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Rules for the Public Service Scholarship
The scholarship application and verification form will be available at the time of official admission to the college as
well as available on the Williamson College website. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) must
be filed each year for undergraduate scholarship consideration. The Scholarship Committee will review applications
and award the scholarships. Recipients will be notified of initial awards in writing from the Admissions Office.
Awards must be renewed each subsequent registration period.
Eligibility –
The undergraduate scholarship was created for full-time Williamson County municipal and public service
employees, as well as their spouse and/or children under the age of 24. The scholarship awards $1,650 per term per
person, not to exceed $3,300 per year.
The successful undergraduate applicant of the scholarship must meet all the following:
Be officially admitted to Williamson College;
Graduate from an eligible high school, complete high school as a home school student or obtain a GED or
HiSET diploma;
Hold a high school or college GPA of 3.0 or better; for renewal must maintain a 3.0 WC GPA;
Be a first time undergraduate pursuing an associate’s or first bachelor’s degree;
Maintain continuous enrollment as a full-time student of at least 12 credit hours per term
Complete the College’s scholarship application, and employment verification form of family member’s
employment;
File the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Student’s business office account must be current
The graduate scholarship is open for full-time Williamson County municipal and public service employees.
Students are eligible for a one-time $3300 scholarship for their graduate degree.
Successful graduate student must meet all the following:
Be officially admitted in the Master’s program at Williamson College
Hold a bachelor’s degree with a college GPA of 3.0 or better
Maintain continuous enrollment to complete the degree
Complete the College’s scholarship application and verification of employment form/
Limitations -
Scholarships will not be retroactive for prior terms and are available only by application. A employment
verification form must be completed by the employer submitted to the College prior to each term for scholarship
consideration. The degree seeking undergraduate student must have no more than 122 attempted credit hours (which
includes transfer work). Undergraduate students must have a completed FAFSA on file each year. Scholarship
amounts will be adjusted to prevent over-awards above direct costs of the term. Scholarships cover tuition expenses
only. Federal grants and other outside assistance will be considered when awarding the scholarship. Students can
receive only one institutional scholarship per 20 week enrollment period.
Definitions –
Children under the age of twenty-four (24): Dependent children, twenty-three (23) years of age or younger, of full
time Williamson county public service employees who are:
(a) The natural children or legally adopted children of the employee;
(b) The stepchildren of the employee living with the employee in a parent/children relationship;
(c) Otherwise eligible and living in a parent/children relationship with the employee, such as children of deceased
parents who are being raised by a grandparent who is employed as a full time Williamson County employee;
(d) Children, as described in (a) through (c) above, of an employee who died while employed as a Williamson
County employee, and who are utilizing the benefit at the time of the parent’s death.

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