ACCD Endowed Scholarship (E)
ACCD Scholarship application is required Major: all majors, Criteria & Description: 3.0 GPA; enroll for 6 or more hours; official High School or College transcript(s); financial need or academic merit. Deadline: fall,
June 1st spring, October 1st, Amount: $300 - $1000.
ACORN Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required with “ACORN scholarship indicated. Major:
Occupational Therapy Criteria & Description: Student must be
graduating or have graduated high school with at least a 2.0 GPA; were in the
upper two-thirds of their graduating class; satisfactorily passed the TAKS;
must be enrolling as a full-time student (12 hours or more) Deadline:
one month prior to high school graduation or four months before intended
semester, if already attending college. Award: $750 per semester
Alamo Chapter Federal Criminal Justice Scholarship (F)
Scholarship
application is required. Major: Criminal Justice Criteria &
Description: Students must be enrolling in their final semester in a 2 + 2
Transfer Program; must provide PROOF of registration at UTSA for the following
semester in the Criminal Justice program as a full-time student; must maintain
a minimum GPA of minimum 2.7; must demonstrate financial need; satisfactorily
pass the SAT or ACT with a score sufficient for entry or completed a minimum of
30 credit hours at the community college with a GPA of 2.7; students may be
full and part-time. Award: $500 per semester for full-time students and
$250 for part-time students
Amelia & Tino Duran Scholarship
Scholarship
application is required. Major: All major Criteria & Description:
Student must be enrolled in any of the four Alamo Community Colleges; a full
time or part time students who is financially needy with a minimum 2.0 GPA.
Sequor/Challenge High School Scholarship (F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Student must be graduating or have graduated high school with a
GPA of 2.0; must have satisfactorily passed the TAKS; if GED was received, a
passing total of 225 points is required; demonstrate financial need. Award:
Varies
Charles F. Sugarmen (P)
ACCD
Application required. Major: All majors Criteria & Description:
Must be entering as a freshman at one of the community colleges; must be
enrolled as a full-time student taking a minimum of 12 hours; must demonstrate
financial need. Award: $600 per semester
Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corp (P)
Established
by Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation. Application to the ACCD Office of
Student Financial Services required. Major: Any major. Criteria &
Description: Minimum GPA of 2.0; Part time student (6 to 11 credit hours
per semester); Recipient must be a parent; demonstrate financial need. Deadline:
August. Award: $250 for Fall Semester; renewable $250 for Spring
Semester if criteria continues to be met
Conceptual Mind Works / Dr. Harold G. Longbotham Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Math or Science Criteria
& Description: 3.0 GPA, sophomore, merit, and financial needs, full
time. Deadline: April 1st. Award: Tuition, fees, books
($500) per semester, minimum GPA of 2.0; students must maintain possess and
maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 at college lever; financial need must be
demonstrated; students may be full-time (12 hours or more) or Part-time
(minimum of 6 hours) Award: $500 for each academic year
King William Association Scholarship
ACCD Application required.
Must be a Full-time student; Brackenridge HS Graduates only; 2.5 GPA or Better;
must participate in Mentor Program; Financial need or Academic Merit; Deadline:
April 06, 2009; Amount: $1,000 per semester for 4 semesters. For
questions...email "King William" king.william@sbcglobal.net
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Accounting Technology
ACCD Scholarship application required. Major: Accounting. Criteria: 3.0 GPA,
full time enrollment. Deadline: Final Deadline: May 15. Award:
TBD
Adelante Child Care Award (E)(F)
Application
to the San Antonio College Women’s Center, or its successor, is required.
Provides for Child Care awards for female students participating in one of the
programs of the Women’s Center, or its successor, at San Antonio College. It is
preferred, but not mandatory, that eligible students be enrolled in a math
or science based major leading to a four-year degree where women make up
less than 45% of the workforce (e.g. math, science, engineering, information
technology, computer science, architecture, etc.). Occupational Technology
majors are excluded. Criteria & Description: Recipients must have
completed 12 credit hours of college study, have an earned minimum GPA of 2.5,
demonstrate financial need, and be enrolled for a minimum of 9 credit hours
during the Fall and/or Spring Semester, or 6 credit hours during any summer
session. Deadline: Anytime. Awards depend on funding available. Award:
Amount of each award depends on funds available and amount needed for child
care. Awards are payable only to the Child Care Facility on behalf of the
student recipient. Award recipients are determined by the San Antonio College
Women’s Center, or its successor.
AIA - SAC (E)(F)
Established
by the American Institute of Architects – San Antonio Chapter to assist
students pursuing a degree and career in the field of architecture. Application
to the San Antonio College Architecture Program Department is required. Major:
Architecture. Criteria & Description: Full time student
(enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours during regular semesters); have
completed a minimum of 24 credit hours toward completion of a degree in
architecture; minimum earned GPA of 3.0. Financial need not a requirement. Deadline:
August. Award: $500 for Fall Semester; renewable $500 for Spring
Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Ann Richards Scholarship (E)(F)
Established
in honor of former Texas Governor Ann Richards. Application to the San Antonio
College Women’s Center, or successor, required. Major: Any major. Criteria
& Description: Re-entry woman (25 years of age or older), enrolled in a
minimum of 9 credit hours during a semester, demonstrated community
service/leadership skills, and willing to participate in a mentoring/leadership
development program administered by the San Antonio College Women’s Center for
one semester. Financial need not a requirement. Deadline: May. Award:
$500 for Fall Semester, renewable $500 for Spring Semester if criteria
continues to be met.
Beverly Nix Coiner (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Advertising/Graphic Arts. Criteria
& Description: Academic achievement; given to outstanding student
studying advertising art. Deadline: Open; Award: Varies
Bexar County Sheriff’s (P)
Bexar
County Sheriff’s Office Departmental Scholarship Application is required.
Major: Criminal Justice. Criteria & Description: Previous
college transcript; letter of interest; 6 or more hours; awarded one time to
Bexar County Sheriff’s Department deputies who are enrolled in criminal justice
fields Deadlines: May 15th – October 1st Award:
Varies Award: TBD
Black Student Alliance (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Psychology. Major:
All majors Criteria & Description: Must be current member of Black
Student Union; 2.75 GPA; 12 hours; must have been enrolled at SAC at least one
semester prior to application deadline; non-renewable Deadline: Open Award:
Varies
Child Development (CDA) Training (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Child Development, Major:
Child Development Criteria & Description: Academic merit. Deadline:
Open Award: Varies
Charles Weichert Memorial (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit, 3.0 GPA, financial need but not eligible for
Pell Grant, and fulltime (12 hours) enrollment. Deadline: May 15th
Award: $1000
CIS Outstanding Student Award (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Computer Information
System Majors: CIS Criteria & Description: Academic
Achievement Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Concursos Hispanicos (P)
Departmental
application is required. Department: Foreign Language Major:
Foreign Language Criteria & Description: Competition in Spanish
Language and at Foreign Language Symposium; 2.5 GPA; good academic standing; 1
recommendation. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Club Sembradores de Amistad (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Must have completed 30 semester hours; 3.0 GPA; U.S. Citizen;
resident of greater San Antonio Metropolitan area; enrolled in 2+2 or bridge
program with 4 year college or university. Deadline: Open Award:
Varies
Conference Court Reporters (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required Department: Court Reporting Major:
Court Reporters Criteria & Description: Academic merit and financial
need. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
C.R. Nail (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline: May 15th
Award: Varies
Dagen Bela (P)
Departmental Scholarship Application is required. Department: Visual Arts Major: Art, Criteria & Description: Academic merit; selected in Fall, awarded in Spring. Deadline: During Fall term. Amount: Varies.
Daniel Stevens Scholarship (E)(F)
Established
in loving memory of Daniel Stevens by his parents and friends. Application to
the English Department at San Antonio College required. Major: Any major, but with intent to
pursue a teaching career. Criteria & Description: Must have
completed 12 credit hours at time of application; Minimum GPA of 3.0; Enrolled
for minimum of 9 credit hours at time of application and registering for
minimum of 9 credit hours in following semester. Financial need not required. Deadline:
Fall Semester. Award: $300 for Spring Semester only. Amount may vary
depending on funds available.
Data Marie McCabe (E)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Visual Arts Major:
Art Criteria & Description: Academic merit; selected in the fall,
awarded in spring. Deadline: During Fall term. Award: Varies
Data Processing (D)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Computer
Information System Major: CIS Criteria & Description: Must be
a member of DPMA and contribute to field and organization; 12 hours of
department application; official transcript. Deadline: May 15th
Award: Varies
Diamond Shamrock (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need; 3.0 GPA, Deadline:
May 15th Award: Varies
District Accounting Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship is required. Major: Accounting Criteria & Description:
3.0 GPA, Enroll 12 hours per semester Award: Varies Deadline:
May 15th
Dr. James P. Hollers (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Dental Assisting Major:
Dentistry. Criteria & Description: Submit application to Biology Department.
Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Dr. Kelley / Celebrating Women’s History
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline: Open Award:
Varies
Dudney and Drury Scholarship (F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Department: Kinesiology and
Physical Education Major: Kinesiology and Physical Education or Dance at San Antonio Criteria & Description: Students must have a minimum GPA of
2.0; Students must be full time students with at least 12 hours prior college
credit and will be require to be enrolled in at least 12 hours per semester. Award:
$250 per semester
Elma A. Neal (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Elementary Education Criteria
& Description: Preference to students from SAISD; Financial need based.
Deadline: May 15th Award: Varies
Gaffney Memorial Real Estate (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Real Estate Criteria
& Description: Academic merit. Deadline: Open Award:
Varies
Gambrinus Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Student must have already graduated with a B or C grade
average; must be enrolled full time (at least 12 hours) at any ACCD college in
San Antonio and must demonstrate a commitment to pursue a 4 year bachelor
degree by either participating in the ACCD 2 + 2 Transfer Program or the ACCD
Joint Admission Program; students must demonstrate financial need. Award:
Varies
General Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Major Criteria &
Description: GPA 3.0; enroll for 6 or more hours; official transcripts;
financial need. Deadline: May 15th Award: Varies
George Ozuna Jr. (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors, Criteria
& Description: based on finanacial need. Deadline: May 15th
Award: Varies
Gready, Woodward, Hatton, & Vestor Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: 2.0 GPA and financial need, current graduating high school
student, enrolling full or part-time. Deadline: May 15th Award:
$375-$750 per semester.
G.W. Brackenridge Foundation
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadlines: May 15th
Award: Varies
HEB/LULAC Rey Feo Scholarship
Established
by H.E.B. on behalf of the LULAC Rey Feo Scholarship appeal. Application to the
ACCD Office of Student Financial Services required. Major: Teaching
degree; enrolled in 2+2 Transfer Program or Joint Admission Program in pursuit
of a baccalaureate degree. Criteria & Description: Minimum GPA of
3.0; Demonstrated financial need; Demonstrated community and/or campus service;
Full time student (enrolled in minimum of 12 credit hours per semester). Deadline:
August. Award: $500 for Fall Semester; Renewable $500 for Spring
Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Hedwig Kniker (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline: May 15th
Award: Varies
Hispanic Science Majors Scholarship (F)
Established
by Rafael Torres, faculty member at San
Antonio College. Application to the San
Antonio College Office of Student Financial Services required (with faculty
member from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics on review committee). Major:
Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics; must be pursuing a baccalaureate
degree. Criteria & Description: Minimum GPA of 3.0; Demonstrated
financial need; Hispanic descent; Full time student (enrolled in minimum of 12
credit hours per semester). Deadline: August. Award: $750 for
Fall Semester; Renewable $750 for Spring Semester if criteria continues to be
met.
Honors (I)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: English Major: All
majors Criteria & Description: Academic merit. Deadline: Open
Award: Varies
H.R. Smith (P)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: 2.0 GPA; financial need; enroll for 6 or more hours. Deadline:
May 15th Award: $500 Fulltime, $250 Part Time
Ida Holland (D)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Business Technology Major:
Business Technology, Criteria & Description: Academic merit and
financial need. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Iolta Trust (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline: May 15th
Award: Varies
James Bissett/ Nina Olson Accounting Technology Scholarship (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Business Technology Major:
Office Systems Technology Criteria & Description: 3.0 GPA or higher,
6 or more hours, must have 15 college-level credits, including OST 1317 or ACCT
2301; 3 recommendation letters; letter of reason for application; resume;
transcripts; interviewed. Deadline: October 1st, Spring Only Award:
Varies
James Siegel Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: Computer Science Criteria
& Description: GPA 2.5; financial need; 1-2 paragraph essay; FASA
recommend. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Jane B. Phillips Scholarship for Leaders (F)
Established
by students in the San Antonio Master’s Leadership Program in honor of Jane B.
Phipps. Application to the Program Head for the ACCD Student Leadership
Institute required. Major: Any major, but pursuing an Associate or
Baccalaureate Degree. Criteria & Description: Must have completed
their first year of college and be entering their second year of college when
applying, having earned a minimum of 24 credits hours, but no more than 36
credit hours; Must be an active student participant in the ACCD Student
Leadership Institute program; Minimum GPA of 3.0; Demonstrated financial need;
Demonstrated community volunteer; Must be a re-entry adult or at least 30 years
of age. Deadline: August. Award: $750 for the Fall Semester;
Renewable $750 for the Spring Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Jacqueline Rossett, RN
Departmental
Application is required. Major: Nursing. Criteria & Description:
2.0 GPA or better, financial need, must be accepted into the Nursing Program at
ACCD college, may be full or part-time student. Deadlines: December 15th
for fall, September 8th for spring. Award: One $500 award per
semester.
Jean Longwith RTF Scholarship
Established
by Arch and Gina Campbell in memory of Jean Longwith, founder of the
Radio-TV-Film Program at San Antonio College and instructor of Arch Campbell. Application to the
Radio-TV-Film Department at San Antonio College required. Major: Radio, Television, Film or
news media. Criteria & Description: Primary consideration given to
applicant’s potential for creative success based on portfolio work; Minimum GPA
of 2.0; Demonstrated financial need; Full time (12 credit hours minimum) or
Part time student (6 to 11 credit hours). Deadline: May or August. Award:
$750 for Fall Semester; renewable $750 for Spring Semester if criteria
continues to be met.
Jesse Michael Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship (F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required with “ACORN scholarship indicated. Major:
Occupational Therapy Criteria & Description: Student must be
graduating or have graduated high school with at least a 2.0 GPA; were in the
upper two-thirds of their graduating class; satisfactorily passed the TAKS;
must be enrolling as a full-time student (12 hours or more) Deadline:
one month prior to high school graduation or four months before intended
semester, if already attending college. Award: $500 per semester for one
year
Joseph Carney Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit & financial need. Deadline: May 15th
Award: Varies
Joseph Suarez (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Public Administration Criteria
& Description: To aid students majoring in labor studies/public
administration; based on financial need and merit. Deadline: May 15th
Award: Varies
Juan Balditt Scholarship (P)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: In process of being established Deadline: TBD
Kelly Management Association Scholarship (E)(F)
Scholarship
application required. Major: All majors Criteria & Description:
Students must be graduating or have graduated with a GPA of 2.0 or better; must
demonstrate financial need; satisfactorily passed the TAKS; students may be
full or part-time; may attend any of the ACCD colleges; Preference will be
given to prospective scholarship recipients first who are former employees of
Kelly Air Force Base and second, who are employees of the military
installations in the Greater San Antonio Area ( applicant will need to show
proof of preferential) Award: $500 per semester for full-time students
and $ 250 per semester for part-time students
Kelly USA Scholarship (F)
Established
by the Greater Kelly Development Foundation. Major: Associate degrees in
the fields of Aerospace, Logistics, Math, Science, Engineering or Business.
Application to college’s Office of Student Financial Services required
providing verification that all criteria are
met. Criteria & Description: Preference given to students residing
in Zip Codes 78211, 78224, 78225, 78226, 78227, 78237, 78241 or 78242, and
whose parents work for a company located at KellyUSA, or who themselves worked
or interned at a company located at KellyUSA; Must be a U.S. citizen or a
permanent resident of the United States; Minimum GPA of 3.2; Minimum 90%
attendance record while in high school; Demonstrate financial need; Full time
student (enrolled in minimum of 12 credit hours per semester). Deadline:
August. Award: $500 for Fall Semester; Renewable $500 for Spring
Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Ken Veatch DPMA
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Department: CIS Technology Major:
CIS Criteria & Description: Academic merit; financial need; member
student chapter of DPMA. Renewable for up to two semesters. Deadline:
Open Award: $100 per semester
Kirk David Rummel (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Communications Major:
RTF Criteria & Description: Academic merit. Deadline: Open Award:
Varies
KZEP Radio Scholarship (P)
Scholarship
application required. Department: Radio-Television Film Department. Major:
Radio-Television Film Criteria & Description: Full-time student must
be enrolled 12 hours; financial need and merit basis; GPA scale 2.5 to 4.0. Award:
$500 per consecutive semesters
LBJ (E)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Student Activities Major:
All majors Criteria & Description: Academic merit and /or financial
need. Deadline: May 15th Award: Varies
Lee A. Christy (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline: May 15th
Award: Varies
Leonard and Shirley Sterling Scholarship (E)(F)
Established
by Mrs. Shirley Sterling, in loving memory of her late husband, Leonard, and
her life with him. Major: Business. Criteria & Description:
Minimum GPA of 3.5; Demonstrate active community service; Financial need not
required; Must be a U.S. citizen and resident; Full time (enrolled in a minimum
of 12 credit hours per semester) or Part time (enrolled in 6 to 11 credit hours
per semester). Deadline: August. Award: $250 to $750 for Full
time student for Fall Semester, depending upon clarity of stated goals; renewal
$250 to $750 for Full time student for Spring Semester if criteria continues to
be met; $250 for Part time student.
Loftin Memorial (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description:3.0 GPA;6 hours minimum; official transcript; 2
recommendations; description of extra curricular activities; financial need and
academic merit. Deadline: May 15th Award: Varies
Marie Henriquez International Programs (F)
Established
by family and friends in memory of Marie Rocamontes Henriquez, a long-time,
dedicated employee with the ACCD International Programs Department. Major: Any
major that includes a focus upon international aspects. Application Criteria
& Description: TO BE ESTABLISHED.
Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation (F)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: GPA 2.5, full-time (12 credit hours), financial need. Deadline:
May 15th & October 1st Award: $600 per semester
(for 2 consecutive semesters) not renewable
Mary E. Crow/Speech (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Theater/Communication
Major: Communications Criteria & Description: Need-based; merit;
submit before taking speech class, awarded after completion of course, must
have an “A” in course; 3 recommendations; resubmit application each semester;
extracurricular activities. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
McArthur/Friends Communications (E)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Mass Communications Major:
Mass Communications Criteria & Description Need or merit-based; to
fund tuition, fees, and books for deserving students who intend to major in
radio, television, film, journalism, theater, speech, or other areas of
communication. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
McDonalds' Employee Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Students with academic and extra curricular achievements, as well
as financial need and applicants must either work at or be the child or
grandchild of an employee who works at McDonald’s Deadline: May 15th
Amount: Varies
Montez-Crow/Merritt (D)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Music/Humanities Major:
Music Education Criteria & Description: Applied music education
students; selection of recipients made by President, comptroller, and Dean of
SAC;
Morris R. Pittman Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship required. Major: Business and Engineering Criteria &
Description: Student must demonstrate financial need; student may be a
full-time (12 hours or more) or part time (6 hours minimum) student, have a
minimum GPA of 2.0. Award: $1500 for full-time students ($750 per
semester), $750 for part-time students ($375per semester)
Myra Stafford Pryor (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit. Deadline: May 15th Award:
Varies
Nita O'Brien Memorial Office Systems Technology. (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Departments: Office Systems
Technology or Court Reporting. Criteria: 3.0 GPA or better must have 15 college
level credits, three letters of Recommendation, one of which must be from the
Department of OST or Court Reporting, resume, interview, one current official
high school or college academic transcript. Enroll fo 6 or more college credit
hours per semester Final Deadline: May 15th Award:
TBD
Norma Ziegler Child Development (E)(F)
Scholarship
application is required. Major: Child Development Criteria &
Description: Student must maintain GPA of 3.0 or better for all Child
Development courses; must have complete two Child Development Laboratory
Courses with grades of at least a “B” or completed one Child Development
Courses with a grade of at least a “B” and be enrolled in the second and
maintaining a grade of at least a “B”. Award: Varies.
Oscar Grunwald (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Technical/Vocational Criteria
& Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline:
May 15th Amount: Varies
Pathfinders (P)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Department: Economics Major: All
majors Criteria & Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline:
May 15th Amount: Varies
Henry B. Gonzalez Public Administration
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Management Major:
Public Administration Criteria & Description: 2.5 GPA; 9 or more
hours; first-generation college student; essay, community involvement and
career goals in public sector; Public Administration scholarship application
submitted to Coordinator of Public Administration. Deadline: Open Award:
Varies
Radio/Television/Film
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Communication Major:
Radio/Television/Film Criteria & Description: Academic merit. Deadline:
Open Award: Varies
Ranger Trainee (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Mass Communications
Major: Journalism Criteria & Description: Student must be doing
journalism work. Deadline: Open Award: TBD
Randolph D. Nelson Memorial (P)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Electronic Engineering Criteria
& Description: 2.75 GPA or better at sophomore level. Deadline:
May 15th Award: Varies
Robert & Laura Fainter (D)
Departmental
Scholarship Application I required. Department: Visual Arts Major: Art
& Advertising Art Criteria & Description: Good academic
standing: nominated by members of Art/Advertising Art Faculty; selected during
spring, awarded in fall. Deadline: During Fall tem Amount: Varies
Robert Waltrip (Mortuary Science) (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Mortuary Science Major:
Mortuary Science Criteria & Description: Academic achievement &
merit. Deadline: Open Amount: Varies
Roger B. Bailey Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: Liberal Arts Criteria
& Description: Students must have completed 12 or more hours and must
be enrolled for 12 or more hours at SAC; Minimum GPA of 3.0. Deadline:
October 1st Award: $300
Roger Smith Scholarship (E)(F)(D)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Department: Engineering Technology Criteria
& Description: Student must be a graduate of the San Antonio Independent School District;
Recipient must be enrolled as either a new or continuing, full or part-time
student in good standing in the Electronics Technology program at San Antonio College. Deadline:
October 1st and May 15th Award: $ 750 for each
full semester term.
Ron Lucke-Speech/Drama (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Theater/Communication
Major: Speech/Drama Criteria & Description: Academic scholarship
given to student with highest GPA in fall and awarded in spring; nominated by
department members; student must have completed 12 hours in fall; service
awards also given. Deadline: Open Amount: Varies
Roy Karsch (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: 3.0 GPA; 6 hours minimum; official transcript; 2
recommendations; description of extra curricular activities. Deadline:
May 15th Amount: Varies
SAC Alumni Scholarship (E)
Established by alumni of San Antonio College. Applications to the San Antonio College Alumni Association Office required. Major: Any
major. Criteria & Description: TO BE ESTABLISHED.
SAC Bookstore (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Committee Major: All
majors Criteria & Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline:
May 15th Amount: Varies
SAC General Title III (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline: May 15th
Amount: Varies
Sam & Florence Granata (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Engineering/Business Criteria
& Description: Academic merit or financial need Deadline: May 15th Amount: Varies
Sam Riklin Memorial Scholarship (E)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required with “ACORN scholarship indicated. Major:
Occupational Therapy Criteria & Description: Student must be
graduating or have graduated high school with at least a 2.0 GPA; were in the
upper two-thirds of their graduating class; satisfactorily passed the TAKS;
must be enrolling as a full-time student (12 hours or more) Deadline:
one month prior to high school graduation or four months before intended
semester, if already attending college. Award: $500 per semester for one
year
San Antonio Light Journal (E)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Communications Major:
Journalism/Photo Criteria & Description: Academic merit and
financial need. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
San Antonio Livestock Exposition
SALE
Application is required. Major: Agriculture, Agribusiness, Veterinary
Technology, Hospitality, Allied Health, Nursing, or Pre-Medicine. Criteria
& Description: US citizen or permanent resident of the United States,
high school graduate from Bexar, Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Gillespie,
Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, Wilson, Frio, Karnes, or Kerr counties, 2.0 GPA;
enroll for 12 credit hours; 3 letters of recommendations, official high school
or college transcripts. Deadline: March 15th Award:$1000.
San Antonio McDonald's Operator Scholarship
Established
by participating McDonald’s Restaurant franchise owners in San Antonio
for employees of their respective restaurants. Applications available at, and
to be submitted to, the participating McDonald’s Restaurant manager. Major: Any
major. Criteria & Description: Must be a current employee at any of
the McDonald’s Restaurants owned and operated by the McDonald’s Restaurant
franchise owners who established this scholarship (Acosta, Inc; Rich-De, Inc.;
Hal John of San Antonio, Inc.; Didak, Inc; Jesse Guajardo, dba McDonald’s;
Stagg Restaurants Partnership; B & D Management Company, Inc.; R & J
Rios, Inc.; PiciCo.; C – CKS, Inc dba McDonald’s; and MUNCH, Inc. dba
McDonald’s); Minimum GPA of 2.0; Full time (minimum of 12 credit hours per
semester) or part time (6 to 11 credit hours per semester); Financial need not
required. Deadline: Submit anytime. Award: $250 per semester.
San Antonio Savings Association (SASA)(E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Financial need. Deadline: May 15th Award:
Varies
Seeds of Leadership Scholarship
Established
by Shelley Friend, faculty member at Northwest Vista College, to encourage and recognize student leadership.
Applications to ACCD Office of Student Financial Services required. Major: Any
major. Criteria & Description: Must have completed minimum of 12
college credit hours at time of application; Must be enrolled in minimum of 6
college credit hours at time of application; Minimum GPA of 3.0; Must be
working a minimum of 10 hours per week (provide proof); Must be a U.S. citizen
or legal resident; Must submit typed essay or video essay addressing leadership
skills and characteristics possessed by the applicant; Must submit 2 letters of
recommendation exemplifying leadership attributes of the applicant; Financial
need not required. Deadline: May. Award: $500 for the Fall
Semester only.
Sociedad Peruanan de San Antonio Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship application required. Majors: All majors Criteria &
Description: Students must demonstrate they will be graduating or have
already graduated with a satisfactory cumulative highs school grade (2.0 to 4.0
scale); student may be newly enrolling or continuing college students; students
may be full or part-time; student must maintain and possess the minimum of 2.0
GPA; Students must have been born in Peru or be of the first generation
Pervuvian descent to attend college (appropriate student visa or other documentation
if U.S. citizen, must be submitted with scholarship application. Award:
$500 per semester for full-time students and $250 per semester for part-time
students.
Southwest Gem & Mineral Society (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required Department: Geology Major: Geology
or Earth Science Education Criteria & Description: 3.5 GPA; 12
hours; must have completed an earth science course with an “A”, awarded by the
Southwest Gem and Mineral Society; check with Department. Deadline: Open
Amount: Varies
Student Council (E)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Student Activities Major:
All majors Criteria & Description: Based on student participation in
student activities. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Sylvia Yolanda Garza Memorial Nursing Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Nursing. Criteria &
Description: Financial need and merit, full-time (nine credit hours or
more) RN Program Student. Deadline: Open Award: $300 per semester
for two semesters.
Tesoro Petroleum (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline: May 15th
Award: Varies
Truett Chance Scholarship
San Antonio College
Scholarship application is required. Major: All majors. Criteria
& Description: Academic merit and/or financial need, GPA may range from
3.0 to 4.0. Deadline: July 1, 2007 Award: $750 per semester, more
details on
http://www.accd.edu/sac/sacmain/html/chance.html.
Trustee Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: All majors. Criteria
& Description: Academic merit and/or financial need, GPA may range from
2.5 to 4.0. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
TX AMP (Alliance) (I)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Engineering Major:
Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science Criteria & Description:
US citizen; currently enrolled in College Algebra; 6 or more hours; 2.5 and
better GPA based on number of credit hours completed. Deadlines:
Fall-September 15th, Spring-December 1st Award:
Varies
Two Plus Two Scholarships
2 +
2 Application Form is required. Major: Must be recognized in 2 + 2
Program. Criteria & Description: High School Students-graduate with
a B average or better from a Texas high school, is a recent high school graduate (last 8
years). GPA, must be a recent GPA recipient (last 8 years). GED Students – must
complete 12 hours or more of college level courses prior to application with at
least a 2.5 cumulative GPA, must be a recent GPA recipient (last 8 years).Currently
enrolled ACCD students – must have a least a 2.5 cumulative GPA, be pursuing a
major recognized in a 2 + 2 Program, must not already posses a two year
associate degree or four year degree, must not be a transfer student from a
four year college or university, must have attended a Texas high school,
student should be enrolled full time in college level courses to qualify
(however, students enrolled in only one last remediation course will be
considered if enrolled at least 9 college level hours). Student’s unmet
financial need will be taken into consideration in determining awards. Deadlines:
August 1st Award: $300 per semester for the two year program
at San Antonio College.
Valero Energy (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need, funds tuition, fees, and
books. Deadline: May 15th Award: Varies
Virginia Childress (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Secretarial/CIST Criteria
& Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline:
May 15th Award: Varies
Walter Price Harlan (E)
Scholarship
Application is required. Department: Biology Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadline:
May 15th Award: Varies
Walter McAllister Jr. (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit. Deadline: May 15th Award:
Varies
Wayland Moody (P)
ACCD
Scholarship is required. Major: All majors Criteria & Description:
Academic achievement and financial need. Deadline: May 15th Award:
Varies
Women's Center Child Care Scholarship (E)(F)
Established
by the USAA Federal Savings Bank to promote and support the advancement of
individuals in educational programs and careers that are non-traditional to
their gender. Application to the Women’s Center at San Antonio College
required. Major: Any Occupational Technical Program at San Antonio College, or
any academic program that may otherwise be considered non-traditional for the
gender of the applicant. Criteria & Description: Must be a
non-traditional student (i.e. adult, returning student); Must be a third
semester student, having completed a minimum of 24 credit hours at the time of
application; Must be enrolled a minimum of 9 credit hours; Minimum GPA of 2.0;
Demonstrate financial need. Deadline: Anytime. Award: Up to $750
per semester depending on availability of funds and cost of day care; award is
issued to licensed child care facility on behalf of the student.
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Allstate Foundation (E)
Nursing
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Nursing Criteria &
Description: 2.0 GPA; financial need; academic achievement; must have
completed Level 1 by time of award; current transcript; copy of most recent tax
return; renewable by semester. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Ann P. Bissett (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Nursing Criteria &
Description: 2.0 GPA; financial need; academic achievement; must have
completed Level 1 by time of award; current transcript; financial statement and
copy of most recent tax return; one award per semester; through Financial Aid
Officer. Deadline: May 15th Award: Varies
Evelyn Wooley (D)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Nursing Major: Nursing Criteria
& Description: 3.5 GPA; financial need; official transcript; must have
completed 2nd semester of nursing; financial statement; copy of
income tax return; awarded only once. Deadline: May 15th Award:
Varies
Hector Hugo Gonzalez (P)
Nursing
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Nursing Major: Nursing Criteria
& Description: 2.0 GPA; financial need; academic achievement; must have
completed Level 1 by time of award; current transcript; financial statement;
copy of most recent tax return; one award per semester; through Financial Aid
Office. Deadline: May 15th Award: Varies
Humana- Nursing
Major: Medical Technology Criteria: GPA 3.5 or better,
enrolled in Nursing Level II or Nursing Level III, fourth level nursing students
planning to practice in San Antonio after graduation. Enroll: 12 hours per semester.
Priority Deadline: May 15th Award: Varies
KCI Nursing (E)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Nursing Major: Nursing Criteria
& Description: 2.5 GPA; financial need; single parents with academic
achievement; must have completed second level of nursing at SAC; current
transcript; financial statement and copy of most recent tax return. Deadline:
Open Award: Varies
Lillian Taubert (E)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Nursing Major:
Nursing Criteria & Description: 2.5 GPA; Nursing Department
application; students enrolled in clinical nursing course; Level 1 courses
successfully completed by time of award; good academic standing; official
transcript; may apply each semester; financial statement and copy of income tax
return. Deadline: May 15th Award: Varies
Marjorie Walthall (P)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Nursing Major: Nursing Criteria
& Description: 2.5 GPA; enrolled in Associate Degree Nursing Program;
financial need; official transcript; include copy of income tax return.
Deadline: May 15th Award: Varies
South Texas Women’s Hospital (E)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Nursing Major: Nursing Criteria
& Description: 3.5 GPA; awarded to 4th level nursing
students who intend to practice in San
Antonio area after graduation; separate
application for this scholarship. Deadline: May 15th Award:
TBA
Sylvia Yolanda Garza Memorial Nursing Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Nursing. Criteria &
Description: Financial need and merit, full-time (nine credit hours or
more) RN Program Student. Deadline: Open Award: $300 per semester
for two semesters.
SCHOLARSHIPS AT ST. PHILIP’S COLLEGE
Allied Health Nursing
ACCD Scholarship Application is required. Major: All
Criteria & Description: Academic merit or financial need. Deadline:
Open Amount: Varies
Artemisia
Bowden Scholarship Application is required. Department: Committee Major:
All Majors Criteria & Description: GPA 2.5; 6 or more hours; good
standing; 2 recommendation letter; high school transcript; 500 word essay;
FAFSA. Deadlines: Fall – May 15th Award: Varies
Bridgestone/Firestone Automotive (F)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Department: Automotive Technology Criteria
& Description: Full-time Automotive Technology student; 2.0 or better
GPA. Award: $1000 for one academic year
Charles U. Guenther Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Automotive Technology Criteria
& Description: GPA 2.5, 12 credit hours. Official transcript; Deadline:
Open Award: Varies
Clarence Norris (E)(D)
Scholarship
application is required. Major: Sociology Criteria & Description:
3.0 GPA; Full-time student; preference to sociology social work majors, need
based; 2 recommendation letter. Deadline: May 15th Award:
TBA
Daniel Carranza Memorial Scholarship (F)(D)
Established
in loving memory of Daniel Carranza by his parents. Application to the Culinary
Arts Department at St. Philip’s College required. Major: Culinary Arts. Criteria
& Description: Applicants must have completed 15 credit hours in
Culinary Arts program at time of application; Minimum GPA of 3.0; Demonstrate
financial need; Full time student (minimum of 12 credit hours per semester). Deadline:
May. Award: $750 for Fall Semester; renewable $750 for Spring Semester
if criteria continues to be met.
Dr. Frank Bryant Nursing Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: Nursing Criteria &
Description: Student must be accepted in or enrolled in the Nursing program
at St. Phillips; Full-time or part-time nursing student; First consideration
based upon financial need. Second consideration will be merit; GPA should be no
less than 2.5. Award: $250 per semester for full-time students; $125
per semester for part-time students
Gambrinus Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Student must have already graduated with a B or C grade
average; must be enrolled full time (at least 12 hours) at any ACCD college in
San Antonio and must demonstrate a commitment to pursue a 4 year bachelor
degree by either participating in the ACCD 2 + 2 Transfer Program or the ACCD
Joint Admission Program; students must demonstrate financial need. Award:
Varies
Gready, Woodward, Hatton, & Vestor Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: 2.0 GPA and financial need, current graduating high school
student, enrolling full or part-time. Deadline: May 15th Award:
$375-$750 per semester.
G.W. Brackenridge Foundation
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadlines:
May 15th Award: Varies
Gunn Automotive Tools Scholarship (F)
Please stand by.
Hamice James (P)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Scholarship criteria being established. Deadline: Open Award:
Varies
HEB/LULAC Rey Feo Scholarship
Established
by H.E.B. on behalf of the LULAC Rey Feo Scholarship appeal. Application to the
ACCD Office of Student Financial Services required. Major: Teaching
degree; enrolled in 2+2 Transfer Program or Joint Admission Program in pursuit
of a baccalaureate degree. Criteria & Description: Minimum GPA of
3.0; Demonstrated financial need; Demonstrated community and/or campus service;
Full time student (enrolled in minimum of 12 credit hours per semester). Deadline:
August. Award: $500 for Fall Semester; Renewable $500 for Spring
Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Hector Boiardi Scholarship (E) (F)
ACCD
Scholarship is required. Major: AAS Culinary Arts, AAS Restaurant
Management Criteria & Description: GPA 3.0; financial need; enroll
for 6 or more hours, maintain a “B” average in all courses, 6 months experience
in a food service job. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Hotel/ Motel Management (D)
Departmental
scholarship application is required. Department: Hotel Management. Major:
Hospitality. Criteria & Description: 3.0 GPA; financial need or
merit based; have 24 credit hours completed or in progress; 1 letter of
recommendation, 500 word essay; college transcript. Deadline: Deadline:
September 29th. Award: Varies
Ida Holland (E)
ACCD scholarship application is required. Major: All majors. Criteria
& Description: Academic merit or financial need. Deadline: May 15th
Award: Varies
Ike Baxter Airman Scholarship
Established in memory of Isiah “Ike” Baxter, a
dedicated St. Philip’s College employee. Department Scholarship Application is
required. Major: All majors. Criteria
& Description: minimum 3.0 GPA, Active Duty military, E4 and below,
stationed on Lackland AFB or Spouse of Active Duty military, E4 and below,
stationed on Lackland AFB. Must be enrolled a minimum of 6 hours in the Lackland
AFB St. Philip’s College program. Applications submitted to St. Philip’s
College, Lackland AFB office. Deadline: July
Award: $250 per semester for full time students and $125 for part time
students. Renewable for Spring semester
James Siegel Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD Scholarship application is required.
Major: Computer Science Criteria & Description: GPA 2.5; financial
need; 1-2 paragraph essay; FASA recommend. Deadline: Open Award:
Varies
Jane B. Phillips Scholarships for Leaders (F)
Established
by students in the San Antonio Master’s Leadership Program in honor of Jane B.
Phipps. Application to the Program Head for the ACCD Student Leadership
Institute required. Major: Any major, but pursuing an Associate or
Baccalaureate Degree. Criteria & Description: Must have completed
their first year of college and be entering their second year of college when
applying, having earned a minimum of 24 credits hours, but no more than 36
credit hours; Must be an active student participant in the ACCD Student
Leadership Institute program; Minimum GPA of 3.0; Demonstrated financial need;
Demonstrated community volunteer; Must be a re-entry adult or at least 30 years
of age. Deadline: August. Award: $750 for the Fall Semester;
Renewable $750 for the Spring Semester if criteria continues to be met.
John Pundt (P)
Department
scholarship application is required. Department: Automotive Technology
Major: Automotive Technology. Criteria & Description: 2.5 GPA;
official transcript; extracurricular activities, goals presented, reference,
special abilities or competencies optional interview. Deadline: Open Award:
TBA
Joseph P. Squatrito Scholarship (E)(F)
Established
by the South Texas Biomedical Instrumentation Society. Application to
the Biomedical Equipment Technician Program Department at St. Philip’s College
required. Major: Biomedical Equipment Technology. Criteria &
Description: CRITERIA TO BE ESTABLISHED BY DEPARTMENT HEAD.
Joseph Todd Fay Scholarship (E)(F)
Obtain
an application from Ms. Gaynell Gainer. Major: Radiologic Technology Criteria
& Description: GPA of 3.0 or better and have financial need Deadline:
May 15th Award: Varies
Katheryn Walker Morgan
Scholarship
Application is required. Major: Fine Arts Criteria & Description:
GPA 2.5 or better, first semester or continuing student; audition and portfolio
presentation is required. 300 word essay; interview by scholarship committee
Deadline: July 1st Award: Varies
Katheryn Brydon Memorial Scholarship (F)
Surgical
Technology Scholarship application required. Major: Surgical Technology Criteria
& Description: Students must complete a Federal Student Aid form
through FAFSA; successful completion of 12 hours of core classes for Surgical
Technology program with a minimum GPA of 2.0; must be full-time students. Award:
$300 per semester Deadline: TBA
Kelly Management Association Scholarship (E)(F)
Scholarship
application required. Major: All majors Criteria & Description:
Students must be graduating or have graduated with a GPA of 2.0 or better; must
demonstrate financial need; satisfactorily passed the TAKS; students may be
full or part-time; may attend any of the ACCD colleges; Preference will be
given to prospective scholarship recipients first who are former employees of
Kelly Air Force Base and second, who are employees of the military
installations in the Greater San Antonio Area ( applicant will need to show
proof of preferential) Award: $500 per semester for full-time students
and $ 250 per semester for part-time students
Kelly USA Scholarship (F)
Established
by the Greater Kelly Development Foundation. Major: Associate degrees in
the fields of Aerospace, Logistics, Math, Science, Engineering or Business.
Application to college’s Office of Student Financial Services required
providing verification that all criteria are met. Criteria &
Description: Preference given to students residing in Zip Codes 78211,
78224, 78225, 78226, 78227, 78237, 78241 or 78242, and whose parents work for a
company located at KellyUSA, or who themselves worked or interned at a company
located at KellyUSA; Must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident of the
United States; Minimum GPA of 3.2; Minimum 90% attendance record while in high
school; Demonstrate financial need; Full time student (enrolled in minimum of
12 credit hours per semester). Deadline: August. Award: $500 for
Fall Semester; Renewable $500 for Spring Semester if criteria continues to be
met.
Lanier Byrd Scholarship (F)
Established
by the ACCD Foundation and friends of Dr. Lanier Byrd in recognition of his
accomplishments as an alumni of St. Philip’s College. Major: TO BE
DETERMINED. Criteria & Description: TO BE DETERMINED.
Leonard and Shirley Sterling Scholarship (E)(F)
Established
by Mrs. Shirley Sterling, in loving memory of her late husband, Leonard, and
her life with him. Application to the ACCD Office of Student Financial Services
required. Major: Business. Criteria & Description: Minimum
GPA of 3.5; Demonstrate active community service; Financial need not required;
Must be a U.S. citizen and resident; Full time (enrolled in a minimum of 12
credit hours per semester) or Part time (enrolled in 6 to 11 credit hours per
semester). Deadline: August. Award: $250 to $750 for Full time
student for Fall Semester, depending upon clarity of stated goals; renewal $250
to $750 for Full time student for Spring Semester if criteria continues to be
met; $250 for Part time student.
Marye B. Gilford Scholarship (E)(F)
Established by Mrs. Marye B. Gilford, retired faculty member from St. Philip’s College. Major:
Office Systems Technology. Criteria & Description: TO BE RE-ESTABLISHED.
Marie Henriquez International Programs (F)
Established by family and friends in memory of
Marie Rocamontes Henriquez, a long-time,
dedicated employee with the ACCD International Programs Department. Major: Any
major that includes a focus upon international aspects. Application Criteria
& Description: TO BE ESTABLISHED.
Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation (F)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: GPA 2.5, full-time (12 credit hours), financial need. Deadline:
May 15th & October 1st Award: $600 per
semester (for 2 consecutive semesters) not renewable
Mary Pat Jones Memorial (P)
Departmental
scholarship application is required. Department: Special Populations Major:
All Majors Criteria & Description: legally deaf students, not
necessarily need based; through the English department. Deadline is open. Award:
Varies
McDonald's Employee Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Students with academic and extra curricular achievements, as
well as financial need and applicants must either work at or be the child or
grandchild of an employee who works at McDonald’s Deadline: May 15th
Amount: Varies
Michael L. Perry, Lt. USN (P)
ACCD
Scholarship application required. Major: All Majors Criteria
&Description: 3.00 GPA; academic merit or financial need; provides funds to
cover tuition, fees, and books. Deadline: May 15th Award:
Varies
Renee S. Torain Scholarship (E)(F)
Established
by Joseph Torain in loving memory of his late wife, Renee S. Torain, former
faculty member at St. Philip’s College. Applications to the St. Philip’s
College Social & Behavioral Sciences Department required. Major: Associate
Degree in the Social & Behavioral Sciences, with a preference given to
Sociology. Criteria & Description: Minimum GPA of 3.0; Demonstrate
financial need; Full time (minimum 12 credit hours per semester) or part time
(6 to 11 credit hours per semester); Recipient may be enrolled at any college
of the ACCD. Deadline: May and August. Award: $500 for Fall
Semester only (for full time student); $250 for Fall Semester only (for part
time student).
Sam Riklin Memorial Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required with “ACORN scholarship indicated. Major:
Occupational Therapy Criteria & Description: Student must be
graduating or have graduated high school with at least a 2.0 GPA; were in the
upper two-thirds of their graduating class; satisfactorily passed the TAKS;
must be enrolling as a full-time student (12 hours or more) Deadline:
one month prior to high school graduation or four months before intended
semester, if already attending college. Award: $500 per semester for one
year
San Antonio Gardenia/ Musical Club (D)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Fine Arts Major:
Fine Arts Criteria & Description: GPA 2.5 in Fine Arts 2.0 GPA
overall; demonstrated need; Fine Arts major or merit; sophomore level; audition
and interview. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
San Antonio Livestock Exposition
SALE
Application is required. Major: Agriculture, Agribusiness, Veterinary
Technology, Hospitality, Allied Health, Nursing, or Pre-Medicine. Criteria
& Description: US citizen or permanent resident of the United States,
high school graduate from Bexar, Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Gillespie,
Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, Wilson, Frio, Karnes, or Kerr counties, 2.0 GPA;
enroll for 12 credit hours; 3 letters of recommendations, official high school or
college transcripts. Deadline: March 15th Award:$1000.
San Antonio McDonald's Operator Scholarship
Established
by participating McDonald’s Restaurant franchise owners in San Antonio
for employees of their respective restaurants. Applications available at, and
to be submitted to, the participating McDonald’s Restaurant manager. Major: Any
major. Criteria & Description: Must be a current employee at any of
the McDonald’s Restaurants owned and operated by the McDonald’s Restaurant
franchise owners who established this scholarship (Acosta, Inc; Rich-De, Inc.;
Hal John of San Antonio, Inc.; Didak, Inc; Jesse Guajardo, dba McDonald’s;
Stagg Restaurants Partnership; B & D Management Company, Inc.; R & J
Rios, Inc.; PiciCo.; C – CKS, Inc dba McDonald’s; and MUNCH, Inc. dba
McDonald’s); Minimum GPA of 2.0; Full time (minimum of 12 credit hours per
semester) or part time (6 to 11 credit hours per semester); Financial need not
required. Deadline: Submit anytime. Award: $250 per semester.
South Texas Women’s Hospital (E)
Department Scholarship Application is required. Department Major: Medical Technology Criteria & Description: GPA 3.5 or better; enrolled in either Level II or Level III curriculum. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Seeds of Leadership Scholarship
Established
by Shelley Friend, faculty member at Northwest Vista College, to encourage and recognize student leadership.
Applications to ACCD Office of Student Financial Services required. Major: Any
major. Criteria & Description: Must have completed minimum of 12
college credit hours at time of application; Must be enrolled in minimum of 6
college credit hours at time of application; Minimum GPA of 3.0; Must be
working a minimum of 10 hours per week (provide proof); Must be a U.S. citizen
or legal resident; Must submit typed essay or video essay addressing leadership
skills and characteristics possessed by the applicant; Must submit 2 letters of
recommendation exemplifying leadership attributes of the applicant; Financial
need not required. Deadline: May Award: $500 for the Fall
Semester only.
Sociedad Peruanan de San Antonio Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship application required. Majors: All majors Criteria &
Description: Students must demonstrate they will be graduating or have
already graduated with a satisfactory cumulative highs school grade (2.0 to 4.0
scale); student may be newly enrolling or continuing college students; students
may be full or part-time; student must maintain and possess the minimum of 2.0
GPA; Students must have been born in Peru or be of the first generation
Pervuvian descent to attend college (appropriate student visa or other
documentation if U.S. citizen, must be submitted with scholarship application.
Award: $500 per semester for full-time students and $250 per semester
for part-time students.
South Texas Women's Hospital (E)
Department
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Medical Technology Criteria
& Description: GPA 3.5 or better; enrolled in either Level II or Level
III curriculum. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Trustee Scholarship (E)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: All majors. Criteria
& Description: Academic merit and/or financial need, GPA may range from
2.5 to 4.0. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Willie Floyd Brown (E)(F)(D)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Hospitality or Culinary
Arts. Criteria &
Description: To be announced.
Deadline: May 15th Award: tuition, fees, & books
Women in Transition
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Financial need based. Deadline: May 15th. Award:
Varies
SCHOLARSHIPS AT PALO ALTO COLLEGE
Agriculture / Agribusiness Operations Technology (P)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Department:
Agriculture/Agribusiness; Major: Agriculture or Agribusiness Operation
Technology, Criteria & Description: 3.0 GPA; full time to part time
enrollment; official transcripts; 1 recommendation letter; enroll in at least 1
Agriculture/Agribusiness course each semester. Deadline: Open Award: $50
Bank One Art Scholarship
Department:
Fine & Performing Arts/Speech Communication Major: Jazz Music. Criteria
& Description: Students must be currently enrolled or accepted for
enrollment as full time students. Students must have at least a 2.0 GPA in all
classes needed for qualification. Students must submit the following
documentation for consideration: (1) letter of application (2) copy of grades
(3) sample of work. Deadline: Open. Award: Varies
Charlie Parker Jazz Scholarship
Department: Fine and Performing Arts/Speech Communications. Major:
Jazz Music Criteria & Description: Full-time student, at least 12
hours that include Jazz Band, Theory, Piano I, Improvisation or Music America. Must demonstrate
a commitment to the Jazz Art Form, and display proficiency o his or her primary
instrument. Must maintain a 2.5 GPA. Must complete two full terms, Fall/Spring
Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Diane Scholarship
Established
in loving memory of Diane Green, a former Palo
Alto College faculty member who
taught English and the Humanities, by faculty and friends. Application to the
English Department at Palo Alto College required. Major: Arts, Humanities, or Social
Sciences. Criteria & Description: Minimum GPA of 3.0; Demonstrated
community and/or campus service; Financial need not required. Deadline:
Fall semester. Award: $500 for Spring Semester only. Amount may vary
depending on funds available.
Frank M. Tejeda Memorial Scholarship (E)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Department: Committee Major:
All Criteria & Description: Academic merit or financial need.
Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Gambrinus Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Student must have already graduated with a B or C grade
average; must be enrolled full time (at least 12 hours) at any ACCD college in
San Antonio and must demonstrate a commitment to pursue a 4 year bachelor
degree by either participating in the ACCD 2 + 2 Transfer Program or the ACCD
Joint Admission Program; students must demonstrate financial need. Award:
Varies
Gready, Woodward, Hatton, & Vestor Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: 2.0 GPA and financial need, current graduating high school
student, enrolling full or part-time. Deadline: May 15th Award:
$375-$750 per semester.
G.W. Brackenridge Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadlines: May 15th
Award: Varies
HEB/LULAC Rey Feo Scholarship
Established
by H.E.B. on behalf of the LULAC Rey Feo Scholarship appeal. Application to the
ACCD Office of Student Financial Services required. Major: Teaching
degree; enrolled in 2+2 Transfer Program or Joint Admission Program in pursuit
of a baccalaureate degree. Criteria & Description: Minimum GPA of
3.0; Demonstrated financial need; Demonstrated community and/or campus service;
Full time student (enrolled in minimum of 12 credit hours per semester). Deadline:
August. Award: $500 for Fall Semester; Renewable $500 for Spring
Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Honors Mentorship Scholarship
Department:
Behavioral Science & Humanities. Major: Any Major, Criteria: 3.0
GPA, Full time enrollment. Application with letter of recommendation and essay;
Deadline: Fall/Spring semester. Award: $200 per semester.
Jane B. Phillips Scholarships for Leaders (F)
Established
by students in the San Antonio Master’s Leadership Program in honor of Jane B.
Phipps. Application to the Program Head for the ACCD Student Leadership
Institute required. Major: Any major, but pursuing an Associate or
Baccalaureate Degree. Criteria & Description: Must have completed
their first year of college and be entering their second year of college when
applying, having earned a minimum of 24 credits hours, but no more than 36
credit hours; Must be an active student participant in the ACCD Student
Leadership Institute program; Minimum GPA of 3.0; Demonstrated financial need;
Demonstrated community volunteer; Must be a re-entry adult or at least 30 years
of age. Deadline: August. Award: $750 for the Fall Semester;
Renewable $750 for the Spring Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Jane Hope Memorial Scholarship (F)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: Education Criteria &
Description: demonstrated community service; 3.0 GPA; good standing at Palo Alto College Award:
$300 yearly
James Siegel Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: Computer Science Criteria
& Description: GPA 2.5; financial need; 1-2 paragraph essay; FASA
recommend. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Juanita Colon Scholarship (F)
Established
by Karen Marcotte, in honor of Juanita Colon, who cared for Benjamin Marcotte,
Karen’s son, from the time he was two months to Pre-K. Application to the Palo Alto College Office of Student Financial Services required. Major:
Teaching degree, with plans to teach at the elementary or middle school level. Criteria
& Description: CRITERIA TO BE DETERMINED.
Kelly Management Association Scholarship (E)(F)
Scholarship
application required. Major: All majors Criteria & Description:
Students must be graduating or have graduated with a GPA of 2.0 or better; must
demonstrate financial need; satisfactorily passed the TAKS; students may be
full or part-time; may attend any of the ACCD colleges; Preference will be
given to prospective scholarship recipients first who are former employees of
Kelly Air Force Base and second, who are employees of the military
installations in the Greater San Antonio Area ( applicant will need to show
proof of preferential) Award: $500 per semester for full-time students
and $ 250 per semester for part-time students
Kelly USA Scholarship (F)
Established
by the Greater Kelly Development Foundation. Major: Associate degrees in
the fields of Aerospace, Logistics, Math, Science, Engineering or Business.
Application to college’s Office of Student Financial Services required
providing verification that all criteria are
met. Criteria & Description: Preference given to students residing
in Zip Codes 78211, 78224, 78225, 78226, 78227, 78237, 78241 or 78242, and
whose parents work for a company located at KellyUSA, or who themselves worked
or interned at a company located at KellyUSA; Must be a U.S. citizen or a
permanent resident of the United States; Minimum GPA of 3.2; Minimum 90%
attendance record while in high school; Demonstrate financial need; Full time
student (enrolled in minimum of 12 credit hours per semester). Deadline:
August. Award: $500 for Fall Semester; Renewable $500 for Spring
Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Leonard and Shirley Sterling Scholarship (E)(F)
Established
by Mrs. Shirley Sterling, in loving memory of her late husband, Leonard, and
her life with him. Application to the ACCD Office of Student Financial Services
required. Major: Business. Criteria & Description: Minimum
GPA of 3.5; Demonstrate active community service; Financial need not required;
Must be a U.S. citizen and resident; Full time (enrolled in a minimum of 12
credit hours per semester) or Part time (enrolled in 6 to 11 credit hours per
semester). Deadline: August. Award: $250 to $750 for Full time
student for Fall Semester, depending upon clarity of stated goals; renewal $250
to $750 for Full time student for Spring Semester if criteria continues to be
met; $250 for Part time student.
Mariachi Program Scholarships (F)
Established
by Mrs. Shirley Sterling, in loving memory of her late husband, Leonard, and
her life with him. Application to the ACCD Office of Student Financial Services
required. Major: Business. Criteria & Description: Minimum
GPA of 3.5; Demonstrate active community service; Financial need not required;
Must be a U.S. citizen and resident; Full time (enrolled in a minimum of 12
credit hours per semester) or Part time (enrolled in 6 to 11 credit hours per
semester). Deadline: August. Award: $250 to $750 for Full time
student for Fall Semester, depending upon clarity of stated goals; renewal $250
to $750 for Full time student for Spring Semester if criteria continues to be
met; $250 for Part time student.
Marie Henriquez International Programs (F)
Established
by family and friends in memory of Marie Rocamontes Henriquez, a long-time,
dedicated employee with the ACCD International Programs Department. Major: Any
major that includes a focus upon international aspects. Application Criteria
& Description: TO BE ESTABLISHED.
Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation (F)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: GPA 2.5, full-time (12 credit hours), financial need. Deadline:
May 15th & October 1st Award: $600 per
semester (for 2 consecutive semesters) not renewable
McDonald's Employee Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Students with academic and extra curricular achievements, as
well as financial need and applicants must either work at or be the child or
grandchild of an employee who works at McDonald’s Deadline: May 15th
Amount: Varies
Michael Sanchez Scholarship (F)
Established by Mrs. Cessie
Sanchez. Criteria & Description: TO BE DETERMINED.
Office Systems Technology (D)
Departmental
Scholarship Application is required. Major: OST Criteria &
Description: GPA 2.5; financial need; 1-2 paragraph essay; FASA
recommended. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Oppenheimer PAC Title V Scholars (E)(F)
Established
by the U.S. Department of Education Endowment Matching Grant Program and the
Oppenheimer Scholars Endowment Fund. Applications to the Palo Alto College
Office of Student Financial Services required. Major: Any Associate
Degree major. Criteria & Description: Same as “Oppenheimers
Scholars” Scholarship. Deadline: August. Award: NONE PENDING
GROWTH OF ENDOWMENT FUND … WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.
Richard Leming Scholarship
Departmental
Scholarship application is required. Department: Agribusiness Programs, Criteria
& Description; Academic Merit, Deadline: May 15th Award:
Varies
Ryan Smith Guzman Scholarship (F)
Established
by Dr. Ana “Cha” Guzman, President of Palo Alto College, in loving memory of
her son, Ryan Smith Guzman. Applications to the Palo Alto College Office of
Student Financial Services required. Major: Any major. Criteria &
Description: This is a portable transfer scholarship for students
transferring from Palo Alto College to a four-year Texas institution of higher
education; Must have been enrolled in developmental education at Palo Alto
College; Must have completed a minimum of 40 credit hours at Palo Alto College;
Minimum GPA of 2.5; Must possess an academic degree plan for a baccalaureate
degree and be transferring in the semester following the semester during which
application for this scholarship is submitted; Must attach counselor
certification for transfer students. Deadline: Fall and Spring
Semesters. Award: $1,500 one time award paid to the four-year
institution of higher education on behalf of the awarded transfer student.
Sam Riklin Memorial Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required with “ACORN scholarship indicated. Major:
Occupational Therapy Criteria & Description: Student must be
graduating or have graduated high school with at least a 2.0 GPA; were in the
upper two-thirds of their graduating class; satisfactorily passed the TAKS;
must be enrolling as a full-time student (12 hours or more) Deadline:
one month prior to high school graduation or four months before intended
semester, if already attending college. Award: $500 per semester for one
year
San Antonio Chapter - National Defense Transportation Association
Departmental Scholarship
application is required. Department: Agribusiness, Major:
Logistics Criteria & Description: Academic merit, Deadline: April 1st
Award: Varies
San Antonio Free Trade Alliance Scholarship
Departmental
Scholarship application is required. Department: Agribusiness Programs, Criteria
& Description: Academic merit Deadline: May 15th Award:
$500 per student.
San Antonio Livestock Exposition
SALE
Application is required. Major: Agriculture, Agribusiness, Veterinary
Technology, Hospitality, Allied Health, Nursing, or Pre-Medicine. Criteria
& Description: US citizen or permanent resident of the United States,
high school graduate from Bexar, Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Gillespie,
Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, Wilson, Frio, Karnes, or Kerr counties, 2.0 GPA;
enroll for 12 credit hours; 3 letters of recommendations, official high school or
college transcripts. Deadline: March 15th Award:$1000.
San Antonio McDonald's Operator Scholarship
Established
by participating McDonald’s Restaurant franchise owners in San Antonio
for employees of their respective restaurants. Applications available at, and
to be submitted to, the participating McDonald’s Restaurant manager. Major: Any
major. Criteria & Description: Must be a current employee at any of
the McDonald’s Restaurants owned and operated by the McDonald’s Restaurant
franchise owners who established this scholarship (Acosta, Inc; Rich-De, Inc.;
Hal John of San Antonio, Inc.; Didak, Inc; Jesse Guajardo, dba McDonald’s;
Stagg Restaurants Partnership; B & D Management Company, Inc.; R & J
Rios, Inc.; PiciCo.; C – CKS, Inc dba McDonald’s; and MUNCH, Inc. dba
McDonald’s); Minimum GPA of 2.0; Full time (minimum of 12 credit hours per
semester) or part time (6 to 11 credit hours per semester); Financial need not
required. Deadline: Submit anytime. Award: $250 per semester.
Seeds of Leadership Scholarship
Established
by Shelley Friend, faculty member at Northwest Vista College, to encourage and recognize student leadership.
Applications to ACCD Office of Student Financial Services required. Major: Any
major. Criteria & Description: Must have completed minimum of 12
college credit hours at time of application; Must be enrolled in minimum of 6
college credit hours at time of application; Minimum GPA of 3.0; Must be
working a minimum of 10 hours per week (provide proof); Must be a U.S. citizen
or legal resident; Must submit typed essay or video essay addressing leadership
skills and characteristics possessed by the applicant; Must submit 2 letters of
recommendation exemplifying leadership attributes of the applicant; Financial
need not required. Deadline: May Award: $500 for the Fall
Semester only.
Sociedad Peruanan de San Antonio Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship application required. Majors: All majors Criteria &
Description: Students must demonstrate they will be graduating or have
already graduated with a satisfactory cumulative highs school grade (2.0 to 4.0
scale); student may be newly enrolling or continuing college students; students
may be full or part-time; student must maintain and possess the minimum of 2.0
GPA; Students must have been born in Peru or be of the first generation
Pervuvian descent to attend college (appropriate student visa or other
documentation if U.S. citizen, must be submitted with scholarship application.
Award: $500 per semester for full-time students and $250 per semester
for part-time students.
Trustee Scholarship (E)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: All majors. Criteria
& Description: Academic merit and/or financial need, GPA may range from
2.5 to 4.0. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
SCHOLARSHIPS AT NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE
ACCD Endowed Scholarship (E)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: 3.0 GPA; enroll for 6 or more hours; official High School
transcript(s); financial need or academic merit. Deadline: Fall, May 15th,
spring, October 1st Award: $300-$1000.
ACCD Foundation Scholars (F)
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: 3.0 GPA; enroll for 12 hours per term; official transcript(s);
2 letters of recommendation; financial need, applications available at ACCD
Institutional Advancement Office (208-8105) at the College Student Financial
Services Office Deadline: May 15th Award: $750.00 per term,
maximum $1500 per years
Anthony Chalkley Scholarship (E)(F)
Established
in memory of Anthony Chalkley, former faculty member at Northwest Vista College. Criteria & Description: NOT YET
DETERMINED
Ashley Lynn Degerstrom Scholarship (F)
Established
in loving memory of Ashley Lynn Degerstrom, a student at Northwest Vista College, by
her parents and many friends who always knew her as a kind, compassionate soul.
Application to the Northwest Vista College Office of Student Financial Services
required. Major: Teaching degree. Criteria & Description:
Applicant must have already completed one full year of college credit toward a
teaching degree, have an earned minimum GPA of 3.0, enrolled as a full time
student (minimum of 12 credit hours per semester) at Northwest Vista College,
participating in either a 2+2 Transfer Program or a Joint Admission Program in
pursuit of a baccalaureate degree, demonstrate financial need, demonstrate a
commitment to community volunteerism and engagement; must receive annual
academic and career counseling. Deadline: May. Award: $750 for
Fall Semester; renewable $750 for Spring Semester if criteria continues to be
met.
Gambrinus Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: All majors Criteria &
Description: Student must have already graduated with a B or C grade
average; must be enrolled full time (at least 12 hours) at any ACCD college in
San Antonio and must demonstrate a commitment to pursue a 4 year bachelor
degree by either participating in the ACCD 2 + 2 Transfer Program or the ACCD
Joint Admission Program; students must demonstrate financial need. Award:
Varies
Gready, Woodward, Hatton, & Vestor Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: 2.0 GPA and financial need, current graduating high school
student, enrolling full or part-time. Deadline: May 15th Award:
$375-$750 per semester.
G.W. Brackenridge Foundation
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Academic merit and financial need. Deadlines: May 15th
Award: Varies
HEB/LULAC Rey Feo Scholarship
Established
by H.E.B. on behalf of the LULAC Rey Feo Scholarship appeal. Application to the
ACCD Office of Student Financial Services required. Major: Teaching
degree; enrolled in 2+2 Transfer Program or Joint Admission Program in pursuit
of a baccalaureate degree. Criteria & Description: Minimum GPA of
3.0; Demonstrated financial need; Demonstrated community and/or campus service;
Full time student (enrolled in minimum of 12 credit hours per semester). Deadline:
August. Award: $500 for Fall Semester; Renewable $500 for Spring
Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Marie Henriquez International Programs (F)
Established
by family and friends in memory of Marie Rocamontes Henriquez, a long-time,
dedicated employee with the ACCD International Programs Department. Major: Any
major that includes a focus upon international aspects. Application Criteria
& Description: TO BE ESTABLISHED.
Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation (F)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: GPA 2.5, full-time (12 credit hours), financial need. Deadline:
May 15th & October 1st Award: $600 per semester
(for 2 consecutive semesters) not renewable
Jane B. Phillips Scholarships for Leaders (F)
Established
by students in the San Antonio Master’s Leadership Program in honor of Jane B.
Phipps. Application to the Program Head for the ACCD Student Leadership
Institute required. Major: Any major, but pursuing an Associate or
Baccalaureate Degree. Criteria & Description: Must have completed
their first year of college and be entering their second year of college when
applying, having earned a minimum of 24 credits hours, but no more than 36
credit hours; Must be an active student participant in the ACCD Student
Leadership Institute program; Minimum GPA of 3.0; Demonstrated financial need;
Demonstrated community volunteer; Must be a re-entry adult or at least 30 years
of age. Deadline: August. Award: $750 for the Fall Semester;
Renewable $750 for the Spring Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Jane Hope Memorial Scholarship (F)
ACCD
Scholarship Application required. Major: Education Criteria &
Description: demonstrated community service; 3.0 GPA; good standing at Palo Alto College Award:
$300 yearly
James Siegel Scholarship (E)(F)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: Computer Science Criteria
& Description: GPA 2.5; financial need; 1-2 paragraph essay; FASA
recommend. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
Kelly Management Association Scholarship (E)(F)
Scholarship
application required. Major: All majors Criteria & Description:
Students must be graduating or have graduated with a GPA of 2.0 or better; must
demonstrate financial need; satisfactorily passed the TAKS; students may be
full or part-time; may attend any of the ACCD colleges; Preference will be
given to prospective scholarship recipients first who are former employees of
Kelly Air Force Base and second, who are employees of the military
installations in the Greater San Antonio Area ( applicant will need to show
proof of preferential) Award: $500 per semester for full-time students
and $ 250 per semester for part-time students
Kelly USA Scholarship (F)
Established
by the Greater Kelly Development Foundation. Major: Associate degrees in
the fields of Aerospace, Logistics, Math, Science, Engineering or Business.
Application to college’s Office of Student Financial Services required
providing verification that all criteria are
met. Criteria & Description: Preference given to students residing
in Zip Codes 78211, 78224, 78225, 78226, 78227, 78237, 78241 or 78242, and
whose parents work for a company located at KellyUSA, or who themselves worked
or interned at a company located at KellyUSA; Must be a U.S. citizen or a
permanent resident of the United States; Minimum GPA of 3.2; Minimum 90%
attendance record while in high school; Demonstrate financial need; Full time
student (enrolled in minimum of 12 credit hours per semester). Deadline:
August. Award: $500 for Fall Semester; Renewable $500 for Spring
Semester if criteria continues to be met.
Leonard and Shirley Sterling Scholarship (E)(F)
Established
by Mrs. Shirley Sterling, in loving memory of her late husband, Leonard, and
her life with him. Application to the ACCD Office of Student Financial Services
required. Major: Business. Criteria & Description: Minimum
GPA of 3.5; Demonstrate active community service; Financial need not required;
Must be a U.S. citizen and resident; Full time (enrolled in a minimum of 12
credit hours per semester) or Part time (enrolled in 6 to 11 credit hours per
semester). Deadline: August. Award: $250 to $750 for Full time
student for Fall Semester, depending upon clarity of stated goals; renewal $250
to $750 for Full time student for Spring Semester if criteria continues to be
met; $250 for Part time student.
Marie Henriquez International Programs (F)
Established by family and friends in memory of
Marie Rocamontes Henriquez, a long-time,
dedicated employee with the ACCD International Programs Department. Major: Any
major that includes a focus upon international aspects. Application Criteria
& Description: TO BE ESTABLISHED.
McDonald's Employee Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Students with academic and extra curricular achievements, as
well as financial need and applicants must either work at or be the child or
grandchild of an employee who works at McDonald’s Deadline: May 15th
Amount: Varies
Minne Stevens Piper Foundation
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: All Majors Criteria &
Description: Academic and financial need; minimum 3.0 GPA. Deadlines: May 15th Award: Varies
Olga Aguirre Memorial Scholarship (F)
Scholarship
application is required. Major: All major Criteria & Description: Minimum
GPA of 2.0; must demonstrate financial need.
Sam Riklin Memorial Scholarship (E)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required with “ACORN scholarship indicated. Major:
Occupational Therapy Criteria & Description: Student must be
graduating or have graduated high school with at least a 2.0 GPA; were in the
upper two-thirds of their graduating class; satisfactorily passed the TAKS;
must be enrolling as a full-time student (12 hours or more) Deadline:
one month prior to high school graduation or four months before intended
semester, if already attending college. Award: $500 per semester for one
year
San Antonio Education Partnership (P)
SAEP
Eligibility form is required. Major All Majors Criteria &
Description: Eligibility is determined at the high school level, based on
attendance and grade point average (GPA), must enroll for 12 hours per term in
San Antonio Livestock Exposition
SALE Application is required. Majors: Agriculture, Agribusiness, Veterinary Technology, Hospitality, Allied Health, Nursing, or Pre Medicine.
Criteria & Description: U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States, high school graduate from Bexar, Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, Wilson, Frio, Karnes or Kerr counties, 2.0 GPA; enroll for 12 credit hours; 3 letters of recommendations, official high school or college transcripts. Deadline: March 15th
Award: $1,000.
San Antonio McDonald's Operator Scholarship
Established
by participating McDonald’s Restaurant franchise owners in San Antonio
for employees of their respective restaurants. Applications available at, and
to be submitted to, the participating McDonald’s Restaurant manager. Major: Any
major. Criteria & Description: Must be a current employee at any of
the McDonald’s Restaurants owned and operated by the McDonald’s Restaurant
franchise owners who established this scholarship (Acosta, Inc; Rich-De, Inc.;
Hal John of San Antonio, Inc.; Didak, Inc; Jesse Guajardo, dba McDonald’s;
Stagg Restaurants Partnership; B & D Management Company, Inc.; R & J
Rios, Inc.; PiciCo.; C – CKS, Inc dba McDonald’s; and MUNCH, Inc. dba
McDonald’s); Minimum GPA of 2.0; Full time (minimum of 12 credit hours per
semester) or part time (6 to 11 credit hours per semester); Financial need not
required. Deadline: Submit anytime. Award: $250 per semester.
Seeds of Leadership Scholarship
Established
by Shelley Friend, faculty member at Northwest Vista College, to encourage and recognize student leadership.
Applications to ACCD Office of Student Financial Services required. Major: Any
major. Criteria & Description: Must have completed minimum of 12
college credit hours at time of application; Must be enrolled in minimum of 6
college credit hours at time of application; Minimum GPA of 3.0; Must be
working a minimum of 10 hours per week (provide proof); Must be a U.S. citizen
or legal resident; Must submit typed essay or video essay addressing leadership
skills and characteristics possessed by the applicant; Must submit 2 letters of
recommendation exemplifying leadership attributes of the applicant; Financial
need not required. Deadline: May. Award: $500 for the Fall
Semester only.
Sociedad Peruanan de San Antonio Scholarship
ACCD
Scholarship application required. Majors: All majors Criteria &
Description: Students must demonstrate they will be graduating or have
already graduated with a satisfactory cumulative highs school grade (2.0 to 4.0
scale); student may be newly enrolling or continuing college students; students
may be full or part-time; student must maintain and possess the minimum of 2.0
GPA; Students must have been born in Peru or be of the first generation
Pervuvian descent to attend college (appropriate student visa or other
documentation if U.S. citizen, must be submitted with scholarship application.
Award: $500 per semester for full-time students and $250 per semester
for part-time students.
Time Warner
ACCD
Scholarship Application is required. Major: Engineering or Mass
Communications. Criteria & Description: 3.0 GPA, be enrolled
full-time (12 credits hours), demonstrate financial need. Deadlines: May 15th
Award: $500.
Trustee Scholarship (E)
ACCD
Scholarship application is required. Major: All majors. Criteria
& Description: Academic merit and/or financial need, GPA may range from
2.5 to 4.0. Deadline: Open Award: Varies
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