Missouri Western State University will expand its scholarship program for qualified graduates of A+ designated high schools in Missouri, starting with students receiving the scholarship this fall.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Missouri Western A+ Scholarship program was a great success in its first year, with more than 140 students taking advantage of the aid opportunity in 2012-2013,\u201d said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western\u2019s president. \u201cThese changes will provide even greater assistance and flexibility to our students.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Missouri Department of Higher Education offers a scholarship to high school students who meet academic, attendance, tutoring\/mentoring and citizenship criteria and enroll in a two-year degree program. The Missouri Western scholarship is for A+-certified incoming freshmen who choose to enroll full time in a four-year degree program directly out of high school.<\/p>\n
Missouri Western has announced two major changes to its scholarship:<\/p>\n
Dr. Melody Smith, Superintendent of St. Joseph Public Schools, thanks Missorui Western for “continuing to invest in our regional students” by expanding the A+ Scholarship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In addition to high school graduates entering Missouri Western this fall, both changes apply to students who were awarded the scholarship in its first year and are eligible for renewal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese changes make the Missouri Western A+ Scholarship an even better option for A+-certified students who want to pursue a four-year degree,\u201d said Howard McCauley, dean of enrollment management.<\/p>\n
Devin Roberts is a sophomore nursing major from Central High School who received the Missouri Western A+ Scholarship in 2012-2013. Roberts is excited that the dollar value of the scholarship is going up for local students, and that it\u2019s renewable for four years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe A+ scholarship has helped me, along with my academic scholarship, to pay for my classes,\u201d said Roberts.<\/p>\n
One of the advantages of the Missouri Western A+ Scholarship is that it is stackable with other federal, state and institutional financial aid. The average student receiving a Missouri Western A+ Scholarship last year received an additional $4,515 in aid, bringing the total aid for the first year to more than $6,000. A qualifying student from Andrew or Buchanan County entering Missouri Western this fall could receive a total of more than $24,000 in assistance over four years.<\/p>\n
A limited number of Missouri Western A+ Scholarships are still available for fall 2013. The application deadline is Aug. 1. For more information, visit griff.vn\/APLUS. To watch video of the press conference announcing the expansion, visit griff.vn\/MWAPLUS.<\/p>\n
Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Correction: An earlier version of this release misstated the state’s A+ requirements.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Missouri Western State University will expand its scholarship program for qualified graduates of A+ designated high schools in Missouri, starting with students receiving the scholarship this fall. \u201cThe Missouri Western A+ Scholarship program was a great success in its first year, with more than 140 students taking advantage of the aid opportunity in 2012-2013,\u201d said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[92,369,672],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7700,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions\/7700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}