National Student Leadership Scholarship
This is one of the USA's most prestigious scholarships for student leaders. It is awarded to an entering freshman, valued at $10,000 per year, renewable upon satisfactory academic progress and leadership involvement. High school seniors should complete the application and mail it so that it arrives in the General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center office no later than 5:00 p.m. November 1 of each year. By December 1 the Gen. Hugh Shelton Scholarship Selection Committee will notify semi-finalists of the need to apply to the university admissions office and to complete additional information. (Students may wish to apply earlier to N. C. State). The Gen. Hugh Shelton National Student Leadership Scholarship Selection Committee will notify finalists by February 1, to participate in a personal interview in mid-February.
The General Hugh Shelton Leadership Endowment provides:
- $10,000 annual NC State tuition and fees, housing, etc.
- Annual enrichment funds up to $2,000 for student leadership enrichment experiences.
- Leadership Retreats
- Leadership and Ethics Seminars
- LeaderShape® Conference
- Wilderness Leadership Experience
- Study Abroad
- Community/Global Service - Learning
- Shelton National Leadership Forum
- Leadership Internship with Corporation/Agency
A complete application will include the following materials downloadable from this site, using a font size no smaller than 10 pt. (Limit responses to space indicated)
- The application cover page with signed commitment statement.
- A one-page listing of most significant activities, experiences, and accomplishments.
- A letter of recommendation from a person familiar with your leadership potential. Give the attached form to your recommender. Have that person mail directly to the Program office or return to you in a signed/sealed envelope, a letter of endorsement in time for you to submit to the program office by November 1 of the current academic year.
- Your well-considered responses to one essay question. This essay must not exceed one single spaced page in length and should be set in a typeface no smaller than 10 point. Please limit your response as requested. Give sufficient thought to your answer and be candid and concise. Write what you think and feel, not what you think the reading committee might like to read. Be sure to include your name on all pages.
Application Resources
- Eligibility and Selection Criteria
- Application
- Application deadline is closed for the 2008 Student Leadership Scholarship
- Application for 2009 Student Leader Scholarship is not available at this time. Please return to our website during the summer months for more details.
- Enrichment Experiences