Mortar Board Applicant

Mortar Board Applicant:

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this application. The effort you put into it will provide us with valuable details about your potential dedication to Mortar Board. The essay questions will play an especially important role in the application process, as it is your best chance to distinguish yourself from the other applicants. There is no interview for admittance, so we must get to know you through your writing alone.

Mortar Board National Senior Honor Society is built on three pillars: scholarship, leadership, and service. Members of Mortar Board must epitomize all three pillars, both before and during their time in Mortar Board. As we evaluate your application, we will be considering the breadth and depth of your experiences as they relate to each pillar. How well you exemplify each of the pillars will serve as the criterion for acceptance.

Mortar Board puts on UA events like Homecoming King Selections, All-Honorary Philanthropy, Faculty Tea, Evening of Excellence, and others that you and your group decide to initiate. The Mortar Board National Senior Honorary and our chapter are also committed to improving literacy, especially through service with elementary schools. Mortar Board requires dedication during your senior year, but you must balance your Mortar Board duties with class work and your other campus involvement.

Unlike other campus clubs, Mortar Board is a national organization with a vast alumni network and support. Once you join, you are always a member. After graduation, you may become an active alumnus or alumna in the organization. Many alumni are important figures in today’s world, including retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Hospice Movement founder Josefina Magno.

Applications are due by 4 p.m. on Friday, February 23, in the club drop box at the ASUA office. You must have at least a 3.2 GPA to be eligible for Mortar Board. You will be notified of acceptance by the end of March 2007.

Best of luck.

If you have any questions about the application, you may contact me.

Kristan Leech Mortar Board Senior Honor Society Selections and Recruitment Chairman [email protected] 602.692.4179 APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Please place all materials in a sealed manila envelope with your name, Student ID number, and "Attn: Mortar Board" written on the outside. The envelope must be turned in at the ASUA office, in the club drop box no later than 4 p.m. Friday, February 23.

All applications should be typed. However, rather than using a typewriter, we encourage you to download the application from http://clubs.asua.arizona.edu/~m_board. It is available in Microsoft Word format, so you can type your application directly onto the document.

IMPORTANT: Please put your FIRST AND LAST NAME ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER of each page.

DEADLINE: 4 p.m. Friday, February 23

All applications must include the following.

 Personal Information Sheet, completed and signed. A college activity sheet limited to no more than two pages. Since Mortar Board is based on the three pillars of scholarship, leadership, and services, a large part of selection is based on an applicant’s ability to demonstrate excellence in all three categories. Rather than submitting a resume, applicants are asked to create a college activity form of no more than two pages. The form, crafted by each applicant, should include the most significant achievements by each applicant in each of the categories: 1.) Scholarship 2.) Leadership 3.) Service. The entries should be limited to three sentences, describing the dates, activity, specific positions held by the applicant, and the nature of involvement/contribution. Awards may be included as entries in the Scholarship Section. A fourth category listing work experience is optional. One letter of recommendation. The letter should come from a person who can describe your excellence IN SERVICE AND/OR LEADERSHIP. The letter writer should place the letter in a sealed envelope and sign across the seal. One copy of your SAPR. Make sure that your select the DISPLAY NAME option in StudentLink. One copy of your spring 2007 schedule from Student Link (graphical format). One 250-word essay The essay should describe the applicant’s greatest achievement during his or her years at the University of Arizona and how that relates to Mortar Board’s three pillars. Please include this on a double-spaced, typed page. PERSONAL INFORMATION Please type

ADDRESS

E-MAIL

PARENTS’ NAMES

FATHER’S ADDRESS MOTHER’S ADDRESS

PHONE PHONE

I, ______, acknowledge that all of the information given in this application is true and hereby authorize Mortar Board to verify my cumulative GPA with the registrar.

______Signature

______Social Security Number

______Birth date (mm/dd/yy)