skip to main content
Office of Financial Aid
University of Mississippi

Terms and Conditions for the
Ole Miss Women’s Council Scholarship

The OMWC program provides significant guidance and training in leadership skills, exceptional life and career development, meaningful personal growth through cultural and travel opportunities, and beneficial alumni networking throughout the students’ tenure at the university. 

Upon accepting an OMWC Scholarship and the associated terms and conditions, each scholar agrees to the following:

  • Attend OMWC Retreat and Orientation – typically the weekend after the first day of fall classes.
  • Enroll in “EDHE 105 First Year Experience” 3 credit hour course during the fall semester of your freshman year.
  • Attend weekly meetings with the mentoring and programming coordinators
  • Attend monthly Red Plate Supper during the academic year.
  • Attend OMWC meetings and seminars throughout the fall and spring semesters.
    • Students will not have more than 2 mandatory events in a 7 day period.
    • Attendance during times when classes are not in session is not mandatory.
  • Participate in the PULSE Leadership series (a 1-day event held during the January Wintersession)
  • Develop relationships with career, life, and peer mentors
  • Complete 8 hours of community service each semester (hours may count concurrently with other community service requirements.)
  • Maintain written communication with scholarship donor each semester.
  • Travel on OMWC weekend trips (once as a freshman or sophomore and once as a junior or senior).
  • Be responsible for checking, reading, and responding to program manager and coordinator.

In addition to active participation in the program, eligibility for future years is conditional upon the following:

  • Full-time enrollment of at least 12 hours each semester is required.
  • Independent Study classes (also known as correspondence courses or iStudy) can only be used to count towards the full-time enrollment requirement if they are semester-based – not Flex courses. In addition, the scholarship amount may be reduced if students are enrolled in iStudy classes ONLY that term.
  • Eligibility for future years is conditional upon maintenance of at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale on all course work attempted at the University of Mississippi (not transfer grades).
  • Renewal eligibility for subsequent terms will be determined at the end of each semester. Warning notices may be issued at the end of the fall semester if the student falls below the 3.0 mark or is failing to meet the participation requirements.
  • Maximum eligibility is limited to eight consecutive regular semesters (fall and spring only) or once a bachelor’s degree is received.
  • This scholarship will not pay for winter intersession, summer intersession, or any other summer terms.
  • If you withdraw from the University within the 100% institutional refund period (the first 10 days of classes), any scholarship that has already been credited to your bursar account must be repaid in full.
  • If you withdraw from the University and attend another college, you will forfeit your scholarship unless prior arrangements have been made with the University of Mississippi Office of Financial Aid or the Ole Miss Women’s Council Program Coordinator.
  • Each semester you are enrolled, you must prepare a letter thanking the donor for your scholarship. Please visit https://finaid.olemiss.edu/donorthank/ for directions.  Failure to comply with this expectation within the first semester of enrollment will result in termination of your scholarship.
  • If this scholarship, combined with any other financial aid, exceeds the overall student budget determined for each student by the Office of Financial aid, it may cause a reduction in some of your financial aid. This scholarship will not be reduced unless directed by a representative of the Women’s Council or the UM Foundation, but the Office of Financial Aid reserves the right to review packages and reduce other aid if necessary during and after the academic year per federal or state regulations.