Hester Memorial Scholarship
On behalf of the Community Bankers Association of Georgia (CBA), we are proud to announce that applications are now available for the 2015 Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is an opportunity for students to learn more about the importance of community banking and what it represents in the community. Please share with students today!
The Hester Scholarship is open to Georgia high school seniors who will be entering a Georgia college, university or technical school (two year program or more) in the fall semester of 2015. Four winning recipients will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
The scholarship is named after the late Jan Hester, daughter of Lalia and the late Julian Hester, long-time CEO of the CBA. Jan was a senior at the University of Georgia when she died in an auto accident on April 15, 1990. In addition to supporting community banking, this scholarship is an opportunity to pass on the positive qualities both Julian and Jan Hester exemplified to further the development of tomorrow's generations.
Applications must be submitted to the Community Bankers Association of Georgia through a CBA member bank.Interested students can visit CBA's website, www.cbaofga.com, to obtain a listing of member community banks in their area. Students can search for a community bank near them by bank name, city or zip code. Click here to access bank listings. The student will then contact the bank and ask for sponsorship.Bankers are encouraged to provide the student with as much information on community banking as possible, so they can write their essay efficiently. Students can download the scholarship packet by clicking here.
Judging & Deadlines
Applications should be submitted to a CBA member bank no later than Friday, April 3, 2015. The applications will be reviewed, and the winners will be announced by the committee via the sponsoring bank's president and by letter to the winning applicant. The announcement of the winners is scheduled for May 2015.
