MOLINE, ILLINOIS - WQPT, Quad Cities PBS is pleased to offer a $500 Broadcast Scholarship to students pursuing a career in broadcasting.
Last year`s recipient Paul Strater said "As a nontraditional student, the financial realities of later life such as mortgages and car payments and the challenges of funding a college education without parental help or the loans available to parents are quite a challenge. This scholarship will be a great help as I finish my degree at Western."
Interested students may log on to http://wqpt.org/scholarship for an application or by calling (309) 764-2400. The criteria for the scholarship is:
v Overall 2.5 GPA
v Broadcast Classes 3.0 GPA (not applicable to incoming college freshmen)
v Preference given to full-time students although part-time students may apply.
Applications will be accepted through May 18, 2012for this scholarship. New and continuing students in any broadcast curriculum may apply. WQPT will select the recipient prior to the fall semester.
WQPT General Manager, Rick Best said "The scholarship is just one of the ways that WQPT endeavors to be a community partner."
WQPT is a media service of Western Illinois University Quad Cities located in Moline, Illinois.
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