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CAFA Scholarship Announcement


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Chinese American Faculty Association (CAFA), a non-profit professional organization, is awarding several scholarships ($600 each) to undergraduate students to provide encouragement in their studies and assistance with their financial needs.

All undergraduate students (except for previous CAFA scholarship recipients) who are interested in Chinese culture and meeting the following qualifications:

  1. currently enrolled in an accredited institute of higher learning in Southern California and
  2. carrying at least 12 quarter units or 8 semester units load with a GPA of 3.5 or higher
are invited to apply.

The selection criteria are based on:

  1. academic record,
  2. extra-curriculum activities involvement in Chinese culture or community, and
  3. financial needs.

Your complete application packet should include the following:

  1. a completed application form, personal statement stating your professional goals, financial situation, and any information you would like the committee to know (approximately one page in length),
  2. a set of unofficial transcript(s) from all colleges/universities you have attended (one copy), and
  3. optional : one letter of reference from an individual who can evaluate your academic and/or work performance. The letter shall be emailed to the Scholarship Committee directly by your reference.

If you are selected as a finalist, you will receive a notification shortly after the application deadline. For finalists, an official transcripts and a letter of reference (if not already submitted with the application packet) from an individual who can evaluate your academic and/or work performance are required. It is the finalists' responsibility to submit the required documents in time for the final selection of the CAFA scholarship recipients. The required documents shall be emailed to the Scholarship Committee directly from the university for the transcripts and from your reference for the letter.

Awardees must appear in person to receive the scholarship award at the banquet of the annual CAFA convention at the Monterey Hill Restaurant (Tel: 323-264-8400), 3700 W. Ramona Blvd. in Monterey Park at 6 pm on Saturday, February 28, 2009 . Your dinner will be provided by CAFA. You may invite friends or relatives to the banquet, however, they will have to pay for their own dinners.

Deadline for application is Jan. 31, 2009. Please email your completed application form and related information to

Professor Yi Cheng, Tel (909)-869-2512
Chair, CAFA Scholarship Committee
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Calif. Poly. University, Pomona

E-mail: <ycheng2@csupomona.edu >


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