Bennett Family Gulf Coast Aspiring Teacher Scholarship Endowment

The purpose of this fund is to award a scholarship to a full or part-time undergraduate student majoring in Elementary Education or Special Education who is from Hancock, Harrison or Jackson County, Mississippi. Preference will be given to students who graduated from high school more than five years prior to enrolling at USM who are pursuing their first undergraduate degree. The recipient may continue to receive this scholarship by maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.0 and continuing to meet the stated criteria.