The Department of Physics offers five scholarships:

• S. Burgin Dunn Scholarship
• Walter Sells Scholarship
• Alumni Physics Scholarship
• Olan Kruse Physics Scholarship
• Health Physics/Nuclear Engineering Scholarship

REQUIREMENTS

Requirements for all students

• Student must be a U.S. citizen

• Student must be enrolled full time as a Physics major at TAMUK.

Incoming freshmen requirements:

• Minimum GPA 3.0 out of 4.0 from an accredited high school.

• A combined SAT score of 1200 with a math score of 600 or a combined ACT score of 24 with a mach score of 27.

• Enrolled as a Physics major at TAMUK for a minimum of 12 credit hours.

Transfer student requirements:

• Be transferring from an accredited junior college, community college or university.

• A minimum GPA of 3.0 from 4.0.

• Enrolled as Physics major at TAMUK in a minimum of 12 credit hours beginning in the fall semester of the award year.

Each student must have demonstrated exceptional promise, strong leadership, community involvement and perseverance.

TO APPLY SUBMIT

• Application form
• Official transcript of credits
• Two letters of recommendation
  Typically, the letters of recommendation should come from a high school teacher, a hometown businessman, a minister, or a faculty member from Texas A&M University - Kingsville who is not a member of the scholarship selection committee. At least one letter must be from someone outside of the Physics program.

DEADLINES

• For Spring semester - November 1
• For Fall semester - April 1

SELECTION PROCESS

The award of this scholarship shall be made by a selection committee composed of two senior members of the Physics department faculty. The applicant shall appear before this committee in person at a properly designated time and defend his application for the scholarship. He or she shall answer such questions as the selection committee shall ask.

RENEWAL

With the exception of the Health Physics Scholarship, none of the other scholarships automatically renew each semester. In order to renew these scholarships for a successive semester, the student must reapply.
 

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