Scholarship Award being Offered at Shawnee Community College Shawnee Community College is now offering the Shawn Bridges Scholarship Award. This Award is sponsored by Insurance Broker and
Minister  Roy ”Buddy” Walls and  wife Vicki Walls of  Mounds Ill. The Award was founded in remembrance of Shawn Bridges and to help keep his life story, “No More Sunsets“, alive in hopes that it will, by example, keep others from making the same mistakes, choices and/or Giving-in-to the temptations that led Shawn to an early grave, at the age of 35. This Award will help give opportunities to young people who other wise might
not have a chance to further their education, in hopes of having a better life for themselves, their families, giving back to their communities and helping others in the future.

Any student selected for the Shawn Bridges Scholarship Award will be required to maintain full-time status and work at least 10 hours per week. The applicants must have graduated from a high school in the Shawnee 
College District with a “C” average or better. He or she must submit a letter along with the application giving a brief life history, need for the scholarship and his or her long-term educational and Career
goals. Once all the materials are received, the selection committee will review submissions and make a decision for the fall semester. Preference will be given to students who have the greatest unmet financial need and are graduates of the five county areas.

In order for the students to keep the scholarship a second semester, he or she needs to earn 12 credit hours the previous semester and maintain a 2.0 grade-point average. The scholarship will be in the amount of $4,000 and will be applied toward tuition, fees, books, transportation and housing ($2,000 per year or $1,000 per fall and spring semester).

As the number of supporters, pledges and donations increase, the
scholarship funds increase and the number of students that can be helped and scholarship amounts, will increase accordingly.
    

The Academic Community and Citizens of the five county area and the
future recipients of the Shawn Bridges Scholarship Award would like to thank:

FOUNDING MEMBERS and CONTRIBUTORS
Roy “Buddy” Walls and wife Vicki Walls

For more information regarding this scholarship or others still available for the fall semester, contact the SCC Financial Aid Department at (618) 634-3200.

For more information on Shawn Bridges or No More Sunsets, visit www.
NoMoreSunsets.net