Covington Entrepreneurial Scholarship

The Covington Entrepreneurial Award will be open to all applicants with the following qualifications:

  • Must be from southern Illinois (south of I-70).
  • Must be WORKING AND have some business experience.
  • Must have career goals that involve owning his or her own business.
  • Must be undergraduate marketing majors (freshmen-senior) in good academic standing (grades are not a factor). Applicants must submit a statement discussing why they are entrepreneurial, their aspirations for owning or running their own business, and how they will use the money.

Donor
Mr. Jon S. Covington and Patricia A. Covington, Ph.D
Award
Varies
Area of Interest
College of Business & Analytics
Deadline
02/01/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. Please submit an essay stating your interest in entreprenuership, your aspirations for owning or running your own business, and how the scholarship money will be used.
  2. Do you have career goals that involve owning your own business?
  3. Are you a member of Pi Sigma Epsilon, the American Marketing Association, or any comparable registered student organization?
  4. Do you have a job to help support yourself while attending college?