Lakehead Launches New Citizenship Scholarships and Renews Free Tuition for 95%+ Averages
(October 19, 2011 - Orillia, ON) Lakehead University has announced a new scholarship program for high school students in Simcoe County. As part of its scholarship program renewal, the new Northwestern Ontario and Simcoe County Citizenship Scholarship is available to every high school in the Northwestern Ontario and Simcoe County regions.
Designed for high school students who exhibit active citizenship within their high school and community, the scholarship will provide $12,000 over four years to successful applicants. In total, there are 49 scholarships available to be awarded to high school students through a nomination process by each school's guidance office.
The new scholarship is part of Lakehead University's generous scholarship program, which offers up to four years of free tuition to Canadian students coming directly from a recognized Canadian high school with an average of 95% or higher.
Lakehead continues to offer significant incentives to attract and retain the best and brightest students from across Canada. Phyllis Bosnick, Lakehead's Manager of Student Awards & Financial Aid, explains, "the free tuition offer is renewable at the value of tuition for up to a total of four years, provided that a 90% average is maintained in each subsequent academic year." Bosnick also notes that free tuition scholarship recipients whose University academic averages fall between 80% - 89.9% receive an amended scholarship valued at $2,500 per year.
"Lakehead continues to offer free tuition to attract talented students, develop the local economy, and invest in a high-quality, home-grown, future workforce for both Orillia and Thunder Bay," says Dr. Brian Stevenson, President of Lakehead University."This scholarship draws high-calibre students to come to Lakehead where they add to the classroom dynamic and discover that Lakehead, because of its size, offers research and development opportunities for undergraduate students that are often difficult to obtain at larger universities."
Students don't have to apply for the free tuition scholarship as long as they have applied to Lakehead University. Academicscholarships are automatically awarded to students who meet the eligibility requirements.
For further information about the wide range of scholarships, bursaries and awards available at Lakehead University, click here or call the Orillia campus at 705-330-4008.
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Media: Contact Communications Officer Kathy Hunt at 705-330-4008 ext. 2014 or kjhunt3@lakeheadu.ca.
For more information aboutscholarships and bursaries at Lakehead University visit the Office of Student
Awards and Financial Aid website: http://financialaid.lakeheadu.