Catalog 2023 SPRING REVISION

EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

1. Must enroll as a full-time academic or technical student on the Decatur campus. 2. Must have earned all previous college credit as a student at East Central; 3. Must have earned a minimum of 15 semester hours but no more than 21 semester hours of college credit as either a full-time or part-time student at East Central Community College; 4. Must have demonstrated the capacity and a strong desire to obtain a college education by earning a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher (excluding dual credit) on the first twelve semester hours as a part- or full time student at ECCC; 5. Must complete a scholarship application form and submit it to the Vice President for Enrollment Management’s office; and, 6. Must show potential for leadership, academic excellence, and have high moral standards and good character as documented by two letters of recommendation. The recipients will be selected by the College Scholarship Committee from students who meet the criteria listed above. Proceeds from the scholarship will be credited to the recipients’ account in the Business Office and may be used to pay for in-state tuition only. Any student awarded the nontraditional student scholarship must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher (excluding dual credit) and must remain enrolled as a full-time student to retain the scholarship. Any student who does not maintain the required 3.0 cumulative GPA and is removed from the scholarship may have the scholarship reinstated by earning a required 3.0 GPA or higher the following semester. ENDOWED AND ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS Endowed and annual scholarships are funded by individual and group donations and are made available to eligible students according to each scholarship’s guidelines. An application for these scholarships is required to be considered. Scholarship recipients are selected by the ECCC Foundation Scholarship Committee unless stated otherwise. The award amount for endowed scholarships is based upon earnings from the endowment corpus. The award amount for annual scholarships is stated in the scholarship criteria. Grade point averages are calculated on a 4.0 scale. Complete scholarship descriptions are available in the ECCC Foundation, Inc. office. The East Central Community College Foundation administers the Slagle In-District Tuition Scholarship, also known as the EC Promise Scholarship Program. This “gap filler” scholarship awards several thousand dollars annually to ECCC students who do not receive and/or qualify for sources of funding sufficient to cover the cost of tuition. Depending on the availability of funding, the EC Promise Scholarship Program is available for students residing in or attending high school in the college’s district, which includes Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, and Winston counties. For more information on the Slagle In-District Scholarship, contact the ECCC Foundation at 601 635-6327 or email Dr. Stacey Hollingsworth at sholling@eccc.edu. SECTION II: FINANCIAL AID POLICIES According to federal regulations, students must meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) standards in order to be eligible for federal Title IV financial aid. Federal Title IV financial aid includes the following programs: Federal Pell Grant Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Federal Work-Study (FWS) William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans (Subsidized and Unsubsidized) Parent Loan Program (PLUS) To meet SAP at East Central Community College, students receiving federal Title IV financial aid must maintain satisfactory progress in grade point average, percentage of hours passed and length of attendance in completing a certificate or degree in the academic, technical or career/vocational programs of study. Pace and GPA SAP will be measured according to the following criteria:

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