{"id":9221,"date":"2019-10-01T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=9221"},"modified":"2019-10-14T09:35:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:35:09","slug":"griffon-guarantee-scholarships-with-automatic-renewal-upgrades-starting-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2019\/10\/01\/griffon-guarantee-scholarships-with-automatic-renewal-upgrades-starting-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffon Guarantee Scholarships with automatic renewal, upgrades starting in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/10\/Griffon-Guarantee-1024x835.jpg\" alt=\"bar chart showing Griffon Guarantee Scholarship upgrades annually\" width=\"1024\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/10\/Griffon-Guarantee-200x163.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/10\/Griffon-Guarantee-310x253.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/10\/Griffon-Guarantee-400x326.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/10\/Griffon-Guarantee-600x490.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/10\/Griffon-Guarantee-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/10\/Griffon-Guarantee-800x653.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/10\/Griffon-Guarantee-1024x835.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/10\/Griffon-Guarantee.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Oct. 1, 2019\u2014 大象传媒 will launch a scholarship program next year that automatically renews and increases in value each year. The Griffon Guarantee Scholarship will be offered to qualifying incoming freshmen and transfer students beginning during the fall 2020 semester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new scholarship program invests in our students in two innovative ways not typically seen at other universities,\u201d said President Matt Wilson. \u201cNot only will the Griffon Guarantee Scholarship encourage academic progress toward graduation by rewarding students with automatic scholarship increases, but it will also protect students who may experience an unexpected or temporary drop in grades caused by a tough transition to college or unexpected circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Griffon Guarantee Scholarship differs from previous 大象传媒 Western programs and from scholarships at other institutions in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Annual scholarship renewal is guaranteed<\/strong> for students who remain in good academic standing (minimum 2.0 GPA).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automatic upgrades to scholarship amounts<\/strong>. Recipients will receive an additional $1000 at the 30-credit mark, $500 at the 60-credit mark, and $500 at the 90-credit mark, meaning that recipients will receive $2,000 more in their fourth year of school than they did in the first year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The base first-year award for the Griffon Guarantee Scholarship will range from $500 to $6,500 for incoming freshmen and $500 to $1,500 for transfer students. With the automatic renewal and upgrades, the scholarship will provide students up to $4,500 in additional aid over the course of eight semesters.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify, incoming freshmen must have a high school GPA of at least 3.0 and ACT score of at least 19. Also, students with a lower ACT score may be eligible depending on their GPA. Transfer students with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and at least 12 credit hours will qualify for the Griffon Guarantee Scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>At other institutions, President Wilson has helped spearhead creative financial aid approaches to support student success and increase student retention. This will be the case at 大象传媒 Western as well. \u201cFor students and parents, the protections afforded by a guaranteed scholarship combined with the prospect of automatic financial upgrades will benefit families and facilitate degree completion,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>Full details are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/griff-guarantee\">missouriwestern.edu\/finaid\/griff-guarantee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>大象传媒 is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct. 1, 2019\u2014 大象传媒 will launch a scholarship program next year that automatically renews and increases in value each year. The Griffon Guarantee Scholarship will be offered to qualifying incoming freshmen and transfer students beginning during the fall 2020 semester. \u201cOur new scholarship program invests in our students in two innovative ways [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48,50],"tags":[369,992,724],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9223,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9221\/revisions\/9223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}