Helen Fong Dare Scholarship
for continuing undergraduate students
The Helen Fong Dare Scholarship was created to help defray the cost of tuition for full-time undergraduate students who are interested in Asian arts and culture.
The Helen Fong Dare Scholarship is closed for applications.
Elilgibility Critera:
- Full-time, undergraduate students who will complete a minimum of 30 credit hours by the end of the Spring 2019 semester
- Students interested in Asian arts and culture
- Students who have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher
- Students who demonstrate financial need through a completed 2019-20 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The 2019-20 FAFSA must be submitted by February 1, 2019 for Helen Fong Dare Scholarship consideration.
Scholarship based on:
- Academic merit
- Financial need
- Demonstrated interest in Asian arts and culture
Scholarship amount:
- Maximum of $5,000 (half awarded in Fall and half awarded in Spring)
- About Helen Fong Dare
Helen Fong Dare (1905 – 1995) was an extraordinary woman and a mentor to artists and students. Born in a southern village of China (Kai Chak, Guangdong), Helen Fong Dare was the first female to graduate from college and the first woman to teach school in Kai Chak. In 1929, Helen came to the United States and continued to be a teacher, an entrepreneur, and a philanthropist. Her philosophy of life, according to her four children, was to “reinvest in one’s community – to serve through gifts of time and financial support.” The Helen Fong Dare Scholarship was created to honor this remarkable woman and her beliefs. Helen was the mother of former Columbia College Chicago trustee, Nancy Tom.
- Scholarship Terms
- Application for either the Helen Fong Dare Scholarship or the Quincy Wong Scholarship must be submitted by February 1, 2019 (11:59 pm) for review by the committee
- Maximum amount of this one-year scholarship is $5,000, 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 be enrolled full-time during the 2018-19 academic year and must maintain full-time, undergraduate enrollment during the 2019-20 academic year
- Recipients must have submitted all outstanding documents to Student Financial Services before the scholarship can be disbursed. Review your missing documents on your OASIS portal under the Student Financial Services tab
- Scholarship is limited to courses for which a student registers through OASIS and does not cover Columbia Online courses
- 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