• CEOS Revises Scholarship Requirements,Home Schooled Seniors Encouraged To Apply
• The Newview chapter of the WVU Community Educational Outreach Service has removed the financial need requirement for the scholarship they are offering. Application now requires only a GPA of 2.5 or higher and a written essay. The essay may be of any length, provided it is at least five hundred words, and must be on the topic of volunteerism and its impact on your community, or yourself. It is open to seniors in any of  Hancock County’s three high schools, and seniors who have been home-schooled, who are planning to continue their education.
• The scholarship will be in the form of a cash award to be used at the recipient’s discretion to defray the costs of continuing their education, whether at a traditional two or four year college, or a trade school.
• Applications can be obtained by calling the WVU Hancock County Extension Office in New Cumberland at (304) 564-3805. They must be completed and returned to the office no later than April 15, 2022.
• The Community Educational Outreach Service is one of several volunteer organizations of the West Virginia University Extension Service. It’s mission is to strengthen individuals and families through continuing education, community service, and leadership development. To learn more about CEOS and its mission, to join an existing chapter, or start your own, contact Sue Isner, Families & Community Development Program Assistant, at the WVU Hancock County Extension Office.
• The Hancock County Community Educational Outreach Service would like to announce the availability of five undergraduate student scholarships provided by the WVU Extension CEOS.
• Human Service/Education Scholarship: Three to be awarded. $500 per year for West Virginia students who have successfully completed 24 credit hours and are enrolled in West Virginia colleges or universities. Some fields of study might include nutrition, early childhood development, education, interior design, textiles, apparel design, psychology, social work, counseling and perhaps other related fields. Application due April 1.
• Nursing Scholarship: One to be awarded. $500 per year for West Virginia students who have
• successfully completed 24 credit hours and are enrolled in West Virginia colleges or universities offering the bachelor’s degree in nursing. Application due April 1.
• International Undergraduate Student Scholarship: One to be awarded. Cash award of $3,500 and tuition waiver for a one-year, two-semester service learning opportunity to an International undergraduate student enrolled or able to enroll at WVU. Application due February 28.
• For requirements, responsibilities, and application for any of these scholarships, visit extension.wvu.edu/community-educational-outreach-service or contact WVU Extension Service Family and Community Development .12Settings

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