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Applications being accepted for Maxwell scholarship fund

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Trustees of the R. Wallace and Margaret Maxwell Scholarship Fund announced $20,000 will be available for scholarship awards for the 2014-2015 academic school years.

The deadline for those applying is May 22. No application form will be used; instead, all qualified applicants must write a letter addressed to R. Wallace and Margaret Maxwell Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 446, Waynesburg, PA 15370.

Any Greene County resident who completed high school and plans to pursue or is pursuing a bachelor of arts or science degree, associate degree, a certificate of completion or a diploma from a trade school may apply.

Interested persons must have applied for other scholarships or grants and must provide specific figures of amounts applied for and/or amounts received to date.

Applicants should also list anticipated costs of one year of further education under consideration. Proof of acceptance to an institution of higher learning is also required.

The letter of application should include the name, address and telephone number of the applicant as well as the high school attended, year of graduation and major field of interest.

If already attending an institution of higher learning, the applicant should provide a copy of a recent transcript. Additional information should include extra-curricular activities, honors and awards, grade point average and community service activities.

Information on the applicant’s financial need, such as family economic records (income tax returns, etc.) and employment along with the number of household dependents, also is required

The award is made without regard to race, sex or religious affiliation, based upon the financial needs of the applicant and his or her family taking into consideration the above information.

This will be the annual award under a program established by the Estate of the late R. Wallace Maxwell, a Waynesburg attorney, and his wife, Margaret Maxwell. Serving on this scholarship committee is J. William Hook, Doris Neubauer and Heidi Blair.

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