The National Leadership Council (NLC) Award

The National Leadership Council created theThe National Leadership Council (NLC) Award
to honor a member who exemplifies the NSCS mission statement: “Honoring and inspiring academic excellence and engaged citizenship for a lifetime." The National Leadership Council reviews and selects the recipients for this award.

The award recognizes three outstanding students this year and is open to all NSCS members except current and past NLC members and students who have worked as interns at the national office. The recipients are academically talented and motivated person who also enjoys other activities outside the classroom. The recipients show an ability to excel both in academic life and extracurricular activities such as athletics, volunteer work, etc.

For this year’s The National Leadership Council (NLC) Award, we are looking for applicants who excel academically, as well as athletically or as a volunteer or leader or all of the above. Applicants should demonstrate integrity in everything they do.

Three Scholarships will be awarded:

• First Place - $1,000.00
• Second Place - $500.00
• Third Place- -$500.00

Eligibility

• Must be an active NSCS member
• Must be an undergraduate student
• Must be a fan of your NSCS Chapter Fan Page on Facebook
• Must be attending an accredited university
• Must have a minimum 3.4 G.P.A
• Must have a complete profile on NSCS
• Must have an updated resume on NSCS Scholar Jobs
• Please note, all scholarships are disbursed directly to your school

Key Dates

• Application Opens: November 20, 2009
• Application Closes: January 20, 2010 
• Notification Date: April 2010

The National Leadership Council (NLC) Award is now closed. Thank you for applying. Applications are being reviewed. We appreciate all of the time and effort it takes to apply for scholarships!

Recommendation Letter FAQ

• All recommendation letters must be postmarked by January 20, 2010.

My recommender sent in their recommendation letter late. Will it still be accepted?
No, it is your responsibility to let the recommender know of the postmark deadlines. No exceptions will be granted.

Your recommender can also fax the letter of recommendation with NSCS recommendation form, so far we have the signature of your recommender and a phone number we can contact them with. NSCS Fax # is 202.265.920

Congratulations to the 2009 The National Leadership Council (NLC) Award
Recipients

• Swetha Kambhampati — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Chelsea Rose — University of Arkansas
• Sharon Davis — Mississippi State University

Past Recipients

Past Recipients 2008
Jin Lee, University of Pennsylvania

2008 Finalists Jacob S. Anderson, Northern Arizona University
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B4ovdj-RsY
Application: Jacob Anderson Application

Santhana Krishnan Balaji, Louisiana State University
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndaHEz9ecx8
Application: Santhana Balaji Application

Jin Lee, University of Pennsylvania
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkheD-yT_As
Application: Jin Lee Application

Madhvi Jayalakshmi Venkatesh, University of California, Berkeley
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhncU2CdBE
Application: Madhvi Venkatesh Application

Laura F. Verlangieri, University of North Florida
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9-U4A0OCJo
Application: Laura Verlangieri Application