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2009
Scholarship Program and Guidelines:
PURPOSE:
The Houston Air Cargo Association is made up of the vast number
of member employees supporting our industry; i.e. the Airlines and
Airline related Handlers, the Airport Authority, Forwarders, Brokers,
Packers, Truckers, Advertisers, Development Companies, Hotels, Educators,
Chamber of Commerce and Banks, to name a few. These companies serve
Houston Intercontinental Airport as well as Hobby and our surrounding
airports.
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Scholarship Program is designed to help member families raise money
for dependent's college education. The association, recognizing
a continuing need, has endeavored to raise money for students interested
in attending college, but finding barriers to funding said education.
These
scholarships are intended to assist students in the pursuit of careers
in international business, transportation, trade or banking. By
funding students in these fields, we help ourselves and future members
continue the dream of a college education, with a rewarding and
challenging career. An independent panel of impartial judges
will award scholarships.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERION:
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Essays
must be 1,000 words or more. Subject matter to relate to
the International / Domestic Air Transportation Industry |
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Essays
must be original works |
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Essays
must be typed |
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Candidates
must be a HACA member, dependent of a HACA member, or have a
HACA sponsor, which must be an approved HACA member. Priority
will first be given to those candidates who are members or dependents
of members. |
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Essays
must be accompanied with a separate cover sheet giving the name
of the sponsor, telephone and contact name, as well as the name
and address of the person submitting the essay, and home or
cell phone number. |
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Candidate
must be a full-time student (12 or more semester credit hours) |
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Selected
applicant and / or his or her sponsor must attend the HACA luncheon,
the second Tuesday of January, following the essay year, to
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DEADLINE: November 1, 2009
All
entries must be mailed to:
Houston
Air Cargo Association
P.O. Box 60023 AMF
Houston, Texas 77205
Entries
must be received and postmarked no later than November 1st
of 2009. Announcement and notification of winners will be made in
December of 2009.
Entries will be judged on originality, content,
creativity, spelling and relationship
to the International / Domestic Air Transportation Industry.
AWARD AMOUNTS:
Scholarship amounts may vary, depending upon award placement (1st,
2nd, etc), contributions and member participation. The Association's
Board will make the final determination of available funds and scholarship
amounts.
USE OF FUNDS:
The Scholarship can be used to pay for direct educational expenses
such as tuition, fees, books, and supplies until funds are exhausted.
The student understands that receipt of funds for more than one
term or semester is dependent up on the student making satisfactory
progress towards an educational degree.
Students are not eligible to receive cash back from the balance
of the scholarship unless they are being reimbursed for expenses
related to their classes.
UNUSED FUNDS:
If the student fails to enroll, or drops out of school, all unused
funds are to be returned to the HACA Board for a determination of
future funding.
The Board will determine if extenuating circumstances prevented
the student from attending and that decision will determine if the
student may still receive the funds.
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