Alliance College, Alumni Association Foundation Announces Call for Scholarship Applicants

Graduating high school seniors as well as students enrolled as full-time students in post-secondary colleges, universities, or technical schools are eligible for the $1500 award.

Eligible students will have at least a 2.0 academic average. While all majors are considered, preference will be given to an applicant majoring in Polish language, culture, or history. Additional preference will be given to applicants related to an Alliance College (or Alliance Technical School) alumnus.

Applications must be postmarked no later than September 15, 2015.

The Foundation Trustees will select the winner after reviewing overall academic achievement as well as interest and involvement in their community and Polish culture. “The alumni scholarship program provides us an opportunity to keep alive the legacy of Alliance College. The scholarship is open to all students or Polish descent,” says Richard Day, ACAAF President.

The recipient will be announced at the Alliance College Alumni Association board meeting and winners will be notified of selection by October 30, 2015. The scholarship awarded will be payable to the student’s school on February 1st, 2015.

On November 13-14, 2015 the Alliance College Alumni will gather at the Riverside Hotel and Conference Center in Cambridge Springs, PA. All friends, professors and alumni are encouraged to participate. Details are available at www.alliancecollege.com

Opened in 1912 by the Polish National Alliance, the largest Polish American fraternal insurance organization. For 75 years the Cambridge Springs, PA-based school nurtured students on the bucolic hilltop campus. Alliance College was the crown jewel of higher learning for American Polonia. Its mission was to offer immigrant children advanced educations during a time of discrimination while encouraging the study of Polish language and Polish culture in America.

In 1988, the school ceased operations. In 2001, the alumni, faculty, and staff of Alliance Academy, Alliance Technical Institute, and Alliance College came together to create the Alumni Association as a means of hosting reunions, renewing acquaintances and sharing memories and now promoting and encouraging post-secondary education.

For further information contact Richard Day, ACAAF President, at 330-858-3712 or email: rjd44282@hotmail.com.

Aundréa Cika Heschmeyer
Alliance College, Class of 1985
Director, PolishYoungstown
330-646-4082
www.polishyoungstown.org