{"id":7767,"date":"2025-09-18T15:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=7767"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:35:57","slug":"division-247-dot-offers-scholarship-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-8\/division-247-dot-offers-scholarship-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Division 247 (DOT) offers scholarship opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5557 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/PEF-Union-Scholarships.jpg\" alt=\"PEF Union Scholarships\" width=\"196\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/PEF-Union-Scholarships.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/PEF-Union-Scholarships-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/PEF-Union-Scholarships-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><em>October 7, 2025 &#8212;<\/em> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Division 247 is now accepting applications for three $400 scholarships.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Candidates must be a full-time student and either an unmarried child, spouse, or dependent of a Division member, active for at least one year (not Agency Shop). Only one scholarship will be awarded per member family per year, no student may win in two consecutive years, and each student has a maximum of five years of eligibility (not necessarily consecutive), based on the number of actual submissions made by the student.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/pef_files\/docs\/pdf\/Div247scholarshipapplication2025.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">for the application and submit the required information to Mike McCulloch (DOT 8<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Floor), 315-785-7961 by noon on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. The drawing will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 15.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 7, 2025 &#8212; Division 247 is now accepting applications for three $400 scholarships.\u00a0 Candidates must be a full-time student and either an unmarried child, spouse, or dependent of a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-7767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-43-no-8"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Division 247 (DOT) offers scholarship opportunity - PEF Communicator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-8\/division-247-dot-offers-scholarship-opportunity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Division 247 (DOT) offers scholarship opportunity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"October 7, 2025 &#8212; 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