Local MU alumni association chapter offers scholarship

To a lucky, local student enrolling in their freshman year at University of Missouri-Columbia next fall, the Parkland Area Tigers chapter of Mizzou Alumni Association will offer a $4,000 scholarship ($1,000/year for four years). The award will be dispersed in $500 increments each semester, if the student maintains the required qualifications.

The scholarship application and minimal requirements are located at www.mizzou.com/scholarship, and the deadline to submit is Feb. 1. After a screening process by MAA and the local alumni chapter, a student will be chosen by April 1.

Applicants must be accepted to Mizzou and have a student ID number issued, which should be indicated on the application. They need to be in the top 20 percent of their high school graduation class or achieve a minimum of 26 on the ACT, enroll as a full-time, 12-credit-hours student during each semester of their freshman year, and achieve a minimum 2.75 GPA during fall semester freshman year.

For more information, contact Parkland Area Tigers’ scholarship committee chairman, Luke Roussin, at 573-756-4547 or by email at parklandareatigers@gmail.com.

Parkland Area Tigers welcomes all MU alumni and supporters who live in the counties of Washington, Ste. Genevieve, Madison, Iron and St. Francois to join the association.

Parkland Area Tigers alumni Stacy Follis, at left, and Pat King award Emily Spray, a 2014 Farmington High School graduate, the MU Alumni Association chapter’s first scholarship this spring. The award, in the amount of $4,000, gives $1,000 a year for an incoming freshman. The deadline to apply for the 2015 scholarship is Feb. 1, and the student will be chosen by April 1. Applications can be obtained at www.mizzou.com/scholarship.