Southwestern Convention shall award two (2) or more academic scholarships.  Recipients must be sons or daughters of members in good standing.  Step-sons and step-daughters will qualify for Southwestern scholarships.  Sons and daughters in post-graduate school will be eligible for Southwestern scholarships.  The scholarships shall be awarded at each annual Convention.  The checks shall be made payable to the scholarship recipient and the institution for higher learning.

The criteria and amounts of scholarships shall be determined by a standing Scholarship Committee consisting of seven (7) members including the SWCM Treasurer and the Chairman of the Southwestern Convention.  Any Scholarship Committee vacancies will be filled by election at the Business Meeting.  Committee Members having a relative applying for a scholarship shall excuse themselves from voting on that child’s application.

A minimum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars per year shall be removed from the Southwestern Convention funds and set aside to a scholarship fund.  Scholarship recipients must claim their scholarships by January 15th, following the Convention.  The Scholarship Committee may award one (1) scholarship in the amount of five thousand ($5000.00) dollars to be paid in four (4) installments for a four (4) year academic scholarship to an exceptional high school student that meets the criteria established by the Scholarship Committee.  The recipient of this scholarship must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and submit proof of grade point average before the next Southwestern Convention convenes annually.  Additional monies for the fund shall be collected through fund raising events.  The funds collected through fund raising events shall be kept within the Southwestern Convention and used for Southwestern Scholarships.  These funds are not to be divided with other parties. 

Each year the top scholarship applicant, as chosen by the Scholarship Committee, will be designated as the recipient of the Rodney Stutes Southwestern Convention Scholarship Award.



SWCM application forms can be filled out on your computer screen with the interactive PDF form available on the BLET website. Deadline is August 1, 2010. The 2010 convention begins on September 13. Divisions must have paid their annual SWCM convention dues for applicants from their Division to be eligible.

Click here to download interactive PDF application form:
http://www.ble-t.org/pdf/swcmapp.pdf

Click here for application instructions:
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/swcmsch.asp