{"id":9023,"date":"2023-01-19T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T21:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2023-01-19T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T21:05:15","slug":"bourgeois-family-endows-record-6th-scholarship-to-benefit-bridge-to-independence-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/19\/bourgeois-family-endows-record-6th-scholarship-to-benefit-bridge-to-independence-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Bourgeois Family Endows Record 6th Scholarship to Benefit Bridge to Independence Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THIBODAUX, La. &#8212; Michael C. and Christine P. 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Everyone at Bridge to Independence is very grateful for this endowed scholarship from the Bourgeois family,\u201d said Associate Professor of Education and Bridge to Independence Program Advisor Mary Breaud.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The scholarship recipient will meet one of the following criteria:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A full-time Nicholls Bridge to Independence student in their second year of certificate program<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A junior or senior Bridge to Independence student of an undergraduate program maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or a Nicholls Bridge to Independence Alumni in graduate school who\u2019s met the graduate school GPA standards<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Priority selection will be to an applicant that is a citizen of the United States, votes in Ward 6 and can attach a current Ward 6 Registered Voters ID Card to the application. If no applicants from Ward 6 apply, then the scholarship will be opened to a Lafourche Parish resident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Past recipients must reapply along with other applicants for consideration each fall and spring semester. No more than $300 may be awarded for each fall and spring semester for a total output of no more than $1,200 in a calendar year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If no applicants meet these criteria for a fall or spring semester, no scholarship award will be made. To apply for scholarships at Nicholls, please visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/financial-aid\/scholarships\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/financial-aid\/scholarships\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more about the Nicholls Bridge to Independence program, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/education\/support-programs\/bridge-to-independence\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/education\/support-programs\/bridge-to-independence\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thursday, January 19, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA CONTACT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jerad David, Director of Communications,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">985.448.4303<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">jerad.david@nicholls.edu<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX, La. &#8212; Michael C. and Christine P. 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