{"id":1161,"date":"2019-11-20T20:11:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2025-02-07T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T15:21:10","slug":"wilmu-scholarship-lights-the-way-to-a-college-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2019\/11\/20\/wilmu-scholarship-lights-the-way-to-a-college-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"WilmU Scholarship Lights the Way to a College Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1161_eb81e8-b5 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1161_7f431b-a5\">The STAR Scholarship halves the cost of tuition for qualified students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-14-at-11.14.24-AM-640x533-300x250.png\" alt=\"Student wears WilmU sweatshirt in front of steps\" class=\"wp-image-1162\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For 10 years, Wilmington University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/wilmu.edu\/scholarships\">STAR Scholarship<\/a> has enabled stellar students to launch their careers with a bachelor\u2019s degree they can afford. Recent revisions to this financial assistance program \u2014 part of WilmU\u2019s partnership with Delaware Technical Community College \u2014 put higher education within reach of even more students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe STAR Scholarship demonstrates Wilmington University\u2019s mission to give back to Delaware,\u201d says Lindsay Rice, WilmU\u2019s director of Academic Partnerships. \u201cIt\u2019s creating accessible and cost-effective educational opportunities for some of the state\u2019s most motivated learners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program builds on the state-backed SEED (Student Excellence Equals Degree) Scholarship, which awards full or partial funding toward two-year associate degrees for qualifying graduates of Delaware\u2019s high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WilmU\u2019s STAR Scholarship, in turn, offers a 50 percent tuition reduction to SEED Scholarship students who have earned their associate degree at DelTech and are aiming to complete their educations with bachelor\u2019s degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of May 2019, the STAR Scholarship has expanded its eligibility criteria, inviting any SEED-sponsored DelTech associate degree graduate with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher to apply.&nbsp; The GPA requirement was changed from 3.5 to match the existing qualifications for Delaware Tech\u2019s honors program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other eligibility requirements include enrolling in a WilmU bachelor\u2019s degree program within six months of associate degree completion; attend- ing fall and spring semester classes full-time (12 credits per semester); and maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide wu-blockquote-row is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote wu-blockquote-simple is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity for students to gain an education without crushing debt,\u201d says Rice. \u201cWith the help of SEED and STAR, DelTech and WilmU, they can earn a bachelor\u2019s degree for tuition of less than $13,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of students have benefited from the STAR Scholarship since its inception in 2008. The program has a 95 percent graduation rate, with the average GPA of graduates at 3.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the scholarship program\u2019s participants have an eye on education. As of 2019,&nbsp; nearly a quarter of them have earned or are studying toward a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (Grades K\u20136). Bachelor\u2019s degrees in Behavioral Science, Criminal Justice and Business Management have also been popular choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The STAR Scholarship took its name from the Student Transition to Academic Readiness Act, the Delaware Senate\u2019s unsuccessful 2007 attempt to fund a statewide bachelor\u2019s degree version of the SEED Scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For more information about Wilmington University\u2019s scholarship programs, including the STAR Scholarship, please visit <\/em><strong><em>wilmu.edu\/scholarships.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The STAR Scholarship halves the cost of tuition for qualified students For 10 years, Wilmington University\u2019s STAR Scholarship has enabled stellar students to launch their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[647],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magazine","tag-magazine-fall-2019"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":135,"label":"MAGAZINE"}],"post_tag":[{"value":647,"label":"Magazine Fall 2019"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Rebecca Slinger","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rebecca\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":135,"name":"MAGAZINE","slug":"magazine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":692,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":431,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":135,"category_count":431,"category_description":"","cat_name":"MAGAZINE","category_nicename":"magazine","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":647,"name":"Magazine Fall 2019","slug":"magazine-fall-2019","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1204,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":18,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14973,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions\/14973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}