North American Division Graduate Hispanic Scholarship Fund

COLUMBIA, MD – Washington Adventist University is pleased to announce the North American Division Hispanic Scholarship Fund, designed to provide financial aid for full-time graduate and post-graduate Hispanic students who are based in the North American Division. This fund is intended for faithful Seventh-day Adventist Church members in good standing, whose financial resources are inadequate to complete their graduate school education. The scholarship is limited and distributed based on need, academic performance, and church standing, in accordance with the parameters established by the NAD’s working policy.

Eligibility

1. Applicants must be Seventh-day Adventist church members in good standing.
2. Applicants must be Hispanic, North American Division-based (intending to live and work in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Guam, or Micronesia), and citizens or permanent residents of the United States, Canada, Bermuda, Guam, or Micronesia. Students from other divisions who are in the United States or Canada for educational purposes are excluded from this funding source.
3. Applicants must be enrolled full-time students (or taking a minimum of 12 hours per semester) in a graduate professional school. Undergraduate, vocational, or students seeking a certificate program do not qualify for this scholarship. Preference will be given to students attending Seventh-day Adventist institutions; however, grants may be awarded to students attending other accredited schools offering studies in approved areas.
4. Applicants must submit verification of financial need based on information requested in the application and must be earning satisfactory grades.
5. In cases where family income is comparable, priority in the allocation of funds will be given to students from non-church-worker families.
6. If the applicant is married, only one family member is eligible for this scholarship assistance in a given year, except in unusual circumstances.
7. A student may receive the scholarship once per school year. Applicants must request and complete a new application and submit it for approval each year.
8. Students who are members of a Seventh-day Adventist Hispanic Church that belongs to a Regional Conference need to apply to the Regional Scholarship.

Approved Courses of Study

• Accounting
• Audiology
• Business Administration
• Communication
• Computer Science
• Dental
• Dietetics
• Elementary and Secondary Education
• Engineering
• Food Administration
• Hospital Administration
• Instructions
• Industrial Education
• Journalism
• Law
• Medical
• Nursing
• Pharmacy
• Physical Therapy
• Physician’s Assistant
• Psychology
• Public Health
• Social Work
• Speech Pathology

Application Process

1. Complete and sign the student portion of the application.
2. If applicable, ask parents to complete their financial section.
3. Ask the school registrar to verify the cumulative grade point average (GPA) and confirm full-time student status with the required minimum hours per school year.
4. Request signatures from the local conference Hispanic coordinator/director or the local union Hispanic coordinator/director on the application form. If the applicant does not know who that person is, they should ask their Hispanic church pastor. The Hispanic coordinator/director will discuss eligibility and sign the form.
5. Make a copy of the completed application with the information and signatures for records. This is very important, as some forms get lost in the mail.
6. Mail only pages 3 – 6 of this document to the office of:

Elder Minervino Labrador Jr.
NAD Vice President
9705 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, MD 21046-1565

7. Applications are due February 28 or September 28. The NAD Committee meets to approve scholarship grants. After the committee’s approval, the treasury office will issue a check for the approved amount or the NAD Vice President will send a letter explaining why the applicant is not eligible.