CU College Scholarship
Foundation Announces 2017
$12,000 Credit Union Scholarship Program
Could you use help with college or trade school tuition? Are you a member of a Maryland or District of Columbia-based credit union and entering your freshman through senior year of college or trade school?
The $12,000 Credit Union College Scholarship Program is underway now! Eligible credit union members may apply for one of ten $1,000 essay-based scholarships, one $1,000 video-based scholarship, and/or one $1,000 photo-based scholarship. And yes, eligible members may apply in all three categories!
Deadline for applications is March 31, 2017. Awards will be announced in May 2017.
This year’s essay topic is:
As a credit union member, explain why someone should choose a credit union as their primary financial institution over alternative service providers, such as for-profit banks.
This year’s video topic is:
Create a 60-second advertisement targeted specifically at a younger viewer (under the age of 30) that highlights the benefits of credit union membership.
This year’s photo theme is the credit union core value, “Respectful”
Judges will be looking for a photo submission that is good enough to be used for lobby posters. So put some thought into your photo. It will take as much effort as those who submit essays and videos!
Here is an example of the type of scholarship-winning photo our judges are looking for. It is based on last year’s theme, “Service.” Don’t worry about the caption, we’ll add that later if your photo is selected to be used as a poster.
Your photo doesn’t have to be directly related to the financial services industry, but it does need to capture the year’s assigned theme.
Click on the image to enlarge.
PLEASE NOTE: Parental membership does not qualify applicant. All applicants must themselves be a member of a participating credit union.
Applicants must be entering their freshman through senior year of college or trade school.
You must be a member of one or more of the participating credit unions listed:
| ABLE FCU Advantage Financial FCU (DVA FCU) AFL CIO Employees FCU Agriculture FCU Al-Gar FCU Allegany Co. Teachers FCU American Airlines FCU American Hammered FCU Andrews FCU APG FCU APL FCU Asbury FCU ASE Federal Credit Union Atlantic Financial FCU Baltimore Co Employees FCU Baltimore Washington FCU Bank Fund Staff FCU Bee FCU BNA FCU Boyds FCU Bulldog FCU Capital Area Realtors FCU Capital Area Taiwanese FCU CARCO FCU Cecil County School EFCU Cedar Point FCU Census FCU Central Credit Union of MD Chessie FCU Choptank Electric Coop EFCU Congressional FCU Constellation FCU D.C. Fire Department FCU D.C. Teachers FCU Delmarva Power FCU Democracy FCU Department of Commerce FCU Department of Labor FCU Destinations Credit Union DG FCU Dor-Wic FCU DVA FCU (Advantage Financial FCU) Educational Systems FCU Energy FCU EP FCU F.I.A.F.E. FCU Fannie Mae FCU FedChoice FCU FedFinancial Ferko Maryland FCU |
First Eagle FCU First Financial FCU First Peoples Community FCU FRB Federal Credit Union Freedom FCU Ft. Meade Community CU G.B.B.R. FCU Geico FCU Georgetown U. Alumni FCU GPO FCU Greenbelt FCU GSA Federal Credit Union Har-Co MD FCU HEALTHCARE 1st FCU Healthcare Family FCU HealthCare United FCU HEMA FCU Holy Comforter-St. Cyprians FCU Howard County Education FCU Howard U. Employees FCU Hoya FCU HUD Federal Credit Union IBEW #26 FCU IDB-IIC Federal Credit Union Interior FCU John Wesley AME Zion Church FCU Johns Hopkins FCU Judd’s FCU Kelco FCU Korean Catholic FCU Lafayette FCU Lee FCU Library of Congress FCU LM FCU Local #355 Maryland FCU Market USA FCU Marriott FCU Masters, Mates & Pilots FCU MBFT FCU MECU Members First Credit Union Mid-Atlantic FCU MNCPPC FCU Money One FCU Montgomery Co. Emp. FCU Montgomery County Postal FCU Mt. Airy Baptist Church FCU Mt. Gilead FCU Mt. Jezreel FCU Mt. Lebanon FCU |
NAPFE Federal Credit Union NARC FCU NASA FCU National Geographic FCU NIH FCU NLRB Federal Credit Union None Suffer Lack FCU Northrop Grumman FCU Notre Dame 2901 FCU NRL FCU Nymeo FCU OAS Staff FCU PAHO/WHO FCU Paramount Baptist Church FCU Peninsula Gen. EFCU People’s Neighborhood FCU PEPCO FCU Perry Point FCU Phi Beta Sigma FCU PMI Employees FCU Point Breeze CU Police FCU Post Office CU Potomac FCU Prince George’s Comm. FCU Relay FCU Sargent FCU SECU of MD SecurityPlus FCU Self Reliance FCU Signal Financial FCU St. Agnes FCU St. Gabriel’s FCU St. Joseph Med. Ctr. FCU TEFCU The Partnership FCU Thiokol-Elkton FCU Tower FCU Transportation FCU Treasury Department FCU Triple C 16 FCU US Postal Service FCU US Senate FCU W.R. Grace Maryland EFCU Washington Co. Teachers FCU Washington Typographic FCU WEPCO FCU White House FCU Wor-Co FCU WSSC FCU |
Foundation Announces 2016
Credit Union Scholarship Winners
The 111 volunteer judges working with the MD|DC Credit Union Scholarship Program have selected this year’s winners from among the 373 essay-based entries, 79 photo-based entries, and 26 video-based entries.
Each of this year’s winners will receive a $1,000 scholarship award presented by their credit union.
View the 2016 Top Essays.
2016 Winning Video
2016 Winning Photograph – “Service”
It takes many helping hands to provide
the best quality “service” for a community.
Foundation Announces 2015
Credit Union Scholarship Winners
This year’s essay and video topic was:
You are talking with a friend. Explain to them the value of credit union membership.
View the 2015 Top Essays.
View the 2015 Video Winner.
2015 Winning Photograph – “Thrift”
2014 Scholarship-Winning Essays
Click here to view the ten scholarship-winning 2014 essays.
First Place 2014 Photo
