Rules and Regulations
1. The Greater Ohio Showman's Association Rupert Otterbacher Scholarship
Fund offers a minimum of one or more scholarships up to $1,000.00 each.
2. A scholarship is renewable, subject to review, and is given in
expectation that a scholar will receive it annually for up four years, if the required
standards are maintained.
3. Awards are given for superior scholarship. Among criteria for measuring
a student's scholarship are: test scores, Scholastic performance and high
school recommendations. Such factors as a student's extra-curricular activities
and employment may also be considered. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of
the student's own merit accomplishments. The matter of financial need and family
situation are not factors in these awards. Awards will be for academic achievement,
character, and promise.
4. To be eligible, an applicate must be qualified to enter a accredited
junior college, college, or university. The student must be classified as a FULL TIME
STUDENT according to the criteria of the institution they are attending. The scholarship
may be used at any such institutions in any curriculum which leads to a bachelor's degree
or equivalent.
5. Scholarships will be paid in the following form: The funds will be paid
directly to the student during the month of January. In the event the student drops out
and there is a refund, it will be paid directly to the Greater Ohio Showman's Association
Rupert Otterbacher Scholarship Fund.
6. Applicants may be interviewed by representatives of the Greater
Ohio Showman's Association. Recipients may also be interviewed by a scholarship committee
member or their representative at any time in connection with the review pertinent to
continuing the award for subsequent years.
7. Applicant must submit with his or her application a two page essay on
how the amusement industry has impacted their life and why they feel they should
receive this scholarship.
8. The payment of funds will be discontinued if the recipient's academic
grade average falls below the level established by his/her school as a minimum
for eligibility.
9. Applications must be submitted by November 1st of the school year.
Applications may be submitted after January 1st of the student's senior year in high
school.
10. Applications will be held for only one year. Applicants are encouraged
to reapply.
11. Grades and proof of enrollment form the institution must be received
as soon as possible after the end of the fall quarter or semester in order to issue
checks in January.
12. Attacher with the application is a form that must be completed by a
high school counselor and sent to the address indicated.
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