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2025 Lyon Cohen Merit Scholarship
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Lyon Cohen Merit Scholarship Application
The Lyon Cohen Merit Scholarship is awarded annually to any college undergraduate or graduate student. The scholarship is not a needs-based scholarship and is available to all members and family members of Congregation Beth Israel. The scholarship will be presented to an individual who exemplifies Lyon Cohen’s optimism and devotion to Jewish ethics. The winner will be announced at this year's Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
Application deadline is Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
For questions regarding this application, please contact
David Scott
, RJE, Director of Lifelong Learning & Engagement.
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How is permanent residence established?
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Home address for school registratio
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Home Phone
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Email Address
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In the fall of 2025, I will be
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Undergraduate Freshman
Undergraduate Sophomore
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Graduate Student
GPA (if you will be a college freshman, use high school GPA)
Current cumulative GPA
on a scale of
Your undergraduate major(s)
Your undergraduate minor(s)
Total number of credits required for graduation
Please enter a number greater than or equal to
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Number of college credits earned to date
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Final Undergraduate GPA
Current cumulative GPA
on a scale of
Your undergraduate major(s)
Graduate degree(s) sought
Degree(s)
Concentration(s)
Current cumulative GPA
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Date of enrollment in undergraduate or graduate program
Proof of enrollment in an Undergraduate or Graduate program for Fall 2024 must be provided by June 1, 2024.
Total number of credits required for graduation
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Number of college credits earned to date
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Please list the date of receipt or expected receipt of your undergraduate or graduate degree, the degree sought or received, the institution, and your current or final GPA, including GPA scale. If you will be an undergraduate freshman or sophomore in the fall of 2025, please list your current or final high school GPA, and scale.
Please list the school you will be attending in the fall of 2025, the degree you will be seeking, and your expected graduation date.
If you are currently enrolled in this institution, please provide your current GPA and the GPA scale.
If you have more activities, work experience, and/or awards than the space allows, list only those you consider most significant. Attachments and/or additional text submissions will not be accepted.
1. List the secondary school from which you graduated or will graduate, and all higher education institutions attended. Include summer, study-abroad, trips to Israel, or exchange programs.
How many secondary schools did you attend?
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2. List college activities (student government, sports, publications, school-sponsored community service programs, student-faculty committees, arts, music, etc.). List in descending order of significance. If currently in high school or a freshman in college, also list high school activities, in order of importance.
How many college activities did you take part in?
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offices
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Additional College Activity Information (if you will be a freshman, include high school activities)
3. List public service and community activities (homeless services, environmental protection/conservation, advocacy activities, work with religious organizations, etc.). Do not repeat items listed previously. List in descending order of significance.
How many community service activities did you take part in?
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# of weeks active
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Additional Community Service Information
4. List part-time and full-time jobs and internships since high school graduation. If currently in high school or a freshman in college, also list high school activities, in order of importance.
How many full/part-time jobs or internships have you had?
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Type of Work
Employer
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Average # of Hours/Week
Type of Work
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Type of Work
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Average # of Hours/Week
Additional Work and Internship Information
5. List awards, scholarships, publications, or special recognitions you have received. List in descending order of significance.
6. What does leadership mean to you? Describe one specific example of your leadership.
7. Describe your reasons for pursuing the degree you are seeking and what you plan to achieve with it.
8. Describe how your view of Judaism relates to being ethical in business.
9. Lyon Cohen was a fighter. He battled spinal cancer for over 15 years, yet he always had the most positive and optimistic view on life. Please share with us ways in which you have also remained positive and optimistic in the face of adversity. Please list specific examples from your own life.
10. What additional personal information do you wish to share with the Lyon Cohen Scholarship Committee?
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How did you hear about this scholarship?
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Congregation Beth Israel's website
Facebook / Instagram
Word of mouth
Previous applicant / award recipient
Other
Please upload a copy of your resume with your photo here:
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I give permission to officials of my institution to release transcripts of my academic record for consideration in the Lyon Cohen Scholarship program. I understand that this application will be available only to qualified people who need to see it in the course of their duties. I waive the right to access letters of recommendation written on my behalf. I affirm that all of this application is my own work. I affirm the information contained herein is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.
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For links below for more information about:
LYON COHEN SCHOLARSHIP HISTORY
LYON COHEN MERIT SCHOLARSHIP The Fund has created the Lyon Cohen Scholarship, a $5000 annual scholarship available to any Congregation Beth Israel member... (
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ELLEN COHEN BIOGRAPHY
Ellen Cohen Ellen Cohen has lived and worked in the city of Houston for the past 43 years. She served for 10 years as... (
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RABBI DAVID LYON BIOGRAPHY
Rabbi David A. Lyon A native of Chicago, Illinois, Rabbi David Lyon was ordained Rabbi in 1990, at HUC-JIR, Cincinnati. Upon ordination, he served as... (
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