Scholarship list, 2009-10
2009-10 Scholarship and Award Programs for Current Accounting Students
Last year the School and your alumni association Ledger & Quill, as well as professional organizations, funded over $250,000 in 2008-09 scholarships and awards. Read over our complete 2008-09 scholarship and award roster elsewhere in the website.
SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARD PROGRAMS WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE OFFERED THROUGHOUT 2009-10 ARE LISTED BELOW; MOST PROGRAMS ARE FOR CONTINUING UPPER CLASS ACCOUNTING MAJORS. BE SURE TO CHECK THE SCHOOL OFFICES AND THIS WEBSITE FOR SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS ARE IN THE SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY OFFICES, 6000 DEPAUL CENTER.
Important update: increasingly scholarship and award programs include financial need as a factor, especially programs sponsored by the university or the School of Accountancy. Students considering applying for scholarship or award programs MUST have a FAFSA--Free Application for Federal Student Aid--on file with the university's Financial Aid Office, in order to determine program eligibility. For more information, visit
http://www.depaul.edu/admission/FinancialAid/ContinuingStudent/Basics/index.asp.
THE LIST IN THE SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY OFFICE IS UPDATED MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THIS WEBSITE, SO GET INTO THE HABIT OF VISITING THE SCHOOL OFFICES AND REVIEWING THE LIST. SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY AND MIS WEBSITE.
For further information or application assistance and advice throughout 2009-10, please feel free to contact Dr. Tim Lockyer in the School, 312-362-5379, or by email at tlockyer@depaul.edu.
Ongoing scholarship programs
The Charles & Selma Melvoin Fund
Student Essay Contest and Student Ethics Symposium
Fall 2009: Essay submission deadline Friday, January 8, 2010
Spring 2010: Top finishers in the Fall quarter essay contest will compete for the $3000 Melvoin Ethics Prizes
awarded at the Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium,to be held Spring 2010, DePaul Center.
Last year's Melvoin Student Ethics Symposium '09 awardees were Amber Hackman, Ryan Chmura and Delwyn Liang.
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Independent Accountants Association of Illinois
Three $1000 awards; applications in School offices when available.
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Chicago Chapter, Institute of Internal Auditors Scholarships:
$1500 undergraduate, $1500 graduate awards;
applications will in the School offices when available.
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Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship.
Information and applications when available, School offices, 6000 DePaul Center.
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Tax Executives Institute--Chicago Chapter Professor's Awards
Two awards @ $2500; applications in the School offices Spring 2010.
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Edward A. & Mary C. Goglin Accounting Essay and Presentation Contest
Prizes total $2000
Information will be available in the School, Spring quarter 2010.
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Ledger & Quill Alumni Association Student Leadership Awards
Multiple at $1500, for upper class acounting majors.
Applications and information will be available in the School offices.
Application deadline: TBA Spring, 2010.
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Ledger & Quill Alumni Association Student Merit Awards
Multiple, various amounts up to $1000, for undeclared students completing Acct. 101/102.
Application and information are available in the Schoool of Accountancy offices.
Application deadline: TBA, Spring 2010
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Robert M. Peters Scholarships
Variable amounts up to $3000; by faculty nomination, 2009-10 awards have been selected, and will be announced at the 2009 Ledger & Quill Fall Luncheon.
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Success Through Scholarship Student Awards
Sponsored by the Success Through Scholarship Fund at DePaul University, in conjunction with the Illinois CPA Society and the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois.
Multiple, variable amount awards up to $3000. Success scholarships are renewable into the senior year. Applications will be in the School offices, 6000 DPC.
Application deadline: Spring 2010
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Illinois CPA Society Accounting Scholarship Program
Funded by the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois
Awards are for post-baccalaureate tuition, to complete the Illinois educational requirement to sit for the CPA Exam. Four years of education must be completed by August 31, 2010, in order to be eligible.
Criteria: achievement, need, and 150-hour completion plans.
Multiple awards, up to $4000.
Application deadline: April 1, 2010.
For further scholarship information and on-line application, contact the Illinois CPA Society, or call Rachel Lewis at the ICPAS, 1-800-993-0407 X 216.
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Illinois CPA Society Herman J. Neal Scholarshipsfor African American Accounting Students
Criteria: awards for junior, senior or fifth years; achievement, need, and 150-hour completion plans. Multiple awards, up to $4000.
For further scholarship information and on-line application, contact the Illinois CPA Society, or call Rachel Lewis at the ICPAS, 1-800-993-0407 X 216.
(Neal Scholarship applicants for post-baccalaureate educational awards will be automatically considered for the ICPAS Accounting Scholarship Program.)
Application deadline: April 1, 2010 for 2010-11 awards.
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Women's Executive Committee's Advancing Women in Accounting Scholarships
Multiple, up to $4000, for high achieving female students in their final or fifth year, which includes graduate studies.
For further scholarship information and on-line application, contact the Illinois CPA Society here, or call Rachel Lewis at the ICPAS, 1-800-993-0407 X 216.
Application deadline: April 1, 2010 for 2010-11 awards.
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Financial Executives International Chicago Chapter Scholarship Competition
Multiple awards, approx. $15,000 total, ranging from $1250 to $3000.
Applications and information will be in the School offices when available, usually December/January.
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Deloitte Minority Accounting Scholarship / Internship Program,
Summer internship with Deloitte and Junior-Senior year scholarship support.
Program offered Winter 2010, tba.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Minority Scholarship/Internship Program
Internship with PWC and scholarship support for Junior and Senior years.
Program announcement, deadlines usually Winter 2010.
STUDENTS SHOULD ALSO CHECK OUT SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CPAs (AICPA). Enter "scholarships" in the website's search box.
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SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION AND APPLICATION MATERIALS ARE IN THE DISPLAY RACKS NEAR THE STUDENT GROUP OFFICES. CONSIDER JOINING A GROUP WHILE YOU ARE THERE.