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NCMCA Kent Morrill Scholarship 2025

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Deadline Date: Monday, March 24, 2025

The Northern California Mechanical Contractors Association has established a college scholarship program in 1992 in memory of Kent T. Morrill, who served as president of the association in 1988. Eligibility and application requirements of the Kent T. Morrill Scholarship Program are as follows:

1) The Kent T. Morrill Scholarship program is open to the children of all NON-COLLECTIVE BARGAINING employees whose parent works full time for Northern California MCA or its Contractor members. IF YOUR PARENT IS A MEMBER OF ANY CONSTRUCTION UNION, YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO APPLY FOR THE NCMCA SCHOLARSHIP.

2) The parent of any Kent T. Morrill Scholarship applicant must work in Northern California (Within the boundaries of the NCMCA jurisdiction)

3) Scholarships are awarded by the members of the NorCal MCA Scholarship Committee.

4) No Scholarship Committee member with a relative applying for a scholarship shall be allowed to assess and score their relative’s application.

5) All applications must be submitted online by the published deadline, and they must be complete.

6) Unofficial Transcripts from the applicants’ school must be submitted/downloaded with this initial application.

7) Scholarships are awarded based on TWO categories: A) cumulative GPA and B) Scholarship Committee review and assessment of applications received by posted deadline.

8) Late applications will not be scored and awarded scholarship dollars for the application assessment portion of the submittal.

9) All scholarships are awarded in one payment.

10) Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students only.

11) Students may apply to the Kent T. Morrill Scholarship program a maximum of five times (i.e. five undergraduate academic school years).

12) All applicants must be a full time student enrolled in no less than 12 units every quarter or semester at any accredited college or university in the United States.

13) All applicants may choose any course of study, and must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 in their college courses.

14) All recipients must prove with transcripts, official class schedules, or enrollment certifications that they are enrolled in school to receive their scholarship check.
Official Class Schedules for Fall of 2025: TBD

15) The Scholarship Committee has established two annual special awards/designations to be awarded each school year. The awards will be called the Don Batz Scholarship Memorial Award, and the Bill Bianco Scholarship Memorial Award. The recipients will receive additional scholarship award money to be determined by the Scholarship Committee.

16) The NCMCA Scholarship Committee will Award the Top (3) Essays a special monetary award for content pertaining to the specific question(s) asked.

17) NorCal MCA reserves the right to waive or modify requirements without notice.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED ONLINE AND RECEIVED BY MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2025.

For your Application to be complete, you must:

Complete all TASKS on your Application

Next:

- You will then receive an award letter and invite to Scholarship Dinner (July 10th, 2025), in late June.
- Make sure to upload your Fall 2025 Schedule to your Application File by September 5th.
- Your Award Check will be mailed in late September/Early October.

Registrant Information:

First Name*:

Last Name*:

Address:

City:

State:

Zip:

Phone Number:

Email*:

Date of Birth:

Father's Information:

Father's Name:

Work Phone:

Home Phone:

Home Street Address:

City:

State:

Zip:

Email:

Employer:

Position:

Mothers's Information:

Mother's Name:

Work Phone:

Home Phone:

Home Street Address:

City:

State:

Zip:

Email:

Employer:

Position:

Supporter:

Name of parent or guardian who supports you:

Address if different from above:

Reference 1:

Reference Name:

Occupation:

Address:

Phone Number:

Reference 2:

Reference Name:

Occupation:

Address:

Phone Number:

Reference 3:

Reference Name:

Occupation:

Address:

Phone Number:

Graduating High School Applicants:

Current High School Attending:

From:

To:

Previous High School (if any):

From:

To:

Total Cumulative GPA (Overall/Weighted):

Current Semester GPA:

College You Plan to Attend:

Anticipated Major/Minor:

Estimated Cost of Attending College:

College Applicants:

Current College Attending:

From:

To:

Previous College (if applicable):

From:

To:

Current Major/Minor:

Last Semester Number of Units Completed:

Current Semester Number of Units:

Total Cumulative GPA (Overall/Weighted):

Current Semester GPA:

This Fall, You Will Be A:

Anticipated Date of Graduation:

Applicant's Extracurricular Activities:

Dates need to be provided for COMMUNITY SERVICE & EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY.

Scholastic Distinctions or Honors (if applicable):

Community Service (if applicable): Please provide dates that you started participating in each activity. Also indicate if you are still participating.

Extracurricular Activities (if applicable): Please provide dates that you started participating in each activity. Also indicate if you are still participating.

Work Experience (dates/companies/positions):

Have you received or applied for any other college scholarship or financial aid?

If yes, briefly describe:

Additional Comments:

Color photo of you (PDF or JPEG preferred):

Essay

The top three essays will be awarded an additional monetary award.

Northern California MCA members and the Scholarship Committee commit a great deal of resources each year to the Kent Morrill Scholarship process to assist students in achieving their dreams of a higher education.

Your Essay is a very important part of the points earned on your application, and there are special Awards for the Top Essay’s.

This years’ Essay Question is:
Describe what sets you apart from other NCMCA scholarship applicants?

Please keep your Essay to approximately (1) page.

UPLOAD A WORD/PDF VERSION OF YOUR ESSAY:

Unofficial Transcripts

YOU MUST UPLOAD YOUR UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT WITH THIS APPLICATION TO BE COMPLETE.

The Deadline for the NCMCA Office to receive your Official Transcript by mail will be no later than the last day of April. Please note, this takes time for your school to complete, we recommend you order your transcripts immediately.

Upload a Word/PDF version of your unofficial transcripts:

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