Scholarships

Thank you to the generosity of our donors, the Arkansas Alumni Association awards over i million dollars annually through a collection of scholarships.

Most Association-level scholarships are designated for incoming freshmen and are merit-based. Additional are too bachelor through alumni chapters and societies. Each alumni scholarship has specific criteria based on the donors' wishes; including, just non limited to, academic achievement, service to the schoolhouse and community, leadership ability, first-generation higher-going and specific major and career choices. Some have into consideration financial need and unique personal background. All current and prospective students are encouraged to use each yr. Students currently receiving renewable alumni scholarships are non required to reapply just may wish to complete the general and college-specific sections of the application.

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2021/22 SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE

Congratulations to our 2021/22 alumni scholars who are sharing in over $ane.16 MILLION dollars of scholarships!

2022/23 Scholarship Applications Are Now Nether Review.
Incoming freshmen will begin receiving scholarship award notices the concluding week of March through the end of April.
Electric current UA students will begin receiving scholarship award notices belatedly April/early on May.
Non-award notices will be sent in early May.
ALL notices volition be sent to students' @uark.edu email.

How to Utilize

Welcome!  There is a LOT of information on this page.  Please read all the manner to the bottom as most scholarships questions are answered here.

Applying for the Alumni Legacy Scholarship

Students who reside outside the country of Arkansas who qualify for the Alumni Legacy Scholarship may complete the application between November 1 and August 1 immediately before their commencement UofA semester.

Applying for All Full general Alumni Scholarships

APPLICATIONS FOR THE Next SCHOOL Year MUST Be SUBMITTED January. one - February. 15.

To be considered for Arkansas Alumni Clan scholarships, students must consummate BOTH the general scholarship section and the alumni-specific section using the Academic Works application, too known as the Blackbaud Award Direction (BAM) system.

Of import NOTE: In guild to help the greatest number of U of A students, alumni scholarships are generally awarded to students receiving less than  $eight,000 per twelvemonth from other unmarried-source, renewable scholarships. If you have received confirmation of such a scholarship, the Arkansas Alumni Association congratulates you. We encourage you to navigate directly from the general section to the higher section of the application. (The New Arkansan Non-Resident Tuition Award (NRTA) and the Alumni Legacy Scholarship for out-of-state students are not included in this value).

Electric current U of A students receiving a renewable alumni scholarship do not demand to utilize again and may navigate directly from the full general section to the college department of the application..


Application Instructions

one.  Add together scholars@uark.edu and scholarships@uark.edu, to your email address book, as some email servers will block this sender. Information nigh your alumni scholarship awarding will come from 1 of these email addresses.

  • Yous should also add the e-mail accost for the Alumni Scholarship Program Office, alumnisp@uark.edu, to your email address book as well.
  • Please check your spam/junk folder for letters from scholars@uark.edu and/or alumnisp@uark.edu.

two.  Letters of recommendation are no longer required. You lot may request a letter of recommendation to supplement your application.  However, letters of recommendation are non required to apply for alumni scholarships starting time in 2022.
To request a letter of recommendation, provide the name and email of your reference provider in the alumni section of the awarding.  He/she will receive an email request with a specific link in which to provide their recommendation for you.

3.  Prepare a current academic résumé.  Your resume must be formatted every bit a .physician .docx or .pdf document.  (The Alumni Association prefers .pdf format.) If you choose not to apply the resume template provided, be certain to include out-of-classroom activities that highlight your contributions to your hometown communities. The academic resume is used to place your GPA into a broader context.

iv.  Etch an essay (Approximately two pages max.  There is no style requirement. Your essay must be formatted every bit a .doc .docx or .pdf document. (The Alumni Association prefers .pdf format.) on the following topic:

The late Colin Powell has said, "In that location are no secrets to success. Information technology is the outcome of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."
Please tell u.s. about how you have seen hard work turn into success or learning come from failure.

v.  Respond to the brusk reply prompt: "Aggrandize on the Colin Powell quote from the essay prompt by telling us how your preparation in the past year helped you lot to achieve a goal." (500 word max)

6.  Complete the Arkansas Alumni Association Conditional Application section

Notation: Y'all will simply exist directed to alumni association specific questions Later the general awarding is completed – this includes uploading your essay and resume.

Short respond questions in this part of the application include:

  1. Tell why being a fellow member of the "University of Arkansas Family unit" is important to you lot. (750 words maximum)
  2. Delight tell us about your educational goals. (500 words maximum)
  3. Please tell united states about your career goals. (500 words maximum)
  4. If you accept additional information yous wish reviewers to consider, delight provide a statement of financial need. (500 give-and-take max)
  5. Delight describe any medical or personal obstacles - other than fiscal - that may impact your didactics.  (Examples may include physical challenges, visual or hearing impairment, no financial support from family, or something else.) (750 words maximum)
  6. Tell about a risk you've taken or an obstacle you have overcome and talk over its bear on on your life and/or the lives of others. (750 word max)
  7. What sets you apart from other applicants? (500 discussion max)
  8. If you wish to use for scholarships from the Black Alumni Gild, Latino Alumni Society, and/or Pride Alumni Order you volition be asked to depict how you would contribute to a various educational environs and how you have shown your commitment to the betterment of that community.  Y'all may wish to include your participation/service in the customs, your experience as a member of an underrepresented ethnic or minority grouping, or beingness an underrepresented student with interest in a particular field of study.  (ane,000 words maximum)
  9. Current or former U.South. military members or dependents of current or one-time military members volition have the opportunity to submit documentation for consideration of the Armed Forces Alumni Society scholarship.
  10. Current Educatee Alumni Association Lath members and U of A pupil ambassadors volition have the opportunity to explicate how their service in these roles has influenced them.

6.  ALL students completing a scholarship application are strongly encouraged to complete the Free Awarding for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as early on as possible.

7. Use Google Chrome or Firefox to access and complete the application. CONTINUE TO THE SCHOLARSHIP Application IN ACADEMICWORKS during the open up period of January. one - Feb. xv.
This link to the application will become alive January one and will automatically shut at 11:59pm CST as timed by the host computer.


Tardily applications will not be accepted for any reason...be sure to submit your scholarship application early on.

Editing and Monitoring your scholarship awarding

  1. ALL uploaded documents MUST exist .md, .docx, or .pdf file types. The Arkansas Alumni Clan prefers .pdf files . Google Docs are not appropriate file types.  Many online resume templates are not correct file types -- be careful what you employ.
  2. Review your application dashboard for boosted scholarship opportunities and complete supplemental questions if required.
  3. It is your responsibility to ensure you upload your resume and essay in the right places. DOUBLE CHECK your uploaded files.
  4. Yous may salve your scholarship awarding and make edits during the open application period of Jan. one – Feb. fifteen.
  5. Uploading an edited document (essay, resume, etc.) requires at least one grapheme modify in the new certificate name.  For example, you may supercede Resume with Resume1.  Only the terminal uploaded document will be reviewable.
  6. Scholarship reviewers are only able to view the last submitted essay and resume.
  7. The Arkansas Alumni Association does not combine scholarships with single University scholarships valued at $8,000 per twelvemonth or greater, or Governor's Scholarships.  The Association reserves the correct to reallocate scholarship offers in the event a student is awarded such a scholarship.
  8. Applications submitted outside Jan. one-Feb.15 and those containing incorrect file types are considered incomplete and will not be reviewed for alumni scholarships.

How To Have or Renew

HOW TO ACCEPT or RENEW

​Accepting an Alumni Scholarship

Alumni Legacy Scholarship – this scholarship volition be practical direct to your student account. There is no action required for you lot to take it.

Other Alumni Scholarships – to take a general alumni scholarship, employ the link provided in your scholarship offering email. You lot may besides log dorsum into the application system at https://uark.academicworks.com.

You will demand to accept the scholarship online and complete the post-acceptance questions. Fully developed answers of at to the lowest degree one paragraph each are required. You lot volition also demand to upload a quality caput-shot photo. Remember these photos are shared with our donors. Give consideration to your location (background), attire, and the angle from which the photograph is taken. The Arkansas Alumni Association may ask you to expand on your answers and/or resubmit a photograph, if necessary, before disbursing your scholarship funds.

Maintaining Eligibility for a Renewable Alumni Scholarship


Renewal requirements are the aforementioned for the Alumni Legacy Scholarship and the Non-Resident Tuition Award.

All other renewable alumni scholarships require keeping a minimum cumulative course signal average (cgpa) and number of successfully completed credit hours required each year. The cpga and credit hours for your specific scholarship are detailed in the original scholarship offer email. It is your responsibility to know and encounter these requirements. Your cgpa and credit hours are reviewed subsequently grades post each spring semester.

Additionally, every renewable alumni scholarship requires earning at least fifteen Alumni Scholarship Connections Program ("Connections") points each year . The Alumni Scholarship Connections Plan is administered as a noncredit course in Blackboard Learn. It is your responsibility to ensure your Connections points are submitted to the alumni scholarship office before dead-day each semester.

WE RECOMMEND CREATING A FILE (Concrete OR ELECTRONIC) FOR ALL OF YOUR SCHOLARSHIP Information AND KEEPING It UNTIL Afterward Yous GRADUATE.

Frequently Asked Questions

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs):

  • Is there a priority deadline for freshmen? No. The Alumni Clan scholarship application is open to all prospective and current students January i through February 15 each year.  The only deadline is 11:59 pm Fundamental Standard Time, February 15.

  • Do I accept to be related to a University of Arkansas graduate in club to apply? No, most alumni scholarships do non require students to have a legacy connection.

  • I have non received official notification from the University of Arkansas regarding my admission. Can I still use? Yep, you tin can still apply for Arkansas Alumni Clan scholarships.  All the same, you must exist far enough along in the admissions process to have your university ID number, username, and password. You must be fully unconditionally admitted before accepting a scholarship offering.

  • Do I have to log-in to access the online scholarship grade? Yes. You lot will have to log-in with your University ID and password in order to access the application.  This also allows you to save the application and return to information technology at a later fourth dimension.

  • What email address should I provide on the application? Please use your University of Arkansas (uark) email address . All scholarship information will be emailed to your uark e-mail.  Programme to bank check this account regularly.

  • If many alumni scholarships are merit based and my gpa or ACT score is non very potent, can I still utilize? Yes, you may still apply.  Please notation that the grade betoken average, either weighted or not-weighted, and Human activity score recorded past UA Admissions are used to decide scholarship eligibility.

  • Exercise I have to send the Alumni Clan a divide transcript? No, you will not send any separate documents to the Alumni Association. The new scholarship awarding accesses your admissions information.  Whatsoever unsolicited documents sent to the alumni association volition exist shredded for your protection.

  • If I already take a renewable alumni scholarship, do I accept to reapply every year? No, students with automatically renewable alumni scholarships must be sure to maintain the required cumulative gpa, consummate the required number of credit hours, and earn the needed corporeality of Alumni Scholarship Connections points to ensure their alumni scholarship renews.   Even so, nosotros encourage you to fill out the other sections of the scholarship application each yr.  The UofA and its colleges have current-student scholarships for which you may be considered.

  • I want to apply for all alumni scholarships I may be eligible for. Are there different applications? No, you just need to submit one Arkansas Alumni Association scholarship awarding to be considered for all alumni scholarships for which you are eligible (association, affiliate, guild). If a scholarship specifically requires additional data, you volition exist prompted through the AcademicWorks awarding system. Simply the Alumni Legacy Scholarship for qualified undergraduate non-resident students (including international students) with a legacy connection has a separate awarding. The legacy connection must be a current member of the Arkansas Alumni Association.
  • What about student athletes?Some students may hope to participate in intercollegiate athletics at the University of Arkansas. This participation may impact their ability to receive institutional or private scholarships and grants.  One time a student athlete accepts an Alumni Clan scholarship offer, the Association must gain blessing before the funds can exist disbursed.
  • How will I be notified? All notifications will be sent via academy electronic mail to students' university emails.  You will receive immediate feedback when your application is fully submitted.  Freshman award notices will be sent in late spring.  Current student notices will exist sent subsequently bound semester grades post.
  • Who can I contact if I have additional questions? Contact the Alumni Scholarships Office by emailing alumnisp@uark.edu or calling 479.575.6632.

JOIN OR RENEW

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