EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

O Eternal God,

bless all schools, colleges,

and universities,

that they may be lively centers for sound learning,

new discovery,

and the pursuit of wisdom;

and grant that those who teach and those who learn may find you to be the source of all truth; through Jesus Christ

our Lord. Amen.

Donate to the ECW College Scholarship Fund:

If you or your parish would like to contribute to the education of a young person in our church family, please consider making a gift to the ECW College Scholarship Fund.  Your generosity is the only way to continue this very important program.

All contributions

may be sent to:

ECW, Diocese of Alabama

521 North 20th Street

Birmingham, AL 35203-2611

Please note on your check ECW College Scholarship Fund.

Over the last decade or more, the ECW has awarded over $100,000 in scholarships to students in the Diocese of Alabama.

The ECW College Scholarship program was born perhaps just prior to 1900 with a request from then–Bishop Richard Hooker Wilmer to John Ward Noble, the builder of St. Michael’s and-All-Angels Episcopal Church in Anniston, AL., to enable daughters of diocesan clergymen to attend the Noble Institute.

Since that time other funds have been established in recognition of people who have taken to heart the education of young people in our diocese; several of those funds include restrictions in addition to the policies of the ECW Board and Scholarship Committee.  In recent years these named funds have been augmented significantly by the ECW General Scholarship Fund, which is derived from the diocesan and parish ECW budgets, memorials, alms and other gifts.  In addition to Bishop Wilmer, the donors whose dedication and vision continue to inspire us include Edith Buell Wilson, Isla Hall Hilderbrand, Elizabeth Blair Pannell, Sarah Sterret Porter, Bishop Onell Soto and St. John’s Church, Ensley.

All scholarships are based on need (40%), church involvement and activities (40%), and merit (20%).  Applicants should be able to document information regarding their family’s financial status (Form 1040).  An application for a scholarship may be made every year a student is in college; however, an award to any one person is limited to a maximum of two years. Granted funds are mailed directly to the registrar’s office of the college of the recipient's choice.

Seminarians are helped with CPC funds and are ineligible for ECW college scholarships.

All applications and church involvement forms must be complete and postmarked by April 30th.  All applicants must be a communicant of the Diocese of Alabama.  The awards will be announced in June  Each application must be accompanied by a transcript, a photograph and a church involvement survey completed by the applicant’s parish priest (or senior warden, if there is a vacancy).  Incomplete applications will not be evaluated.  If applying for a second scholarship, an evaluation by college chaplain is acceptable. Scholarship applications and Church Involvement Surveys may be requested from the Scholarship Chairman or may be downloaded from the links on this page (see upper right column).

Scholarship Chair:

Bethe Ensey

4651 Round Forest Drive

Birmingham, AL 35213

(205) 213-0655

scholarships@alabamaecw.org

Grace, Woodlawn

Application Deadline:

April 30, 2010

More details concerning application

Scholarship Application:

Microsoft Word Format

Adobe PDF Format

Church Involvement Survey:

Microsoft Word Format

Adobe PDF Format

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