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OPEIU Scholarship Applications are now available

The OPEIU Scholarships are a great benefit for OPEIU members and their families.  Members should contact the MAGE office at 1-800-477-6243 or email us at info@mage.org to receive a scholarship application or click on the link below to download them.  These applications must be signed by the Secretary-Treasurer who attests to the fact that the member is in good standing before the application can be sent to OPEIU in New York.

The deadlines for the John Kelly and Howard Coughlin scholarships are March 31, 2014 and the Romeo Corbeil/Gilles Beauregard Summer Camp is May 15, 2014.   The Howard Coughlin Scholarships are 12 full time scholarships awarded with a maximum value of $6,500 and  6 part time shcolarships awarded for a maximum value of $2,650.   The John Kelly Labor Studies Scholarship is awarded to 10 members only, and is valued at $3,250 per scholarship. 

Members should note that the $1,000 MAGE sponsored scholarships will be awarded in August this year.  The application period for those will run from June 1 though August 30, 2014.

Click on the link below to get the scholarship applications and rules - but remember to send to the MAGE office to have the Secretary/Treasurer sign the portion that confirms your membership in good standing. 

http://www.mage.org/docs/2014_Scholarship_Announcement_and_Applications.pdf