Service Scholars

The purpose of the Service Scholar Program is both to recognize incoming students with an outstanding record of service and leadership and to prepare students to become active citizens and leaders on campus and in their communities after graduation.

As a member of the program, Service Scholars follow their own path of individual community service, participate in group projects with fellow Scholars, attend regular social and educational sessions, enroll in a first-year Scholar course, and learn leadership and advocacy skills. Staff of the Center for Leadership and Civic Education oversee and advise the program. Service Scholars themselves, however, through an elected board, plan activities and service projects, as well as maintain the standards for participating in the program.

Overview:

• Four-year program (maximum of eight semesters of scholarship funds available
• Service Scholars are awarded a four-year renewable scholarship in the amount of $2,400 annually.
• Maintain at least a 2.75 cumulative GPA.
• Selection to the program, usually limited to 12 freshmen each year, is highly competitive.
• First-year students are assigned a staff mentor and an upperclassmen buddy.
• Monthly “Evenings” engage Scholars in conversation and action around civic engagement topics.
• Service-focused academic components for first- and second- year students.
• Engage in 75 hours of community service each semester (45 hours for first-semester first-year students)
• Be a part of the Center for Leadership and Civic Education and Service Scholar family.

Scholarship Information:
Scholarships for the program are provided by Florida State University as well as generous private supporters. The launching of the Service Scholar Program was made possible in 1996 with the financial support of Kathy Villacorta and Tommy Warren along with Howell Ferguson.

Our current scholarship endowments include:

Martha McIntosh Service Scholarship Fund
Evelyn Haywood Speed Endowed Scholarship Fund
Edney Family Service Scholarship Fund
Bank of America Scholarship Fund