Accepting a Scholarship and Completing Thank You in Academic Works
How to accept your scholarship and write your thank you.
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Open the scholarship offer email from financial.aid@vcsu.edu in your VCSU email account.
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Click the link provided. This link will take you to https://vcsu.academicworks.com. You will see a screen that looks like the photo below.
- Log in to Academic Works with the same User Id and Password that you use for blackboard and campus connection.
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Once logged in you will see a screen that has your scholarship(s) listed. Click on the scholarship offer to accept it. Once it has been accepted, you will be brought to a post-acceptance page where you will see the following statement:
“Congratulations on being awarded the (Name of scholarship) Scholarship. This scholarship has been funded through the generosity of the (name of where the scholarship came from). *As a token of our appreciation, we require that all students receiving a scholarship submit a Thank You letter addressed to the donor. Upon acceptance of your scholarship you will be prompted to submit this thank you letter."
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Write a thank you to the donor in the text box provided.
Guidelines are below.
Uploading a photo of yourself is optional.
Once your scholarship has been accepted and the post-acceptance has been completed and submitted you are done!
Scholarship Thank You Letter Guidelines
Salutation: Dear (Donor Name/s or Organization Name),
Opening Paragraph: Use the first paragraph to state the purpose of your letter and acknowledge the specific scholarship you have been awarded.- Body of Letter: Share something about yourself (your name, major, class level, hometown, activities you are involved in, etc.), your goals, and why the scholarship is important to you.
Closing Paragraph: Close by thanking the donor again.
Signature Line: Sincerely, (Your Name)
See attached Sample Scholarship Thank You Letter
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Karen Crooks at karen.crooks@vcsu.edu or 701-845-7543.