Amount: $2,000 Per Year
Eligibility: The top high school senior Hispanic scorers on the PSAT who have earned
a 3.0 or higher grade point average.
The National Hispanic Scholars Scholarship, in the amount of $2,000 per year, is offered
to the top high school senior Hispanic scorers on the PSAT who have earned a 3.0 or
higher grade point average. This award can be used in addition to an Academic Achievement
Scholarship, but when combined cannot exceed the cost of tuition. The National Hispanic
Scholars Scholarship can be used for eight consecutive semesters. Students must submit
an application for admission by March 1st to be eligible for the award. Additionally,
a copy of the letter or certificate officially declaring National Hispanic Scholar
status must be provided to the Office of Financial Aid.
On Feb. 25 and 26, seven UD students traveled to Austin with Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Enrollment Michael Probus, BA '12 MBA '15, to advocate for continuing and/or increasing Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG) money.
+ Read MoreMike Kiegerl's youngest daughter, Christine, would have graduated from UD in the Class of 1994, but just before her graduation, she was struck by an impaired truck driver and died instantly. Kiegerl and his wife, Peggy, established the Christine S. Kiegerl Memorial Scholarship in their girl's memory in 1997.
+ Read MoreUD students not only read St. Augustine's "Confessions" in Rome, traveling to Ostia to marvel at the place in which, according to Book IX, St. Augustine and his mother, St. Monica, had a joint mystical vision of God — they also travel 4.4 miles from the Irving campus to read the text with residents of South Irving.
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