The Ivy Hill Foundation Mu Omicron Omega Scholarship

*** Application Deadline March 1, 2021 ***

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The Ivy Hill Foundation and the Mu Omicron Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ® will award up to four $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors who will begin their post-secondary education at an accredited two- or four-year institution this fall. 

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Eligibility

• Open to ALL graduating high school seniors who attend school in Chapel Hill, Carrboro or Pittsboro (or who are homeschooled in those towns)
   

• Competitive applicants will:

  • Have an excellent academic history balanced with extracurricular involvement

  • Have strong recommendations letters that will provide insight to the applicant that the selection committee may not otherwise know

  • Submit a well thought out,  community service project proposal

• Completed applications will include:

  • High school transcript

  • Two (2) letters of recommendation

  • Resume (two-page limit, minimum font size 10, please)

  • Completed community service project proposal

• Applicants will be evaluated on:

  • Academic excellence, recommendation letters, leadership, community service

  • Viability, can the idea be implemented?

  • Creativity of the submission

  • Did the proposal address the selected topic?

  • Did the applicant have a clear understanding of the requested task?

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Questions
 

• Contact Dr. Stephanie Helms Pickett or Tanea Pettis at

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Please READ the application details BEFORE beginning the online submission process.