NEWS RELEASE: Collier County Supervisor of Elections Office Accepting Scholarship Applications
$1,200 Scholarship Opportunity Being Offered by the FSE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Trish Robertson
Trish.Robertson@CollierCountyFL.gov
(239) 252-8052
(239) 776-1131
Collier County, Fla.— January 7, 2020: Jennifer J. Edwards, Collier County Supervisor of Elections, is currently accepting applications for a scholarship opportunity provided by the Florida Supervisors of Elections (FSE). The FSE is offering three $1,200 scholarships to eligible Florida residents enrolled or accepted as full-time students in a senior college or university in Florida.
Applicants must be Political Science, Public Administration, Business Administration, Journalism or Mass Communication majors who have finished two years of junior college or undergraduate work. Students should also demonstrate a financial need.
The scholarship applications and guidelines are available at www.CollierVotes.com, or can be obtained at the Collier County Supervisor of Elections office located at 3750 Enterprise Avenue, Naples, FL 34104.
Completed applications and two letters of recommendation must be submitted by 5 p.m. on February 28, 2020 to the Supervisor of Elections of the county in which the applicant is registered to vote. Each county’s Supervisor will review the applications received and select one finalist to be sent to the FSE Scholarship Committee. The committee will announce the scholarship recipients at the FSE 2020 Annual Summer Conference.
FSE is a statewide, professional organization of 67 county Supervisors of Elections, dedicated to “supporting fair, honest and accurate elections in the state of Florida.”
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