Scholarship Rules

Complete rules and selection process can be found in the official application packet. What follows is a summary.

Overview

• The IT Division offers at least one annual scholarship of at least $500 to be paid each Fall through the Office of Student Financial Aid.
• A committee comprised of divisional employees review applications and recommend recipients.
• The scholarship is funded entirely through charitable contributions.
• Recipients who fail to maintain their eligibility as described in the official application packet may forfeit any future eligibility and may be required to fully reimburse the IT Division Scholarship Fund.

Eligibility

• Eligible applicants must be an IT Division staff member or the spouse, child, grandchild, or legal ward of a staff member.
• Staff members must have been employed at least six consecutive months prior to the application deadline to be eligible, or for family member eligibility.
• Staff members must be enrolled in at least six semester hours at Texas State for the upcoming Fall semester; Family members of IT staff must be enrolled in 12 semester hours at Texas State for the upcoming Fall semester. 
• Applicants who have completed college hours must have a GPA of 2.75 or greater.
• Entering freshmen must have graduated in the upper quarter of their high school graduating class.
• Recipients may only receive the scholarship twice.