SAN FRANCISCO — The Japanese American Citizens League has announced its National Scholarship and Awards Program for the 2017 academic year.
The JACL annually offers approximately 30 college scholarships for students who are incoming college freshmen, undergraduates and graduates, as well as those specializing in law and the creative/performing arts. There are also student aid scholarships for those in need of financial assistance in this era of rising tuition costs.
Scholarship Program information, instructions and applications can be found on the JACL website (www.jacl.org) by clicking “Youth” on the menu bar.
Freshman applications must be submitted directly by the applicant to his/her local JACL chapter, with a postmark no later than March 1. Freshman applicants may obtain the mailing address of his/her chapter by contacting Membership Assistant Tomiko Ismail at tismail@jacl.org or by calling the Membership Department at (415) 921-5225, extension 26.
Chapters will then have one month to evaluate their freshman applications and will forward only the most outstanding ones to the National JACL Freshman Scholarship Committee, c/o JACL NCWNP District, 3566 Barley Court, San Jose, CA 95127, no later than April 1.
Applications for the “other” scholarship categories (undergraduate, graduate, law, creative/performing arts, and student aid) are to be sent directly by the applicant to the National JACL Scholarship Committee, c/o Central California District Council, with a postmark no later than April 1. The mailing address for this committee can be found on the application itself.
All those applying to the National JACL Scholarship Program must be a student member or individual member of the JACL.
For more information on the National JACL Scholarship Program, contact Regional Director Patty Wada at pwada@jacl.org or National JACL VP for Planning & Development Matthew Farrells at mfarrells@jacl.org.
