{"id":54,"date":"2020-04-20T23:39:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T03:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2026-02-01T22:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T03:49:31","slug":"mdc-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/mdc-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"MDC Robert &#8220;Bud&#8221; Overby Memorial Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Blue Knights MDC Robert &#8220;Bud&#8221; Overby Memorial<\/h1>\n<h1>Scholarship Guidelines<\/h1>\n<p>Realizing that today\u2019s youth are tomorrow\u2019s leaders, this scholarship is intended to assist deserving candidates<br \/>with their continued education and further development.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Knights International Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, Inc., Mason Dixon Conference (MDC),<br \/>will make available up to two (2) $500.00 college scholarships to <strong>immediate family members of members of<\/strong><br \/><strong>the MDC<\/strong>. For the purpose of this scholarship, immediate family members, who may be related by blood or<br \/>adopted, are described as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Son\/stepson<\/li>\n<li>Daughter\/stepdaughter<\/li>\n<li>Grandchildren<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The MDC Chairman shall appoint a scholarship committee, consisting of 3-5 MDC members to review all<br \/>applications and make the <strong>final and non-contestable<\/strong> selection decision. Upon receiving this scholarship,<br \/>awardees are not eligible for subsequent MDC scholarship awards.<\/p>\n<p>If less than two (2) applications are received or there is only one application worthy of support, the MDC Board<br \/>of Directors may increase the amount of the scholarship to a single award of up to a maximum of $1,000.00.<\/p>\n<p>In the event no application is received or no application is worthy, the budgeted monies shall remain in the<br \/>MDC treasury. They will not be added to the next year\u2019s award or used to fund more than the two awards noted<br \/>above.<\/p>\n<p>Blank applications will be made available at the MDC winter meeting and must be postmarked and returned to<br \/>the committee chairman no later than the date specified on the application. Once the application date has<br \/>passed, the committee chairman shall begin the selection process with the other committee members. Upon<br \/>completing the selection process, the committee chairman shall notify the MDC Chairman, and the Chairman<br \/>will announce the award(s) at the spring MDC meeting. The MDC Secretary will prepare a letter of<br \/>congratulations for the Conference Chairman\u2019s signature who will send the notification to award recipient(s).<\/p>\n<p>Since college choices are often changed, the selected applicant will notify the MDC Treasurer once the final<br \/>college selection is made. The scholarship check shall be issued in the <strong>name of the college <em>and<\/em> the applicant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Criteria to be considered in the selection process shall include but are not be limited to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Content, accuracy, and quality of the required essay and application<\/li>\n<li>Spelling, grammar and punctuation<\/li>\n<li>Attendance record at school<\/li>\n<li>Grade Point Average<\/li>\n<li>Academic courses required for degree(s)<\/li>\n<li>Amount of tuition vs. lodging<\/li>\n<li>Community service<\/li>\n<li>Outside financial concerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Submitted by John Weinstein, MDC Secretary, February 17, 2019<br \/>Accepted: MDC Spring Conference, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Click here for <a href=\"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MDC-Scholarship-Application-2026-1.pdf\">MDC-Scholarship-Application-2026<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Knights MDC Robert &#8220;Bud&#8221; Overby Memorial Scholarship Guidelines Realizing that today\u2019s youth are tomorrow\u2019s leaders, this scholarship is intended to assist deserving candidateswith their continued education and further development. &#8230; <a title=\"MDC Robert &#8220;Bud&#8221; Overby Memorial Scholarship\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/mdc-scholarships\/\" aria-label=\"More on MDC Robert &#8220;Bud&#8221; Overby Memorial Scholarship\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}