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Clarke A. Greene Endowed Memorial Scholarship for Entrepreneurial Spirit

for continuing undergraduate students

The Clarke A. Greene Endowed Memorial Scholarship for Entrepreneurial Spirit was established by the Greene family in memory of Clarke Greene, a former member of the Columbia College Chicago faculty. The scholarship recognizes entrepreneurial spirit and outstanding academic achievement and in a continuing junior or senior Business and Entrepreneurship student.

Deadline to Apply: October 17, 2025

• How to Apply

  Visit Internal Scholarships and click on APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS to access the College-Wide Undergraduate Scholarship Application. Only complete scholarship applications submitted by the deadline will be reviewed by the scholarship committee. 
  
  Please follow all directions carefully. Students must submit the following materials to make a complete Clarke A. Greene Endowed Memorial Scholarship for Entrepreneurial Spirit application. There are two parts to the application:

  
  PART 1: ESSAY

  In a 500-word essay, discuss a project that illustrates your current ability and interest in running a business. Explain how your work in your major has contributed to the development of your entrepreneurial spirit and how this scholarship will help you work towards becoming an entrepreneur in the field of arts management.

  Your essay must be double-spaced, and include your name and Columbia ID number in the upper right-hand corner of each page. Please upload your response in .pdf, .doc, or .docx format. 
  
  PART 2: LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION

  One letter of recommendation is required from a Columbia faculty member who is familiar with your academic achievement or accomplishment in your major.

  For your convenience, the online application system will send an email notification directly to the person you've chosen to complete your recommendation. Please be prepared with the email address of your recommender. 

  Note: Remember to contact your recommender directly before providing their information on the application. Since this application is part of the larger College-Wide Undergraduate Scholarship application, also note the specific scholarship(s) for which they will be recommending you. Be sure to give recommenders as much time as possible to write the letters. Requests made at the last minute are often difficult to fulfill by the deadline.

  Access online applications through Internal Scholarships.

• Scholarship Terms
  • Application must be submitted by September 26, 2025 (11:59 pm) for review by the committee
  • Previous amount of this one-year scholarship was up to $3,000, awarded half in Fall and half in Spring
  • Scholarship is applied toward tuition only
  • Students' scholarships that are applied toward tuition may not exceed the amount of their tuition costs
  • Recipients must maintain full-time, undergraduate enrollment during the 2025-26 academic year
  • Scholarship may be renewable provided recipients:
    • Maintain full-time, undergraduate enrollment each academic year
    • Do not interrupt enrollment
    • Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5
  • Scholarship may be used toward a study abroad program through one of Columbia's student exchange programs, excluding Summer sessions. Please note: Recipients who enroll in an independent study abroad program will forfeit their scholarship during the semester spent abroad
  • The rules and regulations governing other sources of financial aid (federal, state, institutional and other grants, gifts, or loans) will apply
  • Columbia College Chicago reserves the right to withhold the scholarship in any year in which, at the sole discretion of the scholarship committee, suitable candidates cannot be found among applicants

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