Dixie State College is participating in the AmeriCorps UCAN Serve program by providing over 100 education awards to students who serve as learning partners or social service providers for children, teens, and families. Learning partners may be student teachers, tutors, mentors, volunteer coordinators and more.
(ST. GEORGE – Mar. 2, 2004) A lot of scholarships come with some sort of academic string attached to it. That is, to earn one you have to have a certain GPA or ACT score. Not so with the AmeriCorps Education Award, a service-based scholarship currently available to all Dixie State College students.

Dixie State College is participating in the AmeriCorps UCAN Serve program by providing over 100 education awards to students who serve as learning partners or social service providers for children, teens, and families. Learning partners may be student teachers, tutors, mentors, volunteer coordinators and more.

“This is easy money for students,” said Sherri Anderson, who oversees the AmeriCorp scholarship program at Dixie. “A lot of students put in these service hours anyway, so they may as well take advantage of this opportunity.”

Three different scholarship categories are available to students. For 300 hours of service, students can earn $1,000 in scholarship money. For 450 hours, a scholarship of $1,250 is available. And for 900 hours of service, students can potentially earn nearly $2,400 in scholarship money. Hours served for any paid position do not count as hours served toward the scholarship.

“I just want to make people aware,” Anderson said. “I don’t want to see the money go to waste.”

AmeriCorps scholarships are now available for the 2004 academic year. For more details about the AmeriCorps Education Award or to apply, contact Sherri Anderson in person in Room 208 on the second floor of the Gardner Student Center or call her at 652-7512.