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The Staff Congress Foundation/Marie Jones Textbook Scholarship was established at ³Ô¹ÏÍø by current and former Staff Congress members. The purpose of this fund is to assist ³Ô¹ÏÍø State staff members and their dependents with obtaining textbooks needed to pursue their education at ³Ô¹ÏÍø State.  Applicants must obtain (rent or purchase) their textbooks at the University Bookstore, and a receipt is required.  

Two awards of up to $250 are given each semester.

Applications are due by September 1 for Fall and February 1 for Spring.

For more information, please contact msu.staffcongress@murraystate.edu . 

Applying for the Scholarship

Eligible ³Ô¹ÏÍø State staff members or dependents may apply online or submit the pdf version of the application. 

Agreement for the Staff Congress Foundation/Marie Jones Textbook Scholarship

The Staff Congress Foundation/Marie Jones Textbook Scholarship was established at ³Ô¹ÏÍø by current and former Staff Congress members. The purpose of this renewable fund is to assist ³Ô¹ÏÍø State staff members and their dependents with obtaining textbooks needed to pursue their degrees at ³Ô¹ÏÍø State. Textbooks (up to the amount of $250) must be obtained from the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Store.  In return for establishing this fund, ³Ô¹ÏÍø State and the ³Ô¹ÏÍø State Foundation will

• Publish the name and guidelines for the scholarship on the website.
• Evaluate all applications based upon the following criteria:

1. There may be three recipients of the scholarship per semester, based upon the applications submitted per semester. One recipient shall be a regular, part-time or full-time staff member of ³Ô¹ÏÍø State who has been employed by the university for at least one year. The other recipient shall be a dependent of a regular, part-time or full-time ³Ô¹ÏÍø State staff member of at least one year. At the discretion of the ³Ô¹ÏÍø State Staff Congress Scholarship Committee, two recipients from the same category may be chosen. The award amount shall not exceed $250.00. If at any time there are no qualified applicants in one category, then two applicants may be selected from the same category.  
2. Recipients shall be pursing an Associate’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, or Joint Doctoral Degree from ³Ô¹ÏÍø State’s main campus, one of the extended ³Ô¹ÏÍø State campus sites, or through online programs administered by ³Ô¹ÏÍø State.  
3. Dependents of ³Ô¹ÏÍø State staff members who are current high school students, new incoming freshmen, or  transfer students must meet the admission criteria set by ³Ô¹ÏÍø State University and have a high school cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher.  
4. Staff members who are classified as Non-degree, Re-admission, Bachelor of Integrated Studies, Post Baccalaureate, or Other must meet the admission criteria set by ³Ô¹ÏÍø State University.  
5. Previous recipients of the scholarship may re-apply one year after receiving the award if they have maintained a GPA of 2.75 or higher.  
6. Recipients of the scholarship must obtain their textbooks through ³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Store.  
7. Recipients shall be selected by the Staff Congress Scholarship Committee.  
8. Any member of the ³Ô¹ÏÍø State Staff Congress Scholarship Committee who applies for this scholarship or whose dependent applies for this scholarship must remove himself or herself from the selection process.

Revised February, 2019