Scholarship Tigers–Students Helping Each Other Find Money for College

$8,000 Regions Riding Forward Scholarship

https://www.regions.com/about-regions/diversity-equity-inclusion/supporting-communities/essay-contest-scholarship

$8,000 Regions Riding Forward Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2024 for the Quarter 3 contest; Dec 31, 2024 for the Quarter 4 contest

Selected criteria from the webpage:

“Their Story. Your Voice.

Your voice is your own. But it’s also been impacted by others. Who, we wonder, has inspired you? Let us know by entering the Regions Riding Forward Scholarship Contest.

You could win an $8,000 college scholarship

For the opportunity to win an $8,000 scholarship, submit a video or written essay about an individual you know personally (who lives in your community) who has inspired you and helped you build the confidence you need to achieve your goals.

To be eligible to enter this contest and to win an award in a Quarterly Contest, at the time of entry, you must:

• Be a legal U.S. resident of one of the Eligible States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
• Be age 16 or older.
• Have at least one (1) year (or at least 18 semester hours) remaining before college graduation.
• If you are not yet in college, begin your freshman year of college no later than the start of the 2025 – 2026 college academic school year.
• As of your most recent school enrollment period, have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in school (and if no GPA is provided at school, be in “good standing” or the equivalent thereof in school).”

For more details, click on the link above

How the Writing Center can Help You:

We can help you brainstorm your presentation, compose a script for the video, or look over the rough draft of your 500 word essay.

And if you are not confident to make the video, we can help you find resources on campus to improve how you create your video.

Writing Help at the AARC Writing Center at TSU for Scholarships or Any Writing Concern

As a Tennessee State University student or faculty/staff member, if you need help with

scholarship applications, essays, or any other writing concern, know that the Academic Achievement and Retention Writing Center at Tennessee State University is here for you!

Fall 2024 hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm, 615.963.5102.

For online scheduling: http://mywco.com/tnstate

If you already have an account, log in and make an appointment.

If you don’t have an account, register for an account by clicking on “Register an Account” next to FIRST VISIT? and schedule your appointment!

For help with any writing concern including resumes, applications, or essays for scholarships or internships, you can sign up for any available writing tutor (Ms. Rhonda Kavan, Dr. Shiloh Carol, Ms. Lori Danley, Mr. Michael Turner)

If you need help with finding scholarships, you can choose Ms. Lori Danley or Mr. Michael Turner.

Post written by Michael Turner, the Scholarship specialist. You can reach Mr. Turner at mjturner@tnstate.edu.

$500 Courage to Grow Scholarship and Other $1,500-$10,000 Monthly Scholarships

1. https://couragetogrowscholarship.com/

$500 Courage to Grow Scholarship, Awarded monthly.

Eligibility: Students must be U.S. citizens who are juniors or seniors in high school or college students with a minimum GPA of 2.5 or better. Answer the scholarship question of why you deserve this scholarship in 250 words or less.

If you can’t write for the August 31 deadline, try for the September 30 deadline.

Helpful suggestions:

Check the website for information on what the Courage to Grow Scholarship is about and how the organization awards the scholarship. I am guessing if you are a freshman in your first semester of college, then consider your GPA from your last semester in high school. (You could even contact the scholarship organizers to ask them this question.)

Since you are writing about yourself, you most likely won’t use the word you (2^nd person), but use I and me (1^st person) or when talking about others, their names or identities and third person pronouns (for example, father, mother, Mom, Dad, he, she, his, her, etc).

You can see who has won in the past and what they wrote. Be inspired, but don’t copy: https://couragetogrowscholarship.com/award-recipients/

2. https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/our-scholarships

$1,500-$10,000 Monthly Scholarships

Unigo.com sponsors several monthly scholarships, often requiring 250 words or less.

Here are some upcoming scholarships:

$1,500 Make Me Laugh Scholarship, D: Aug 31, 2024

$1,500 Shout It Out Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2024

$2,000 Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship, D: Oct 31, 2024

$5,000 Education Matters Scholarship, D: Nov 30, 2024

$10,000 Unigo $10K Scholarship, D: Dec 31, 2024

For more monthly scholarships, visit JLV College Counseling’s post: https://jlvcollegecounseling.com/scholarships/monthly-scholarships/

For scholarships listed by major, age/grade level, month, minority status, international, gender, military and other search criteria, click here: https://jlvcollegecounseling.com/scholarships/

Writing Help at the AARC Writing Center at TSU for Scholarships or Any Writing Concern

As a Tennessee State University student or faculty/staff member, if you need help with

scholarship applications, essays, or any other writing concern, know that the Writing Center at

Tennessee State University is here for you!

Fall 2024 hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm, 615.963.5102.

For online scheduling: http://mywco.com/tnstate

If you already have an account, log in and make an appointment.

If you don’t have an account, register for an account by clicking on “Register an Account” next to FIRST VISIT? and schedule your appointment!

For help with any writing concern including resumes, applications, or essays for scholarships or internships, you can sign up for any available writing tutor.

If you need help with finding scholarships, you can choose Mr. Michael Turner or Ms. Lori Danley.

You can also contact Rhonda Kavan, Writing Center Coordinator at Tennessee State University, at rkavan@tnstate.edu or Lori Danley, Writing Center Tutor/Instructor, at ldanley@tnstate.edu.

Post written by Michael Turner, the Scholarship specialist. You can reach Mr. Turner at mjturner@tnstate.edu.

The Hyundai Women in STEM Scholarship

The $10,000 Hyundai Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) Scholarship has a deadline of June 30, 2023.

The following scholarship does not require any GPA, but it does require 500 words or more “on the journey you will take to promote a positive shift towards sustainability in your chosen STEM field.” (Found under Terms and Conditions)

 From webpage: 

“About Hyundai

Hyundai exists to make a richer journey possible for all by investing in the future of women in the STEM fields that will help shape it. By taking bold steps toward technology, sustainable mobility, and autonomy, we can all look forward to a brighter tomorrow. Let’s work together to drive positive change and shape the journey toward a sustainable future.

Eligible Recipients

High school seniors and college undergraduates who identify as female, reside in the United States, and wish to pursue a STEM-related field of education.

2023 Essay Question

Hyundai exists to make a richer journey possible for all. Write an essay of 500 words or more on what ways you think the future of mobility can be improved to better serve communities and enhance quality of life through STEM-related solutions.

Scholarship Amount

Five scholarships in the amount of $10,000 each

Application Deadline

June 30, 2023 (winners will be announced by August 31, 2023)”

To find more scholarships, try the scholarship search engine at the University Network: https://www.tun.com/scholarships/

To find more ideas about how to pursue money opportunities, check out the Scholarship Tigers blog: https://scholarshiptigers.com/

How the TSU Writing Center Can Assist You

If you are a Tennessee State University student, faculty/staff, or alumni, the TSU Writing Center can help you in brainstorming ideas for this essay prompt or assist you in looking over your essay and suggesting how to revise it to make your writing better.

Services are offered on-ground and virtually, 7:30 am-6 pm Monday-Wednesday and 7:30 am-5:30 pm Thursday during summer hours.  During regular hours, services are offered 8 am-4:30 pm Monday-Friday, or Sunday (6-7 pm, online only).

Click here for more information and to make an appointment: https://www.tnstathttps://www.tnstate.edu/asc/writing.aspx.

If you have additional questions about Writing Center services, please contact Ms. Kavan, the Coordinator of the Writing Center, rkavan@tnstate.edu. 

If you wish to find out more about how to find more scholarships or how to write scholarship or internship applications and essays, check with Ms. Lori Danley at 615-963-5568 or
ldanley@tnstate.edu

All the staff of the Writing Center are more than qualified to assist you with your writing concerns, such as applications for scholarships, graduate assistantships, or internships. Many students have qualified for several thousands in money by seeking the help of the Writing Center.

1. https://www.salliemae.com/landing/bridging-the-dream-for-graduates/

$10,000 Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream Scholarship for Graduate Students, D: Oct 1, 2022

From webpage:

“Our Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program for Graduate Students helps outstanding students from minority and other historically underserved communities attend graduate school.

Grad students who are facing financial challenges may apply to receive a $10,000 scholarship to help them pay for their graduate or professional degree program.

Applications are now open through October 1st.”

If you are a minority student or from a historically underserved community, the Sallie Mae Fund in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund are giving graduate students facing financial challenges up to $10,000 to help students pay for a graduate or a professional degree program.

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On Monday, May 26, 2022, I gave this presentation, “Funding Graduate School Through Scholarships, for the 2022 Writing Hub Bootcamp at Tennessee State University (TSU).

The handout above should be easy to access and to download.

I worked at the TSU Writing Center for almost 21 years when I left in December 2020 to pursue entrepreneurial adventures. I still keep in touch with TSU, and I give back by giving scholarship seminars.

Some of the scholarships in the handout are still available. Some have new due dates once you click on the links.

Some of the scholarships with passed deadlines are still worth noting. You can put a reminder on Google Calendar or Outlook, or make a note somewhere, of when scholarships that you can apply for may be open.

For example, up to $10,000 Aspire Higher Scholarship will most likely come open in March 2023 with a deadline around May 31, 2022.

The $10,000 Hyundai Women in STEM Scholarship will most likely open around May 2023 with a deadline around June 30, 2023.

The $1,000 Moving Mountains Through Faith Scholarship will most likely open around June 2023 and have a deadline around July 29, 2023.

The above dates are guesses based on past deadlines.

I am trying my best to use this Gutenberg WordPress style, but as you can see above, I am not so good at it yet. If I waited until my skills were better, I may never get anything out.

This is an updated handout for the SCA presentation, Funding Your College Education with Scholarships (and Little to No Debt).

Scholarships with deadlines in August 2021 are highlighted in green in the handout.

You will find information in this handout that can help you pay for college without incurring crippling debt.

You will find the following highlights, scholarships, and more in the above handout:

Adopting the Scholarship Mindset

High GPA or No GPA: Does It Matter?

Scholarship Writing Project (Write 3-5 sentences for a potential $1,000 scholarship)

Scholarships that Don’t Require a GPA (Over $25,000 in scholarships)

Scholarships that Require a GPA (Over $15,000 in scholarships)

Scholarships to Watch For (Over $150,000 in scholarships)

How to Find More Scholarships

Benefits.gov

Grants to Individuals Online database

Professional Association Finder

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)-State Doctoral Scholars Program

Academic Common Market (ACM)—in-state tuition for out of state students

How to Find Other Learning Exchanges like the Academic Common Market

Recommended Resources

How the TSU Writing Center Can Assist You in Writing for Scholarships and Other Writing Concerns (if you are a student, alumni, faculty member, or staff at Tennessee State University)

The following handout for the SCA presentation, Funding Your College Education with Scholarships, can be found above and contains information to help you pay for college without incurring crippling debt.

You will find the following highlights, scholarships, and more in the above handout:

Adopting the Scholarship Mindset

High GPA or No GPA: Does It Matter?

Scholarships that Don’t Require a GPA

$1,000 Scholarship to Tackle Your Weakness, D: July 31, 2021

$1,000 Scholarship for Political Expression, D: Aug. 31, 2021

$1,000 Scholarship for Financial Literacy, D: Sept 30, 2021

$1,000 CouponChief.com Scholarship, D: July 31, 2021

Unigo Scholarships—Deadlines monthly

Flavor of the Month Scholarship –Deadline July 31, 2021($1,500.00)

Education Matters Scholarship -Deadline November 30, 2021 ($5000.00)

Unigo $10K Scholarship -Deadline December 31, 2021 ($10,000.00)

$1,500 MarvelOptics Scholarship Contest, Deadline: August 15, 2021 for Fall semester and Jan. 5, 2022 for Spring semester

$1,000 MoolahSPOT Scholarship, D: Aug. 31, 2021

$1,000-$5,000 DoSomething.Org Scholarships

$5,000 Student Loan Hero Scholarship, Opens Aug 9, 2021, and Deadline Oct 4, 2021; to pay for Spring 2022

$1,000 Certa Law Personal Injury & Wrongful Death Scholarship, D: Dec 15, 2021

$2,000 Optimal Scholarships, D: September 30, 2021

Scholarships that Require a GPA

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Scholarships

$500 Courage to Grow Scholarship, D: Monthly, GPA 2.5 or higher

$10,000 and paid internships and $5,000 Exabeam Cybersecurity Scholarship Program, D: Aug. 31, 2021

Scholarships to Watch For

$2,500 to $15,000 Scarlett Family Foundation Scholarship, opens around Sept 2021, D: Dec. 15, 2021

$125,000 and $75, 000 Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway, open Sept 2021

$3,500 for college students; $5,000 for high school students, Regions Riding Forward Essay Contest, opens in Feb 2022 (to celebrate and honor Black History Month)

TSU Foundation scholarships open around Feb 2022, Deadline: Mar 31, 2022

$25,000, $10,000, and $5,000 Taco Bell Live Mas Scholarship, opens in Fall 2021

Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee scholarships

Other Community Foundations scholarships all over America

How to Find More Scholarships

Benefits.gov

Grants to Individuals Online database

Professional Association Finder

Academic Common Market (ACM)

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)-State Doctoral Scholars Program

How to Find Other Learning Exchanges like the Academic Common Market

Recommended Resources

How the TSU Writing Center Can Assist You in Writing for Scholarships and Other Writing Concerns (if you are a student, alumni, faculty member, or staff at Tennessee State University)

The following handout was created for the seminar given for the TSU Writing Center on February 18 and February 19, 2021.

What you will find in this handout plus more:

TSU Foundation Scholarships

Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Scholarships, D: Mar. 15, 2021

How to Find Scholarships at Other Community Foundations in your Area

$3,500 and $5,000 Regions Riding Forward Essay Contest, D: Mar 31, 2021

$5,000 (up to $20,000) Beyond the Boroughs Scholarship, D: Mar 15, 2021

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Scholarships (currently, 38 scholarships)

$1,000-$5,000 DoSomething.Org Scholarships

$2,000 Optimal Scholarships, D: Mar 31, 2021

$1,500-$10,000 Unigo Writing Scholarships, D: monthly

$2,500-$3,000 AIGA WorldStudio Scholarships, D: Apr 13, 2021

$10,000 Aspire Higher Scholarships, D: May 31, 2021

How To Find More Scholarships Like Those Above

Benefits.gov

Grants to Individual Online database

Recommended Resources

Download the PDF for all the resources and more listed above.

This scholarship handout includes more than what we could go over in the workshop this afternoon.

We will cover scholarships to help pay for Spring 2021, scholarships to help pay for the 2021-2022 semester, how to find more scholarships, recommended resources, how the Writing Center at TSU can help you, and how you can make appointments in the Writing Center.

1. https://theedontstopscholarship.com/

$10,000 Megan Thee Stallion Don’t Stop Scholarship, D: Nov 2020

Selected criteria from website:

Two $10,000 scholarships to “women of color that are pursuing an associates, bachelors, or post-graduate degree in any field of study”

“The scholarship winner must be enrolled and accepted as a full or part time undergraduate or graduate student for 2020-2021 school year.  The scholarship winner will be announced in November 2020.”

“Open to all college students who: (a) are 13 years of age or older; (b) have proof of enrollment and (c) have been accepted as a full-time or part time undergraduate or graduate student for the applicable academic term. Limit of one entry per person.

$10,000 scholarship is paid directly to academic institution.”

“The essay for the scholarship should basically be about yourself, what you are majoring in and why you need the degree,” the “Savage” artist tweeted on Thursday night. “Doesn’t matter how many words or pages just do your best hotties!” —the quote from article by Christi Carras

Carras, Christi. “Meg Thee Stallion is giving $10,000 scholarships to women of color. How to apply.” Los Angeles Times, 9 October 2020, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-10-09/megan-thee-stallion-dont-stop-scholarship-application

(I can’t figure out how to indent five spaces for the second, third, and fourth line of the MLA citation entry. WordPress doesn’t make this simple).

And don’t forget about the $5,000 Optimal Scholarships, D: Dec. 31, 2020

2. https://www.optimal.com/scholarships

$5,000 Optimal Scholarships, D: Dec 31, 2020

There are five different scholarships here: undergraduate, graduate, military, community college, and online degree.

3. https://www.tmcf.org/students-alumni/scholarships/open-scholarships/

Check to see if you are eligible for any of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Scholarships.

Writing Help at the TSU Writing Center for Scholarships

or Any Writing Concern

As a Tennessee State University student or faculty/staff member, if you need help with scholarship applications, essays, or any other writing concern, know that the Writing Center at Tennessee State University is here for you!

Fall 2020 hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-6:00 pm, 615.963.5102

For online scheduling: http://mywco.com/tnstate

If you already have an account, log in and make an appointment.

If you don’t have an account, register for an account by clicking on “Register an Account” next to FIRST VISIT? and schedule your appointment!

For help with any writing concern including resumes, applications, or essays for scholarships or internships, you can sign up for any available writing tutor.

If you wish to reach out to Mike Turner directly, email him at mjturner@tnstate.edu