Scholarship Information

The Dr. Julius B. Flynn, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund was created to promote excellence in the areas of leadership and community service in the Cheyney University student and alumni population, and to provide career-minded students the opportunity to develop academically and professionally.  

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

In order to apply for this scholarship, candidates must:

1. Be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student currently attending Cheyney University.

2. Have a grade point average of 3.0 or better (on a 4.0 scale).

3. Have verifiable volunteer experience within the past two years.

4. Have membership and/or leadership experience in campus or other organizations.

5. Complete an application which includes a one-page essay explaining how he or she will mentor a Cheyney University student and promote Cheyney University’s missions and values in his or her professional career.

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SELECTION OF GRANTEES

Grantees will be selected on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis as detailed above. 

SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS

In connection with scholarship grants, the JBF Memorial Scholarship Fund shall contact Cheyney University administrators and faculty to promote the availability of scholarship grants and to request that they encourage potential awardees to submit applications.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

The JBF Memorial Scholarship Fund Scholarship and Awards Committee will select one or more scholarship winners (subject to the approval of the JBF Memorial Scholarship Fund Board and availability of funds). No member of the JBF Memorial Scholarship Fund Board, or his or her immediate family, shall be eligible for scholarship assistance during his or her tenure on the Board. The JBF Memorial Scholarship Fund Scholarship and Awards Committee retains the right to withhold scholarship grants in any year if no candidate is determined to be qualified.

The JBF Memorial Scholarship Fund Scholarship and Awards Committee shall notify the chosen scholarship recipient(s) of its decision. The scholarship payment will be made at the Fund's annual fundraising brunch.

The JBF Memorial Scholarship Fund from time to time holds and administers certain funds (the “funds”) that provide scholarship grants to college students, to enable the recipients to complete an undergraduate or graduate education at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.

The JBF Memorial Scholarship Fund has established the following procedures pursuant to which Scholarship Grants will be awarded from funds as approved by the Board. The following procedures shall be interpreted so as to ensure the JBF Memorial Scholarship Fund’s compliance with all applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, including Section 4966, accompanying Treasury regulations and guidance from the Internal Revenue Service, and these procedures may be amended from time to time. 

The JBF Memorial Scholarship Fund values and encourages the interest and involvement of donors to funds established to make scholarship grants. Such involvement may include advising on criteria for awards, serving on grant selection committees, and recommending others for places on selection committees.