The Jere
W. Thompson, Jr., Scholarship is intended to award scholarships to
full-time undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds pursuing
a degree in civil engineering and closely related disciplines at Texas
public colleges and universities. Each spring, a sophomore will be
selected for a scholarship to be paid in the fall semester of the
student’s junior year, and may also be eligible for renewal for the
senior year. Scholarships may be as much as $2,000 per semester, (up to
$8,000 over four semesters) and will be paid directly to the institution
at the beginning of the applicable semester.
To qualify
for renewal, a recipient must remain a full-time student, maintain a 2.5
GPA, and submit a grade report within 45 days after the end of each
semester. If the renewal requirements are met, the scholarship will be
renewed for the remaining semesters of the recipient’s undergraduate
program.
If you
satisfy the eligibility criteria, please submit a completed application
by April 15th to:
The Dallas
Foundation
900 Jackson
Street, Suite 150
Dallas, Texas
75202
Attention: Cathy
Barker McNally
Eligibility
You are
eligible for a Jere W. Thompson, Jr., Scholarship if
·
You are
enrolled as a full-time student pursuing a B.S. in civil engineering or
construction engineering within a public college or university in Texas;
·
You will
be a junior this fall; and
·
You come from a
disadvantaged background.
Note: In awarding the
scholarship, the Scholarship Committee may give special consideration to
students whose permanent residence is within the counties of Collin,
Dallas, Denton, or Tarrant, but residency in these counties is not a
requirement to apply for the scholarship.
Internship
Any recipient of the Thompson Scholarship will be
given an opportunity for a paid internship in the Dallas area with one
of the scholarship’s sponsors during the summer between the student’s
junior and senior years. Work offered during the internship will be
relevant to the student’s course of study. For more information about
the sponsors, please visit their web sites:
North Texas Tollway Authority,
www.ntta.org.
Brown & Root Services,
www.halliburton.com/brs/brs.asp
Carter-Burgess,
www.c-b.com
HNTB Companies,
www.hntb.com