Applications for the Arkansas Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program are available for the spring 2016 semester at all two-year and four-year colleges and universities. The deadline is Jan. 8, 2016.
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff administers the scholarship program that was reauthorized by the 84th General Assembly (Act 1746) to address the shortage of public school teachers, particularly minority teachers, in the Delta Region.
The program awards up to $1,500 per academic year for full-time enrollment and up to $750 per academic year for part-time enrollment.
Applicants must be a Black American, Hispanic American, Asian American or Native American; be enrolled in or accepted to a baccalaureate degree-granting institution of higher education or at an accredited state-supported community college; complete the required scholarship application and submit official transcripts for all course work done at institutions of higher education.
The completed application and required documents must be submitted by Jan. 8, 2016, to the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, 1200 N. University Drive, Mail Slot 4986, Pine Bluff, AR, 71601.