2013 Beverage Industry College Scholarship Program Applications Due Postmarked Feb. 1, 2013

Deadline: Must be postmarked by February 1, 2013

The licensed California Beverage Industry offers college scholarships in amounts from $2,000 to $5,000 to qualified graduating high school seniors who will attend an accredited four-year college or university based within the United States, beginning with the fall 2013 semester. Students planning to attend a two-year community college are ineligible for this program.

Scholarships will be awarded to children, grandchildren, or legal guardians, of persons who currently hold full-time employment with, or who are proprietor of, a company holding a valid California liquor, beer or wine license. This includes restaurants, hotels, retail & wholesale grocery establishments, airlines, breweries, wineries, distributors, etc.

*Student employment with an establishment holding a California liquor license, and/or eligibility established through family relationship other than parent/grandparent/legal guardian, does not qualify for application to this program.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Student establishes eligibility through parent, grandparent, or legal guardian's full-time employment as outlined above.
• Student demonstrates outstanding community service as evidenced by a student-written essay.
• Scholarship recipients will be honored at one of two gala awards ceremonies planned for Summer 2013. Attendance at the awards ceremony is prerequisite to receiving the scholarship.

All applicants winning scholarships will receive notification of their placement for the program by June, 2013.

For the application to be considered, all directions on the application must be followed exactly with attention to deadlines.

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS:

   HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

• Upon high school graduation, student will attend an accredited four-year college or university within the United States, beginning with the Fall 2013 term/semester and enrollment status of freshman/full-time (12+ units).
• Students participates in specific extra-curricular high school activities, as defined on application.
• Include with your application a 8.5 x 11 typed, double spaced ESSAY (not to exceed 2 pages) instructions below:
• "Include with your application a two page essay. Specific instructions will be given after you complete the application worksheet and click Generate my Application. You must include this 8.5 x 11 typed, doubled spaced essay that cannot exceed 2 pages. This essay will be closely evaluated for your on-topic submission, your attention to page setup and will account for 50% of the application process. It will be edited for impartiality and submitted for evaluation to a panel of twenty individuals. Essays will be critically evaluated for addressing the prompt. You will receive the prompts once you 'GENERATE THE APPLICATION'"

PLEASE NOTE: YOUR WELL-WRITTEN ESSAY, CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE REQUESTED PROMPT, WILL COUNT FOR 50% OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

To apply for this scholarship please click on the link below:

Christermon Beverage Industry Scholarship 

Application must be postmarked by February 1, 2013