The Bernard Osher Reentry Scholarship Program

 

 

The Bernard Osher Reentry Scholarship Program is designed to provide students– ideally aged 25 to 50 – whose collegiate studies at a four-year campus were interrupted by circumstances beyond their control, who now want to resume their university studies at a four-year baccalaureate institution.

 

The program is not intended for transfer students or those seeking an additional degree. It targets students who did not have the opportunity to complete their higher education at earlier stages in their lives.

 

The Osher Reentry Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis to a limited number of undergraduate students who demonstrate the potential for academic success.

 

 

Minimum Qualifications

 

A selection committee will review all applications and evaluate the applications based on the following criteria. Applicants must:

  • Be between the ages of 25 and 50 at the time of application.

  • Be a newly admitted or continuing student (full time: 12 hours) at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

  • Have completed a minimum of 30 college credits hours from a four-year institution.

  • Have experienced at least a five-year break in their education from a four-year institution. (Students may have taken courses at the community college during this five-year break. However, students can not have taken more than or equal to 30 college credit hours at the community college level).

  • Demonstrate financial need (students must complete and file a FAFSA at the University of Missouri-Kansas City).

  • Illustrate potential for academic success, by maintaining above a 2.5 GPA in all college course work.

 

 

Application DeadLine

 

The deadline for the academic year 2008-2009 is February 1, 2008.

 

 

Click here for 2008-09 Osher Reentry Scholarship application

 

 

Student Support

 

To help students create a network of success, UMKC has several different offices working alongside the College of Arts and Science to orchestrate events and continual support on and off campus. The College of Arts and Sciences works in conjunction with the Student Life Office, Financial Aid Office, Women’s Center, Coaching Program and PACE (Program for Adult College Education) Office to provide continual support to UMKC’s Osher Scholars.

 

 

Click here to see pictures from the Osher Scholar Event September 2007

 

Click here for important contracts & forms for Osher Scholars

 

Click here for Inaugural Class Bio’s

 

 

For questions or more information on the

Bernard Osher Reentry Scholarship Program contact:

 

Liz Barton, Scholarship Coordinator

The College of Arts and Sciences

6 Scofield Hall

5100 Rockhill Road

Kansas City, MO 64110

Phone: 816-235-2414

Fax: 816-235-5572

Email: Bartonliz@umkc.edu

 

 

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