{"id":34694,"date":"2016-02-04T14:32:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=34694"},"modified":"2016-02-05T10:36:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T10:36:14","slug":"innovative-accepting-applications-for-uvi-scholarships-worth-40000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=34694","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Accepting Applications For Scholarships With Total Worth Of $40,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Innovative is currently accepting applications for its 2015 Albert A. Sheen Scholarships in the amount of two $10,000 awards, and for its $20,000 UVI scholarship, which will be dispersed to four students at $5,000 each, a press release Innovative issued on Wednesday has made known.<\/p>\n<p>The annual tuition-only Albert A. Sheen Scholarships &#8212; named in honor of the late attorney, Albert A. Sheen, who served as the legal counsel for the Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation, which is now called Innovative Telephone &#8212; are awarded to two Virgin Islands high school seniors who have already been accepted to a college or university to pursue a degree in one of the following fields: Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Engineering or related fields.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are available at the security desks at the Innovative Business Offices in Estate Diamond on St. Croix, Tutu Park on St. Thomas, and Starfish Marketplace on St. John. Applications are also available from guidance counselors at the territory\u2019s high schools. Students may also download applications at the Innovative website <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/virgin-islands-2\/40000-in-innovative-scholarships-available-for-high-school-seniors\/www.innovativevi.net\/home\/aboutinnovative\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or email an application\u00a0request to innovativescholarships@innovativevi.net. The due date for applications is\u00a0May 6, and they must be postmarked or delivered to Innovative offices by the aforementioned date.<\/p>\n<p>Innovative Telephone will also award\u00a0$20,000 to four students- two per district- to receive a $5,000 scholarship to the University of the Virgin Islands. The scholarships will be administered by the university to be used for tuition, books and materials.<\/p>\n<p>High school students who have been admitted to UVI must complete their financial aid application and submit it to the university\u2019s\u00a0financial aid office to be eligible for the scholarship.\u00a0Applications are due at UVI\u00a0by March 1.<\/p>\n<p>Interested students should contact UVI at (340) 693-1160 or visit the university\u2019s website<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/virgin-islands-2\/40000-in-innovative-scholarships-available-for-high-school-seniors\/www.uvi.edu\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to download an application.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Correction: January 5, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Because of a text error, application due dates errors were included in a previous version of this article. They have been corrected.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; Innovative is currently accepting applications for its 2015 Albert A. Sheen Scholarships in the amount of two $10,000 awards, and for its $20,000 UVI scholarship, which will be dispersed to four students at $5,000 each, a press release Innovative issued on Wednesday has made known. The annual tuition-only Albert A. Sheen Scholarships [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[628,191,147],"tags":[968],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Innovative Accepting Applications For Scholarships With Total Worth Of $40,000 - V.I. 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