[Students] Outside Scholarships with Deadlines in January and February!

[Michael Holloway]

There is a growing list of outside scholarship opportunities on the 
Outside Scholarship List
<http://www.tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarship
s/scholarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipsList.aspx> .

 

There are several with deadlines in January and February.  Remember to
always prepare early enough to meet the deadlines!

 

These deadlines are now also posted on the University Calendar
<http://ems.tamuc.edu/MasterCalendar/default.aspx>  as part of the
Financial Aid & Scholarships Calendar.

 

 

Below is a brief overview of some scholarships with deadlines in January
that have not yet passed:

 

For U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents of ethnic minority
descent there are the Gates Millennium Scholars Program
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/gatesMillenniumSc
holars.aspx>  and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund / Marathon Petroleum
Scholarship
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/hsfMarathonPetrol
eumScholarship.aspx> .

 

For U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents of Hispanic heritage
there are the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) / Morgan Stanley
Scholarship Program
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/hsfMorganStanleyS
cholarship.aspx> , HSF / Procter & Gamble Scholarship Program
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/hsfProcterGambleS
cholarship.aspx> , and HSF / Wells Fargo Scholarship
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/hsfWellsFargoScho
larship.aspx> .

 

Graduate students studying areas related to the beef industry may
qualify for the Louis M. "Mick" Colvin Scholarship Endowment Fund
Scholarship
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/louisColvinSchola
rshipFund.aspx> .

 

Female nationals from a lower or middle income developing member country
may be able to apply for the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund Scholarship
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/mcnamaraFund.aspx
> .

 

Those with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) or with a parent with MS could be
eligible for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Scholarship Program
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/nationalMSScholar
ship.aspx> .

 

Female students who are native to a Pan American country or female
Texans who plan to engage in specialized study of any of the languages
or cultures of the Pan American countries might be able to apply for one
of the Florence Terry Griswold Scholarships
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/florenceGriswoldS
cholarships.aspx> .

 

 

Below is a brief overview of some scholarships with deadlines in
February:

 

Doctoral students completing a dissertation that significantly
contributes to exploring and understanding the factors that support and
hinder high academic achievement for low-income students may be eligible
for the Jack Kent Cooke Dissertation Fellowship Award
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/jackKentCookeDiss
ertationAward.aspx> .

 

U.S. citizens and permanent residents of African, Hispanic, or Native
descent majoring or planning to major in Physics should apply for the 
American Physical Society Minority Scholarship
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/apsMinoritySchola
rship.aspx> .

 

U.S. citizens of ethnic minority descent that are graduating from high
school this year might be able to apply for the Jackie Robinson
Foundation Scholarship
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/jackieRobinsonSch
olarship.aspx> .

 

Female sophomores or above majoring in Industrial Engineering should
apply for the Society of Women Engineers Sophomore & Above Scholarships
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/sweSophomorePlusS
cholarships.aspx> .

 

Any students studying Law or Art and have an active relationship with
Unitarian Universalism can apply for the Stanfield and D'Orlando Legal
and Art Scholarships
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipSites/stanfieldDorlando
Scholarships.aspx> .

 

 

Remember to keep checking the Outside Scholarship List
<http://tamuc.edu/admissions/tuitionCosts/financialAidandScholarships/sc
holarships/outsideScholarships/outsideScholarshipsList.aspx> , as
scholarships are added all the time.

 

Start off the New Year with new scholarships!

 

Michael Holloway

Financial Aid Assistant

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships

Enrollment Management and Retention Division

P.O. Box 3011, Commerce, Texas 75429-3011

Email:   Michael.Holloway at tamuc.edu

Phone:  903-468-6096

Fax:      903-886-5098

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