Scholarship Opportunities

The Empire State Diversity Honors Scholarship Program (ESDHSP) is designed to direct aid to undergraduate students who have demonstrated academic achievement and overcome a disadvantage or other impediment to success in higher education. Candidates will contribute to the diversity of the student body by demonstrating their commitment to facilitating and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in their academic programs and/or activities.

Program Eligibility Requirements

To participate in the ESDHSP, candidates are required to:

1. Be a U.S.citizens or have permanent resident status,
2. Be a New York Resident and
3. Demonstrate how they have overcome a disadvantage or other impediment to success in higher education.
4. Demonstrate a commitment to contributing to the diversity of the student body by facilitating and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in their academic programs and/or campus activities.

Even though financial need is not a requirement for program eligibility, applicants may utilize economic disadvantage as a basis for eligibility.

Preference will be given to candidates who are:

From a low-income background (e.g., Pell-eligible as undergraduates), were first-generation college students (students whose parents have not earned a bachelor’s degree), have overcome adversity, are AmeriCorps alumni, or are veterans.

The Empire State Diversity Honors Scholarship Program is open to any and all prospective candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, or sex, and is consistent with all current governing federal and state nondiscrimination law. All application submissions will be assessed and evaluated in accordance with the required eligibility criteria.

All campus distributions are pending annual state budget approval. While we have been awarding campuses scholarships for many years, funding may not be guaranteed every year.

Criteria:

•  Greene County firefighter or Volunteer Fire Auxiliary member; Junior firefighters are also eligible.
• Second-year student
• GPA 2.3 or higher
• Demonstrate financial need
• Enrolled in at least 6 credits per semester
• You must also secure a completed recommendation form from your Fire Chief before being considered for the award.

Criteria:

• Full-time student
• GPA 2.0 or higher
• Community Service must be noted
• Extracurricular involvement

Criteria:

Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of diversity. Believe in and practice behaviors that encourage accepting people of different cultures and religions. Encourage people to build friendships with everyone, regardless of culture and religion. Create a world where people feel comfortable in any neighborhood.

Criteria:

• Must be in the Nursing Program
• GPA 2.0 or higher
• Career commitment to working with differently-abled individuals

Purpose:

The OutHudson Scholarship was created to provide financial support to individuals pursuing higher education at Columbia-Greene Community College, particularly those who have displayed leadership toward achieving LGBTQ+ equality and liberation. Applicants who have demonstrated this commitment through personal advocacy, volunteer community service, professional aspirations, and organizing efforts are strongly encouraged to apply. OutHudson is a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2016 in Hudson, NY. OutHudson’s mission is to elevate the quality of life and advance the visibility of LGBTQ people in Columbia County, NY.

Criteria:

• GPA 2.0 or higher
• Columbia County resident
• Must have financial need beyond financial aid
• Demonstrates an affinity for and support of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Purpose:

The purpose of the scholarship is to assist musicians, both young and young at heart, in their quest to achieve a higher understanding of musicianship and pedagogy.  This assistance may be used to secure material related to the further study of music or for the sake of the study itself.  Priority will be given to applicants who intend to study the organ, wish to study the practice of liturgical (sacred) music, and/or are in preparation for a liturgical position within a sacred institution.

Criteria:

• A resident of Columbia, Greene, or Dutchess County
• GPA 2.0 or higher
• Be musically literate

Criteria:

• Columbia County resident
• Full-time
• GPA 3.0 or higher
• Financial need beyond financial aid
• Demonstrates involvement in community service
• Recommendation letter from a faculty member or community (non-family) member