Chancellor's Scholarship Guidelines (2010-11)

The Chancellor's Scholarship is administered through the ASU Financial Aid & Scholarships Office. Any questions concerning the scholarship should be directed to the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office at (870) 972-2310.

What the Scholarship Covers:

  • The Chancellor’s Scholarship provides $3,500 per Fall and Spring semester for courses (excluding correspondence) taken on the ASU-Jonesboro campus only. In addition, a double-occupancy room per Fall and Spring semester in an ASU residence hall or the equivalent amount if residing in Collegiate Park or The Village. Awards are contingent upon the availability of funds and housing scholarships are contingent upon the availability of on-campus housing.
  • This scholarship is awarded for the duration of eight consecutive semesters or through completion of the undergraduate degree, whichever occurs first, provided the student maintains all scholarship requirements.
  • Students who decline to live in an ASU residence hall will not receive the financial equivalent for off-campus living.

How to Qualify:

  • The scholarship is awarded during the senior year to U.S. citizens who are Arkansas residents graduating from Arkansas high schools.
  • Students must submit an admissions application with fee, official ACT or SAT scores and official six or seven-semester transcript.
  • Students must have a minimum ACT composite score of 29 or 1300 on the SAT and a high school minimum GPA of 3.500 on a six semester transcript.
  • Scholarship awarding will be October 1, 2009 through December 1, 2009.
  • A limited number of awards are available.

Student Responsibilities for Accepting and Maintaining the Chancellor’s Scholarship Award:

  • Students who are selected to receive the Chancellor’s Scholarship will have until May 1st to accept the scholarship offer; however, we encourage you to accept the offer within 30 days. After that time, the scholarship offer will no longer be valid. Should you accept the scholarship and later decide to attend another university, please notify the Financial Aid & Scholarships Office in writing or by email.
  • The residence hall room is contingent upon the purchase of a meal plan. If a student is released from the meal plan for any reason, the student will be liable for the cost of the room.
  • NOTE: Students receiving a room as part of their scholarship package must apply separately for housing through the Office of Residence Life and pay the applicable housing deposit.
  • Full-time enrollment of 15 college-level credit hours (excluding correspondence) on the ASU-Jonesboro campus is required during each fall and spring semester. Concurrent enrollment on another campus cannot be used to meet full-time enrollment status nor be paid for by the scholarship.
  • Matriculation to ASU must occur in the fall or spring semester immediately following high school graduation.
  • Any student who is enrolled full-time at another college, university, technical college, or branch of ASU during a regular semester (fall or spring) following high school graduation automatically forfeits the scholarship.
  • All college course work is calculated into the cumulative GPA for scholarship renewal.
  • Students who have grade changes are responsible for contacting the Scholarships Coordinator so that their scholarship status can be reevaluated.
  • For military exceptions, contact the ASU Scholarships Coordinator at (870) 972-2310.
  • Award holders who are enrolled in ASU Paragould classes and are receiving a Greene County discount will be paid an amount equal to their discounted tuition and fees charges for a maximum of 15 credit hours up to the established scholarship value.
  • Award holders who are dependents of ASU faculty and staff will be paid $1250 per semester for ASUJ credit hours in addition to the faculty/staff discount.

First Year Students

  • Students who fail to obtain a cumulative 3.250 GPA but have at least a minimum cumulative 3.000 GPA and have successfully completed a minimum 12 credit hours at the end of the first or second semester of enrollment will be granted a probation period during the Spring and/or Summer I semester. Students that are granted probation at the end of the Fall semester will receive the scholarship during the Spring semester. In order to gain reinstatement for subsequent semesters, the student must have raised his/her cumulative GPA to a 3.250 by the end of the summer I term following the freshman year. Probation is not available for any subsequent semesters.
  • Students must successfully complete a minimum of 30 ASUJ credit hours (fall, spring, and summer I combined) by the end of the summer I term following their freshman year with a 3.250 cumulative GPA or the scholarship is forfeited.

Second Year and Subsequent Years

  • Eligibility to continue on scholarship is checked at the end of the fall (December) and spring (May) semesters. Students with summer school work should remember that those grades may affect their scholarship status when cumulative GPA is reviewed.
  • Students must successfully complete a minimum of 15 ASUJ credit hours each semester following their freshman year with a 3.250 cumulative GPA or the scholarship is forfeited.