UTUIA Scholarship: Key to Success
A message from
UTU International President
Charles L. Little

Education is the key to success. The key to an education can be a United Transportation Union Insurance Association (UTUIA) scholarship.

With college enrollment time upon us, we strongly urge all eligible persons to take a few minutes to obtain and fill out a UTUIA scholarship application form. It might be one of the smartest things they ever do.

This is the 28th year UTUIA is making available 50 continuing $500 scholarships for its members and the sons, daughters and grandchildren of its members. We are very proud of our scholarship program, a pride that comes from helping thousands of students over the years.

We realize the amount awarded, $500 a year, doesn't meet the full cost of the recipient's education, but in this way we can help a larger number of students with educational costs. They may use the scholarship money for tuition, learning materials or other related expenses.

UTUIA scholarship winners will receive the full amount of the award each year for up to four years of undergraduate study as long as they maintain a satisfactory academic record.

With a UTUIA scholarship, we hope to give the recipient the opportunity for a full-time education instead of a part-time education, day school instead of night school, higher education instead of basic training.

We are proud also in knowing that UTUIA scholarship recipients are enrolled in some of the finest and most prestigious colleges and universities in the world. We also can point proudly to the many achievements of past scholarship winners who have contributed so much to our great nation.

UTUIA is proud and happy to provide these scholarships for they are an opportunity for achievement. The success of deserving students is our success and the benefits are boundless. The key to success is education, and the key to education is a UTUIA scholarship. Take a minute to apply for the chance of a lifetime.

As the saying goes: "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."

Charles L. Little
UTU International President

UTUIA Scholarship Information
Applications must be received no later than March 31, 2001.

Please submit only one application per student. Incomplete, photocopied or duplicate applications will not be accepted.

The application form appearing in the traditional print edition of this month's UTU News is the official UTUIA scholarship application form and is the only one you will receive. If you need another application form, request one from the address below. Please include your UTU local or UTUIA local unit number with your request. Complete the form and mail it to:

UTUIA Scholarship Program
United Transportation Union Insurance Association
14600 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44107-4250

DISTRIBUTION
Fifty continuing $500 scholarships are awarded each year upon verification of enrollment for the fall term. The scholarships are prorated according to the number of UTU and UTUIA insurance members in each of nine districts. Names of the 50 scholarship winners for the academic year 2001-2002 will be drawn at UTUIA Headquarters in Cleveland after the March 31, 2001, deadline for submission of applications.

ELIGIBILITY
Requirements for a scholarship applicant are that he or she be at least a high school senior or equivalent; age 25 or under; be a UTU or UTUIA-insured member, the child or grandchild of a UTU or UTUIA-insured member, or the child of a deceased UTU or UTUIA-insured member (if member is deceased please include date of death). UTU or UTUIA-insured member must be a U.S. resident.

Applicants also must be accepted for admittance or already enrolled for at least 12 credit hours per quarter or semester at a recognized institution of higher learning (university, college or junior college, nursing or technical school offering college credit). Graduate schools are not included. Families of full-time International officers are not eligible.

AWARDS
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of chance, not grades. A UTUIA scholar, however, is expected to maintain a satisfactory academic record to keep the scholarship for the full four years.

ADMINISTRATION
The UTUIA Scholarship Committee decides whether individual scholarships should be continued or discontinued. Each successful applicant must provide annual proof of eligibility on or before a deadline set by the scholarship committee to qualify for a continuing award. The day-to-day management of the program is handled by the office of the UTUIA General Secretary and Treasurer.

INVEST IN THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
The UTUIA Scholarship Program is an open program. All eligible students, regardless of previous grades or future plans that don't happen to include college, are strongly urged to apply, to take five minutes to invest in the chance of a lifetime, the chance for a better future.

DISTRICT 1 (FIVE SCHOLARSHIPS)
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

DISTRICT 2 (SIX SCHOLARSHIPS)
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania

DISTRICT 3 (EIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS)
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
DISTRICT 4 (SIX SCHOLARSHIPS)
Indiana, Michigan, Ohio

DISTRICT 5 (FOUR SCHOLARSHIPS)
Illinois, Wisconsin

DISTRICT 6 (FIVE SCHOLARSHIPS)
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas

DISTRICT 7 (SIX SCHOLARSHIPS)
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota

DISTRICT 8 (SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS)
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah

DISTRICT 9 (THREE SCHOLARSHIPS)
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming

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