Ray Baird Scholarship Application

The Ray Baird Memorial Scholarship is designed to defray the cost of earning college credit toward a Labor Studies certificate through the OCC/Cornell Labor Studies Program. This year, eight scholarships are available, in the amount of $500 each, for tuition and books. Four scholarships are available for the Fall 2007 semester and four scholarships are available for the Spring 2008 semester. In granting these scholarships, the committee will consider the following criteria:
1) Applicant’s history of union activism
2) Applicant’s financial circumstances
3) Applicant’s minority status

In order to be considered for the scholarship for the Fall 2007 semester, this application must be completed and returned no later than August 24, 2007. You will be notified as to whether or not you have been awarded the scholarship by August 29, 2007.

Please tell us about yourself:

Name

Address

Phone

Email

Union Affiliation (If any)

What is your annual household income?

The next two questions are optional:
I am: Male Female

To which racial or ethnic group(s) do you most identify? (Mark more than one if applicable):

African-American (Non-Hispanic)

Asian/Pacific Islanders

Caucasian (non Hispanic)

Latino or Hispanic

Native American, Aleut or Aboriginal Peoples

Other

Please write a brief personal statement, explaining why you have chosen to apply for this scholarship, why you want to take labor studies classes, and how you plan to apply the knowledge you gain. Please limit the length of your personal statement to 500 words.

Is there anything else we should know about you?

Please list one personal reference:

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Relationship to you:

Thank you for taking the time to fill in
and submit this application