Shirley Barnett Memorial Fund

LIBERAL & CREATIVE ARTS
Scholarship funds will be awarded in the 2024-2025 academic year. Students graduating in spring and summer 2024 are not eligible.

IMPORTANT APPLICATION INFORMATION: All LCA scholarships require one or more reference letters as a part of the application. All reference letters must be received, via AcademicWorks, no later than the application deadline in order for an application to be considered qualified and reviewed. This requires applicants to submit their application before the deadline, which includes providing the reference name and email address. References should be notified by the applicant that letters need to be submitted through AcademicWorks no later than a week before the application deadline, to allow time to solve any potential issues. Applicants should check their AcademicWorks student portal to ensure that reference letters have been submitted before the application deadline, resending reference letter requests for letters not submitted. Applications that do not have the required reference letter by the deadline will not be reviewed and are not eligible for the scholarship.

• Awarding Department: College of Liberal & Creative Arts
• Scholarship Intent: To provide financial support for one undergraduate student and one graduate student enrolled in a degree program within the College of Liberal & Creative Arts who are over the age of 40. History majors will receive preference for at least one award, if multiple awards are given. Awards will be given initially for a single semester, but they may be renewed as long as the student remains in an LCA program and in good standing for up to the maximum amount allowed (see criteria for specifics), and as long as funds for the scholarship remain. Students who receive the award are required to provide their major program thirty hours of service each semester in which they receive scholarship funds.
• Criteria:
  1) Letter of Recommendation
  2) Letter from the Chair or Director of the students major indicating that the program will make use of thirty hours of service by the recipient during the semester(s) in which they will receive the scholarship.
  3) A personal statement outlining the events that led to a delay or interruption in their education, along with a timeline that details the gap from high school to the present.
  4) Unofficial transcript.
  5) Self-reported statement regarding financial need.
  6) Student must be over the age of 40 at the time of application or within the year of the distribution of the scholarship funds.
  7) * Graduate: $1,500 per semester for up to five semesters, totaling a maximum of $7,500. Undergraduate: $1,500 per semester for up to six semesters, totaling a maximum of $9,000.
  8) The student must be in good standing; that is, not on academic, disciplinary, or administrative probation.
  9) Must be enrolled in at least 3 units at the time of disbursement, or if a graduate student in his or her grace period or enrolled in LCA-499.

• Major: Multiple: All LCA undergraduate majors and all LCA graduate students.
• Class Level: Undergrad: Any; Grad: Masters
• Enrollment Status: Continuing and entering students
• Enrollment Requirement: Undergrad: 3 UNIT; Grad: 3 UNIT
• Financial Need as determined by the FAFSA and/or CA Dream App: Not a Requirement
• Citizenship: Any
• GPA: HS GPA: N/A; Undergrad GPA: 2.0; Grad GPA: 3.0
• Contact Person: Arsham Pourfallah, College of Liberal and Creative Arts
• Campus Address: MH 404
• Street Address: 1600 Holloway, San Francisco, California 94132
• Phone Number: (415) 338-1471
• Email: lcastudentservices@sfsu.edu
• Web page: https://lca.sfsu.edu/scholarships
• Number of Awards: Up to 2