Ryan Family Endowed Scholarship

Scholarships within the college are awarded to provide financial support based on need, academic achievement, or other specific scholarship criteria as outlined below.
Distributions from the Fund will be used to provide undergraduate scholarship awards for students enrolled in the CMDI. It is the Donors’ intent that scholarships are awarded to students with the greatest financial need. Scholarship recipients will be selected in accordance with established procedures for awarding need-based scholarships.
Scholarships will be awarded for one academic year and are renewable based on criteria established by the University. Thank you letters should be addressed to Patrick and Alyson Ryan.
Selection Criteria
Applications are reviewed holistically, and selection criteria may include, but is not limited to, academic record, leadership experience, extracurricular involvement, community service, employment, essays, and in some cases, financial need as determined by the FAFSA/CASFA.
Essays: Quality of writing and content are weighed heavily.
Financial Need: The FAFSA and the Colorado Application for State Financial Aid (CASFA) are the mechanisms approved for calculating financial need for need-based scholarship awarding.