Local News 27 January 2016

Purdue Club Seeks Scholarship Applicants

For the 17th year, the Purdue Alumni Club of SW Michigan is seeking scholarship applicants who are or will be attending Purdue University and are permanent residents of Cass, Berrien and Van Buren counties. Students must complete a scholarship application and provide an original essay per the application instructions.

Applications and essays must be received by the scholarship committee no later than March 1, 2016. Applications are available at the Purdue Alumni Club of Southwest Michigan website www.purduealumni.org/swmichigan. For answers to any questions regarding the scholarship program please call Glenn Youngstedt, Scholarship Chair, at 269-861-0596.

The Purdue Alumni Club of Southwest Michigan annually awards $4000 in scholarships

to local students and has awarded $50,000 in scholarships during the past 16 years.

There are approximately 600 Purdue University alumni living the Club’s service

Area – Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren Counties.