Senator Joe Liberman

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Joe Lieberman Connecticut Scholarship Fund, to assist outstanding high school seniors from Connecticut who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs, is now open for its second year of student applications, it was announced last week by Scholarship America.

In 2013, five students each received a $1,500 scholarship award, renewable for up to three additional years or until a Bachelor’s degree is earned. For 2014, up to five more Connecticut high school students will be selected for the award.

“I am incredibly grateful to the people of Connecticut who gave me the extraordinary opportunities to serve in ways that I’d dreamed of since a college student myself,” said Lieberman, the former U.S. Senator from Connecticut. “The Joe Lieberman Connecticut Scholarship Fund is my way of saying ‘thank you’ and giving back to Connecticut.”

To be eligible, students must be United States citizens or permanent legal residents; be high school seniors who reside in and receive their high school education in Connecticut; plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school for the upcoming academic year; have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent), and demonstrate outstanding leadership potential and a record of community service. The scholarship was founded with remaining campaign funds and supplemented through fundraising efforts to assure the program will continue in perpetuity.

The scholarship will be administered by Scholarship Management Services, a division of Scholarship America, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship and tuition reimbursement programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals.

Because only the first 500 applications received will be opened and processed, Scholarship America encourages students to apply for the scholarship as soon as possible. Applications close on April 1, 2014. The application and additional information can be found at  HYPERLINK “http://sms.scholarshipamerica.org/joe-lieberman-scholars” http://sms.scholarshipamerica.org/joe-lieberman-scholars.