Division of Student Affairs Scholarship

An annual scholarship established by the Division of Student Affairs of James Madison University.

Applications and nominations for this scholarship may be submitted at any time during the year by individuals employed by James Madison University within its Division of Student Affairs. All nominations shall be considered during an annual review process coordinated by the Division’s Scholarship Committee.

The appointment of a student as a Division of Student Affairs Scholar shall follow specific conditions here noted:

The first preference shall be students who are family members of full-time employees in the Division of Student Affairs at the date of application/nomination; provided, however, that family members of the Division’s senior vice president shall not be eligible for consideration. In the event that there may be no candidates eligible for consideration who satisfy the first preference, then the secondary preference shall be students who demonstrate some other substantive connection to the Division (i.e., status as a former student employee of the Division).

It is intended that the scholarship award decision will be made and announced each year prior to mid-March. The scholarship award will be distributed to the successful candidate in the following academic year. A student may seek this scholarship more than once, if not selected in a particular year; but upon selection, this scholarship award may be received only once during a student’s college career at James Madison University.

In the event that this scholarship may grow to a size sufficient to support more than one annual scholarship award, or that the funds available for distribution as scholarship awards may allow, the Senior Vice-President for the Division of Student Affairs, or the successor guardian for this account at the time, as the case may be, may elect to increase the number of annual scholarship awards; but, in no case may the level of each annual scholarship award be less than One Thousand Dollars.