OPSF

Jack Kent Cooke

Description: Mr. Jack Kent Cooke was a businessman, sportsman, and philanthropist. His business interests included ownership of professional sports teams, newspapers, magazines, radio stations, cable television, and real estate holdings. He left most of his fortune to establish the Foundation. One major goal of the Foundation is to identify extraordinary individuals who have excelled in academics as well as other extracurricular activities and help them pursue the kind of formal education Mr. Cooke himself never had.
Qualifications: Applicants must be college seniors or recent graduates (graduated since May 2001) with at least a 3.5 GPA who are enrolled in a graduate program full-time in the fall or will be by April 30th. U.S. citizenship is not required, but scholars must show an appropriate valid U.S. visa to the Foundation each year. Financial need is an important factor in determining recipients.
Amount: The scholarship covers tuition, room and board, required fees, and books up to a maximum of $50,000
Application Process: The official application consists of: the form, a cost of attendance worksheet, resume, narrative autobiography, transcripts, two letters of recommendation, and an optional portfolio for applicants in the arts.

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Timeline:

Event	Date	Notes
Application deadline	3/14/2008
BYU deadline	2/16/2009	All application materials due to Carolyn Tuitupou in 102B MSRB by Noon

Resources:

Official Website	Official Website for the JKC Foundation
BYU Nomination Procedures	Information for BYU applicants

Faculty Representative:

Carolyn Tuitupou

Undergraduate Education

102B MSRB

2-6136

carolyn_tuitupou@byu.edu

Recipients:

Kenneth Brewer	2007-2008
Brady Redfearn	2007-2008
Dong-Jin (Dan) Kim	2007-2008
Jordan Toone	2005-2006