Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Apply Now For Scholarship From Potlatch

The Potlatch Foundation for Higher Education invites students interested in a Potlatch scholarship for under graduate college education to begin the application process now, according to Barbara Pardue, Arkansas Region public affairs director.

In May 1997, the foundation will award in Arkansas 17 scholarships valued at $1,400 per year and renewable annually for four years.

With 50 total students attending college this year with Potlatch scholarships, the Potlatch college scholarship program is one of the largest annual corporate scholarship programs in the state.

Applicants must reside or attend high school within 30 miles of a Potlatch facility in Arkansas. Potlatch operations in Arkansas are located near McGehee, in Warren and in Prescott.

Foundation trustees select recipients based on character, personality, leadership qualities, scholastic achievement, abilty and financial need. Additionally, applicants must be: 1) high school seniors; 2) undergraduate college students attending an accredited institution; or 3) adult applicants wishing to resume their education after a lapse of time.

It normally takes several weeks for students, schools and references to complete the application information. Applicants are urged to obtain forms and schedule ACT or SAT tests as early as possible to meet the Foundation's application deadline of February 15, 1997.

All scholarship application materials, including transcripts and official test results from either ACT or SAT, must reach the foundation in one complete package by that date. Scholarship recipents will be announced in May.

High school counselors in Potlatch operation areas have scholarship applications.

Applicants also may request packets from Potlatch Arkansas Public Affairs office in Warren or from Potlatch Employee Relations offices at McGehee, Warren and Prescott. Applications may also be obtained by mail from the Potlatch Foundation for Higher Education, P.O. Box 193591, San Francisco, CA 94119-3591. Each packet contains instructions, a descriptive brochure, application form, and confidential report forms to be completed by the principal or counselor and references.