Tuition Scholarships

Carver Scholars Program

The Carver Scholarship is awarded to full-time students who will be starting their junior year in the fall semester of the award year. Recipients will be students of great potential and promise, who have worked hard to make ends meet and have been faced with challenging or debilitating situations in their lives. A qualified applicant must be able to demonstrate that his or her circumstances and accomplishments, when combined with financial and merit determination, might be overlooked in other types of student aid programs, but nevertheless represent high achievement and determination in the face of significant obstacles. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen and have graduated from an accredited high school in the State of Iowa or have been a resident of Iowa for at least five consecutive years immediately prior to application. Eligible students must demonstrate financial need by filing the FAFSA prior to March 1 of the award year. Students must have a minimum grade-point average of 2.8 on a 4.0 scale. Applications are available on the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust web site, at www.carvertrust.org (under the Scholarships tab at the top of the page, select the Prospective Applicants link on the right side of the screen).

This scholarship is often renewable for the senior year after specific minimal requirements have been met, but such renewal is not automatic and scholarship recipients must complete a renewal application form at www.carvertrust.org (under the Scholarships tab at the top of the page, select the Apply Online Renewal link on the right side of the screen).

Division of Continuing Education Scholarships

The Division of Continuing Education offers a limited number of scholarships to be applied toward tuition for DCE On-Campus or DCE Distance Education courses. To be eligible to receive an award you must be admitted to the Bachelor of Applied Studies (BAS) or Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) degree program. Priority will be given to Iowa residents who are making satisfactory progress toward their degrees. In addition to degree objective, financial need and academic achievement are taken into account in awarding scholarships.

Application Deadlines:

• Fall semester scholarships: July 1
• Spring semester scholarships: December 1
• Summer session scholarships: April 1

If a deadline date falls on a weekend, the deadline will be the following Monday.

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BAS and BLS Iowa Community College Transfer Scholarship

The University of Iowa's Division of Continuing Education awards fifteen (15) $1,000 scholarships each academic year to Iowa community college graduates admitted to the Bachelor of Applied Studies (BAS) or Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) degree programs. We will award $1,000 to one student from each of the 15 Iowa community college districts. This is a competitive award, and academic achievement is taken into account when awarding scholarships.

The application deadline is July 31.

If a deadline date falls on a weekend, the deadline will be the following Monday.

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Robert F. Ray Staff Scholarship

Robert F. Ray Staff Scholarship Application form (pdf)

This fund supports UI staff members who wish to begin or continue their undergraduate studies at the UI. See scholarship cover sheet (page 1 of the application form) for information on eligibility.

Tuition Assistance Program

The Tuition Assistance program also allows eligible staff to apply for financial assistance to help defray the cost of tuition for one college credit course (up to four s.h.).

Additional Options

Many students are eligible for scholarships or grants from other sources. You may qualify for an award based on your goals, work experience, financial need, or even geographic location. Look into possible opportunities for aid through your church, union, cultural association or credit union.

If you are unable to access any of the scholarship forms, please contact us:

Telephone: 800-272-6430 or 319-335-2575

E-mail: dce-information@uiowa.edu

Scholarship Winners

Robert Ray Staff Scholarship

Congratulations go to Cassandra Hanes, who is our 2012 recipient of the Robert Ray Staff Scholarship. Cassandra was honored at a luncheon reception hosted by Mrs. Robert (Dottie) Ray in her home on June 14. Several staff members from Continuing Education had a chance to talk to Cassandra about her educational plans at Dottie's event. We applaud her initiative and know she will reach her goals.

Completing the Bachelor of Science in Nursing is Cassandra's first short term goal. After that she hopes to attend a MSN Midwifery or DNP Neonatology program and become a registered nurse in Labor and Delivery, Post Partum, or Neonatal Intensive Care at the University of Iowa.

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Community College Transfer Scholarship Award Winners 2012

The Division of Continuing Education is pleased to announce the names of the students receiving a Community College Transfer Scholarship for fall 2012.
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Division of Continuing Education Scholarship Award Winners 2012

The Division of Continuing Education (DCE) is pleased to announce the names of the students receiving the DCE Scholarship for fall 2012. Read more...

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