Students can now apply for three new scholarships, which range in value from $250 to a full year’s tuition.

The Joseph and Cecilia Covi Scholarship, which covers a full year of tuition and fees, the Charles Jacobs and Mariann Dana Younger Scholarship, which is worth approximately $4,000 and the Vergil V. Greg Memorial Scholarship, worth $250 are all being offered for the first time.

Applications for all three awards are available in the office of the vice president for student affairs, 115 Old Main, or by calling 581-3221. Qualified students can apply until Nov. 26.

Nancy Page, administrative aide in the office of development and assistant secretary of the Eastern Illinois University Foundation, said most scholarships aren’t awarded the same year they are created, as is this case with these three.

“When a scholarship is established through the foundation we invest that money for one full year and the scholarship award is paid through the interest earned,” she said.

The Covi Scholarship was established by Dario Covi and his wife Madeline, to honor Dario’s parents Joseph and Cecilia Covi.

Dario graduated from Eastern in 1943 with a bachelor’s degree in art. To apply, a student must be enrolled full time at Eastern. Preference would be given to students who graduated from high school in Livingston. However, Fay Camp, administrative secretary, said that records show that there currently are no students from Livingston enrolled at Eastern.

The Jacobs and Younger Award places influence on applicants who are heavily involved in a student activity including Student Government, Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, the arts, music, drama, the sciences and business. Applicants must also have at least a 3.0 grade point average.

Jacqueline Joines, director of development in the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences, said Jacobs, who obtained a bachelor’s in physics from Eastern in 1954 and his wife Younger, who received a bachelor’s degree in speech communication the same year, were both highly involved in student activities at Eastern.

The Vergil Gregg Scholarship was established to honor an alum that earned a master’s in education guidance and counseling and specialist degree from Eastern in 1970. Applicants must have an overall GPA of 2.5.

Tami Babbs, Eastern accountant, said Gregg passed away in 1999 and his family and friends decided to establish a scholarship that highlighted his commitment to education. He served the Westfield School District from 1949 to 1984, and so applicants from Westfield will be favored in the selection process.

Babbs, who attended Westfield High School, which has since been consolidated with Casey, said Gregg was an administrator that was always willing to devote his time to working with students.