Our club funds one $1600 ($1000 from the club and $600 from the Univeristy) scholarship for a freshman each year. The area students who have been accepted by OSU have been sent the application. The scholarship committee will evaluate the applications and have personal interviews with the top students. The scholarship winner will be decided by the end of March. We raise the money for that scholarship in the following ways:
- 50-50 raffle
The raffle tickets are sold at each watch party with half of the money collected going to the scholarship fund, 25% going to the 1st place winner, 15% to 2nd place, and 10% to 3rd place. We raise most of the $1000 with the 50-50 raffle.
- Account #480224
The fastest way to endow our scholarship is to contribute directly to the account. If you are sending a donation to OSU or your college, you can specify that all or a portion of that donation go to the OSU Alumni Club of St. Louis account #480224. We need $25,000 by 12/31/2011 to endow the scholarship. We have $20,800 as of 7/15/2008.
In the past, we have had various items for sale to help support the scholarship fund. We are presently looking for an interesting item - like the luggage tag, candle, or Christmas ornament we have had in the past. If anyone has an idea, please let one of the officers know.
Thanks for your support of our scholarship! Go Bucks!
Here are some updates from previous winners:
Krystal Cannon
Jennifer Spryszak
Laura Piper
Kellice Mitchell
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