Student Government Association’s Summer Study Abroad scholarship:
o 1 awarded, $500
o Due March 15
o 2.7 GPA minimum
Rinker Center study abroad scholarships:
• Rinker Scholarship
o 2.5 GPA minimum
o Due April 1 for summer, fall and academic year
o Due Oct. 1 for spring
o $1,000 per semester, less for field studies
• Yuhas Scholarship
o 3.0 GPA minimum
o Due April 1 for summer, fall and academic year
o Due Oct. 1 for spring
o $1,000 per semester, less for field studies
• SGA created $500 scholarship to help a student study in another country.
• Fund is aimed at stummer study programs.
• Applications due March 15.
The Student Government Association executive board debuted a new scholarship for summer study abroad to keep in line with its platform points.
The $500 scholarship’s application went live last week, said SGA Vice President Alyssa France.
France said changing her major sophomore year derailed her desire to study abroad, but she hopes the scholarship will help make the opportunity possible for another Ball State student.
“We’re looking for someone who knows what they want to do with their future and realizes how this experience can factor in,” she said. “[Someone who will] make the most of study abroad and make most of their future.”
The scholarship is geared toward summer study abroad because the funds will come out of SGA’s executive budget and the budget must be finished during the summer. Applicants must have a 2.7 cumulative GPA.
John Jensen, director of the Rinker Center for International Programs, said SGA is the only student organization to have its own study abroad scholarship.
“I think the scholarship speaks to SGA’s commitment to international opportunities and their appreciation to how those benefit students,” Jensen said.
Former SGA President Malachi Randolph provided the idea for this platform point while he was on the executive board.
“Last spring when we were all together, we talked about our different experiences at Ball State and what we got out of them,” France said. “Malachi had [a] study abroad experience and it was really valuable to him.”
France said she and the SGA chief of staff will choose the top three from the applications and the executive board will then choose the recipient. Applications are due at 5 p.m. March 15 and need to be turned into the SGA office in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Room 112. To print an application, go to bit.ly/1ebB5gL.
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