Joshua and Celine Hernandez Scholarship

Scholarships within the college are awarded to provide financial support based on need, academic achievement, or other specific scholarship criteria as outlined below.
Junior/senior student who is hard-working and in need of some good fortune to help them on their path to success. Students who are first-generation and demonstrate financial need are preferred, as well as journalism majors, or students pursuing a double degree or minor in Creative Writing. The scholarship should not be given to the same student in consecutive years. Students who receive the scholarship should provide the donor an end-of-year summary of the highs and lows of the year and how they benefited from the scholarship.

We encourage students to express gratitude, and so thank you letters can be written to Joshua and Celine Hernandez.
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.