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University Honors Scholarship Guidelines (2009-10)

The University Honors Scholarship is awarded 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 University Honors Scholarship provides for 15 credit hours (excluding correspondence) of tuition and fees for courses taken on the ASU-Jonesboro campus only. In addition, a double occupancy room per Fall and Spring Semester in an ASU residence hall or the equivalent amount if residing in Collegiate Park or The Village, meals provided within the ASU cafeteria plan and a $1200 per year stipend ($600 per semester). Awards are contingent upon the availability of funds and housing scholarships are contingent upon the availability of campus housing.
• The tuition portion of the scholarship covers 15 credit hours (excluding correspondence work) for courses on the ASU-Jonesboro campus.
• This scholarship is awarded for the duration of eight consecutive semesters or through completion of the undergraduate degree, whichever comes first, provided the student maintains all scholarship requirements.
• The $600 per semester stipend includes any privately funded scholarships awarded through the university. Students who accept the University Honors Scholarship will not be eligible for additional scholarship funds from Arkansas State University that exceed this $600 per semester cap.
• Students who decline to live in an ASU residence hall or purchase a meal plan will not receive the financial equivalent for off campus living.

How to Qualify:

• The scholarship is awarded during the senior year to U.S. citizens who are Arkansas residents graduating from Arkansas high schools.
• To be selected, students must meet one of the following criteria:
1. Be a National Merit semi-finalist or finalist.
2. Be a Governor’s Distinguished Scholar recipient.
3. Be selected from the Chancellor's scholarship recipients.
• To be considered, students must submit an admissions application with fee, official ACT or SAT scores, and an official six semester transcript. The priority application date is December 1, 2008. Students may also submit optional supplementary admission materials including a listing of co-curricular high school activities, awards and recognition, recommendation letters, and a writing sample. While these materials are optional, submission of such materials is helpful in the scholarship review process. Please send additional material to:
  
  ASU Financial Aid & Scholarships
  Attn: UHS
  PO Box 1620
  State University, AR 72467


• A limited number of awards are available.

Student Responsibilities for Accepting and Maintaining the University Honors Scholarship Award:
Once students have begun their studies at Arkansas State University, the scholarship will be administered through the Honors College. Any questions concerning maintenance of the scholarship should be directed to the Honors College, at (870) 972-2308.

• Students who are selected to receive the University Honors 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.
•  NOTE: Students receiving a room as part of their scholarship package must apply separately for housing through the Office of Residence Life and pay the applicable housing deposit.
• 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.
• Matriculation to ASU must occur in the fall or spring semester immediately following high school graduation.
• Students must be enrolled in and successfully complete one honors course per fall and spring semesters. Students must fulfill the requirements of the University Honors Program or the scholarship will be revoked.
• 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 course work is calculated into the cumulative GPA for scholarship renewal.
• Students who have grade changes are responsible for contacting the Associate Dean of the Honors College so that their scholarship status may be reevaluated.
• For military exceptions, contact the ASU Scholarships Coordinator at (870) 972-2310.
• If a scholarship student needs to withdraw from a semester, he/she should notify the Associate Dean of the Honors College as soon as possible and provide documentation of why withdrawal is necessary.
• 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 fee 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 the tuition and fees portion of the scholarship equal to their discounted tuition and fees and then also the remainder of the scholarship benefits for room, board and the stipend. 

First Year Students

• Students who fail to obtain a cumulative 3.500 GPA at the end of the first semester of enrollment, but have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.000 and have successfully completed a minimum 12 credit hours will be granted a probation period during the second semester only. During the probation period, the student will be placed on the Chancellor’s Scholarship. At the end of the probation period, the cumulative grades will be reviewed for possible reinstatement at the appropriate level for the third semester. If the cumulative GPA is a 3.500 or above, the student will be reinstated on the University Honors Scholarship. If the GPA is a 3.250 - 3.499, the student will remain on the Chancellor’s Scholarship. 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 cumulative 3.500 GPA for the University Honors Scholarship or a cumulative 3.250 to 3.499 GPA for the Chancellor’s Scholarship.

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.
• University Honors Scholarship recipients must be enrolled in and successfully complete one honors course per spring and fall semester.
• Students must successfully complete a minimum of 15 credit hours each semester following their freshman year with a 3.500 cumulative GPA or the University Honors Scholarship is forfeited.
• Students who successfully complete a minimum of 15 credit hours each semester following their freshman year with a 3.250 to 3.499 cumulative GPA will continue on Chancellor’s Scholarship.