Miguel Hernandez Staff Council Scholarship (SS6438)

The Miguel Hernandez Staff Council Scholarship is awarded to a full-time staff member enrolled in an undergraduate program to enhance, enrich and provide increased status and support for Texas State staff members in their endeavor for higher education. Mr. Hernandez was the first recipient of the Staff Council Employee Excellence Award and is widely recognized across campus for his outstanding work that sets a high bar for Texas State staff.

Recipients will be required to maintain eligibility throughout the award year. Any recipient who fails to maintain their eligibility, will forfeit the scholarship award for the following long semester.

Eligibility and Awards Criteria

• Must be a full-time, benefits eligible Texas State staff member.
• Must be employed at least 12 consecutive months prior to the application deadline OR must have been enrolled at Texas State in the Fall semester prior to the application timeframe.
• Must be enrolled in at least 3 semester credit hours at Texas State for the upcoming fall semester by the official 12th class day.
• Must maintain an overall grade point average of 3.0 or greater.
• Must be an undergraduate student
• Must include one recommendation form
• Staff enrolled in programs outside of Texas State are not eligible.

Recipients will be chosen based on the equally weighted evaluation of the following criteria

• Academic Excellence
• Texas State Involvement
• Future Goals
• Professionalism
• Collaboration

Overall Application Quality will be factored into the evaluation as well, including appropriate grammar and professional level of documentation.