Harrison Fellows Scholarship

National Louis University wants to make an investment in you. If you have what it takes to be a future leader in your career and your community please consider applying for the National Louis University Harrison Fellows Scholarship. As a Harrison Fellow, you will join a tight-knit family of NLU students with demonstrated leadership potential.  Harrison Fellows come from a wide range of age groups and backgrounds creating a diverse community of leaders and learners. 

Harrison Fellows Scholarship Criteria

Please consider applying for the Harrison Fellows Scholarship if you:

  • Have 90 or fewer transfer credit hours
  • Have a 2.5 or higher high school/transfer GPA OR
  • 19 or higher composite ACT score
  • Agree to attend full-time (12+ quarter hours per term) during the day on the Chicago campus
  • Enroll in one of the 5 eligible daytime degree programs

Harrison Fellows Scholarship Programs

Choose from five career-launching undergraduate daytime programs, each with a focus on professional and community development:

  • Business Administration (B.A.) – Students learn in the context of real-world challenges and develop the essential interpersonal strengths, foundation of business skills, and communication skills necessary to succeed on the job.
  • Human Services (B.A.) – Students expand their understanding of human behavior and development and apply that new knowledge to counseling and management situations so they can make a positive impact in the world.
  • Early Childhood Education (B.A.) – Prepares students to work with children from birth through age eight. Upon successful completion, graduates will earn a Type 04 Illinois teaching license.
  • Elementary Education (B.A.) – This program is designed to train teachers for success in classrooms and as school leaders. It has a special emphasis on teaching math and upon successful completion graduates will earn a Type 03 Illinois teaching license.
  • Special Education (B.A.) – Designed for students looking to gain their LBS1 licensure in order to make a difference in the lives of children with learning challenges. You will learn how to best educate students with disabilities in accordance with federal and state policies and upon successful completion graduates will earn a Type 10 Illinois teaching license.
  • Criminal Justice (B.A.) – This program, with majors in Criminal Justice Administration or Forensic Social Justice, prepares students to work in fields addressing the effects of criminality on individuals, communities, and society. The degree equips graduates to serve in the law enforcement, courts, or corrections systems, or to work in related private industries.

Applying for the Harrison Fellows Scholarship

Follow the steps below to apply

  • Download and complete the NLU application
  • Requires a reference letter from a sponsor at community based organization to submit with your application
  • Once admitted to NLU you will be invited to Chicago campus for a fellowship interview

Ongoing Scholarship Criteria

  • The scholarship can be awarded until the student has reached 180 quarter hours of combined transfer and institutional coursework
  • Must maintain full-time (12+ quarter hours per term) enrollment in primarily daytime courses
  • Students must adhere to the Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy of National Louis University

Questions? 

To learn more about the Harrison Fellow Scholarship, complete the Request More Information form on the right or call 888.NLU.TODAY (888.658.8632).

 

Locations

  • CHICAGO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

    NLU’s Chicago campus on South Michigan Avenue occupies five floors of the historic Peoples Gas Building. This landmark building, across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago and Grant Park, is easily accessible by train, bus and car and is surrounded by restaurants, parking lots/garages and shops.

    122 S. Michigan Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60603
    800.443.5522

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  • ELGIN

    Conveniently located in a fast-growing business district off I-90 and Route 31, NLU Elgin features 10 classrooms with high-tech media equipment; a computer lab with high-speed Internet access; two conference rooms; and comfortable student lounges. Parking is free at this recently remodeled and upgraded teaching site, which now includes wireless Internet access.

    620 Tollgate Road
    Elgin, IL 60123
    800.443.5522

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  • NORTH SHORE

    Opened in the summer of 2006, NLU North Shore at Skokie is a state-of-the-art modern campus located just off the Edens Expressway near the Old Orchard Shopping Center. The campus includes 44 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a walk-in lab in the library; six conference rooms; a public café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; and multiple, comfortable student lounge areas.

    5202 Old Orchard Road
    Skokie, IL 60077
    800.443.5522

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  • LISLE

    Located just minutes from the East-West Tollway (I-88), NLU Lisle features 42 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a separate walk-in lab in the library; a café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; conference rooms; and six comfortable student lounge areas with wireless access.

    850 Warrenville Road
    Lisle, IL 60532
    800.443.5522

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  • WHEELING

    Located in one of Chicago's major northwest suburbs, the newly renovated NLU Wheeling includes 20 classrooms with high-tech media equipment, four conference rooms, four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, large student lounge areas with wireless capabilities and interactive video capabilities, and an extensive research library. The site also houses the university library research collection.

    1000 Capitol Drive
    Wheeling, IL 60090
    800.443.5522

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  • FLORIDA (TAMPA)

    Established in 1988 and located in one of the city's major business districts, NLU's Tampa campus serves students in 13 counties in central Florida. In addition to six classrooms, the campus features a conference room, a computer lab with high-speed Internet access, an extensive research library and comfortable student lounges.

    4950 West Kennedy Blvd. #300
    Tampa, FL 33609
    800.366.6581 | www.nl.edu/florida

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  • WISCONSIN

    NLU's Milwaukee campus has a proud history of serving graduate students in education in southeastern Wisconsin. Nearly one in five certified Wisconsin teachers looks to NLU for graduate education programs – more than any other university in the state. In addition to classrooms with high-tech media equipment, the campus offers a state-of-the-art computer lab with wireless Internet access and an extensive IDS research library.

    12000 West Park Place, Suite 100
    Milwaukee, WI 53224-3007
    414.577.2658

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