Scholarships
Department of Homeland Security Education Programs
to http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/2009pages/scholarship.html
for more information and applications.
The Guild of the Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts
Criteria:
- Have attended an accredited college or university for two semesters
- Be enrolled full-time
- Must have a C+ or better in the previous semester
- Must have plans to move into the performing arts arena or teaching in one of the listed performing arts areas
Deadline: Must be submitted 60 days prior to the semester for which you are applying
Location: NMSU Alamogordo Financial Aid Office
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Go to https://scholarships.hacu.net/applications/applicants/ for more information and applications
Hispanic College Fund
Go to http://www.hispanicfund.org/scholarships/ for more information and applications
Larry Albers Nursing Scholarship
Criteria:
- Must be a nursing student enrolled at NMSU Alamogordo
- Attach a minimum of two letters of recommendation
Deadline: Available throughout the year
Location: NMSU Alamogordo Financial Aid Office
Lewis Jordan Music Scholarship
Amount: Tuition for class
Criteria:
- Must be enrolled or planning to enroll in Music 160 or 161
- Must maintain a 3.0 GPA while in the class
Location: NMSU Alamogordo Financial Aid Office
Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship
To apply, students go to the Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship (ONNSFA) website (www.onnsfa.org) and click on the “I want to Apply Online” link then “Online Forms.” There students will see the 3 types of applications: Full0time, Part-time, and Teacher Education Program. The rest of the documents such as the Letter of Admissions, Financial Needs Analysis (FNA), Certificate of Navajo Indian Blood (CIS), official transcripts from all previous institutions and/or a graduation degree checklist, and course registration can be sent by mail, faxed or emailed in a PDF form to ONNSFA.
P.E.O Scholarship
Amount: $500
Criteria:
- Must be a women
- Must be a returning student who has not attended college for at least one semester
- Must be a degree seeking student
- Must be enrolled in no fewer than six semester hours. These can be online classes
- Must be able to address financial needs
- Must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher
- Must have completed 12 hours of college credit
Recipient must acknowledge the scholarship and will be a guest of honor at a fall luncheon. Successful recipient will be able to apply for a $500 spring semester scholarship
Location: For more informatio or to pick up an application, call Karen Hendrickson at 437-3054. Call between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Perry Taylor Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $500
Critertia:
- Must be a Veteran of the United States Armed Forces
- Must have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001
- Must be admitted to NMSU Alamogordo
- Must attend at least one class at Alamogordo campus in the Fall 2009 semester
- Must have graduated high school or completed GED
- Must attach copy of DD 214 to application
- Must attach letter of recommendation (by someone who knows you well)
- Must attach a student essay (no more than two pages, no less than one paragraph)
Deadline: July 31st, 2009
Location: NMSU Alamogordo Financial Aid Office
Shirley Cunico Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Amount: $400 per semester for four semesters
Criteria:
- Must be enrolled in and accepted into the Nursing Program
- Preference given to a new entering semester Nursing student
- Must have a minimum 2.5 cumulative NMSU grade point average and maintain that GPA to renew scholarship
Deadline: July 31, 2009 For 2009/2010
Location: NMSU Alamogordo Financial Aid Office
Sussman-Miller Educational Assistance Program
Amount: Varies between $500 and $3000
Criteria:
- Attend a college or university full-time (or be a graduating high school senior)
- Available statewide
- Must be a federal financial aid recipient
Deadlines: There are 3 different ones
- High school students who will attend out of state, or in-state private, not-for-profit schools April 24, 2009
- High school students who will attend New Mexico State public schools, June 26, 2009
- Current undergraduates, June 26, 2009
Location: www.albuquerquefoundation.org
Transfer Tuition Shcolarship
Amount: Tuition and fees for a new entering transfer student
Criteria: Students transferring from a New Mexico branch, community, or junior college with between 30 to 90 total credits attempted at all institutions and a mimimum GPA of 3.5. Must be aNew Mexico resident.
Renewable: 3.5 cumulative NMSU GPA and 12 credit hours earned each semester. Scholarship award is for a maxmum of four semesters. For top consideration, a scholaship application is required.
This scholarship is not a part of the general scholarship application.
Contact: Main campus for more information at (575) 646-4105
Vietnam Veterans Scholarship
Amount: Tuition, required fees, and books not to exceed an amount equal to the highest resident tuition charged by a state institution. ($1520.00 tuition, $500.00 books per year)
Critertia:
- Must have Honorable Discharge
- Must have established residency in New Mexico for a minimuim of ten years
- Must have been awarded the vietnam campaign, or vietname Service Medal
- Must plan to attend a state supported school, i.e. state universities, community colleges, etc.
Qualificationsl for children of deceased veterans scholarship:
- Veteran of the Armed Forces must have been a resident of New Mexico at the original time of entry into the United States Armed Forces.
a. Must have been in during a period of armed conflict
b. Must have been killed in action or as a result of such action - National Guard Members-Must have been killed while on active duty
- State Police Officers-Must have been killed while on active duty
- Child must be between the ages of 16 and 26
- Child must be enrolled in a state supported school
Location: NMSU Alamogordo Financial Aid Office and at http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/benefits.html
