Chelsea James (Wichita, Kan.), a junior in the Nursing program at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, has received one of 11 recently announced scholarships from the Credit Union of America (CUA).
Scholarship applicants must be 24 years old or younger, a high school senior or undergraduate college student, have a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA, be a current CUA member in good standing, and write a 500-word essay on financial literacy and one of the seven credit union cooperative principles. Those are concern for community; cooperation among cooperatives; education, training and information; voluntary membership; democratic control; members’ economic participation and autonomy and independence.
The 11 scholarships will be presented May 10 at a reception for the recipients and their guests.