JSU Staff Senate Annual Scholarship

Criteria for selection:
Be a full-time staff, benefit eligible member who has been employed by JSU for a minimum of one year at the time of the application deadline;
• Be a dependent child (natural, adoptive, foster, or stepchild) of a benefited staff member who has been employed by JSU for a minimum of one year at the time of the application deadline; dependent eligibility will be verified.
• Dependent shall be defined according to the U.S. Department of Education Financial Aid Student Guide. A student is dependent only if he/she can answer “no” to all of the following
I am 24 years or older as of January 1 the year of application;
o I am married;
o I am enrolled in a graduate or professional (law or medical school) program;
o I have legal dependents other than a spouse;
I am (or was until age 18) an orphan or ward of the court;
o I am a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces (“veteran” includes a student who attended a U.S. military academy who was released under a condition other than dishonorable).
Staff Member shall be an admitted undergraduate and/or graduate student to JSU;
• Dependent shall be an admitted undergraduate student to JSU;
• Staff member shall be enrolled full-time (at least 12 credit hours per semester as an undergraduate and 9 credit hours per semester as a graduate);
• Dependent shall be enrolled full-time (at least 15 credit hours per semester);
• Staff member must have a minimum of 3.0 GPA or higher for college credits.
• Dependent must have a minimum of 3.0 GPA or higher for college credits or be admitted to JSU if currently a high school senior. GPA must be maintained throughout the academic year.