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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:175%">Good Neighbor Scholarship 2020-2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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This state of Texas scholarship provides a complete waiver of tuition to eligible international students from countries in the Caribbean and North, Central, and South America. Scholarship winners must still pay all applicable university fees. Applicants compete
with other international students from their home countries throughout the state of Texas for a limited number of awards that are given to a certain number of students from each country. Competition is intense, and final award decisions are made by The Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board, not Texas A&M University-Commerce. The application period generally begins early February of each year and is open until the end of February or early March.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deadline to receive completed application is 5 pm on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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Contact the OIP for more information at <a href="mailto:Intl.Stu@tamuc.edu">Intl.Stu@tamuc.edu
</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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*Do not apply for scholarship if you are not a native-born citizen of one of the eligible countries.<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<b>Review attachment on eligible countries before applying.* Thank you.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.35pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:5.0pt"><u>Eligibility Criteria for Applicants:</u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Be enrolled in the semester in which the scholarship is<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>awarded.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Full-time enrollment at Texas A&M University-Commerce in a degree seeking<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt">
</span>program<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Native born citizen and current resident of a nation of the Western Hemisphere other than Cuba or the United States. For a list of eligible countries, see attachment. Must have been a resident of one of these nations for at least
five<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>years.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Not a dual citizen an eligible country and the United States of<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>America.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Hold a non-immigrant visa (ex. F-1, J-1) and must plan to return to home country upon the completion of your academic<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Must be in good academic standing in the program which you are currently enrolled. Undergraduates must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 and graduate students must have a<span style="letter-spacing:-1.15pt">
</span>minimum GPA of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>3.00.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Must have completed at least one full academic semester at A&M-Commerce not including current<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>semester.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>May not be a member of the communist<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>party.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The recipient of the Good Neighbor Scholarship shall be exempt from paying tuition for the academic year (fall, spring, and summer). Recipient will still be required to pay any fees and/or housing/meal plan expenses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Vivaldi;color:#0038A8">Misti M. Payne<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Administrative Assistant | Office of International Programs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Ferguson Social Sciences Building, Room 220<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">P.O. Box 3011, Commerce, Texas 75429<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Office Telephone: 903.886.5587<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Email: <a href="mailto:Misti.Payne@tamuc.edu">
Misti.Payne@tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Fax: 903.468.3200<o:p></o:p></p>
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