The OIA Undergraduate Scholarship
For fulltime, incoming freshman, transfers and current undergraduate students:

* born outside the United States, regardless of citizenship, residency or national origin,
* who are fluent in at least two languages,
* who are able to demonstrate outstanding academic achievement,
* and financial need.

The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded for the academic year beginning August 2010. It is a competitive scholarship that will qualify the student receiving the scholarship for resident tuition rates, which reduce tuition costs by about 63 percent. The scholarship is administered by Texas Tech’s Office of International Affairs and awarded by its Scholarship Committee.

The OIA Ann and Bill Fisher Graduate Scholarship
For graduate students:

* born outside the United States, regardless of citizenship, residency, or national origin,
* who are fluent in at least two languages,
* who possess a minimum GPA of 3.0,
* and who demonstrate financial need.

The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded for the academic year beginning August 2010. It is a competitive scholarship that will qualify the student receiving the scholarship for resident tuition rates, which reduce tuition costs by about 63 percent. The scholarship was established by Ann and Bill Fisher, longtime members of International Friends, is administered by the Office of International Affairs and awarded by the OIA Scholarship Committee.

Scholarships and Assistance offered in Fall 2010 and Spring 2011

Florence Terry Griswold Scholarship 1: $2,500 (one award)

For a woman who is a citizen of a Pan American country (other than the United States) and is pursuing a graduate degree at a state-supported college or university in Texas. More than $2,500 may be awarded in years when funds are available. Go to http://www.partt.org/ and go to “Florence Terry Griswold Scholarship” for more information. Applications CANNOT be submitted by fax and must be post-marked by no later than January 28, 2011.

Good Neighbor Scholarship for the 2011-2012 Academic Year

The GNS program for international students from Latin America and the Western Hemisphere awards tuition waivers for the Fall 2011 Semester, Spring 2012 Semester, and Summer I & II 2012 Sessions for citizens born in the western hemisphere. Students are required to pay all fees, however. The student must have been at least a five-year current resident of a politically independent nation in the western hemisphere (excluding Cuba and the United States); the student must be unconditionally admitted to Texas Tech University or be currently enrolled full-time maintaining satisfactory academic progress; the student should be planning on returning to the country of origin upon successful completion of the academic program. (Deadline for submission of this application for the 2010-2011 academic year has already passed.) Deadline for submission of the application for the 2011-2012 academic year will be 5:00 p.m., Monday, February 28, 2011. Information for the 2011-2012 academic year will be made available at this site in January of 2011 once this office has received the appropriate information from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in Austin, Texas. Official GNS application forms should be made available to interested western hemisphere student applicants on or about the third week of January 2011.



More Information: http://www.iaff.ttu.edu/main/isss/currentstudentscholars/FinancialAssistance.asp