application. Only winning envelopes are opened and the others are destroyed.
How can I obtain further information?
If you have any questions or need clarification of any details, contact Theresa Mannix at the SUCA office by telephone at 727-600-7158 or via e-mail at [email protected].