Offbeat Dollars for Scholars:
1) be Catholic
2) change your last name to Zolp
3) have kid
4) kid is now eligible for scholarship at Loyola
From the article:
"So far, officials said, the Scarpinato scholarship has never gone wanting. That's not the case, though, at Loyola University of Chicago.
There, a lack of applicants for one highly specialized endowment has prompted admissions officers to page through out-of-town phone books whenever they travel, said Edward Moore, the university's scholarship director.
'They're trying to find Zolps,' he said.
Or more specifically, eligible students who can prove two things: that they are Catholic and, since birth, have been named Zolp. Anyone who can and is otherwise eligible for admission can get a scholarship that covers tuition at the private Jesuit college, worth nearly $22,000 next school year.
'We'd really like to spend that money,' Moore said.
Seven or eight years ago, in a more Zolp-abundant era, there were actually two enrolled at once. But the slots have stood empty in recent years.
'Three years ago, we had a Zolp prospect,' Moore recalled. 'But you know what? He got a golf scholarship and went somewhere else. Incredible.'"
1) be Catholic
2) change your last name to Zolp
3) have kid
4) kid is now eligible for scholarship at Loyola
From the article:
"So far, officials said, the Scarpinato scholarship has never gone wanting. That's not the case, though, at Loyola University of Chicago.
There, a lack of applicants for one highly specialized endowment has prompted admissions officers to page through out-of-town phone books whenever they travel, said Edward Moore, the university's scholarship director.
'They're trying to find Zolps,' he said.
Or more specifically, eligible students who can prove two things: that they are Catholic and, since birth, have been named Zolp. Anyone who can and is otherwise eligible for admission can get a scholarship that covers tuition at the private Jesuit college, worth nearly $22,000 next school year.
'We'd really like to spend that money,' Moore said.
Seven or eight years ago, in a more Zolp-abundant era, there were actually two enrolled at once. But the slots have stood empty in recent years.
'Three years ago, we had a Zolp prospect,' Moore recalled. 'But you know what? He got a golf scholarship and went somewhere else. Incredible.'"
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