DCCFA Scholarship

Eligibility

• Students currently enrolled at any campus in the DCCCD may apply for the DCCFA Scholarship for the spring semester.
• Applicants must have successfully completed a minimum of 12 semester hours of college-level credit in the district.
• Applicants must demonstrate full-time enrollment (12 semester hours) during the semester for which the scholarship application is submitted.

Criteria

• Applicants official transcripts must indicate a GPA of at least 3.0 in college-level course work attempted in the DCCCD.
• Applicants must demonstrate excellence in all endeavors.
• Applicants are not required to demonstrate financial need.

Requirements

• Students will obtain scholarship application forms from the colleges Financial Aid Office or from the colleges Faculty Association officers.
• Students will submit the following for consideration:
  
  1. Completed "Student Application Form DCCCD Foundation, Inc.). PLEASE WRITE "DCCFA SCHOLARSHIP" ACROSS THE TOP OF THE APPLICATION FORM.
  2. Two letters of recommendation from faculty familiar with the applicants achievements.
  3. A one-to-two page essay detailing goals for academic year.
     
     • All submissions must be received in the colleges Financial Aid Office no later than three weeks before the end of the fall semester for the scholarship.
     • Recipients of DCCFA Scholarships must use the funds for books and tuition.
     • Interest generated from the DCCFA Scholarship Fund will be divided into seven equal scholarships.
     • Individual scholarships will not exceed $300.00 per student per semester.
     • Until such time as the DCCFA Scholarship Fund reaches a sufficient level, scholarships will be awarded for the spring semester only.
     • Members of the DCCFA Scholarship Endowment Fund Selection Committee (immediate past presidents of each campus faculty association) will review the applications and award a maximum of one scholarship on each of the seven DCCCD campuses.

Page Last Updated: February 11, 2005