Joe Marchesi Construction Industry Scholarship Information

The Illinois Valley Contractors Association is continuing its Joe Marchesi Construction Industry Scholarship program.  Last year, there were six, non-renewable, $1,000.00 scholarships awarded to be used for educational expenses while attending any accredited college. 

Applicants must be actively enrolled in an accredited college pursuing a course of study leading to a degree which could help advance the Illinois Valley Construction Industry, be associated with the Illinois Valley Construction Industry as an employee, spouse or child of a contributing contractor, or an employee, spouse or child of the Association or Industry Fund, or be a member or employee, their spouse or child, of a participating local union, and have maintained a scholastic average of B-.  

The Trustees of the Illinois Valley Construction Industry Advancement Fund will make the selection at the Fall semester from a pool of all qualifying applicants.

Applications may be obtained by calling (815) 223-0561, stopping by the Illinois Valley Contractors Association located at 1120 First Street, La Salle, IL or from a participating local union office or from this web site by clicking on the link below.  The application from this web site is in PDF format which requires “Adobe Acrobat Reader” software (now at version 9.3) installed on your computer in order to view and print it.  If you do not have this software, you can download a free copy at www.adobe.com.

Deadline for returning the application for the 2010-2011 academic year is Tuesday, August 31, 2010.
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Pictured above is Nicholas Navarro (Center) a prior year's Illinois Valley Contractors Association scholarship recipient; with Mickey Ruiz, President (Left) and Dennis Dougherty, Executive Director (Retired).