Scholarship Campaign

Support Future IU Alumni

Individual volunteers can support scholarships by:

  • Promoting scholarship availability
  • Encouraging scholarship application

Chartered alumni communities can support scholarships in four ways:

  • Promoting scholarship availability
  • Fundraising
  • Encouraging scholarship application
  • Celebrating scholarship recipients

Individuals and chartered alumni communities who activate this campaign will receive an email with more information and resources to support this campaign.

Promoting Scholarship Availability

Students cannot apply for scholarships if they don’t know when and how to apply. We need volunteers to help spread the word about our scholarship program and application deadlines.

Fundraising

Chartered alumni communities should raise money for their scholarship funds by working with their liaisons to send approved emails and letters, using social media posts and ads, passing out pledge cards at events, and directing people to the My IU giving portal when appropriate.

Encourage Scholarship Application

A large piece of the scholarship campaign is encouraging students to apply. Individual volunteers and chartered alumni communities should work with local school districts and guidance counselors, service clubs, and the media to create awareness of scholarship programs among students.

Celebration

Chartered alumni communities can honor your scholarship recipients on your social media account(s) and with email messages to your constituents. Your group can even host an in-person event, or present at the recipient’s awards night at school.

Even if your group does not have a scholarship program, there are still ways for you to be involved! Please contact your IUAA liaison if you are interested in promoting gifts to the general Alumni Chapters Scholarship Fund or other areas of impact.

Let’s Get Started

Follow these steps for initiating a scholarship campaign. For more scholarship information, please visit the Our Indiana scholarship webpage or contact your IUAA liaison.

Step 1: Activation

Complete and submit the Scholarship Campaign activation form.

Step 2: Resources

Once your activation is received, you’ll receive an email that explains the expectations of this campaign, a link to access the available resources, and information about reporting requirements. The resources specific to this campaign include:

  • Scholarship remarks for in-person events
  • Approved solicitation and thank you letters
  • Pledge cards and business reply envelopes
  • Social media copy and images
  • Email copy for potential scholarship applicants, fundraising, and recipient announcement
  • Customizable award certificate
  • Excel template for attendee list for scholarship recognition event (virtual or in-person)
  • Flyer for school distribution

Step 3: Reporting

You should complete the Scholarship Campaign reporting form by May 15. If you are hosting an in-person or virtual scholarship recognition event, we ask that you include a list of attendees in Excel format. An Excel template will be provided. We recognize that you may not have participation numbers by May 15, so plan to indicate how you will celebrate your scholarship recipient on the form.

For more information about the Scholarship Campaign, please contact your IUAA liaison.