Lori & Eric Swanson Scholarship

The Fund intends to establish a scholarship that awards a student who had to overcome a significant life event that interfered with the ability to pursue College or is currently going through difficult circumstances that interfered with the ability to continue College, such as:

- Being a parent of a special needs or disabled child/adult.
- Being a family caregiver for an elderly parent, special needs, or disabled child/adult.
- A single parent who had to put off College to raise child(ren).

The student will have had to have completed PLGL 1100, Introduction to Paralegal Studies, and received a grade of “B” or better, in order to be eligible to receive this scholarship.

The money from this Fund is intended to cover in-district tuition and fees plus the cost of textbooks/eBooks /online course subscriptions for required paralegal program courses only necessary to complete the paralegal studies certificate or degree.

Award
Varies
Deadline
04/22/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Short Essay explaining need and circumstances (minimum 1 page but no longer than 2 pages, double-spaced in times new roman size 12 font, using proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling), including why you want to pursue being a paralegal. Please incorporate in your response if you fall under any of the following categories: Being a parent of a special needs or disabled child/adult / Being a family caregiver for an elderly parent, special needs, or disabled child/adult / A single parent who had to put off College to raise child(ren).
  2. Submit unofficial COD transcript.