Roland T. Stern Scholarship Endowment
Fund Purpose
The spendable income of the Roland T. Stern Scholarship Endowment shall be used to award scholarships as follows: A minimum of a $4,000 undergraduate scholarship will be awarded annually to an undergraduate student (or students) graduating from a high school in Bradford County and studying forestry. If there is no eligible student in any given year, then the scholarship will be awarded according to the following criteria, in order of preference: 1) to a student (or students) graduating from a high school in Northeast Florida (Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Columbia, Baker, Nassau, Duval, Taylor, Lafayette, Suwannee, Union, Bradford, Clary, St. Johns, Dixie, Gilchrist, Alachua, Putnam, Flagler, Levy, Marion, or Volusia counties) and studying forestry, (2) to a student ( or students) graduating from a high school in Northeast Florida (as defined above) and studying natural resource conservation or geomatics, and (3) to a student (or students) conducting research at the Austin Cary Forest. A minimum of a $4,000 graduate scholarship will be awarded annually to a graduate student (or students) studying forestry with first preference to students graduating from a high school in Bradford County and second preference to students graduating from a high school in Northeast Florida (as defined above). If there is no eligible student in any given year, then the scholarship may be awarded to a graduate student (or graduate students) whose studies will uti9lize the Austin Cary Forest. Scholarship recipients must be full-time students with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA. Students may receive the scholarships for more than one year as long as the students continue to meet the award criteria. If spendable income is less than $8,000 annually in any given year, then the spendable income shall be divided equally between the two scholarships. If spendable income is more than $8,000 annually in any given year, then additional or larger awards may be granted as determined by the Director of the School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatic Sciences. The Donor wishes for the awards to increate proportionally with costs of attendance, to the extent the spendable income is available to do so.
The spendable income of the Roland T. Stern Scholarship Endowment shall be used to award scholarships as follows: A minimum of a $4,000 undergraduate scholarship will be awarded annually to an undergraduate student (or students) graduating from a high school in Bradford County and studying forestry. If there is no eligible student in any given year, then the scholarship will be awarded according to the following criteria, in order of preference: 1) to a student (or students) graduating from a high school in Northeast Florida (Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Columbia, Baker, Nassau, Duval, Taylor, Lafayette, Suwannee, Union, Bradford, Clary, St. Johns, Dixie, Gilchrist, Alachua, Putnam, Flagler, Levy, Marion, or Volusia counties) and studying forestry, (2) to a student ( or students) graduating from a high school in Northeast Florida (as defined above) and studying natural resource conservation or geomatics, and (3) to a student (or students) conducting research at the Austin Cary Forest. A minimum of a $4,000 graduate scholarship will be awarded annually to a graduate student (or students) studying forestry with first preference to students graduating from a high school in Bradford County and second preference to students graduating from a high school in Northeast Florida (as defined above). If there is no eligible student in any given year, then the scholarship may be awarded to a graduate student (or graduate students) whose studies will uti9lize the Austin Cary Forest. Scholarship recipients must be full-time students with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA. Students may receive the scholarships for more than one year as long as the students continue to meet the award criteria. If spendable income is less than $8,000 annually in any given year, then the spendable income shall be divided equally between the two scholarships. If spendable income is more than $8,000 annually in any given year, then additional or larger awards may be granted as determined by the Director of the School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatic Sciences. The Donor wishes for the awards to increate proportionally with costs of attendance, to the extent the spendable income is available to do so.
The spendable income of the fund shall be used to award scholarships as follows:
- A minimum of a $4,000 undergraduate scholarship will be awarded annually to a student graduating from a high school in Bradford County and studying forest resources and conservation.
- A minimum of a $4,000 graduate scholarship will be awarded annually to a graduate student studying forest resources and conservation with first preference to students graduating from a high school in Bradford County and second preference to students graduating from a high school in Union, Baker, or Columbia counties.
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