SoBA News
The UCR School of Business Administration is now accepting applications for the following 2010-2011 scholarships. One application is all it takes to apply for these scholarships. Only continuing students graduating Fall 2011 or later are eligible to apply (except for the DuBois Memorial Award). In cases where the award is open to both undergraduate and graduate students or multiple awards are designated, the faculty scholarship committee will determine how the awards are distributed. Scholarships are subject to change based on funding availability.
All scholarship applications are due by Friday, February 11, 2011, at 5:00 p.m., and must be submitted to Allan Taing in the Undergraduate Business Programs Office in Olmsted Hall, Suite 2340. Scholarship winners will be notified in early March and will be recognized in an awards ceremony on April 15, 2011. For all awards, demonstrated exceptional scholarship and academic promise and merit will be considered. Award amounts and additional selection criteria (if applicable) are listed below.
Apply for an undergraduate student scholarship.
Apply for a graduate student scholarship.
UNDERGRADUATE:
1. Bank of America Business Leaders Scholarship
- Three $2,000 undergraduate awards.
2. Gordon A. Blunden/Provident Savings Bank Business Scholarship
- Two $3,500 undergraduate awards.
- Available only to California residents.
- Requires a 10-page report on the current banking crisis.
3. Walter A. Henry Memorial Scholarship
- One $1,000 award, for either an undergraduate or MBA student.
4. Suzanne Smith Carne Memorial Scholarship
- Five $1,800 awards, for female lower-division Pre-Business students.
5. The Ernst and Young Scholarship
- Two $2,000 undergraduate awards.
- For sophomores and juniors with an accounting concentration.
6. Dina Adamcik Memorial Business Award
- One $1,000 undergraduate award.
- Students with at least a 3.8 GPA are eligible to apply.
7. Colette and Gary Lee Award
- One $1,200 award, for either an undergraduate or MBA student.
8. Audit and Assurance Spire of Excellence Award
- One $2,000 undergraduate award.
- Accounting students with at least a 3.5 GPA and have completed BUS 169A are eligible.
9. Union Bank Scholarship
- One $3,300 undergraduate award.
Apply for an undergraduate student scholarship.
GRADUATE:
1. Bank of America Business Leaders Scholarship
- Two $3,000 graduate awards.
2. Gordon A. Blunden/Provident Savings Bank Business Scholarship.
- One $5,000 graduate award.
- Available only to California residents.
- Requires a 10-page report on the current banking crisis.
3. Walter A. Henry Memorial Scholarship
- One $1,000 award, for either an undergraduate or MBA student.
4. Justin Lai Endowed Scholarship
- Two $2,500 graduate awards.
5. George DuBois Memorial Award
- One $950 graduate award.
- Only second-year MBA students are eligible to apply.
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Additional application requirements include:
- i. A current resume.
- ii. A written self-statement that describes what you have accomplished in your MBA program at UCR and how that has prepared you to deal with key management issues of the future. This statement should be no longer than five double-spaced pages.
- iii. One project or paper submitted during course work in AGSM that best exemplifies the abilities specified in the criteria.
- iv. Your most recent transcript.
6. Colette and Gary Lee Award
- One $1,200 award, for either an undergraduate or MBA student.
7. Jaime Fang Scholarship
- One $1,000 graduate award.
- Available only to International MBA students.
8. Union Bank Scholarship
- One $3,300 graduate award.
Apply for a graduate student scholarship.
For more information, contact Allan Taing.