AMHS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

AMHS awards two $4,000 scholarships annually, one to each of two students who are selected by our Scholarship Committee from a group of applicants who meet our scholarship program’s criteria. The criteria and instructions for submitting an application are provided on our Society’s web site.

The work of developing a list of eligible applicants, which involves receiving and reviewing student applications, evaluating which ones meet our AMHS criteria, and confirming their credentials from the records of the applicants’ schools and colleges, is performed for our Society by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF,) which has a fulltime staff person to conduct this important work. Finally, our Scholarship Committee selects the winners of the two scholarships from the list of eligible applicants.

On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, Scholarship Committee chairman, Richard DiBuono, and AMHS President Maria D’Andrea met with NIAF’s Director of Programs, Gabriella Mileti, to present her with our Society’s contribution to the joint AMHS/NIAF scholarship program for this year. NIAF contributes the other half, $4,000 of the program. The period for accepting scholarship applications for academic year 2014- 15 recently closed on March 2.

It is expected that our Scholarship Committee will be receiving the list of qualified candidates from NIAF in early May. The winners should be determined before the next issue of the Notiziario is published. Look for an article announcing the winners in that issue.