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Dean's Scholarship Guidelines (2009-10)

The Dean’s Scholarship is administered through the ASU Financial Aid & Scholarships Office. Any questions concerning the scholarship should be directed to the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office at (870) 972-2310.
What the Scholarship Covers:

• The Dean’s Scholarship provides for $2,500 per Fall and Spring semester for courses taken (excluding correspondence) on the ASU-Jonesboro campus only. Awards are contingent on the availability of funds.
• This scholarship is awarded for the duration of eight consecutive semesters or through completion of the undergraduate degree, whichever occurs first, provided the student maintains all scholarship requirements.

How to Qualify:

• The scholarship is awarded during the senior year to U.S. citizens who are Arkansas residents graduating from Arkansas high schools.
• Students must submit an admissions application with fee, official ACT or SAT scores and official six or seven-semester transcript.
• Students may qualify for the scholarship in one of the following ways:
  1. Students must have an ACT composite score of 24 to 26 and a minimum high school GPA of 3.250
  2. Students must have a score of 1110 to 1219 on the SAT and a minimum high school GPA of 3.250
  3. Students must be Valedictorian or Salutatorian with an ACT composite score of 24 or higher.
• Scholarship awarding will be October 1, 2008 through December 1, 2008. Eligibility will continue to be reviewed through February 1, 2009. However, all awards before and past December 1, 2008 are based upon state-supported available funds.
• A limited number of awards are available.

Student Responsibilities for Accepting and Maintaining the Dean’s Scholarship Award:

• Students who are selected to receive the Dean’s Scholarship will have until May 1st to accept the scholarship offer; however, we encourage you to accept the offer within 30 days. After that time, the scholarship offer will no longer be valid. Should you accept the scholarship and later decide to attend another university, please notify the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office in writing or by email.
• Full-time enrollment of 15 college-level credit hours (excluding correspondence) on the ASU-Jonesboro campus is required during each fall and spring semester. Concurrent enrollment on another campus cannot be used to meet full-time enrollment status nor be paid for by the scholarship.
• Developmental classes and other non-credit courses will not be included in the 15 credit hour load for scholarship purposes. Students required to take developmental courses are strongly encouraged to complete those courses prior to full-time matriculation at ASU-Jonesboro.
• Matriculation to ASU must occur in the fall or spring semester immediately following high school graduation.
• Any student who is enrolled full-time at another college, university, technical college, or branch of ASU during a regular semester (fall or spring) following high school graduation automatically forfeits the scholarship.
• All college level course work is calculated into the cumulative GPA for scholarship renewal.
• Students who have grade changes are responsible for contacting the ASU Scholarships Coordinator so that their scholarship status can be reevaluated.
• For military exceptions, contact the ASU Scholarships Coordinator at 870-972-2310.
• Award holders who are enrolled in ASU Paragould classes and are receiving a Greene County discount will be paid an amount equal to their discounted tuition and fees charges for a maximum of 15 credit hours up to the established scholarship value.
• Award holders who are dependents of ASU faculty and staff will be paid $850 per semester for ASUJ credit hours in addition to the faculty/staff discount.

First Year Students

• Students who fail to obtain a cumulative 3.000 GPA but have at least a minimum cumulative 2.750 GPA and have successfully completed a minimum 12 credit hours at the end of the first or second semester of enrollment will be granted a probation period during the Spring and/or Summer I semester. Students that are granted probation at the end of the Fall semester will receive the scholarship during the Spring semester. In order to gain reinstatement for subsequent semesters, the student must have raised his/her cumulative GPA to a 3.000 by the end of the summer I term following the freshman year. Probation is not available for any subsequent semesters.
• Students must successfully complete a minimum of 30 credit hours (fall, spring, and summer I combined) by the end of the summer I term following their freshman year with a 3.000 cumulative GPA or the scholarship is forfeited.

Second Year and Subsequent Years

• Eligibility to continue on scholarship is checked at the end of the fall (December) and spring (May) semesters. Students with summer school work should remember that those grades may affect their scholarship status when cumulative GPA is reviewed.
• Students must successfully complete a minimum of 15 credit hours each semester following their freshman year with a 3.000 cumulative GPA or the scholarship is forfeited.