Name:
Rhoda Clarice Freeman and Kris Freeman Bursary
Award Number:
24218
Description:
(for full-time students in any year of studies in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences in good academic standing with demonstrated financial need)
Type:
Bursary
Renewable:
No
Value:
$6100
Number of awards:
Variable
Eligibility criteria:
Each year, beginning in 1999-2000, the available annual income from the fund will be used to offer one or more bursaries to undergraduate students who:
(1) are enrolled full-time (minimum 60% course load) in any year of study in any program in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences;
(2) have achieved a minimum degree grade point average of 2.5; and
(3) have demonstrated financial need on the standard University of Manitoba general bursary application form.
Preference will be given to students who have graduated from a high school in the town of Ashern, Manitoba.
Faculty(ies):Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences Students with disabilities Indigenous Students
Program(s):Open to All International Students
Major(s):Open to All
Application Info:
General bursary criteria: (1) All students must complete courses in both the fall and winter terms to be eligible. (2) In most cases, students must register for and complete at least 60 percent of a full course-load per term (i.e., a minimum of 9 credit hours per term). Graduate students do not have to adhere to credit hour minimums provided they are registered as full-time students over the fall and winter terms with the Faculty of Graduate Studies. (3) Students must meet minimum G.P.A. requirements. Continuing students must have a minimum degree G.P.A. of 2.0. New students (from high school) must have a grade 12 average of 70% or higher. Students admitted on Mature Student Status may also be eligible for bursary consideration. (4) Financial need must be clearly documented on the application. Students who have applied for government students loans from other provinces must provide a copy of a current official government loan assessment to support their declaration of financial need. Please note Manitoba Student Aid recipients do not need to submit a copy of their Notice of Assessment. (5) International students in their first year of post-secondary study in Canada are not eligible to apply to the general bursary program.
Available: The University of Manitoba General Bursary Application is available through Aurora Student at the beginning of August every year.
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