There is still room for students interested in the engineering program
at Mercer to apply for a seat at our Scholarship Challenge event on November
12! APPLY NOW! Below is the original
letter from the Dean and Kaolin Chair of Engineering at Mercer University:
The Mercer University School of Engineering is pleased to
once again invite seniors from your school to apply for our annual Scholarship
Challenge at our Macon, Georgia campus on Saturday, November 12, 2016.
We plan to award valuable scholarships this fall to high school seniors who are
interested in Mercer’s engineering, industrial management and technical
communications program. More information about Mercer Engineering and a
link to the Scholarship Challenge event is available at engineering.mercer.edu.
The Scholarship Challenge is a day where we meet with these
students to show them our campus, our labs and technology, and give them an
opportunity to meet with our faculty and students. We use a design
problem or a test of math skills to help us make scholarship
recommendations. Your students do not need to have applied to Mercer –
this event is open to any high school senior! We value your insights as
you think about your students with strong academic potential coupled with a
flair for creative problem solving and teamwork.
The process is very simple:
- Share
this invitation to apply with students you think would be a good
fit. You can learn more about the event, download a flyer, and find
the application web site at http://engineering.mercer.edu/admissions/challenge/ .
- Invite
students to go to web site above to learn more about Mercer and to apply
for the November 12 event. The direct address to the
student application is http://engineering.mercer.edu/scholarship .
- Students
will fill in a short form with their contact information and some
background on their academics.
- We ask
applicants to share with us a teacher or counselor name and email address
so please give them a contact person and email that they can use. This
way we can keep in touch with you.
We will take it from there and contact students with details
about our event and scholarship opportunities. We would appreciate having
students’ applications by October 15th. We expect to offer our
scholarships before Christmas so that seniors can make their college plans
early. Your students do not need to have applied for
admission to Mercer to participate in this event – we will work with students
on admissions procedures when the need arises. We have learned how
important it is work with counselors and teachers and we value your
recommendation.
The Saturday event on November 12th will
include:
- Welcome
breakfast and registration;
- The
scholarship challenge (a math and language test or a media design problem
for Technical Communication) in the morning -- no calculus background is
required;
- A
parents’ program occurs in parallel with the scholarship challenge test
which provides information about the admissions and financial aid
processes;
- Engineering
laboratory tours immediately following the challenge;
- Lunch,
afternoon campus tours and social time to talk with other participants,
faculty and admissions counselors;
Feel free to contact our event coordinator, Dr. Scott
Schultz at (478)
301-2840 or via email to Schultz_sr@mercer.edu with questions you might
have.
We are proud to be able to offer this opportunity to you and
your students. Thank you for helping us and your students!
Sincerely,
Dr. Wade H. Shaw, P.E.
Dean and Kaolin Chair of Engineering
Mercer University
