The UAA Alumni Association awards six (6) $1000 scholarships each academic year to one student from each school or college at UAA, funds permitting.
Qualifications:
- Recipient will be chosen on their monetary need, scholastic success, community volunteer involvement, and leadership.
- Applicant should demonstrate motivation, academic, and leadership potential.
- Applicant must be in good academic standing with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 for undergraduate and 3.0 for graduate.
- Applicant must be formally admitted into a degree or certificate seeking program within one of the following UAA schools/colleges: College of Business and Public Policy, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Health and Social Welfare, Community & Technical College, School of Engineering, and the College of Education.
- Applicant must plan on enrolling full-time (12 credits for undergraduate, 9 credits for graduate) at UAA.
- Applicant may be an incoming or continuing student at UAA.
- Applicant may be a U.S. citizen, non-U.S. citizen, Alaska resident, or out-of-state resident.
- Preference will be given to students who are Alaska high school graduates, continuing UAA students, and/or students whose parent(s) graduated with a degree from the University of Alaska.
- Preference will be given to those who demonstrate financial need.
To apply for this scholarship please make sure you meet all of the qualifications above, and then login to secured area of UAOnline to complete the electronic scholarship application.
*In addition to the UAOnline electronic scholarship application, applicants must also submit the information request below:
Applicants must submit a brief essay in the text box below (250 words max) responding to this question: Why did you choose to attend the University of Alaska Anchorage and what is your philosophy on contributing to UAA as an Alumni?
