Jewel Hensley Francis Scholarship Endowment

The Jewel Hensley Francis Scholarship is open to all applicants regardless of race, color, creed, or sex with the following qualifications:
a) Recipient(s) must meet the Foundation’s scholarship eligibility criteria requirements indicated below:
i) Enroll full-time (at least 12.0 credit) in a degree or certificate program at Roane State Community College.
ii) Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (F AFSA), TN Promise/TN Reconnect/TN Dual Enrollment or Middle College Scholarship applications, as applicable.
iii) Complete any Roane State Community College requirements related to scholarships or other financial aid (i.e. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) release form);
v) Recipient(s) must be in good standing with the college.
vi) Maintain a minimum of 2.5 GPA for scholarship renewal while a student at RSCC, unless otherwise indicated in the below criteria.
vii) Students must reapply each year for this consideration.
viii) Submit a thank-you letter and photograph of yourself for Foundation donor(s) which can be used in College or Foundation social media, website, events or other marketing/promotional efforts and materials. These items should be submitted via the Foundation Office as directed in Scholarship guidelines within 10 days of Foundation’s electronic award notification and your acceptance of an award.

b) Recipient(s) must meet the additional eligibility criteria requirements indicated below:

• Recipients may be enrolled full or part-time at Roane State Community College.
• Recipients must be adult students.
• Recipients must exhibit financial need.
• Scholarship will be renewable for a second year if all other requirements are met.
• Recipients must exhibit academic promise (maintain at least a 2,5 GPA).
• c) Recipient is to submit a thank-you letter and photograph for Foundation donor(s) which can be used in College or Foundation social media, website, events or other marketing/promotional efforts and materials within 10 days of Foundation’s electronic award notification and acceptance of an award, addressing the letter of appreciation to:
  Jewel Hensley Francis Scholarship Endowment
  c/o Roane State Foundation
  276 Patton Lane
  Harriman, TN 37748-5011