Who can volunteer
These rules exist to keep anyone close to an applicant away from that applicant's file.
You may volunteer if you are a former Lu Scholar, or a family member of a current one. We ask that you either understand what the scholarship is for or are willing to learn it before you speak for us.
When you are not eligible
You may not volunteer in a year in which any of the following is true of you.
- A family member of yours, such as a child or a sibling, is applying in the current selection cycle.
- You work in scholarships or college admission, including as a high school counselor or an independent consultant.
- You take part in selecting candidates for another scholarship with a similar purpose.
- You are engaged in any other activity, paid or unpaid, that could create a conflict of interest.
- You are an employee or a board member of the Lu Memorial Foundation.
If a family member is applying
Volunteers ask about this every year, so here is the answer. We ask you to mark yourself inactive for the cycle in which your family member applies, and you are welcome back the year after. It is not a judgment about you. It is how we can say, without qualification, that nobody with a stake in an application went near it.
If your own circumstances do not fit any of the lines above, write to scholarship@lu-memorial.org and ask. We would rather answer the question than have you guess.
Writing a recommendation
Recommending a student for another scholarship is the one activity related to another program that does not make you ineligible. If you write a recommendation for someone who is also applying here, tell us, so that we can keep your name away from that file.
What we ask of volunteers
Review your eligibility once a year and tell us if it has changed. These rules cover every volunteer activity, not one of them.
Volunteering is something we invite rather than something you are owed. You may stop at any time, for any reason or none, and the foundation may end a volunteer's participation on the same terms.