Scholarships

The School of Management People(s) of Color Graduate Student Scholarship 

Applications accepted December 4, 2023 to January 14, 2024

This scholarship contains the following sections:

• Purpose Statement
• Who Qualifies for this Scholarship/Applicant Requirements
• Scholarship Amounts
• Selection Committee
• Application Guidelines
• Application Process/Application
• Decision Process 

Purpose Statement

The School of Management at California Lutheran University is dedicated to inspiring and encouraging future leaders of color worldwide and empowering people(s) of color to change the world. This scholarship is a commitment to always recognize this underserved community by providing an educational opportunity.

Who Qualifies for this Scholarship/Applicant Requirements

Persons of color who are U.S. citizens or are permanent  residents of the United States and who:

1. are applying to attend California Lutheran University’s School of Management for the Spring or Summer 2024 term, or
2. are already enrolled in one of the School of Management Graduate Programs. These graduate programs include:

• Executive MBA (EMBA)
• MBA
• M.S. in Management
• MBA-Financial Planning
• M.S. in Financial Planning
• Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA)
• M.S. in Information Technology (MSIT)
• M.S. in Quantitative Economics (MSQE)

A person of color or people(s) of color includes individuals who are not white.

An international graduate student with an F1 visa is not eligible for this scholarship. If you are an international graduate student, please contact the Center for Global Engagement to learn more about any available scholarships for international students.

Eligible individuals cannot already be receiving funds for tuition from another outside source (i.e., their employer or veteran benefits).

Scholarship Amounts/Application of Scholarship

Each year the number of scholarships awarded and their amounts will vary depending upon the amount of funds raised.

For 2024, given the application process outlined below and the amount of funds currently available from Cares Day 2023, awards will be presented as follows:

• Scholarship to go to three (3) persons of color who are currently graduate students or who are applying to attend one of California Lutheran University’s School of Management graduate programs in 2024 (more details below).
• The amount of each scholarship for 2024 will be $2,500 ($7,500 total) with some funds held in reserve. This fits the university requirement of “scholarships not to exceed the cost of tuition for any given term.” As some graduate students choose to take only one course a term (attend ½ time), the scholarship amount ($2,500) is slightly less than the tuition for one graduate course.
• Applicants cannot receive funding from additional outside sources (i.e., their employer or veteran benefits)
• Scholarships will be applied directly to a selected individual’s tuition for the next/following term (either the Spring or Summer term) after confirmation by the Financial Aid office (via Student Accounts) that selected individuals are not receiving any additional funding from any other outside source.
• If a selected individual does not enroll in classes for the next/following term after being awarded a scholarship, the Financial Aid office will cancel the scholarship from the student’s aid offer and funds will be returned to the scholarship fund.
• Funds collected but not awarded will roll over to the next distribution cycle.

Selection Committee

• The School of Management DEIJ Committee will determine which individual(s) will receive this scholarship.

Application Guidelines

• Applicants must be individuals enrolled in or applying to one of the School of Management Graduate Programs
• Applications available through the School of Management webpage
• Applications accepted December 4, 2023 to January 14, 2024.
• An individual can send in only one (1) application per application cycle and receive only one (1) scholarship in total
• Scholarships are NOT renewable.

Application Process

Individuals are to complete the Application Form on Qualtrics Forms. Information to include:

• Statement/essay about “How do you intend to utilize your education to carry out the concepts and practices of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) in the future?”
• Length – 500-550 words
• Applicant should be willing to have a bio and/or statement posted on the Cares Day event page and on the School of Management’s DEIJ webpage (if desired, their name may be excluded).
• It is expected (but not required) that scholarship recipients agree to promote this scholarship within one year after receiving their scholarship by choosing two (2) activities below and/or work with the Communications Manager for the School of Management to come up with their own promotion idea(s)
  

Written work/live presentation or video recording (Examples: Interview with the Echo, interview with ICLU radio, a five-minute video-recording about the scholarship and the importance of utilizing their education at California Lutheran University’s School of Management to carry forward DEIJ practices, speaker at a domestic student orientation and/or School of Management events, other)

Decision Process

Individuals can submit an application from December 4, 2023 to January 14, 2024 via Qualtrics Forms.

Applications go to the Director of Global Engagement and Diversity (Director) who is also Chair of the School of Management DEIJ Committee. As this will be a blind selection process, the “Director” will wipe any personally identifiable information from applications and by January 19 will send “whipped” applications to members of the DEIJ committee for their review. The School of Management DEIJ committee selects scholarship recipients by January 31st (this provides time for committee members to review all applications and make their selections). The committee to recommend 3 to 4 potential recipients and once Financial Aid has reviewed and confirmed eligibility (that the individual is not receiving additional funding), the DEIJ committee will select the top two candidates as recipients

The Senior Financial Aid Counselor to be notified about who has been selected for scholarships

• Names of potential recipients to be send to the Student Accounts Office by this administrator to ensure that scholarship recipients are not receiving additional funding from any other outside source.
• The Financial Aid Office to Notify the Director of Global Engagement and Diversity to confirm eligibility
• School of Management (SoM) DEIJ Committee makes the final selection.

Final decisions regarding scholarship finalists are forwarded to the Senior Financial Aid Counselor and recipients are notified of selection by February 10.

Scholarships to be applied to an individual’s next/following term’s - Spring (possibly Summer) tuition. (Note: Students must be enrolled ½-time for funds to disburse to the student’s account. If a student does not enroll in either of these two terms – Spring or Summer - the Senior Financial Aid Counselor will remove/cancel the scholarship from the student’s aid offer.)

Scholarship recipients will be asked to select spokesperson activities in early March. Recipients are asked to help support this scholarship effort within one year after receiving their scholarship.