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  • CHARLES W. COLSON Scholarship Application Wheaton College Billy Graham Center

    500 College Avenue - Suite 418, Wheaton College, IL 60187
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  • ELIGIBILTY REQUIREMENTS

    • A Christian
    • A U.S. Citizen
    • A felony record (Felonies MUST NOT include a sexual offense, arson or repeat violent offenses)
    • Accepted to Wheaton College Undergraduate or Graduate School


    CHECKLIST TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION PROCESS

    1. Apply to Wheaton College Undergraduate or Graduate Admissions

    2. Complete your Colson Scholarship Application including

    • Application form 
    • Essays: Statement of Faith, Statement of Career Goals, Statement of Incarceration
    • Recommendations: Friend, Professional & Pastor
    • Incarceration Information/Release (if applicable)
    • Parole Release (if applicable)
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  • PERSONAL INFORMATION

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  • MILITARY SERVICE

  • EDUCATION

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  • EDUCATIONAL PLANS

  • EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  • CHURCH/MINISTRY INVOLVEMENT

  • INCARCERATION INFORMATION

    I was incarcerated in the following correctional institution(s):
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  • PAROLE INFORMATION

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  • AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

  • STATEMENT OF FAITH

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  • STATEMENT OF INCARCERATION

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  • STATEMENT OF CAREER GOALS

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  • RECOMMENDATIONS

    In the fields below, please provide contact information for: FRIEND, PROFESSIONAL AND PASTOR recommendations. Each person will receive an email with a confidential electronic recommendation form from Correctional Ministries Institute.
  • Friend Recommendation

    Please provide name and email address
  • Professional Recommendation

    Please provide name and email address
  • Pastor Recommendation

    Please provide name and email address
  • COMMUNITY COVENANT

  • Please read Wheaton’s Community Covenant at https://www.wheaton.edu/about-wheaton/community-covenant/ .  The covenant is designed to express the crucial Christian convictions, aspirations, commitments and responsibilities shared by the members of the Wheaton College campus family.  In applying for membership in this community, you should therefore weigh carefully whether these convictions, aspirations and commitments match your own, and whether you can gladly join in fulfilling the covenant’s responsibilities. 

     

    “I affirm by my signature below that I have carefully read Wheaton’s Community Covenant, that this covenant expresses my own Christian convictions, aspirations and commitments, and that, if I am accepted and subsequently enroll as a student at Wheaton College, I will gladly join in fulfilling its responsibilities. (Please explain any questions, reservations or disagreements in an attached statement.)”

     

    “I also affirm by my signature that all the information contained in my application, including my essays, is my own work, factually true and honestly presented.”

     

  • Applicant's E-Signature

  • By signing (typing your legal name) in the space below, you are certifying that all information is correct and that you are the person completing this application. When you press the submit button, you will receive an email confirmation that your application was received. Please print for your records and retain as verification of your application.
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    Wheaton College is committed to equal opportunity in employment and education. The College does not discriminate in any program or activity on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or any other protected class.

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