Scholarship of Distinction in Engineering and Industrial Professions

The priority deadline for this scholarship is March 1, 2025.

This scholarship is for students who are pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or Occupational Health Science.

To be eligible for consideration for this scholarship, you must:

• Be a citizen of the US
• Be a first-time UNA student (either transfer or first-time freshman)
• Have a high school (or college transfer) GPA of 3.00 or higher
• Have an ACT score of 25 or higher (including Math and Science scores of 25 or higher)

This program is targeting first-time and transfer students; however, if funds are available, current majors may also qualify.

Engineering and Industrial Profession Scholarship Levels:

Purple-up to $13,000/year
Gold-up to $11,000/year
Silver-up to $9,000/year

This application will require a short video and a professional resume.

Here are the criteria for the resume:

• Limit the length of your resume to one page.
• Include sections for education, work experience, and extra-curricular activities.
• This is your opportunity to highlight areas beyond your academic work that can show evidence of work ethic, initiative, engagement with industry/community, etc.

Here are the criteria for the scholarship video:

• The video should be 2-3 minutes in length.
• Professional video equipment is not necessary to record your video. The video can be recorded with a smartphone, tablet, etc. The video will be judged on the quality of the content, not the quality of the video production.
• Upload your video to a video sharing service (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) and paste a link. You cannot upload the video itself directly to the application.
• You (the applicant) must appear in the video; not necessarily for the full 2-3 minutes (although, that is acceptable), but you must make an appearance.

Your video should address the following questions/topics:

• Briefly introduce yourself.
• Share with us why you want to come to UNA.
• Engineering majors: Describe which certificates you are interested in.
• Engineering Technology majors: Describe which of the engineering technology options you plan to pursue and why (electromechanical or power generation).
• Occupational Health Science majors: Describe why you would like to pursue a career in Occupational, Health, and Safety.
• Describe an ideal career for you (job title, company, industry, city/state/country, etc.).
• List and describe the skills (not subjects like “math” and “science”) you think are necessary for success as a professional in your desired field and to what degree you possess these skills.

Please email eip@una.edu with any questions or issues.