The Alumni Association is proud to offer ten Endowed Scholarships each year. These award $2,000 per academic year ($1,000 each Fall and Spring) to a senior-level student in each academic college and one from the Association of Future Alumni.
The awards are given using interest only.
Application opening and closing dates to be announced.
Apply for the Alumni Association Scholarships
Award Specifications
- The amount to be awarded is $2,000 annually for 2 semesters; $1,000 for the Fall semester and $1,000 for the Spring semester
- The number of awards to be given each year is 10 (one per college and one for AFA)
- This scholarship is generally not awarded in the Summer Semester
- Awarded to a registered full-time student
Eligibility
In order to be eligible to apply for the scholarship he/she must:
- Not necessarily be a U.S. Citizen
- Not necessarily be a Louisiana Resident
- Be eligible to enter their Senior Year or accepted as a graduate student at UL Lafayette
- Have a 3.0 grade point average to be eligible
- Must be a full-time student (12 hours or more in the semester(s) received for undergraduate studies; 9 hours or more for graduate studies)
For AFA scholarship only:
- Be a current active member of AFA
- Additional criteria including active participation in AFA club events/activities as established by AFA membership
- Be a major in any college
For graduate students only:
- This scholarship is available to graduate students. To be eligible as a a graduate student, you must select "Graduate School" as your college in the online application.
- If you are presently an undergraduate but have been accepted as a graduate student at UL Lafayette for the upcoming fiscal year, you may apply. Select "Graduate School" as your college in the online application and include this information in your answer to the question, "What are your plans and goals for the future?"
- Graduate student applicants do not need to submit an official transcript with their application; the Graduate School will secure the transcript on your behalf.
- Recipients of this award must enroll as a full-time graduate student, which is in at least 9 graduate credit hours.
- Recipients of this award must be pursuing their graduate studies at UL Lafayette. This is not a scholarship that can be applied to graduate studies at another institution.
Note: Should the eligibility requirements result in the scholarship becoming unduly difficult to award, the selection committee will award to the student who most closely matches the criteria in the original guidelines.
Scholarship Selection Committee participants is made up of members of the Alumni Association Scholarship Committee.
Maintenance Requirements
In order for a student to receive the second portion of their scholarship, the student must successfully complete the semester as a full-time student and have a 3.0 cumulative GPA. The University publicizes the availability of the scholarship. Each year's recipients are appropriately publicized. Periodic reports to scholarship donors are made on the academic progress of the recipient by the UL Lafayette Scholarship Office.
