WASHINGTON, DC – With the nomination application deadline approaching, Congressman Bill Delahunt will sponsor an informational forum for local high school students and their families interested in educational opportunities at U.S. Service Academies.
The two-hour Delahunt forum is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 18 at the Martinson Elementary School at 257 Forest Street in Marshfield. It is open, free-of-charge, to all southeastern Massachusetts residents. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.
The session will feature admissions representatives from the U.S. Military Academy (West Point, NY), Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD), and Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, CO) -- as well as the Coast Guard Academy (New London, CT), Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY), Norwich University (Northfield, VT), and Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay. Also participating will be officials of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship program and the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board (DoDMERB).
Forum participants will outline procedures for pursuing a congressional nomination and admission to the Academies. Tenth Congressional District residents who graduate from high school by June 2009 are eligible to apply for the academic year 2009-2010. The application deadline for next year’s potential nominees is November 1, 2008.
All applications are evaluated thoroughly over a period of several months by the Tenth Congressional District Academy Nominee Selection Committee, a panel of distinguished local residents. The names of the students recommended by the committee will be forwarded by Congressman Delahunt to the respective Academies, where they compete for final admission and appointment.
For additional information on the September 18 forum, or about the nomination process, please call Delahunt’s office, toll-free, at 1-800-794-9911. In addition, the request for an application is available online through his Congressional website at http://www.house.gov/delahunt/academy.shtml.
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