If you think you’re too tight on money to pursue the education you want, think again. There are about $40,500 available in scholarships and book grants at De Anza. And that’s just the De Anza Student Body and Inter-Club Council opportunities:

DASB plans to have 100 book grants for $100 each available for students every quarter. The book grants are De Anza College bookstore certificates. David Sarkis, DASB senator, says this years application forms for the DASB scholarships should be out soon, as should the book grant information.

In addition, the DASB awards scholarships in four categories. Twenty-five full time students will receive $500 each, 10 part time students $250 each, five 4.0 GPA students $500 each and 10 international students will receive $1,000 each.These scholarships are given out once a year. The deadline tentatively is Feb. 22, 2001.

According to Sarkis, grades are an important criterion for all scholarships, but other achievements such as club and extracurricular activities and community service might also be looked at.

“Some scholarships are more lenient than others”, says Sarkis.

Specific application requirements shouldn’t discourage you, says La Donna Yumari-Kaku of Student Activities. “Sometimes,” she says,”students don’t apply because they think they don’t have a chance.”

Over the last few years, only about 20 applicants competed for the Carolee Erickson Memorial ICC Scholarship, funded by the De Anza Inter Club Council that gives out six scholarships for $500 once a year.

The deadline for the Carolee Erickson Memorial ICC scholarship is January 26, 2001. Yumari-Kaku encourages everyone to apply. After all, she says, if you don’t play, you can’t win, right?

For more detailed information of how to win the big bucks, check the black tower folder in front of the Financial Aid office downstairs in the Hinson Campus Center for DASB, ICC and many other departmental scholarships.