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Grand Prix Foundation provides
scholarships
By Amy Murphy
Staff Writer
Grand Prix is one of the largest, most talked-about
and attended events at Purdue each year. Students pay to attend the
event in order to watch the race.
When the Grand Prix Foundation was formed as a
part of the Alumni Foundation, members were told that the race would
only continue if the money earned from the race was spent wisely; and
therefore they decided to award scholarships to Purdue students.
"When the race first started in 1958, the
organization was told that they must spend (earned) money for a good
cause. It was all student-driven to give scholarships," explained
Ryan DeLaCroix, a senior in the School of Liberal Arts and the director
of special events for the Grand Prix Foundation. "Over the past
45 years, we have given more than $1 million in scholarship money,"
he said.
The money from last year’s Grand Prix race
funded scholarships for this year. For the 2001-2002 school year, the
foundation awarded different monetary amounts to 21 scholarship winners
at Purdue.
Any Purdue student who has at least two semesters
left at Purdue may apply for a Grand Prix scholarship. The Grand Prix
Foundation senior board will then "interview all applicants and
decide who gets scholarships based on academics and extracurricular
activities," said Casie Walukonis, a graduate student and the promotions
director for the Grand Prix Foundation.
The process for finding scholarship winners begins
two weeks from now when student board members of the Grand Prix Foundation
begin their interviewing process. DeLaCroix said the organization's
members "will know by that weekend who has won and the winners
will know ahead of time, and then the scholarship will be awarded at
the race."
In order to be awarded scholarship money by the
foundation, students must complete an application to be reviewed by
the Grand Prix Foundation senior board, a group of twelve Purdue students.
DeLaCroix says the student board members look at "grades compared
to major, how involved the student is on campus and in the community
and their need (for scholarship money)."
Each year, the Grand Prix Foundation hosts the
Grand Prix race by receiving money from many sponsors, including Ford
Motor Co., Kimberly Clark, Coca-Cola Co. and Proctor & Gamble, to
name a few.
"Money is raised from sponsors, T-shirt sales
and ticket sales and any money left over after expenditures is put toward
scholarships," explained Walukonis.
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Prix Foundation provides scholarships
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