Dr. Tom Kaye Memorial Scholarship
UPDATED 2024/2025
This scholarship was established in memory of Dr. Tom Kaye, who served Mesa students and the community for decades, to provide financial support to veterans who are pursuing a degree or certificate.
To be considered for this scholarship you:
- Must demonstrate leadership
- Must demonstrate financial need
- Must belong to one of the following student populations:
Veterans
- Must be returning to mesa college in the fall
Award funds will be disbursed:
Immediate release of full award (May)
- Award
- $450 to $500
- Deadline
- 02/13/2025
- Supplemental Questions
- 2024: Your Educational Journey. Please share the following: The educational journey that led you to Mesa, including what you did before coming here and what made you decide to enroll at Mesa. Your future goals, including what you plan to do after graduation from Mesa and what your long-term career and educational goals are. Why you chose your major or field of study. You do not need to include every detail, but please try to address each part of the question (your goals, challenges overcome, and what it would mean to you). (500 words)
- 2024: Resiliency Question. Please share the following: How you have exhibited resiliency in your life. Specific examples of a challenge or challenges that you have overcome. How this scholarship will have a meaningful impact on your educational journey. You do not need to include every detail, but please try to address each part of the question (your goals, challenges overcome, and what it would mean to you). (500 words)
- 2024: Financial Need Essay. Submit an original essay describing your financial need. Mention if you are eligible for PELL or BOG funding, or describe why you are not eligible for PELL or BOG. Include any outside financial support you receive from all sources. (500 words)
- 2024: Leadership. Please describe your individual leadership style and discuss a specific incident or event where its characteristics demonstrated beneficial service to the campus or your community. Additionally, define what that service has meant to you. (500 words)