The deadline to be nominated for the 2015 Livingston C. Lord Scholarship established by the Alumni Association will end Monday.

Only faculty can nominate a student for the award. Nominations must be submitted through an online form located on the Alumni Services scholarship page on the Eastern website.

The nomination must include why a nominee should be considered for the award.

The nominee must be an undergraduate student in a degree program leading to teacher certification. The respective recipient must also be planning for a career in elementary, middle level, or secondary education.

According the scholarship page, the recipient must also be considered a junior and must have at least 30 credit hours at Eastern by the beginning of the fall semester when the award is given.

They must also have at least 24 credit hours in their respective degree programs by that time as well.

Nominees are required to have a cumulative GPA of 3.6 or higher as well.

This award is considered one of the university’s most prestigious awards for academic excellence with it being the only award to honor recipients annually at the spring commencement ceremony. Only five awards are presented and each of the awards was for $7,030 in 2014.

The award was established in honor of the first Eastern president Livingston C. Lord.

Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.