The South Wireless Associations will be accepting applications for the 2021 Fall semester scholarship fund. The scholarship committee will award (1) student in each of the 10 state associations and will receive a grant for the Fall 2021 semester.

Deadline to submit applications will be TBD. 

Application for the Scholarships will be TBD, due to the 2020 South Wireless Summit being pushed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic

All applications are to be submitted to southwireless2020@gmail.com.

Scholarship Eligibilities

• The student must be enrolled full-time in his/her graduate or undergraduate studies at an accredited College or University.
• The student’s family member must be a member of one of the South Wireless Associations: Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas-Oklahoma, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas or Carolinas and live in the state that the awarded scholarship Association is awarded.
• The student must have and maintain a 3.0 GPA average in High school and College and must maintain the 3.0 GPA to remain eligible and have received a 23 score or better on the ACT.
• Each State’s Association will award the Scholarship to a Prospective Student in their State.
• AD HOC Scholarship– In addition to the 10 State Scholarships, a scholarship will be awarded to a resident of a South Wireless Association State that is a member that will be attending an Accredited University in another State that comprises one of the States that make up the South Wireless Association (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, OK, AR, TN, KY, TX).
• The Remaining 10 Scholarships Require that the student be attending school in the state in which the scholarship is awarded. The Student must be resident of the state that awards the Scholarship, i.e. Texas Scholarship will go to a Texas resident who attends an Accredited Texas University. Past recipients of the Fall, 2019 SWS Scholarship, must have maintained a minimum of a 3.0 GPA to reapply.
• Previous Award Recipients are encouraged to apply.
• PLEASE NOTE – This Scholarship is for Fall 2020 SEMESTER ONLY. All candidates must be enrolled in an accredited University or College full time for the Spring 2020 Semester in order to be eligible for the scholarship.  Winning the scholarship is a stand-alone award, and the South Wireless Association will award all future scholarships on a Bi-Annual Basis.

Application Criteria

• Once the student has met the criteria above, an essay must be submitted specific to the following: 

To Be Determined………

• Applicants will then be vetted and Candidates may be interviewed during the selection process.
• Applications and all the required attachments must be submitted to the following e-mail box:  southwireless2020@gmail.com by TBD – .  No mailed in Applications will be considered.  All the Scanned documents must be legible and easily printed.  All scanned items must be scaled and formatted to an 8” x 11” paper size. The scanned file, must be emailed and attached with the completed application; If the scanned files are not downloadable, your application will be voided.
• Only COMPLETE Applications will be reviewed and considered (do not use the phrase-“see transcript or see ACT scores”, all blanks must be filled out on the application). No applicant will be considered if they do not fill out the application entirely and all attachments are submitted with the application!  These Attachments must be printable and scalable! ( NO exceptions-if your application cannot be viewed upon receipt, it will be disqualified).  If your application is not complete and does not include all attachments and the Essay at the time of submittal, if will be deemed void and not considered.
• If you do not meet the Minimum Qualifications-your application will not be considered.
• The selected candidates of the individual state scholarships will be notified by the committee-TBD.  All documents sent to the selected candidate must be filled out and returned to the SWS Scholarship Committee for the funds to be distributed to the selected candidate and their University or Institution.

Past Scholarship Recipients

Spring 2020-Kentucky Wireless Association

 

 

 

 

Spring 2020-Louisiana Wireless Association

 

 

Spring 2020-Texas Wireless Association

 

Spring 2020 -Georgia Wireless Association

 

Spring 2020-Florida Wireless Association

 

Spring 2020 -Tennessee Wireless Association

Fall 2019 SWS Scholarship Recipient – Louisiana

Fall 2019 SWS Scholarship Recipient – Mississippi

Fall 2019 SWS Scholarship Recipient – Florida

Fall 2019 SWS Scholarship Recipient – Carolinas

Fall 2019 SWS Scholarship Recipient – Georgia

Congratulations to all South Wireless Summit Scholarship Recipients

Fall 2018 Ad Hoc Recipient	Fall 2018 Louisiana Recipient	Florida Spring 2018	Kentucky Spring 2017
Louisiana Spring 2018	Carolinas Spring 2018	Florida Spring 2018	Kentucky Spring 2017
Florida Spring 2017	Kentucky Spring 2016	Mississippi Spring 2016	Florida Fall 2014
Texas Fall 2014	Louisiana Fall 2014	Arkansas/Oklahoma Fall 2014	Mississippi Fall 2014
AD HOD Fall 2014	Tennessee Fall 2014