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MARIST
Merit Scholarship Overview Endowed Scholarship
Electronic Process Presented By DJ Giordano
Tenisha Smith
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Agenda

• Marist College Merit Scholarships
• Economic effect on Scholarship Process
• Endowed Scholarship Online Process
• Simulated Application
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Marist College Academic Merit Scholarships

• The Scholarship committee recalculates the
  student's GPA using the following core courses
  form grades 9, 10, and 11 English, Math,
  Science, History/Social Studies, and Foreign
  Language. This recalculated GPA along with
  standardized test scores is used to determine
  scholarship eligibility.
• Students will automatically be considered for a
  Merit Scholarship upon acceptance to Marist
  College. No more than one academic merit award
  will be awarded to each student.

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Marist College Academic Merit Scholarships

• Scholarship amounts apply to freshman entering
  Marist College beginning in the Fall semester.
• All Merit Scholarships are renewable. However,
  after the freshman year, eligibility is
  contingent upon the recipient meeting the
  specified 2.85 GPA requirement each semester.

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Other Institutional Scholarships

• Athletic
• Debate
• Music
• Science/Technology
• Transfer
• Adult
• Graduate

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Cause and Effect of Economic Landscape

• Marist considered, but did not change the
  criteria for awarding scholarships during this
  economic event.
• We did not increase our scholarship award amounts
• What we found was an increase in our appeals

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As a result

• The appeals/change of circumstances were reviewed
  in order to determine eligibility for additional
  grant money
• FAFSA required
• Supporting documentation
• For a small group of students we were able to
  award a supplemental scholarship
• We found an increased interest in our endowed
  scholarships

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Endowed Scholarship Online Process

• In response to the demand for more scholarships
  our online endowed scholarship process enabled us
  to effectively supplement our award packages
• With the help our IT Department, Marist is able
  to offer a completely electronic application,
  recommendation and review process

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Students click on the scholarship title to begin
the process
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Confirmation Email to The Student

• Thank you for submitting your application!Pleas
  e note that your application is still pending a
  faculty/staff recommendation form. An email has
  been sent to the faculty/staff member (you stated
  in your application) to complete the
  recommendation form. Your application will be
  complete when this form is received.Applicants
  will be notified of the scholarship decisions by
  June 30, 2009

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Email Sent to Professors/Staff Requesting a
Recommendation for The Student

• Dear DJ Giordano,Tenisha Smith has applied for
  the The Peter and Virginia Foy Scholarship
  and has selectedyou to provide a recommendation.
  To be considered for the scholarship, the Office
  of Student Financial Servicesmust receive a
  recommendation form. Please click on the
  following link to complete the form(This
  requires your Marist Account and Password.)
  http//dev.web.marist.edu/financialaid/profform.h
  tml?appid6569If you are a non-Marist staff
  member/professor please click herehttp//www.mar
  ist.edu/financialaid/pdfs/endowedrec.pdfIf you
  would like to review the criteria of the specific
  scholarship, you can visit the Endowed
  Scholarships homepage at http//dev.web.marist.ed
  u/financialaid/endow.htmlTo ensure timely
  review of the student's application, please
  submit as soon as possible.Please note that only
  one recommendation is required per student.If
  you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
  contact me.Sincerely,Mary Lou
  KutchmaAssociate Director of Student Financial
  ServicesExt. 3181mary.lou.kutchma_at_marist.edu

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Once the professor fills out the Professor
Recommendation Form, two emails are generated
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Confirmation Email to Faculty/Staff
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Confirmation Email to Student
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Administration Reviews Recommendation
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Administration Awards Scholarship
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The Final Package

• Once a Student is awarded endowment funding, they
  are sent a congratulatory email.
• Notification of Denials are also sent via email
• Returning students receive notification of an
  endowed scholarship with their electronic award
  package in June.

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• Additional Administrative
• Views and Functions

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Review Scholarships/Applications by Scholarship
Name
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Review Total Scholarship Allocations and Amounts
Awarded
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Deactivate a Scholarship
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Complete Listing of Endowed Scholarships
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• Q A
• Thank You