ASU Latino Partnership Scholarship-Tomas Espinoza/CPLC Scholarship

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Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) is a nonprofit community development organization working to drive political and economic empowerment in communities across the southwestern United States. CPLC believes that all individuals, without discrimination, have the right to safe, affordable housing; accessible healthcare; quality education; and meaningful work.

The primary goal of the CPLC Tomas Espinoza Scholarship is to provide financial assistance and support to outstanding students to obtain a degree from Arizona State University.

Amount: 
Varies
Criteria
Minimum GPA: 
3.00
FAFSA Required: 
Yes
Must Demonstrate Need: 
No
Residency: 
Arizona resident
Enrollment status: 
Full-time
Academic level: 
Incoming first-year student
Incoming transfer (undergraduate)
First-year student
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Location: 
Downtown Phoenix
Polytechnic
Tempe
West
Additional criteria: 

GENERAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ALL APPLICANTS:

1. Be a graduate of an Arizona high school; a graduate of an Arizona community college; or a current ASU Student. You must also be classified as an Arizona resident for tuition purposes (residency is determined at the time of application to ASU). Arizona law requires students receiving resident tuition and ASU institutional scholarships, including this one, to demonstrate lawful presence in the United States.

2. Must attend or have been admitted to ASU.

3. A student, for CLPC scholarship purposes is defined as attending an Arizona State University campus which does not include an online campus.

4. Must file 2023/2024 FAFSA by the Arizona State University priority deadline of January 15th, 2023.

5. Must enroll at ASU full-time (12 credit hours is considered full-time).

6. Minimum of 3.0 (unweighted) GPA on a 4.0 (or equivalent) for high school students.

7. Maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA for current ASU scholars.

8. Participants in the Obama Scholar program are ineligible for ASU Latino Partnership scholarships.

9. Students awarded a National Scholars Award (National Merit Finalist, National Recognition) or Leadership Scholarship are ineligible for ASU Latino Partnership scholarships.

10. ASU Latino Partnership scholarships will not exceed the value of stated resident tuition for each respective academic year when combined with the Qualified Tuition Reduction (QTR, a benefit for faculty and staff) or other tuition reduction programs (or waivers). Students offered multiple awards designated for base tuition, cannot receive more than 100% of base tuition.

11. The ASU Latino Partnership Scholars is comprised of the following partners: Si Se Puede Foundation, Chicano/Latino Faculty and Staff Association, Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc., ASU Hispanic Business Alumni Association, and Los Diablos Alumni Association. ASU students are able to apply for more than one of the ASU Latino Partnership Scholars awards but can only be awarded one ASU Latino Partnership Scholars award.

12. Each scholarship will be distributed equally over two semesters in an academic year.

13. Scholarships are awarded on a one-time basis and may affect financial aid packages.

14. Recipients must re-apply to be reconsidered for any future awards within this program.

CURRENT RECIPIENT RENEWAL CRITERIA

1. Must have completed a minimum of 24 credit hours for Fall and Spring. ASU highly recommends you complete a minimum of 15 credit hours per semester to ensure you successfully complete a total of 30 ASU credit hours by the conclusion of the spring semester to remain on track graduate within four years. Summer session courses and consortium, agreement courses, Advanced Placement credits, and transfer credits from other colleges/universities DO NOT satisfy full-time credit hour requirements for renewal eligibility.

2. Must have maintained a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average.

3. Must have completed all CPLC volunteer requirements.

Contact info
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.
http://www.cplc.org
[email protected]
Application information
Deadline: 
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
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This scholarship is not accepting applications for the 2023-2024 academic year until Friday, November 18, 2022 – 12:00am. Consider bookmarking this scholarship using the bookmark button above.