Leach Family Scholarship

Selection statement of purpose
Scholarships within the college are awarded to provide financial support based on need, academic achievement, and/or other specified criteria as determined by the fund agreement for Donor/Gift Funded scholarships or the awarding department for Institutional/Departmental scholarships.
The donor sets the criteria for recipient selection (i.e., financial need, field of study). Scholarships are awarded for one academic year. Institutional funded scholarship selection criteria will be determined prior to review and selection of applicants and will be documented annually.
Darrell W. Leach and Marian H. Leach were longtime residents of Grand Junction, Colorado, and had many ties to Colorado’s Western Slope. They had three children—John F. Leach (Jour’74, MJour’79), Jeffery Leach (Bus’81) and Kathleen Leach Robbins (Bus’88)—and put all three through CU. Their children established this fund to honor them and, when possible, help CU students from the Western Slope. The scholarship goes to a journalism or business student at the University of Colorado and rotates annually among the College of Media, Communication and Information, the Leeds School of Business and the CU Denver School of Business. Thank you letters should be addressed to John Leach, Jeffery Leach and Kathleen Leach Robbins.
Selection Criteria
Applications are reviewed holistically, and selection criteria may include, but is not limited to, academic record, leadership experience, extracurricular involvement, community service, employment, essays, and in some cases, financial need as determined by the FAFSA/CASFA.
Essays: Quality of writing and content are weighed heavily.
Financial Need: The FAFSA and the Colorado Application for State Financial Aid (“CASFA”) are the mechanisms approved for calculating financial need for need-based scholarship awarding.