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Scholar Dollars
Applications for most of these scholarships are available at the NMSU-Alamogordo Financial Aid Office located in the George Fettinger Student Services Building

American Indian Education Program

For a full listing of scholarships, click: HERE

DegreeDirectory.org

degreedirectory.org/pages/scholarship_home.html
Deadlines April 1st of every year. Associate Degree Scholarships:

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Amount: Varies

Offers many different scholarship for student transferring and students who attend community college.  For more information on each scholarship visit: www.hsf.net under the scholarship page.

Application Location: www.hsf.net

Deadline: Many different ones for each aid year.

Larry Albers Scholarship

Amount: Varies

Criteria:

  • Be enrolled in the nursing program at NMSU-A.
  • Provide a minimum of two letters of recommendation.
  • Provide document(s) showing proof of enrollment in NMSU-A, school of Nursing.
  • Provide Official Transcript(s) from NMSU-A, and/or other institutions, for college career to date.

Application Location: NMSU-Alamogordo Financial Aid Office
Deadline: Applications available throughout the year.
Completed Applications must be mailed or delivered to:
Larry Albers Scholarship
C/O Grace UMC Endowment Foundation, Inc.
1206 Greenwood Lane, Alamogordo, NM 88310-5740
or email to plymangumc@qwestoffice.net

NMSU-A Continuing Academic Tuition Scholarship

Amount: Tuition

Criteria:

Must be a continuing or re-admitted NMSU-A student with a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA and must have earned 12 or more NMSU credits (must not have earned 70 or more credits including transfer credits)

Must enroll in a minimum of 6 credits or more at the NMSU-A campus

Must be a New Mexico resident

SECOND SEMESTER RENEWAL POLICY

Must maintain a 2.5 cumulative GPA

Must enroll in a minimum of 6 or more NMSU-A credits

RE-APPLICATION POLICY

Students may re-apply for the following year provided that they have maintained a minimum 2.5 cumulative NMSU GPA and have not earned more than 70 credits

DEADLINE: Scholarships available until funds are depleted

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Amount: vary depending on the scholarship

Criteria: Many scholarships are listed at this website and each have different criteria see each scholarship to know if you are eligible.

Application Location: http://scholarships.ptk.org/

Deadline: Each scholarship has a different deadline

Transfer Achievement Scholarship

New students transferring from community colleges ONLY. The scholarship is awarded to students who start either fall or spring semester.

Award:

  • $1500 for the year will be awarded if the transferable GPA is 3.00-3.49
  • $2500 for the year will be awarded if the transferable GPA is 3.50-4.00

Eligibility Requirements

  • Attend community college(s) ONLY before transferring to NMSU
  • Complete a minimum of 30 (90 maximum) transferable semester hours with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher (as computed by the NMSU Office of Admissions)
  • Advanced placement or credits by exam are not included in the 30 transfer hour requirement.
  • Submit official college transcript(s) to the Office of Admission from all colleges attended in order to verify eligibility
  • Admitted to Las Cruces campus
  • Seeking Bachelor degree
  • Scholarship application and FAFSA submitted by March 1st for fall attendance
  • Scholarship application and FAFSA submitted by December 15th for spring attendance

Renewal Requirements

  • Earn a minimum of 24 semester hours of academic credit (at NMSU) by the end of the second semester.
  • By the end of the second semester have a minimum of a 3.25 cumulative GPA

** Developmental courses and other degree requirements that are only taught at the NMSU Community Colleges will count toward the minimum required hours.

See Scholar Dollar$ to apply

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Otero County Scholarship- UUFOC

Amount: $250

Criteria:

  • NMSU-A student
  • 2-3 page essay on a topic of your choice

Application Location: Submit essay to 1010 16th Alamogordo, NM 88310

Deadline: Contact organization for deadline

For more information please contact Greg Fultz or Tom Reilly – www.UUOtero.org

Larry Albers Scholarship

This scholarship was created by the William Albers Family in loving memory of Larry Albers.  During Larry’s stay at a local care center, he received wonderful care in part from several nurses’ aides.  These nurses’ aides were attending the local branch university and striving to get their degrees in nursing.  They inspired the Albers Family to create this fund with the purpose to help underwrite the expense of students accepted into the School of Nursing at the New Mexico State University of Alamogordo.  Application are available at New Mexico State University of Alamogordo at the Financial Aid Office and on this website: http://www.graceumcalamogordo.org/ministry_scholarships.htm (The 2013 applications for this scholarship must be received by 4:00pm on April 15, 2013)

NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP

AMOUNT:

Varies

CRITERIA:

  • Degree seeking at NMSU-A
  • At least half time (6 cr.)
  • New Mexico resident
  • Show financial need by submitting a Free Application for Federal Student Aid
  • Must NOT be eligible to receive any New Mexico state scholarship or state grant
  • Preference given to a continuing or returning student

DEADLINE:           MAY 10, 2013 FOR 2013/2014

KAPPA KAPPA IOTA SCHOLARSHIP

Amount:
$600

Criteria:

Must be an education major

DEADLINE: AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

P.E.O. CONTINUING EDUCATION GRANT

Amount:

$500

Criteria:

  • Must be a degree-seeking female student
  • Must have completed at least 12 college credit hours and have had at least one semester break at some point in her college attendance
  • Must be enrolled in no fewer than six semester hours (online classes accepted)
  • Must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher for the most recent 12 hours of college credit
  • Must be able to give brief description of financial need
  • Must be a citizen of the United States

DEADLINE: JULY 26, 2013 FOR FALL 2013

Applications also available at the NMSU-A Financial Aid Office