By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
Lindsey Wilson University is offering a college scholarship specifically for first responders and their immediate family members.
Director of Financial Aid Audrey Price said the scholarship provides a 10 percent tuition discount if they are attending university classes online or at an extended campus. For those attending the main campus in Columbia, the scholarship is $500 “each semester they are enrolled full-time and $250 if enrolled part time.”
“There are no stipulations on the program of study to receive the scholarship. This scholarship will be available starting this coming spring semester,” Price wrote in an email to Glasgow News 1. “It is renewable with a 2.5 GPA each semester.”
This scholarship will be available to those first responders, and their immediate family, who are interested in Lindsey Wilson University undergraduate and graduate programs. It is available to those families that had a member “who serve or have served at least one year as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, paramedic [or] dispatcher,” according to a university press release.
Lindsey Wilson created the scholarship to assist first responders who want to continue their educational journeys, especially those interested in starting a second career after they retire from public service.
“We know that many individuals are interested in pursuing education to upskill, pivot or continue their careers after the early retirement their profession affords,” said Hannah Coyt, Lindsey Wilson counseling assistant professor and assistant director of the university’s nationally ranked professional counseling graduate program. “This scholarship will allow many of them to explore those education options.”
