Starting Feb. 3, National American Legion College (NALC) applications post at legion.org/college. The application is a multipage comprehensive fillable pdf document. The application needs personal information with your civilian experience, education, American Legion experience, short answers, and an essay asking why you want to attend NALC and what you will do when you return to your department.
The prerequisites to attend NALC:
- Must be a member in good standing.
- Be a member for a minimum of three continuous years.
- You must have completed Basic Training online and submit your certificate with your application. American Legion Education Institute (ALEI) certificates are not accepted.
All applications must be submitted to your department headquarters for review and selection, and submitted to the national office by July 31. Contact your department for application deadlines as they differ from department to department. Applications sent to the national office will be sent back to the department as they must first be reviewed by your department and have their endorsement to be accepted.
The National American Legion College has 55 seats, one for each department. Departments can occupy up to two seats in the class. Departments submitting applications with remaining unfilled seats can backfill with another member from a department that submitted more than one application. The ideal candidate for the National American Legion College is either a district or county officer or a member just becoming a district or county officer. For more information about how to fill out the application, you can go to Training Tuesday, scroll down to “Tuesday, February 23, 2021,” and find “National American Legion College Application Process – Video Presentation / PowerPoint / Q&A.” To know more about NALC, go legion.org/college/about. If you have any questions, you can contact the NALC coordinator.
Author: National HQ
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