Distinguished Scholarship

Amount

Students Entering Fall 2011 Students Entering Fall 2012
$4,000 per semester $4,250 per semester

Scholarship Renewal Requirements:

  1. Remain continuously enrolled in at least 12 hours each semester during the 8 semester term of your scholarship.
  2. Complete 12 or more hours and earn at least a 2.5 GPA each fall semester.
  3. Complete 30 or more hours and earn at least a 3.25 GPA each academic year (fall and spring terms combined). Cumulative GPA is not used to determine renewal status, only the combined fall and spring GPAs.
  4. If for any reason you leave the University you forfeit your scholarship.

 

Reinstatement

If a student loses their scholarship and wants it reinstated they must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5. Also, the semester before the student wants it reinstated they must have completed 15 hours. Only Fall and Spring hours will count towards this requirement. When it is reinstated you must meet all requirements of the scholarship. If the scholarship is reinstated mid-year (January for Fall-Spring recipients or August for Spring-Fall Recipients) the student must complete 15 hours and keep a 3.25 GPA for the scholarship to renew.

Holds/Exceptions

A scholarship can be placed on hold for a semester if a student has a documented medical condition or documented military service. The medical exception for scholarship requirements applies only to severe or life-threatening medical emergencies. If you leave the University without getting a hold, you forfeit your scholarship.  Please contact Enrollment Management at 501-450-3125 to learn more about any other exceptions or hold conditions.Students with holds and exceptions will have specific renewal/reinstatement requirements that may be different than the ones noted above.

**All requests for reinstatement, holds, or exceptions must be accompanied by a reinstatement request form and documentation.