Carmelina Narciso Scholarship Endowment

Alumni Association
Scholarship will be disbursed in the Fall 2024 semester, after the census, and approximately after the fourth week of the semester. Students must be enrolled at SF State in Fall 2024 and satisfy the criteria described below in Fall 2024 to receive it.

  • Awarding Department: Alumni Association
  • Scholarship Intent: The Narciso family is always working hard towards the promotion of higher education. This scholarship is to let single parents know that their sacrifices will be well worth their efforts. The education they are getting at San Francisco State University will open many doors and their children will see in life, hard work will always have its rewards.
  • Criteria:
    1) Scholarship available for undergraduate or graduate student in the College of Business who is also a single parent, or a student who comes from a single parent household may be selected if a single parent does not apply.
    2) If a single parent or a child of a single parent does not apply, it can be used to support a student from the Guardian Scholars Program.
    3) Demonstrate financial need.
  • Major: Any major within the College of Business
  • Class Level: Undergrad: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior; Grad: Masters
  • Enrollment Status: Entering and Continuing
  • Enrollment Requirement: Undergrad: 6 UNITS; Grad: 4 UNITS
  • Financial Need: Demonstrate financial need
  • Citizenship: Any
  • GPA: HS GPA: N/A; Undergrad GPA: 2.5; Grad GPA: 2.5
  • Contact Person: S. Evrim Özer, B.S., ’00 & M.S., ’04, CFRE, CMP, Associate Director, Alumni Relations, Annual Giving, Engagement Systems & Data Analytics
  • Campus Address: ADM 153
  • Street Address: 1600 Holloway, San Francisco, California 94132
  • Phone Number: (415) 338-2217
  • Email: alumni@sfsu.edu
  • Web page: http:alumni.sfsu.edu
  • Number of Awards: varies

Award
$1,000
Scopes
Alumni Association
Deadline
05/01/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Do you have at least one semester left before obtaining your degree, and will you enroll in classes in the upcoming fall semester?
  2. This scholarship is intended to support a student who is a single parent, a student who comes from a single parent household, or a Guardian Scholars Program student. Please select any of the below as they apply to you:
  3. Personal Statement: Awardees of this scholarship should demonstrate their experience as a single parent or the child of a single parent and describe their experience in the Guardian Scholars Program. Within this context, please provide a personal statement describing your academic and career goals. Your statement should answer the following questions: What are your reasons for applying for this scholarship? How do you intend to use your degree upon graduation? To what extent does your field of study benefit you and/or the larger community? See https://financialaid.sfsu.edu/scholarship-and-essay-tips. (200-word minimum and 500-word maximum)
  4. Financial Need Statement: Please provide a brief statement of financial need detailing how receiving this scholarship will assist you and enable you to achieve your academic and career goals, e.g., content such as parent’s education and occupations, disability or illness in the family, extenuating circumstances, single parent household, other siblings in college, cost of college tuition compared to how you will finance your education that describes your financial status. If you are currently working to support your education or are a participant in EOP, Guardian Scholars or related campus programs, please include this in your response. (100-word minimum and 200-word maximum)
  5. Please provide the name and e-mail of an individual who can provide a reference on your behalf. Your reference provider should be familiar with you and able to speak to your personal, professional and/or academic achievements. Faculty, colleagues, or mentors are highly recommended. Please be sure to communicate to the individual that you are listing them as a reference provider and give them context on the scholarship for which you are applying so they can tailor their reference. See https://financialaid.sfsu.edu/letters-recommendation for tips and guidelines on asking for letters of recommendation. If your reference provider cannot upload their reference letter to your application on the Award Management/Academic Works system directly before the online deadline, your scholarship application that’s missing a reference letter can’t be evaluated.