Education to Empowerment

Criteria includes:

  • Full time enrollment;
  • McHenry County resident
  • 3.25 GPA;
  • Preference to student with two semesters remaining at MCC;
  • Transferring to a 4 year institution the following year;
  • Applicant must submit the General Application essay outlining their personal and career goals;
  • Applicant must submit the General Application essay on Financial Need and what a scholarship would mean to them;
  • Applicant must submit a 300-word essay outlining how they have personally demonstrated their commitment to empowering women through their own extracurricular, educational, and/or leadership activities;
  • Applicant must submit a 300 word essay describing what a mentor means and what they hope this relationship would accomplish;
  • Applicant must submit a 300 word essay on anything else the applicant would like the selection committee to know about the applicant;
  • Applicant must answer to their willingness to attend Education to Empowerment events (approximately four) and potentially speak on behalf of the recipients and/or the organization by describing to others what receiving this scholarship means to you;
  • Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

The E2E scholarship provides a $10,000 award for full tuition, books, and fees for a recipient’s last year at MCC, and the remainder toward the first year at an accredited 4 year institution. The recipient must be pursuing a bachelor’s degree at a transfer university the following year.

Donor
Education To Empowerment
Award
$10,000 award to be used towards final semesters at MCC tuition, books, fees and the remainder towards the first year to a transfer university (must be accredited).
Deadline
04/04/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Applicant must be a second year student at MCC during the next semester. How many credit hours will you have completed going into the next (Fall) semester?
  2. Applicant must submit a 300-word essay outlining how they have personally demonstrated their commitment to empowering women through their own extracurricular, educational, and/or leadership activities.
  3. What would you look to find in a mentor and what would you hope this relationship would accomplish?
  4. What else would you like us to know about you?
  5. Are you willing to attend Education to Empowerment events (approximately four) and potentially speak on behalf of yourself and our organization, and describing to others what receiving this scholarship means to you? (It is required to attend a specific event in order to receive this award)