{"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":"2026-10-04T16:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T20:24:02","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 <\/strong><strong>the MDC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>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>Applications must be postmarked and returned to the committee chairman no later than the sate specified on the application. Once the application date has passed, the committee chairman shall begin the selection process with the other committee members. Upon 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 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\/10\/MDC-Scholarship-Application-2027.pdf\">MDC Scholarship Application 2027<\/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":17,"href":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"https:\/\/bkmdc.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/763"}],"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}]}}