• Application for Women's Welsh Clubs of America Scholarship

    Application for Women's Welsh Clubs of America Scholarship

  • Scholarship Eligibility Requirements 2024

  • Applicants for the Women’s Welsh Club of America Scholarships must be of Welsh descent or be legally adopted by a person of Welsh descent, or be the spouse of a person of Welsh descent and be a citizen of the United States, and meet the following requirements:

    Application

    • Complete the application form between April 1 and June 30, 2024.
    • A new application must be submitted prior to each new school year.
    • Lineage information will only be accepted on the forms provided in the application.
    • Declare enrollment as a full-time student, or as a part-time student or doing post-baccalaureate studies, and must be taking a minimum of six credit hours per the semester leading to a degree in an institution of higher learning qualified to award such a degree.
    • Welsh descent must be apparent (born in Wales) within the past 5 generations (to your great, great, grandparents)

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    • You must have and maintain an unadjusted cumulative grade point average of not less than a 3.30 on a 4.00 scale or the equivalent.
    • Authorize the registrar of the school to send an Official Transcript of the applicant’s academic record to the Scholarship Committee prior to each school year AFTER COMPLETING THE SPRING TERM. 
    • Transcripts will only be accepted that come directly from the school between April 1 and July 15th.  Transcripts coming through a student will not be accepted.

    Transcripts may be sent

    • Electronically to:  wwcascholarship@gmail.com
    • Mailed to: The Welsh Home, 22199 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River, OH  44116  

     General Information

    • Failure to comply with the above directions and requirements or an incomplete application, may disqualify an applicant.
    • Presentation of your information will be considered in the final decision of the Scholarship Committee.
    • The size and number of grants will be determined by the Scholarship Committee and the Trustees of the Women’s Welsh Clubs of America.
    • Grants will be paid directly to the applicant in one installment at the beginning of the school year. 

    If we have any questions about your application, we will contact you by email.

    If you have any questions, please contact us at wwcascholarship@gmail.com

  • What year will you be graduating? .

  • How did you learn about this scholarship?

  • Note: NO TRANSCRIPTS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM STUDENTS.

    Official transcripts must be received directly from the school via email or by mail, provided below, by July 15, 2024.

  • The Women’s Welsh Clubs of America Scholarship Committee,

    22199 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River, OH 44116

    440-331-0420 (P) 440-331-7810 (F)

    WWCAscholarship@gmail.com

  • FAMILY LINEAGE

    Fill-in the fields below to show your direct lineage to a descendant that was born in Wales. You may go back only five generations (to your great great grandparent) as proof of lineage. You only need one line (either maternal or paternal) to show the required proof of Welsh lineage.

  • Students Full Name:     
    Date of birth:    
    Place of birth (Town, State / Province / County, and Country)    

  • Parent's full name who is of Welsh descent:  
    Parents name:    
    Select mother/fathers side of family you are following:    
    Date of birth:    
    Place of birth  (Town, State / Province / County, and Country):           

  • Grandparent's full name who is of Welsh descent:   
    Is this your grandmother or grandfather? : 
    Date of birth:
    Place of birth  (Town, State / Province / County, and Country):      

  • Great-grandparent full name (mother or father of your grandparent) who is of Welsh descent:   
    Is this your gr-grandmother or gr-grandfather?:    
    Date of birth:
    Place of birth  (Town, State / Province / County, and Country):      

  • Great-great-grandparent's name (mother or father of your great-grandparent) who is of Welsh descent:          
    Is this your gr-gr-grandmother or gr-gr-grandfather?:    
    Date of birth:    
    Place of birth  (Town, State / Province / County, and Country):   

  • I affirm that my answers to the above questions are true to the best of my knowledge.

    By signing your full name here you accept the rules and eligibility requirements for this scholarship, its application process and any other decision the Scholarship Committee may take with regards to the awarding of said funds.
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