Student Scholarship Awards

The Normal Rotary Club (NRC) is a service organization. The club is comprised of individuals who have a passion “to give back to the community” on a local and international level. NRC members’ shared passion for service helps us initiate service projects to address today’s challenges, including literacy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of clean water, and environmental concerns. Applicants are encouraged to review Rotary International’s mission at the following website: http://www.rotary.org.

Normal Rotary Foundation Scholarships

The NRC offers seven $1,000 scholarship awards to high school graduates who, through their service records, demonstrate a similar passion and interest in serving others.

The qualifications are:

• Students must attend Normal Community West High School, Normal Community High School, University High School or the Bloomington Area Career Center
• The student must demonstrate his or her involvement in service, citizenship, leadership and activities
• The student must show evidence of initiative in their personal life
• The student does not have to be an academic scholar, but should be in the top half (1/2) of his or her graduating class as determined by the principal or designee
• The student must be planning to go on to college/university or trade school in fall 2023.  Scholarship awards will be sent directly to the college/university or trade school designated by the award winner
• Children of NRC members are not eligible

The 2023 scholarship application is closed.

Agriculture Scholarship

The NRC also offers a $1,000 Agriculture scholarship award to high school graduates with an agriculture background who are pursuing a degree in an agricultural field.

Agriculture Scholarship Qualifications:

• Students must attend Normal Community West High School, Normal Community High School, University High School or the Bloomington Area Career Center
• The student must demonstrate their involvement in service, citizenship, leadership and activities in relation to agriculture
• The student shows evidence of initiative in their personal life
• The student must be planning to go on to college/university
• Student must complete the application and send in 3 letter of recommendation focused on his/her work in agriculture
• Children of NRC members are not eligible
• A student can apply for both the Agricultural Scholarship and the Non-Agricultural Scholarship, but can only be awarded one

The 2023 scholarship application is closed.

Please contact Angie Bubon if you have any questions at [email protected] or 309-530-0396.