- Specific criteria for awarding the scholarship is listed below and on the Scholarship Application form. These criteria are non-negotiable.
- This is a competitive award. The ASQ, Tidewater Section 1128 scholarship is awarded in the Spring for use during the 1st semester of the following academic year. The application deadline is May 3, 2013 at 4 p.m.
- All applicants will be given consideration.
- A scholarship recipient who fails to maintain the eligibility requirements, or fails to complete the coursework during the semester for which the scholarship was awarded, is required to immediately notify the American Society for Quality, Tidewater Section 1128.
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY, TIDEWATER SECTION 1128
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Name: _______________________________________________________________________
Home address: _______________________________________________________________
Home phone: ___________________ E-mail: _____________________________________
Educational institution: ____________________________________________________
Degree Program: _____________________________________________________________
Required materials:
Attach the following to your application:
• A copy of your school transcript
• Your current resume, listing your education, work experience, professional and/or organizational memberships and activities, and publications
Essay Topic and Instructions:
Consider your major as you are headed off to college this next year. Assume this will be the true field of study for your working career. Describe details of how you will use quality tools and process improvement to help improve your working environment, your career opportunities, and the company for which you end up working. Include the following within your essay:
- Describe quality tools and process improvement.
- What specific quality tools will you use in your daily work?
- What types of processes in your job will you attempt to continuously improve and why?
- How can all the above (quality tools, process improvement) help you grow in your career field and within your perspective company?
- What would you recommend to rising seniors (with regards to quality and process improvement) to help them succeed in their final year of High School?
This essay must be 500-600 words written in standard English prose, using Courier New, 12 pt, double-spaced, in five-paragraph format (introduction, support, and conclusion), and submitted via email to chair@asqtidewater.org in Microsoft Word. No spaces are included in this word count. Essays that do not meet this criteria or late applications will not be considered.
Grading criteria will address requirements such as:
- Format/layout: of text, font, and style
- Topic content: research-based information, and coherence
- Quality of writing: Clarity of sentences, spelling, grammar, and organization of ideas
I am a 2013 graduating senior from one of the following Public School Districts: Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, or Virginia Beach.
I understand and agree that if I receive a scholarship and for any reason fail to maintain the eligibility requirements, or fail to complete the coursework during the semester for which the scholarship was awarded, I will immediately notify American Society for Quality, Tidewater Section 1128. I also understand that, depending on the circumstances, I may be required to repay all or part of the scholarship.
Signature: _________________________________ Date: __________________________
Mail, fax, or e-mail this form with all necessary attachments by 4 pm, Friday, May 3, 2013.
Vicki Farwell
Address: 1437 Shamrock Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Phone: 757-404-6076
Email: chair@asqtidewater.org
