National Guard Scholarship Guidelines

Concordia University Wisconsin
Wisconsin National Guard Annual Scholarship

Rules and Guidelines

Concordia University Wisconsin and the Wisconsin National Guard have established an annual scholarship in the amount of $10,000.  This amount is allocated as follows:

  • $2500 for a new adult education bachelor degree student
  • $2500 for a continuing adult education bachelor degree student
  • $5000 for a new master’s level student

 

To be eligible for this award, all applicants must be members of the Wisconsin Army or Air National Guard.  In addition, the following specific criteria are required and will be used in making the award decision:

For all Bachelor Degree students:

  1. Applicants must inform the Education Officer at the National Guard headquarters in Madison, by completing the scholarship application form.
  2. The application to Concordia University Wisconsin must be completed and submitted with the application fee.
  3. Two letters of recommendation must be submitted.
    1. One must be from the individual’s unit commanding officer.
    2. The second must be from someone outside of the National Guard.

 

Additional criteria for continuing students:

  1. The student must have completed at least two, but not more than nine courses at Concordia in the Adult Education program.
  2. The student must be making satisfactory academic progress as evidenced by their grade point average in courses taken at Concordia University Wisconsin.

 

For Master’s level students:

  1. Applicants must inform the Education Officer at the National Guard headquarters in Madison by completing the scholarship application form.
  2. The application to Concordia University Wisconsin must be completed and submitted with the application fee.
  3. In lieu of test scores, the student’s undergraduate grade point average will be assessed.
  4. Two letters of recommendation must be submitted.
    1. One must be from the individual’s unit commanding officer.
    2. The second must be from someone outside of the National Guard.

 

Applications and letters of recommendation must be submitted to the Education Officer at the Wisconsin National Guard Headquarters in Madison no later than May 3rd   for the school year beginning the following September  1st.  The student will be informed of the award decision by May 26th.

Once all applications have been received and reviewed by the Education Officer, he or she will forward the applications to the Certifying Official at Concordia University Wisconsin, in Mequon.  The final award decision will be made by the Vice President of Adult and Continuing Education and the Vice President of Admissions in consultation with the National Guard Education Officer.