Dr. Maryan and James McCormick Leadership Endowed Scholarship
Students United and LeadMN partnered to create the McCormick Leadership Scholarship. The scholarship program honors the work of Chancellor James and Dr. Maryan McCormick, and provides financial support to students who demonstrate leadership in academics, extracurricular activities, and community service.
Minnesota State undergraduate students with a 3.0 G.P.A. will automatically be considered for both the LeadMN Leadership Scholarship and the McCormick Leadership Endowed Scholarship. Graduate students submitting an application will be considered for the McCormick Leadership Endowed Scholarship and the Linda Olson Memorial Scholarship.
This $1,500 scholarship is awarded for the spring semester only. Applications for spring semester open July 1st and close November 1st at 11:59pm.
Scholarship Qualifications
- Be an undergraduate or graduate student
- Demonstrates leadership in academics, extracurricular activities, and community service
- Have a grade point average (G.P.A.) of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- PSEO students are ineligible for the McCormick Leadership Endowed Scholarship
Scholarship Requirements
- Complete and submit the online application by November 1 at 11:59 PM. (The application for the McCormick Leadership Endowed Scholarship is the same as the LeadMN Leadership Scholarship.)
- Write an essay (Must be 300-600 words) explaining your understanding of the meaning of leadership. In addition, please include examples from your personal experiences to support your view. Your examples could include, but are not limited to, your own experiences in leadership, examples of leaders who have made a difference in your life or people who have influenced your ideas of leadership, positively or negatively.
- Write an essay (Must be 300-600 words) listing multiple leadership skills that you have. Give personal examples of how you have utilized each skill within your campus and community leadership.
- Write an essay (Must be 300-600 words) on what a college education means to you and how this scholarship will help in your leadership development.
- Submit one letter of recommendation from a community, campus, or organization leader who can discuss your leadership skills
- Submit a copy of your school unofficial transcript
- Submit a leadership resume/summary. This section helps us understand the ways you’ve taken initiative, supported others, and built leadership skills on campus, in your community, or at work.