The ULM Physical Therapy First Generation Endowed Scholarship

To qualify for the scholarship, a recipient must meet the following:

A. * Recipient(s) must be an undergraduate first-generation college student (i.e., neither custodial parent(s) nor legal guardian(s) have earned a college degree) with remaining financial need after deducting Estimated Family Contribution and all federal/state/institutional grant or scholarship aid from student’s Cost of Attendance and/or students, whether first-generation or not, awarded the federal Pell grant.
B. Recipient(s) must meet university standards for acceptance to the University of Louisiana Monroe, must be admitted to the university full-time, and must be pursuing their first undergraduate degree with intent to apply to the ULM Doctor of Physical Therapy program.
C. Recipient(s) must be a resident of Louisiana.
D. ULM will provide recipient(s) with structured support through active and engaged advising.
E. ULM will provide recipient(s) with meaningful campus employment of at least ten hours per week over and above the scholarship.

The ULM Scholarship Office along with TRiO will select scholarship recipient(s).

F. Scholarship may be renewed if a 2.75 minimum GPA is maintained.