The Facilities Services Scholarship fund was originally
established by the employees of WSU Facilities
Operations (formerly Physical Plant) to provide a
standing benefit derived from employment within
Facilities Operations by providing scholarships to
incoming freshman at the WSU Pullman campus who were the
dependents of a current employee, a retired employee or
of an employee who died while employed at Facilities
Operations. In recent years the scholarship committee
has expanded scholarship eligibility to sophomore,
junior and senior students in addition to freshman at
all WSU campuses not just those at the Pullman campus.
With the recent merger of Capital Planning & Development
and Facilities Operations within Facilities Services,
the scholarship eligibility has also been expanded to
dependent children and grandchildren of Capital Planning
& Development employees meeting the same eligibility
criteria. While preference is first given to children
or grandchildren of parents or grandparents who are
current Facilities Services’ employees or was an
employee of Facilities Services at the time of their
retirement or their death, if scholarship funds are not
depleted by applicants in this category, the remaining
funds are made available for allocation to all other WSU
students at all campuses.
The Scholarship Committee, made up of current Facilities
Services employees, determines the total dollar amount
to be available for scholarships each year based on the
success of fund raising activities. Evaluation of
applications and identification of potential scholarship
recipients is handled by the WSU Financial Aid Office.
The proceeds from the 2014 Jess Ford of Pullman Hardhat
Classic along with a very successful year in terms of
personal contributions to the scholarship fund have
allowed the Scholarship Committee to endow an annual
$2,000 scholarship. Each year a percentage of the
proceeds from this golf tournament may be added to the
endowment principle to help grow the endowment and
assure the viability of future scholarship
opportunities. For the coming academic year 2015-2016
the Scholarship Committee will award scholarships
totaling $10,000, to provide support to new and current
students in obtaining their educational goals.
The tournament raises funds from three sources. Proceeds
from participant entry fees will provide $58 from each
participant entry fee of $135 to the scholarship fund.
The second source is tournament sponsorship
opportunities with a variety of sponsorship options
which are displayed on the tournament website at
www.hardhatclassic.com.
Jess Ford of Pullman has once again committed to being
our title sponsor and for the fifth year will sponsor
the hole-in-one prizes which include this year a 2015
Ford F150 XLT. A third source of funds are
proceeds from an auction of donated items to take place
during the lunch at the end of the tournament. |