North Dakota State University

The Academic & Cultural Sharing Scholarship offers international undergraduate students the ability to pay at 50% of the non-resident base tuition rate only, currently a savings of about $8,200 for the 2013-2014 academic year. This scholarship is available to all undergraduate international students who qualify for admission at North Dakota State University, hold F-1 student status, and continue on a semesterly basis to uphold the necessary academic and cultural sharing requirements. The award will be available for the 2013-2014 academic year only.

Given the nature of the scholarship, recipients are expected to share their cultures with U.S. students, faculty, staff and members of the community in activities that are both academically and culturally beneficial. This will enable people to increase their knowledge of the cultures and countries where the scholarship recipients come from and gain a better sense of the global society.  In turn, the recipients gain a better understanding of themselves and of American culture. Examples of qualified services and instructions for reporting hours can be found on the bottom of this web page under Qualified Hours.

Application and Requirements for receiving an Academic and Cultural Sharing Scholarship:

Prospective international undergraduate students are invited to apply for the Academic and Cultural Sharing Scholarship by completing the application. The application will be reviewed as soon as it is received and a decision will be made after you have been regularly admitted to North Dakota State University. 

Once awarded, scholarships are renewable as long as the NDSU student maintains the following requirements: 

• Attend the entire International Student Orientation during your first semester at NDSU.
• Attend a scholarship informational session at the beginning of each semester.
• Hold F-1 student status (with a valid I-20).
• Maintain a 2.50 or higher cumulative GPA (grade point average) after each semester. 
• Register and maintain at least 12 undergraduate credits each semester.
• Complete 10 hours of qualified  cultural sharing or volunteer services each semester. (See examples of qualified services at the bottom of this page.)
  **Students graduating in May or December of each year are required to submit 10 hours for that semester to remain eligible to keep the scholarship for that term.
• You have never been found to be in violation of the NDSU Student Code of Conduct
• Timely report your service hours to the Office of International Programs (2013-2014 deadlines to be announced). 

IMPORTANT NOTICE: 

Because it is a privilege to receive a scholarship from a university, the OIP must ensure that the students who receive the scholarship meet certain requirements in order to remain eligible and that the recipients are good representatives of the NDSU student community. Students who lose the scholarship for any of the above reasons are not eligible to receive the scholarship again. Unfortunately, no appeals are possible.

Full scholarship guidelines included in the Scholarship Application, below. Also, please do NOT include the scholarship award as part of your funding when filling out your Financial Certification form.  If you are admitted to NDSU and are awarded a Scholarship, you will be notified by letter and your I-20 will reflect the amount of the award. 

If you are awarded conditional admission to NDSU with participation in the Intensive English Language Program (IELP), and you meet the Academic and Cultural Sharing Scholarship requirements, you will be conditionally awarded the scholarship. The condition of this award is based upon achieving the qualifying, intensive English placement score, during the on-campus test during orientation, which is required to enroll in one or more undergraduate academic courses. Conditional scholarship awards will not be listed on your I-20 until you are registered for one or more undergraduate classes.

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