Accepting Scholarships and Completing Thank You Letters
How to accept your scholarship and write your thank you.
1. Open the scholarship offer email from financial.aid@vcsu.edu in your VCSU email account.
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Click the link provided. This link will take you to https://vcsu.academicworks.com. You will see a screen that looks like the photo below.
- Log in to Academic Works with the same User Id and Password that you use for blackboard and campus connection.
2. Once logged in you will see a screen that has your scholarship(s) listed. Click on the scholarship offer to accept it. Once it has been accepted, you will be brought to a post-acceptance page where you will see the following statement.
“Congratulations on being awarded the (Name of scholarship) Scholarship. This scholarship has been funded through the generosity of the (name of where the scholarship came from). *As a token of our appreciation, we require that all students receiving a scholarship submit a Thank You letter addressed to the donor. Upon acceptance of your scholarship you will be prompted to submit this thank you letter.
(Please address your thank you letter to (the donor will be listed here)
Recognition of our donors is a very important step in ensuring the continuation of their support. The scholarship will be included in your Financial Aid Offer for the upcoming academic year once this Thank You letter has been received. If you understand and agree to the terms of this scholarship, please click the “Accept” button below.”
3. Write a thank you to the donor in the text box provided.-
Your thank you should include a little bit about yourself (your name, major, year in school, your future plans), and your appreciation to them (the donor) for their donation. Then sign your name at the bottom.
- Uploading a photo of yourself is optional.
4. Once your scholarship has been accepted and the post-acceptance has been completed and submitted you are done!
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Karen Crooks at karen.crooks@vcsu.edu or 701-845-7543.