UHS Tuition Scholarship (SS5468) Spring

NOTE: The scholarship application will be open only to dependents of University Health Service (UHS) employees until October 1st. The application deadline will be extended for SHC student employees and members of Healthy Cats and Students Against Violence, members of UHS Advisory Council and MedCats Volunteers if no dependents of Student Health Center employees apply by the October 1st deadline. This award will be paid during the upcoming spring semester.

The UHS Tuition Scholarship Scholarship has been established with donations from University Health Services (UHS) employees. It is awarded once a semester to qualified applications who are dependents of UHS employees, UHS student employees, a member of Healthy Cats or Students Against Violence, member of UHS Advisory Council or a Medcats volunteer.

1. Recipient of the scholarship must be either the dependent of an employee of University Health Services, a student employee of University Health Services, or a Healthy Cats/Students Against Violence Peer Educator (SAV), MedCats volunteer or UHS Advisory Committee Member.
2. A SHC staff member must be employed for at least 6 months prior to the application deadline for his/her dependent to be eligible. The applicant must be enrolled in a minimum of nine (9) semester hours (at Texas State) for the semester of the scholarship disbursement.
3. Student Health Center employee recipients must currently be employed at the SHC, must have been employed at the SHC at least 6 months prior to the application deadline, AND enroll in a minimum of nine (9) semester hours (at Texas State) for the semester of the scholarship disbursement. Both undergraduate and graduate student employees are eligible for this scholarship.
4. Peer Educators (Healthy Cats or SAV), MedCats Volunteers or UHS Advisory Committee member recipients must have participated or served the semester prior to the semester the scholarship application is due AND enroll in a minimum of nine (9) semester hours for the semester of the scholarship disbursement.
5. Recipients must have an overall GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale at Texas State, or for entering first-year students or transfer students, on their high school or transferring institution’s transcript.
6 Applicants must submit a letter(s) of reference from a professor, teacher, organization advisor or current or former supervisor This letter should be submitted as a part of the completed scholarship submission.
7. Applicants must submit a personal statement that is a one to two pages, double spaced, word document or write 500 – 1,000 words in the box provided in the application portal. This should include your Goals (Academic, Professional, and Personal), your Activities/Organizations (both on and off campus including employment, volunteer hours, etc.), other Interests/Hobbies, and a brief statement of why this scholarship is important to you.
8. Scoring criteria will be based on GPA, goals (academic, professional, personal), activities/organizations, interests/hobbies and Reference Letter.

Questions regarding this scholarship should be forwarded to je12@txstate.edu