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The following organizations are offering scholarships. If interested, please contact the respective organizations.

Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association

Student scholarship is offered to an Illinois student attending an Illinois school who is pursuing a baccalaureate degree in land surveying or a baccalaureate degree in a related science including at least 24 semester hours of land surveying courses from the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation Land Surveyors Licensing Board approved curriculum of an accredited institution. Scholarship is for $1,000 and applications are available on their website at http://www.iplsa.org.

Independent Accountants Association of Illinois

  • Three $1000 scholarships are being offered to residential college students who are attending an Illinois college, junior college, or university. Students should be
  • Applications are available on their website at www.illinoisaccountants.com.
  • Completed application and transcripts and letter of recommendation are usually due no later than June 30. Please check their website for exact deadlines each year.

Land of Lincoln Retired Teachers

  • Scholarships are available for college juniors or seniors majoring in education. Deadline is usually in July. Please reference their website at http://llrta.weebly.com/ for additional information.

Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln scholarships

Applications are available online at https://cfll.org/Grants-Scholarships/Scholarships

Rotary District 6460 Scholarship Opportunities for College Students

Rotary District 6460 International Scholarship

Applications for the $18,000 William J. Menghini International Ambassadorial Scholarship are due on May 28. Eligible students must live in, go to school in, or have graduated from a school in District 6460 (west-central Illinois), and have completed a minimum of 48 university credit hours. The scholarship supports undergraduate or graduate full academic-year residential study in the applicants chosen field at a university or college in a country of the applicant's choice.

Rotary Foundation District Scholarships

West-central Illinois undergraduate college students may apply for $3000 Rotary District scholarships to cover tuition, books, or other university fees to a college, university or an approved vocational school. Students must reside in, go to college in, or have graduated from a school in District 6460; have completed at least 24 university credit hours; and be pursuing a degree in a Rotary International Focus Area. The application deadline is midnight, May 28.

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