Poly P Scholarship
Poly P Scholarship Information
“Supporting Leadership Development”
- The first day to apply is Saturday, November 1, 2025.
- The last day to apply is Sunday, November 30, 2025, by midnight.
Scholarship Donors
The “Poly P Scholarship” is funded by University's alumni of the student organization that built the modern Poly P in 1957: Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity.
Goal
Our goal is to provide a $1,000 non-renewable, annual, scholarship to one deserving incoming male-gender-identifying student and one deserving, incoming, female-gender-identifying student.
Who Is Eligible
All incoming students are eligible regardless of age or educational background. For example, applicants can enter directly from high school, or junior or community colleges, or transfer from a four-year institution, enter after military service, enter from the workforce, etc.
Selection Criteria
The sole criteria will be merit and need. Collegiate student-club, fraternal or sorority affiliations at the University, unlikely by an entering student, are not part of the selection criteria. Merit must be based on accomplishments prior to starting course studies at the University.
Timing Of Awards
The scholarship winners , and runners-up, are determined during the Fall-to-Winter Quarter break. The funds are made available early in Winter Quarter. The awards winner must provide evidence of achieving at least a 3.0 GPA on 12 or more units during Fall Quarter to collect the awards.
Application Process
Applicants are asked to use the Poly P Scholarship application and submit it electronically to the review board no later than midnight, Wednesday, November 15, 2023." , with ""Applicants are asked to use the Poly P Scholarship application and submit it electronically to the Scholarship's Administrators no later than midnight, Sunday, November 30, 2025.
Selection Process
The applicants will be reduced to a quarter-final list, then a semi-finalist list, then a top 10 finalist list. An applicant's gender is not asked nor considered in judging. Applicants are judged by a group of retired professional men and women. The two scholarship administrators, Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, do not vote.
Academic Requirement
Each scholarship winner must subsequently complete a Fall Quarter course-load of at least 12 units at a minimum GPA of 3.0 to be eligible to receive the awards. Upon making this information available to the administrator, funds will be made available. If the first-place winner fails to meet this modest academic standard, runners-up will be contacted in the order of their finish.
Further Information
Contact, preferably by email, the Scholarship’s Co-Founders:
Chris and Carol Patterson
cpatterson76@outlook.com
Cell (530) 941-3986
It is essential that the subject-line in your email begin with: “Poly P Scholarship”
Photo Credit
The color photo above in the Association’s letterhead is of a 1981 workday by the undergraduate brothers of Delta Sigma Phi to repair the “P”
Poly P Judges And Patrons
The Poly P Scholarship, established in 2012, annually offers one or more $1,000 educational awards for first year students. It is funded by University alumni of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, the student organization that built the present 'P' in 1957, and their wives. The awards provide DSP alumni a collective means to give-back to the University in a manner that honors our older Brothers who built the P in 1957 – and demonstrates the importance of philanthropy to all students.
Female Alumnae Judges for Applications of Young Women
Our Delta Sig Alumni Judges
For any questions, please contact scholarship founders and administrators Chris and Carol Patterson: cpatterson76@outlook.com
Our Past Patrons
We recognize and sincerely thank the following Poly P Patrons. Their thoughtful donations, and the support of other Delta Sigs who attend our fundraising dinners, make this award possible. The threshold to become a Poly P Patron is $100 in net donation. Patrons can directly donate, or provide an auction item, or be the winning bidder on an auction item that yields at least a $100 net value toward the scholarship fund.
Winter ’58
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Spring ’58
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Spring ‘69
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Fall ‘69
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Scholarship Judge
Spring ‘70
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Spring ‘71
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Winter ‘72
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Winter ‘72
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Grand Council VP
Past Chapter President
Fall ‘72
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Scholarship Judge
Witner ‘73
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Scholarship Founders / Administrators
Fall ‘74
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Scholarship Judge
Past Chapter President
Fall ‘75
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Past Chapter President
ACB VP
Spring ‘76
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Past ACB President
ACB VP
‘77
Alpha Alpha Chapter
University of Illinois
Current DSP National President
‘77
Eta Chapter
University of Texas
Past DSP National President, 2003-05
Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Of The Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
Established 2001 For the Chapter in San Luis Obispo
Chapter in San Luis Obispo (est. 1950) of Delta
Sigma Phi (est. 1899)