Please note: Mercer is no longer accepting new applications for the 2008 Diversity Scholarship Program. Please check back after September 8, 2008 when we will begin accepting applications for the 2009 program.
About the Diversity Scholar Program
Mercer’s Diversity Scholars receive a paid summer internship at one of Mercer’s US offices and a scholarship award of $5,000 paid to your school at the end of your summer with Mercer.
The Mercer Diversity Scholarship Program goals include:
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Providing funding to students at nationally accredited institutions of higher learning that are committed to fostering developing future scholars
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Recognizing achievement in scholastics, leadership potential and initiative among minority students
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Attracting top minority students with leadership potential to work at Mercer, where diversity is important to our strategic vision and contributes to our company’s success
Purpose of the scholarship
The purpose of the scholarship is to recognize achievement in scholastics, leadership potential and initiative among minority students. Mercer seeks to make students aware of the potential for a rewarding career in the human resource consulting industry and to encourage the pursuit of such a career.
Mercer
intends to award up to 9 scholarships nationally to assist selected minority students with tuition, fees, books, and on-campus room and board. The individual award amount will be up to $5,000 per student. The full amount of the scholarships will be paid by check directly to the Scholar’s university for distribution to recipient(s) with the understanding that the award will be used for the payment of educational expenses such as tuition, fees, books and on-campus room and board.
Candidate Eligibility
To be eligible for consideration, you must:
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Be pursuing a degree in actuarial sciences, mathematics, statistics, economics, business, finance, or liberal arts and sciences
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Have a GPA of at least 3.25 on a 4.0 scale or rank in the top 5 percent of your class
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Be a student of sophomore or junior standing
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Identify as Hispanic or Latino, Black or African-American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Asian, or American Indian or Alaska Native
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Be active in campus or community activities. This may include membership in honor societies, clubs, civic, social, service, scientific, military or other types of organizations at the university or in the community
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Be authorized to work in the United States. Please note that at this time, the company does not intend to sponsor work visas with respect to these positions.
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Complete the Mercer Diversity Scholarship Program's on-line application at www.mercer.com/diversityscholarship which requires attaching a resume and a one-page essay answering the following question: "Why are you interested in Mercer and what unique skills can you contribute?"
The following persons are not eligible:
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Current employees of Mercer or any other MMC entity
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Children of employees of Mercer or any other MMC entity
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College or university faculty members and staff
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Children of college faculty members and staff
Finalists for the scholarship must:
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Provide
an official transcript from his or her university
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Provide one letter of recommendation from either a professor, faculty advisor, community service organization, employer and/or other college staff
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Agree to interview with Mercer representatives
Program Requirements
In order to remain eligible for the scholarship, the recipient must agree to:
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Accept a paid internship position if offered at one of Mercer's many offices located nationally
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Maintain a GPA of 3.25 or above (on a 4.0 scale) or rank in the top 5 percent of graduating class, if the school uses a ranking system
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Be an ambassador for Mercer at your school.
Evaluation Process
All qualified applications will be reviewed and evaluated on all of the following:
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Successfully meeting Mercer's scholarship criteria
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Academic achievements
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Campus and community involvement
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Leadership potential
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Ability to take initiative
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Writing sample content and quality
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All other information provided on the on-line application and in the interview
Transcripts, letters of recommendation and interviews will be part of the evaluation process for students selected as finalists for the scholarship.
Deadline for student applications
Priority consideration of applications will begin on November 5, 2007. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the earlier of April 30, 2008 or all Diversity Scholarship Program opportunities being awarded.
To be considered for Mercer's Diversity Scholarship, students must meet all eligibility requirements as detailed above, complete an on-line application at http://www.mercer.com/diversityscholarship and be
willing to accept a paid internship with Mercer, if an opportunity is offered. As part of the on-line application process, students will be required to submit their resume and a one-page essay. Finalists for the scholarship will be asked to submit one letter of reference and a transcript, and will be scheduled for an interview. Diversity Scholarship Program recipients will be notified of their admission to the program via an offer letter. Every effort will be made to notify recipients within 6 weeks of their interview. Notification of the scholarship awards will be made in writing to the university and the scholarship recipients in Summer 2008. Mercer will issue the award checks to the university and it is the university's responsibility to distribute the awards to the recipient(s).
Mercer reserves the right to suspend or terminate this program at any time. Funds distributed to the universities are to be used by the selected students for educational expenses such as tuition, fees, books and on-campus room and board.
Apply now
To complete an online application for the Mercer Diversity Scholarship Program, please click here.
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