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• @katiekuehl Did you come to a solution to your question about granting scholarships to international schools? We periodically have an U.S. student be awarded a scholarship and then tell us they are attending an international school. Wondering if you can break down the legalese for your process.

  in Do any of our peer community foundations grant scholarships internationally? If so... Comment by JennyCampbell November 2023
• You can easily set up a Google Voice number through your Google log in (work email), and then text students from your computer. You will receive email notifications when a student has texted back. It's easy and free.

  in Text messaging to students Comment by JennyCampbell November 2023
• We have a similar scholarship. The majority of our applicants come from a local Rotary Youth Exchange program that refers students to the scholarship (these are high school students). Now when I go to schools to talk to current graduating seniors about scholarships in general I always plug the scholarship, telling them not…

  in Scholarship for study abroad students not getting applicants Comment by JennyCampbell November 2023
• Hi, We send one check with a letter that states the scholarship is for expenses for the entire academic year and should be split accordingly (so schools that have trimesters split the payment into thirds). The letter also explicitly states that funds must be returned to us if the student does not enroll for a given…

  in Scholarship Follow ups Comment by JennyCampbell April 2023
• @KristenBertrand This year I did a slightly labor-intensive process where I only sent reminders to Pending applicants for scholarships that did not have many applications already submitted. We have some scholarships that get loads of applications and some that get very few and I really just wanted to make sure there were…

  in Do you remind your scholarship applicants of the due date? Comment by JennyCampbell April 2022
• @robincowles I'm curious to hear more about your apprenticeship scholarship, as one of our Community Colleges has expressed a need for this. However, it the funds are not being issued to a 'qualified educational institution,' how do you manage this as a non-taxable expenditure? Thank you.

  in Scholarships for Job Skills Retraining for Adults Comment by JennyCampbell April 2022
• Hi @madisonthompson, The GLM post is more about logistics, my question is more about IRS legality, since scholarships have specific guidelines. If you find anything in the database about that, please send it my way! Thanks!

  in Rolling Scholarship Application? Comment by JennyCampbell March 2022
• Following. We use wildly variable methods to assess, depending on the scholarship, so I am very interested in this discussion. Thank you in advance to everyone's insight and sharing your methodologies.

  in Scholarships -- Determining Financial Need Comment by JennyCampbell December 2020