BATH — Dennis Unger, director of University College at Bath/Brunswick, and Charlotte Price, scholarship selection committee chairwoman of the Bath- Brunswick branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), announce the third year of an AAUW Scholarship Program for the region.

The scholarship will be given to a qualified student for the fall 2012 semester. This scholarship is intended for a non-traditional female student who has been out of high school for at least one year and who wishes to enroll or has already enrolled in the college. AAUW pays tuition and fees for one introductory level college course.

“To meet the scholarship eligibility criteria the student should be highly motivated with stated financial need, be a high school graduate or GED recipient, and have at least one year between high school graduation and college matriculation,” a joint release about the scholarship states.

“I am grateful to the members of the AAUW for this scholarship,” Joline Connolly Allen, the 2011 AAUW scholarship recipient, said in the release. “The AAUW scholarship was important to me financially, but the award also validated my academic goals and aspirations. Most significantly, being recognized in this way opened the doors to a world of successful, smart, supportive mentors — the members of AAUW.

Members of the association will be at University College of Bath/Brunswick, 9 Park St., at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the organization and the scholarship.

For more information regarding the scholarship application process, visit www.learn.maine.edu/bath/.

The application deadline is March 31.

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