FACULTY
ENDOWMENT FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AWARD INFORMATION
If you have accessed this Web page, you have received an invitation to apply
for a Faculty Endowment for Student Scholarships Award. Only students who have received
a written invitation to apply for a scholarship will be eligible for
consideration. This page provides important information about the application
process.
Program Description
Each year, Faculty Endowment for Student Scholarships Awards, each equal to
the cost of registration fees for one semester, are made to students from funds
generated from annual contributions by faculty and funds generated from the
Faculty Endowment for Student Scholarships and Faurot Endowment Funds. This
year, a minimum of 3 awards will be made to undergraduate students and a
minimum of 1 to a post-baccalaureate student, as available funding permits. The
awards shall recognize academic achievement and promise of continued academic
success, service and contributions to the student’s major department, college,
the university and/or the community at-large, and articulation of future
educational goals. Award recipients shall be selected by the Faculty Endowment
for Student Scholarships Committee and recognition of award recipients shall be
made at a Faculty Senate meeting. The decision of the Faculty Endowment for
Student Scholarships Committee is final.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
Undergraduate students:
- Must have completed at least one year at Sacramento
State and at least 60 units in their academic career, including 30 units
of coursework at Sac State.
- Undergraduate students must be enrolled at least
half-time (6 units) during the semester of application and have at least
one semester remaining at Sac State as an undergraduate. (If you
are graduating in December and awaiting acceptance and/or have been
accepted into a post-baccalaureate or credential program, you are not
eligible for an undergraduate scholarship.)
- Undergraduate students must have a minimum overall and
Sac State GPA of 3.5, and be in the top 10% of GPAs in the student’s
major. Finalists' continued eligibility through the fall semester will be
verified prior to the granting of awards.
- Previous recipients of an undergraduate award are not
eligible for a second award in this category.
- Undergraduate students enrolled through the
College of Continuing Education must be in a degree program to be eligible for
this scholarship.
Post-baccalaureate students:
- Post-baccalaureate students must have completed at
least one semester and at least 12 units at Sac State as a
post-baccalaureate student by the end of the current fall semester.
- Post-baccalaureate students must be enrolled at least
half-time (4 units) during the semester of application and have at least
one semester remaining at Sac State.
- Post-baccalaureate students must have an overall and
Sac State post-baccalaureate GPA of at least 3.5 and be in the top 5% of
GPAs in the student’s major. Finalists' continued eligibility through the
fall semester will be verified prior to the granting of awards.
- Previous recipients of the post-baccalaureate award
shall not be eligible for a second award in this category (previous
recipients in the undergraduate category may be eligible for a
post-baccalaureate award).
- Undergraduate students enrolled through the
College of Continuing Education must be in a degree program to be eligible for
this scholarship.
APPLICATION
PROCEDURE
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST HAVE:
- A completed and signed Faculty
Endowment for Student Scholarships Award Application Form (link).
- A one-page resume
- A “Personal Statement” in which the student describes
his/her academic accomplishments, evidence of service
and contributions to the student’s major department, college,
university and/or the community at-large, and his/her future educational
goals. The “Personal Statement” MUST be typed on an 8-1/2 x 11
page and should not exceed 300 words.
- No more than three (3) letters of support, with at
least one from a Sacramento State faculty member in which the faculty
member provides an evaluation of the student's academic achievement and
promise of academic success as well as the student’s service and
contribution to the department, college, university and/or the community
at-large (please limit service activities to the past five years).
In addition, letters of support from one or more people, e.g., non-Sac
State faculty, supervisors, or anyone who may provide evidence of the
student’s service and contribution can be included. Applicants
should take special care to request letters of support from faculty
members and other individuals most qualified to speak knowledgeably and
compellingly about their academic achievements, service activities, and/or
educational goals. Letters of support can be addressed to the
“Faculty Endowment for Student Scholarships Committee”. If faculty prefer
submitting support letters in sealed envelopes, please instruct them to
provide the original and 4 (four) copies; otherwise, you must make and
submit 4 (four) copies.
You must submit 5 (five) complete sets of documents containing items 1-4
listed above, in the above-referenced order, collated and stapled [link to example] (each committee member
needs a complete set for their review) to the Financial Aid Office in LASSEN
HALL, Room 1006 no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2011. You
may use the “Document Drop Box” in the Financial Aid Office or mail your
documents to CSU, Sacramento, Financial Aid, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA
95819-6044. Faxed applications will not be accepted.
APPLICATIONS MISSING ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED ABOVE (IN THE ORIGINALS OR ANY
OF THE COPIES) WILL BE DEEMED INCOMPLETE AND WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION.
CALL THE FACULTY SENATE OFFICE AT 278-6593 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. PERSONNEL
FROM FINANCIAL AID CANNOT ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SCHOLARSHIP UNLESS THEY
PERTAIN TO YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.
SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION PROCESS
A minimum of 3 awards will be made to undergraduate students and a minimum
of one to a post-baccalaureate student, as available funding permits. The
awards shall recognize academic achievement and promise of continued academic
success, service and contributions to the student’s major department, college,
the university and/or the community at-large, and and articulation of future
educational goals. Award recipients shall be selected by the seven-member
Faculty Endowment for Student Scholarships Committee and recognition of award
recipients shall be made at a Faculty Senate meeting in the spring semester.
The decision of the Faculty Endowment for Student Scholarships Committee is
final.
Award recipients will be notified by e-mail and letter in December 2011. All
applicants will be notified of the results via e-mail, and the recipients'
names will be posted on the Faculty Senate's bulletin board and web page (www.csus.edu/acse).