Colleges and universities are the foundation of a strong and healthy economy. The Mid-Atlantic STA Foundation is dedicated to the needs of students of business, finance, and economics and is proud to offer our Sixth Annual Scholarship Awards. This year the Foundation intends to award four $2,500 scholarships, one in each member jurisdiction of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The scholarship winners will be announced in August 2008, with monies forwarded to the respective schools on behalf of the recipients.
The Mid-Atlantic Security Traders Foundation, Inc. is pleased to offer our sixth annual scholarship award. The Mid-Atlantic Security Traders Association is a non-profit organization and an affiliate of the Security Traders Association, www.sta.org. The Security Traders Association, (STA), founded in 1934, is a professional trade organization that works to improve the ethics, business standards and working environment for members who are engaged in the buying, selling and trading of securities. With 29 affiliate organizations nationally and internationally and over 7,000 members, STA is the largest organization of its kind in the world.
This year the Foundation intends to award four $2,500 scholarships, one in each member jurisdiction of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The winners will be announced in August or earlier. The scholarships will be awarded with monies forwarded to the respective schools on behalf of the recipients.
Who Is Eligible for the Foundation Scholarships
Eligible candidates to be considered for the scholarship application should be undergraduates who are currently sophomore or junior business majors with a concentration in finance or economics and who are enrolled at a four-year state-sponsored college or university. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens.
Requirements for applying for the Foundation Scholarships
Requirements consist of a completed application form, grade point average transcript, and school and summer addresses and telephone numbers. Also, a 500-word essay entitled “How the securities markets affect our daily lives” is required.The scholarship committee has established the following guidelines for evaluating candidates:
1) Grade Point Average
2) Essay
3) Awards/academic honors received in and out of college
4) Extracurricular/school/athletic activities
5) Letters of reference
The Mid-Atlantic Security Traders Association is a newly merged organization comprising of the former Baltimore Security Traders, Securities Association of Virginia and the Washington, D.C. Security Traders Association representing approximately 150 members and 35 investment firms located in the areas of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. We will continue to promote the interest of our members and our commitment to our communities. In addition to providing scholarships for the past twelve years, our combined organization has supported the Virginia Council of Economic Education, the Delaware Stock Game and the Maryland/D.C. Education Foundation.