PAC/TAMU Offer $10K STEM Scholarship

Palo Alto College (PAC) and the Texas A&M University College of Science are teaming up to make the dream of achieving a four-year math or science degree a reality for high school and college students by offering up to $10,000 per year in scholarship assistance for any unmet financial needs.

Backed by a five-year, $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, the two partners have established the Science Scholars Program which will provide scholarships for undergraduate students majoring in biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics who begin their studies at PAC, a two-year program, then transfer to Texas A&M to complete their four-year degrees.

San Antonio area high school students that have dual credit or participate in a Campus Connections/PAC Access project, and are in the top 10 percent of their class with a minimum Math SAT of 550 are eligible for the program. Current PAC students with a 3.0 GPA in biology, chemistry, mathematics or physics will also be considered.

The deadline to apply for the scholarship is June 1. For additional information on the scholarship application process, please call Sara Wilkins in the PAC Science Department at 921-5295. A scholarship application can be found at www.science.tamu.edu/sciencescholars/.