Magaña & Van Dyke
Dominick Marsala Memorial Scholarship
Magaña & Van Dyke provides honest, aggressive, and efficient legal representation to clients facing criminal charges in Denton, Texas and surrounding areas.
Applications Are Currently Open
for the Spring 2025 Semester
Each semester, our criminal defense firm offers college students the opportunity to be awarded $1,000 through the Magaña & Van Dyke Dominick Marsala Memorial Scholarship. Our team understands how difficult it can be to pursue personal interests outside of school and work, and we believe it is incredibly valuable to maintain such hobbies throughout your life, despite challenging transitions and busy schedules. Through the Magaña & Van Dyke Dominick Marsala Memorial Scholarship, our firm works to provide students with financial assistance to help them pursue their goals and passions.
To connect with our scholarship team, please email scholarship@maganavandyke.com.
Who Is Eligible?
All applicants must meet each of the following requirements:
Student has a minimum grade point average of 3.0
Student is enrolled an accredited college or university for the Spring 2025 semester
Student is enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program
Student is a permanent resident or citizen of the United States
What Are the
Application Requirements?
To be considered for the Magaña & Van Dyke Dominick Marsala Memorial Scholarship, students must submit a video of 3 minutes or less answering the following prompt:
VIDEO PROMPT
Making time for hobbies can greatly benefit a person and ensure that they are focused on what is important to them. What would you consider to be your lifelong hobby?
How have you maintained this hobby throughout your life, and how do you plan to continue to make time for it while also pursuing a higher education, working, and/or focusing on other priorities? How has this hobby helped you to excel in other areas of your life?
Additionally, applications must include the student’s contact information, proof of enrollment, and proof of GPA.
How Are Applications Evaluated?
For the Magaña & Van Dyke Dominick Marsala Memorial Scholarship, we will judge each application and select one recipient every semester based on these criteria:
Student meets all requirements
Video is creative, original, and of high quality
Video answers prompt clearly and effectively
Highlighting The Winners Of Our Magaña & Van Dyke Scholarship
Spring 2024 Winner: Steven Ramos
We are delighted to announce that Steven Ramos received our Dominick Marsala Memorial Scholarship for Spring 2024. A student at Florida State College, we are happy to assist this creative student with our award as he pursues his bachelor's degree and follows his dreams.
Contact Our
Scholarship Team
If you have any questions about our scholarship or how to apply, please contact our team via email at scholarship@maganavandyke.com
We look forward to reviewing your application!
Scholarship Application Form
The Magaña & Van Dyke Lifelong Hobby Scholarship is managed through the OVC Scholarship Network.