GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Gulf Coast State College Foundation, Inc. awards scholarships to students in “advance” based on a commitment to follow all established scholarship enrollment and grade point average (GPA) guidelines. Any deviation from the guidelines may require the student to refund all or part of the scholarship award. This may also affect all future scholarship awards. If you would like to know the requirements (hourly enrollment or GPA) of a particular scholarship, please call the Foundation Office at (850) 872-3810.
STUDENT REGISTRATION
It is the student’s responsibility to be enrolled at the designated institution in order to receive a scholarship check.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDING
Unless otherwise noted, award checks to outside institutions will be mailed directing the institution’s financial aid or student services office. It will usually take 2-3 weeks to process an award.
SCHOLARSHIP DURATION
Scholarships are awarded for one (1) academic year only (fall and spring semesters) unless otherwise stated in the award letter, and students must be selected by the community or organization in order to receive an award for any subsequent academic year.
SCHOLARSHIP USAGE AND PORTABLITY
The Foundation has adopted a “use it or lose it” policy on scholarship usage. Unused scholarship awards cannot be rolled over from one semester to another. This policy also applies to students who have elected to postpone or delay their registration from the fall to the spring. Scholarship awards will not be transferred to any summer session. In order to take full advantage of a Foundation scholarship, the recipient must be enrolled and taking classes.
AWARD AUTHORIZATIONS
GPA Authorization - For the purposes of applying for scholarships, I hereby acknowledge that I have maintained a grade point average of 2.0 or higher either at Gulf Coast State College or another institution. If my GPA is determined to be below 2.0 or falsified, I will risk forfeiting all scholarship funding.
AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF STUDENT DATA: Scholarships are awarded based upon the admission application and FAFSA data. The Foundation acknowledges that certain information about you is contained in the records maintained by the institution you attend and is deemed confidential by reason of the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). By processing your application, the Foundation will consider such information confidential and will use all commercially reasonable efforts to protect your record in accordance with FERPA.
USING STUDENT DATA: All applicants must grant to GCSC Foundation the unrestricted right and permission to gather student data for the sole lawful purpose of scholarship selection, awarding, and monitoring. All applicants must grant the unrestricted right and permission to copyright and use, re-use, publish, in whole or in part, in any and all information contained in an application for any lawful purpose that may promote the Foundation and/its scholarship program. The Foundation will not use information that may harm or violate the personal privacy of an applicant.
I certify that the information presented on this application is true and accurate. I forfeit all rights to a scholarship if it determined that any information given on this application is false or misleading as determined by the staff of the Gulf Coast State College Foundation, Inc.