The Mike and Betty Pongracz Scholarship is available to residents of Marion or Polk County, or graduates (including GED recipients and home-schooled students) of high schools in those counties. Applicants should be majoring in education or planning to become educators. The scholarship can be used at any four-year Oregon public university, as well as Lewis & Clark, Linfield, Pacific, and Willamette universities. February 15 is the early bird deadline and March 1 is the final deadline for all applications and materials to be submitted to OSAC. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Oregon Office of Student Access and Completion for more information.