The Cynthia Ann Parker Endowed Presidential Scholars Program is established to ensure scholarship funds for the recruitment and retention of students who demonstrate a high desire and ability to succeed in any of the disciplines of the College of Liberal Arts. Individuals selected for the Cynthia Ann Parker College of Liberal Arts scholarships are to be identified as the Cynthia Ann Parker Scholars.

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Four awards are granted each year to an entering first-year or transfer student, providing $4,000 a year ($2,000 for each of the fall and spring semesters) for up to $16,000 for four years of study at Hardin-Simmons University. While the scholarship can be initially awarded only to first-time beginning or transfer students to any of IM体育试玩’s undergraduate programs, the scholarship award can be renewed in subsequent years (up to four total years) for students who continue their academic work by pursuing graduate work at IM体育试玩.

To be eligible for this scholarship award, entering first-year students should have a successful high school performance history, demonstrated by achieving a high school graduation ranking within the top 25% of their high school graduating class. Transfer students should have a 3.0 or better college-level grade point average (GPA). Application materials should be submitted between October 1st and March 1st and must include two letters of recommendation: one from the applicant’s pastor and one from a teacher familiar with the applicant. Applicants who are finalists for this scholarship program will be notified by April 15th, with awarding contingent on IM体育试玩 receiving evidence of the entering IM体育试玩 student’s final ranking in one’s high school graduating class or current college-level GPA following completion of the Spring semester preceding enrollment at IM体育试玩.

Applicants must declare an intention to major in one of the following areas at IM体育试玩:

• Criminal Justice
• English
• English Education
• Health Psychology
• History
• History Education
• Psychology
• Social Studies Education
• Social Work
• Social Work Administration
• Social Work and Psychology

All applicants will be reviewed by a committee comprised of the Cynthia Ann Parker Chair and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, an at large faculty member in the Cynthia Ann Parker College of Liberal Arts, and the President of Hardin-Simmons University.

Students awarded the scholarship must maintain a 3.0 or better GPA and major in one of the academic disciplines specified above to qualify for the continued awarding of this scholarship.