CU College Scholarship
Foundation Announces 2020
$12,000 Credit Union Scholarship Program
Could you use help with college or trade school tuition? Are you entering your freshman through senior year of college or trade school?
Members of Maryland or District of Columbia-based credit unions and members of credit unions that are affiliated with the MD & DC Credit Union Association are eligible to apply.
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 Midnight, March 31, 2020. Awards will be announced in May 2020.
This year’s essay topic (750 word max):
“It’s ten years in the future – the year 2030. Describe your vision of how you will manage your personal finances then. Include how you will pay for things, save, and borrow. Imagine how your credit union will help make that vision a reality”
This year’s video topic:
“It’s ten years in the future – the year 2030. Create a 60-second video showing how you will manage your personal finances with your credit union as your financial services partner.”
This year’s photo theme:
“Innovation”
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 a past 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. This scholarship does not apply to students in post-graduate programs nor payment of student loans.
You must be a member of one or more of the participating credit unions listed:
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Advantage Financial FCU AFL-CIO Employees FCU Agriculture FCU Al Gar FCU American Airlines FCU American Hammered FCU Andrews FCU APGFCU APL FCU Apple FCU Arlington Community FCU Asbury FCU 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 DC Credit Union Del-One FCU Delaware State Police FCU Delmarva Power FCU Democracy FCU Department of Commerce FCU Department of Labor FCU Destinations Credit Union Dor-Wic FCU Educational Systems FCU EP FCU F.I.A.F.E. FCU |
FedChoice FCU
FedFinancial Ferko Maryland FCU First Eagle FCU First Financial FCU First Peoples Community FCU Five Star FCU FRB Federal Credit Union Freedom FCU Geico FCU Georgetown FCU Georgetown U. Alumni FCU GPO FCU Greenbelt FCU GSA Federal Credit Union Har-Co MD FCU HEALTHCARE 1st FCU HEMA FCU Howard Co. Edu. FCU Howard Univ. Emps. FCU HUD FCU IBEW #26 FCU IDB-IIC Federal Credit Union InFirst FCU Interior FCU John Wesley AME Zion FCU Johns Hopkins FCU Judd’s FCU Kelco FCU Kemba CU Korean Catholic FCU Lafayette FCU Lee FCU Library of Congress FCU LM FCU Local #355 Maryland FCU Market USA FCU Marriott FCU Maryland Postal FCU Masters, Mates & Pilots FCU MBFT FCU MECU of Baltimore Members First of MD FCU Mid-Atlantic FCU MNCPPC FCU Money One FCU |
Mt. Airy Baptist Church FCU
Mt. Gilead FCU Mt. Jezreel FCU Mt. Lebanon FCU NAPFE Federal Credit Union NASA FCU Navy Federal NIH FCU None Suffer Lack FCU Northrop Grumman NRL FCU Nymeo FCU OAS Staff FCU PAHO/WHO FCU Paramount Baptist Church FCU Pen Fed Peninsula Gen. EFCU PEPCO FCU Phi Beta Sigma FCU PMI Employees FCU Point Breeze CU Police FCU Post Office CU of MD Potomac FCU Prince George’s Comm. FCU Romney FCU Sargent FCU SECU of MD Securityplus FCU Self Reliance FCU Signal Financial FCU SkyPoint FCU St. Gabriel’s FCU St. Joseph Med. Ctr. FCU TEFCU The Partnership FCU Thiokol-Elkton FCU Tower FCU Transportation FCU Treasury Department FCU US Postal Service FCU US Senate FCU Washington Co. Teachers FCU Washington Typographic FCU WEPCO FCU Wor-Co FCU WSSC FCU |
Foundation Announces 2019
Credit Union Scholarship Winners
The 113 volunteer judges working with the MD|DC Credit Union Scholarship Program have selected this year’s winners from among the 339 essay-based entries, 123 photo-based entries, and 20 video-based entries.
Each of this year’s winners will receive a $1,000 scholarship award presented by their credit union.
2019 Winning Video
2019 Photo Winner, “Dream Big”
From the applicant: “The ability to turn dreams into reality requires perseverance and determination. Believing in one’s self renders a person to create the life that they envision.”
Foundation Announces 2018
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 281 essay-based entries, 72 photo-based entries, and 18 video-based entries.
Each of this year’s winners will receive a $1,000 scholarship award presented by their credit union.
Click to View 2018 Winning Essays
2018 Winning Video
2018 Photo Winner, “Community”
From the applicant: “Community is a value that credit unions embody with their cooperative philosophy; they are locally operated by their members and have extensive services.”
Foundation Announces 2017
Credit Union Scholarship Winners
The 104 volunteer judges working with the MD|DC Credit Union Scholarship Program have selected this year’s winners from among the 328 essay-based entries, 58 photo-based entries, and 12 video-based entries.
Each of this year’s winners will receive a $1,000 scholarship award presented by their credit union.
2017 Winning Video
2017 Photo Winner, “Respect”
From the artist – “Respect at its most basic often involves the simple act of holding a door open for someone; it is something anyone can do.”
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
