The
San Francisco Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
proudly announces the Eugene Schultz Memorial Scholarship, a scholarship for
outstanding students. To be eligible
for a scholarship a student must be pursuing a career in computer science which
includes information security or privacy and must be an active, full-time
undergraduate or graduate student in an information security related
program. The applicant must fulfill the
eligibility requirements below as established by the ISSA Educational
Foundation (ISSAEF) Scholarship Committee. One scholarship in the amount of $2,000
each will be awarded for tuition and fees during the 2012-2013 academic year.
Scholarship
Eligibility Criteria is as follows:
- Student must attend any accredited college or university within about 100 miles of San Francisco
- Community service and extracurricular activities
- Security-related work experience and security coursework
- Have an undergraduate GPA of 2.5 or graduate of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale), averaged over the period of attendance at the current institution
- Be a full-time undergraduate or full-time graduate student in a degree program
- Be classified as a sophomore, junior or senior or enrolled in a Graduate program as of the semester in which the award is received (Fall 2012)
- A one-page letter describing applicant’s background, chosen academic program, interests and goals in the information security field
Each
scholarship applicant must submit a completed ISSAEF application, including a
short biography, at least three letters of recommendation, and transcripts of
the current institution attended. At least one letter of recommendation
must be from a faculty member at the school currently attended. Entries for the scholarship will be accepted
from September 1, 2012 through December 1st, 2012. All scholarship applications and other
required information must be submitted to ISSAEF by December 1st,
2011. Final candidates may be asked to
participate in a thirty-minute telephone interview with a Scholarship Committee
member.
Final selections will be determined by the ISSAEF
Scholarship Committee members who will review and evaluate all materials
submitted. For a copy of the
application, please send an email request to president@issa-vc.org.
For
questions, please direct them to: Paul
Keser, president@sfbay.issa.org
Sincerely,
Paul Keser
ISSA
San Francisco President
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