Effingham County Probate Court

COAG Scholarship

Scholarships Available:

Two $1000.00 scholarships

Eligibility:

Any Georgia high school senior (or a GED equivalency dated December 31, 2010 to May 31, 2011) who is a United States citizen graduating by the spring of 2011 or any student currently enrolled in a school of accredited higher education located in Georgia is eligible to apply for a 2011 COAG Scholarship.

Criteria:

The criteria for the award include: presenting a letter of acceptance or letter of enrollment from a school of accredited higher education located within Georgia (four year college, junior college or technical college); presenting a copy of their application to provide verification of degree field related to government/law enforcement, political science, accounting/finance or business, pre-law, submitting a 1,000 word essay; presenting a COAG scholarship application ( may be downloaded from www.coag.info)

Essay:

The 1,000 word essay must be typed or computer generated, double-spaced, twelve point font, on 8 1/2 x 11 unlined white bond paper and in the English language. Handwritten essays or those in any other format will be disqualified. The essay must have a title page and cannot contain any reference to the city, town or county where the applicant resides or any reference to the high school attended by the applicant. Any such reference will disqualify the applicant. All essays must be original, factually accurate and must not infringe upon any material protected by copyright.

Essay Theme 2011:

"My interview With A Constitutional Officer"

Award Guidelines:

All entries will be reviewed by the Constitutional Officers' Association of Georgia, Inc. Scholarship Committee. The committee members will select the scholarship recipients based on the content of their essay. Additional consideration will be given to those who have made any contribution to their local government and/or their local law enforcement community. All essays become the property of COAG. Winners' names may be released to the public and news media for promotional purposes. The scholarship will be awarded May 1, 2011 and will be payable to the individual winners.

Procedures:

All completed applications, documentation and completed essays should be mailed flat in a 9x12 envelope to: Suzanne Cross, COAG, P.O. Box 1644, Decatur, GA 30031.

Deadline:

All applications must be postmarked or hand delivered no later than April 1, 2010 or they will be deemed ineligible. Applications mailed to any other address will not be forwarded or considered.

Scholarship Application Packet:

The packet that you are to submit should include the following items:

(1) Scholarship Application Form - 1 original
(2) 1,000 Word Essay - 1 original -
(3) Letter of acceptance from a school of accredited higher education
located within Georgia (four year college, junior college or technical
college) 1 copy
(4) Copy of college application or transcript to provide verification of
degree field related to government/law enforcement, political science,
accounting/finance or business, pre-law - 1copy
Application Forms are located at Probate Court