Pam Carpenter, Supervisor of Elections announces the opportunity for local college or university students to apply for a $1,200 scholarship through the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections.
FSASE will award three $1,200.00 scholarships. The deadline to submit applications to the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections is March 20, 2009.
The scholarships will be awarded to full-time students attending an accredited Florida university or college.
Applicants must be enrolled or accepted as a junior or senior and be either a Political Science major, Public or Business Administration major or Journalism/Mass Communications major.
Applicants must:
Applications may be obtained from the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office at 111 SE 1st Avenue, Gainesville, Florida or online here. Completed applications and letters of recommendation must be submitted to the Supervisor of Election of the County in which you are registered to vote.
All Alachua County applications will be reviewed by the Supervisor of Elections Office and one finalist will be forwarded to the FSASE Scholarship Committee to represent Alachua County. The FSASE Scholarship Committee will select three winners ($1,200 each) from the finalists submitted from Supervisors of Elections throughout the State of Florida.
The scholarship is awarded in June; therefore applicants must be a student post-June of the award year.
For additional information contact the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections at 352-374-5252.