2011-2012 Real Estate Scholarship Materials Now Available! |
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APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 15, 2012
The 2011-12 Real Estate Scholarship Application packet is now available for distribution. Both the Community College Real Estate Scholarship and the Dennis McKenzie Real Estate Economics scholarships are available. You may access the materials you need for distribution to students and staff at the following link:The 2011-12 Real Estate Scholarship Application packet is now available for distribution. You may access the materials you need for distribution to students and staff at the following link:
Please forward this link to your Scholarship Office, especially if that office will be responsible for processing the documents.
Scholarship selection criteria have remained relatively unchanged. However, all applicants must now demonstrate financial need through submission of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The application form and guidelines have been revised to reflect this change and some of the other documents have been updated. Please review the packet to familiarize yourself with the materials. You can access the application and apply online using this link:
Funding for the scholarships is derived from the interest income earned from the endowment provided by the CA Department of Real Estate. Scholarship amounts have remained unchanged at $400 per semester (or the quarter equivalent for colleges on the quarter term) or $800 per year. The maximum number of recipients per campus will continue to be eight (8).
Students must submit their application materials to the Financial Aid Office by March 15, 2012, and certified invoices must be sent to the Chancellor’s Office by March 31, 2011. Please ensure that all students meet the eligibility criteria PRIOR TO sending the Real Estate Invoice to the Chancellor’s Office for funding (criteria is discussed in the Eligibility Guidelines document).
Please note that you should no longer forward any of the supporting application materials to the Chancellor’s Office. Your signature on the invoice certifies that the student has met the eligibility criteria. You should retain the supporting application materials for your records.
Scholarships will be funded on a first-come, first-served basis. Please publicize the availability of the scholarships to your students majoring in Real Estate and emphasize the need to apply early. Included on the Community College Chancellor's Office web site is a color poster that you can use to print your own copies. Please do so and display in or around your office or elsewhere on campus. You are also encouraged to share the information with the Real Estate Department staff on your campus.
Click on the above image for the 2011-2012 Real Estate Scholarships information poster
As we have the last several years, the Real Estate Education Endowment Fund Advisory Committee will offer two memorial Real Estate Scholarships in memory of Dennis McKenzie, a respected and effective community college Real Estate professor. The scholarship requires 6 units of Real Estate enrollment in BOTH Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 terms. Students who are awarded a general Real Estate Scholarship are eligible to apply for the memorial scholarship, and would be permitted to be the recipient of the general scholarship as well as one of the memorial scholarships. Application materials for the Dennis McKenzie Scholarships are available at this link:
Thank you to the campus Financial Aid and Scholarship Office staff for efforts to support your Real Estate students in this economically challenging time for the real estate industry.
Please contact me if I can be of assistance.
Rhonda Mohr
Specialist, Student Financial Aid
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
Office: (916) 323-6894
Fax: (916) 324-6701
Email: rmohr@cccco.edu