St. Philip's College Presidential Award

St. Philip’s College is looking for excellent students who want challenging and rewarding extracurricular opportunities that will engage them in leadership experiences while pursuing their college degree.

The Presidential Scholarship is intended to help you actualize your potential in addressing societal issues and challenges by providing you with funds to support your education.

Terms of the scholarship require substantive community service activities related to healthcare, social services, child advocacy, the environment, sustainability or economic development Recipients will meet with the College president and/or designees during the course of their project to share experiences, thoughts and ideas.

If you are interested in getting involved with this leadership opportunity, engaging in meaningful learning experiences and developing a network of professional contacts, you are strongly encouraged to apply for the Presidential Scholarship.

The Presidential Scholarship is available to full-time students who maintain satisfactory academic progress and a cumulative GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0 and who are able to show a commitment to the scholarship requirements. The Presidential Scholarship is valued at $3,000
payable in $1,500 increments per semester. Upon graduation from SPC with a degree or certificate, Presidential Scholars will receive a $1,000 transfer scholarship to a 4 year college or university. (Presidential Scholars will forfeit the transfer scholarship if they withdraw or they are dropped from the Presidential Scholarship program before graduation or awarded a certificate.)

You must also:
1. Be enrolled at St. Philip’s College during the semester in which you apply.
2. Maintain satisfactory academic progress and cumulative GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0 scale; developmental courses are excluded from the GPA.
3. Pursue an Associate Degree or Certificate at SPC.
4. Successfully complete a minimum of 12 college credit hours of coursework each semester excluding developmental courses.
5. Commit to successfully complete 30 hours of community service and serve as a college ambassador each semester.
6. Submit a Service Hour Report once a month to the SPC Scholarship Coordinator.
7. Engage in a critical thinking/problem solving activity. The recipients will work with a program mentor in implementing solutions and tracking their progress via monthly reports. A Project Impact Report will be submitted to the SPC Scholarship Coordinator at the end of each semester.