J.W. Hendrix Scholarship
The Mt. Hebron UMC Scholarship Committee proudly offers educational scholarships from the
Estate of James W. Hendrix.
The J.W. Hendrix Educational Scholarship Eligibility
The J.W. Hendrix Educational Scholarship was created to provide a one-time gift to *“worthy students who attend Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church at colleges, universities, seminars, graduate schools, technical educational institutions, etc. under such rules and regulations as its governing board shall determine.” As footnoted below, applicants must also comply with ** and *** for eligibility.
The J.W. Hendrix Continuing Educational Scholarship Eligibility
The J.W. Hendrix Continuing Educational Scholarship was created to provide a second gift to *“worthy students who attend Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church at colleges, universities, seminars, graduate schools, technical educational institutions, etc. under such rules and regulations as its governing body shall determine.” The student who applies for the continuing educational scholarship must submit their college transcript showing a minimum GPA of 2.5 out of a 4.0 scale and a minimum of 12 undergraduate credits per semester or 9 graduate credits per semester. The continuing educational scholarship amount gifted will be based on the number of applications that year. As footnoted below, applicants must also comply with ** and *** for eligibility.
* Excerpt from page 7 of the Trust Agreement of James W. Hendrix, section 4 (a)
** Professing members of Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church for a minimum of one year immediately prior to May 1st of the year of the gift. The professing membership of Mt. Hebron UMC includes all baptized people who have come into membership by profession of faith through appropriate services of the baptismal covenant in the ritual or by transfer from other churches. Refer to UMC Book of Discipline for further clarification.
*** To be eligible to receive this gift, applicants must be enrolled or admitted for enrollment as a full-time student in a post-high school educational institution accredited by one of the nationally recognized accreditation agencies listed in Appendix A of the scholarship program official rules or licensed by the appropriate state licensing authority commensurate to the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
Applications
All applications shall be submitted to the Church Office in person, via email, or by U.S. Postal Service beginning January 1 of each year and must be postmarked no later than March 31. Mail applications to:
The J.W. Hendrix Educational Scholarship
c/o Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 5737
West Columbia, SC 29171
OR
Email:
scholarship@mthebronumc.com
Applications postmarked after March 31 will be denied. Scholarship applications must be in the form of the official application approved by the Scholarship Committee. Incomplete applications will not be considered and will be returned to the applicant. A returned application may be completed and resubmitted to the Scholarship Committee and will be considered if received prior to the application deadline.
Application deadlines, evaluation and payment of scholarship awards:
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The Scholarship Committee will receive applications by U.S. mail postmarked no later than March 31.
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Evaluation of the applications will be completed before the last Sunday in April.
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Applicants shall be notified of the awards prior to graduate recognition Sunday.
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Scholarship recipients shall be publicly announced on graduate recognition Sunday.
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Payment of the scholarship awards shall be made directly to the institution and will be contingent upon the Scholarship Committee receiving written (or otherwise verifiable) confirmation of acceptance by the institution and the applicant’s enrollment at the institution.
If the award exceeds $2,000, the award will be paid in two installments:
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One half at the beginning of the first semester of attendance following the award
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One half at the beginning of the second semester, assuming the Scholarship Committee has received the first semester grade report as evidence of acceptable academic standing and the second semester student schedule as verification of continued enrollment.
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Scholarship awards per semester shall not exceed the actual cost of education expenses charged to the applicant for the semester by the institution through the institution’s financial office. Any scholarship award amount not payable because of this limitation shall be refunded to the scholarship fund.