The James Augustus Wilson Scholarship is now accepting nominations!

[Jennifer Bleaux]

This scholarship was created to honor James Augustus Wilson, Class of 1902.
Mr. Wilson was the first Black/African American student to enroll and
graduate from Plattsburgh Normal School, now known as SUNY Plattsburgh.

This scholarship recognizes and supports diverse students for their
academic achievement and leadership. The scholarship seeks to identify and
recognize students who have demonstrated the academic foundation,
leadership skills and social justice qualities of the late James Augustus
Wilson. Students should be able to speak to their diverse life experience
and how their experience has shown similar qualities of leadership,
academic achievement, and social justice on the campus of SUNY Plattsburgh
or in the broader community.

To be eligible for the scholarship the student must:

·         Be an undergraduate

·         Be enrolled full-time (12 credits or more)

·         Be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder

·         Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher

·         ** Have ONE combination of the following:

o   Faculty/Staff nomination and submit an essay

o   Faculty/Staff reference and submit an essay

**A nominee not having both will be considered ineligible and not be
evaluated by the scholarship review committee.



Visit this link to complete the application
<https://alumni.plattsburgh.edu/s/1603/bp19/interior.aspx?sid=1603&gid=1&pgid=1831>.
Both parts of the application are at this link.



The nomination due date is *February 9, 2024*. It is expected that three
nominees will be awarded a scholarship valued from $500 to $2500 per
person. *The scholarship will be applied toward the spring 2024 semester.* It
can also be applied to the fall 2024 semester upon *request of the student
to the Student Financial Services office*.



**Please note that ALL scholarships are to be applied to a semester bill
and are NOT paid out in cash to the student. **



Scholarship recipients are scheduled to be notified in late February.
Please note that the names of winners may be advertised as recipients of
the scholarship and may be asked to write a thank you

letter to the Plattsburgh College Foundation.



Sponsored by the Plattsburgh College Foundation and the Office of
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
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