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Services

Staff Development Textbook Scholarship

Staff Council Scholarship Administrator: Premalatha Balachandran

The Staff Council offers a staff development scholarship fund that helps staff members purchase textbooks for classes. If you wish to apply for this scholarship, please make sure you meet the criteria listed in the following link. Then complete the online application. Once the scholarships have been awarded, you will receive an email informing you of your status.

Criteria for Staff Development Textbook Scholarship
Application for Staff Development Textbook Scholarship

 

Children of the Staff Scholarship Fund (CSS)

Staff Council Scholarship Chair: Flora Jones 

Committee Members: Wendy Pfrenger, Monika Rudd

The criteria are as follows:

  • The scholarships will be awarded at the senior level. First preference will be given to students classified as seniors.  If no seniors apply in a given academic year or do not meet the criteria, scholarships maybe awarded to any students who meet the criteria as stated. Students who attended community colleges are eligible. Scholarships can also be rewards for students who progress academically and may not have been eligible for scholarships when they were freshmen.
  • Scholarships will be based upon merit.
  • Students must have a minimum overall GPA of 2.5.
  • Parents must have been employed at the university for at least five years.
  • The recipients are selected by the UM Staff Council Scholarship Committee.

If you have additional questions, please contact staffcouncil@olemiss.edu.

Criteria for Children of the Staff Momentum Scholarship

Application for Children of the Staff Momentum Scholarship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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