Legacy Scholarship Program will help children of alumni attend Benedictine

Benedictine University has already taken steps to help students deal with the economic crisis by freezing tuition for two years and by instituting the "Displaced Earner Program" for students whose parents may have lost their jobs.

Benedictine University is now reaching out to alumni by establishing the "Legacy Scholarship Program."
 
Many Benedictine alumni have expressed a desire for their children to receive the benefits of a Benedictine education. Many alumni have several children and so the cost of a Benedictine education may be prohibitive for some. The "Legacy Scholarship Program" is designed to help alumni with more than one child of college age. 

Alumni with multiple children attending Benedictine University over a consecutive six-year period will pay only half the regular tuition rate for a second child, and if a third child enrolls, he or she will receive a full tuition scholarship to Benedictine. All children will be eligible for appropriate alumni and other financial aid.

To be eligible for the Legacy Scholarship, students must complete all appropriate financial aid forms, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and be continuously enrolled to graduation. Any federal and state aid awarded must be applied to tuition only.

Should a student withdraw from the program and have multiple siblings at the University, the family benefit would be reduced by one. As a result, three students would be reduced to two and the above categories would then apply.

"With the economic crisis swirling around us, we have become much attuned to the Benedictine value of stewardship," said William J. Carroll, president of Benedictine University. "Stewardship is about more than a concern for the environment. It is about our responsibility to our students, our faculty, our staff and the Benedictine community."

For more information about the Benedictine University Legacy Scholarship Program, contact Julie Nelligan in the Office of Alumni Relations at (630) 829-6077 or jnelligan@ben.edu.

Effective Spring 2010:

• Alumni must have graduated from a degree program.
• Renewability requirement of 2.50 GPA.
• Students must be enrolled full time and be degree seeking.
• Students are eligible to receive this award no more than 8 semesters (4 years).
• Alumni Legacy Scholarship trumps any Alumni Award (awards cannot be combined).

Legacy Scholarship Application