No. Students need to complete the on-line application located on the Gadugi Portal and upload required documents to the application.
Students who receive the Cherokee Nation Concurrent Enrollment, Undergraduate, and Graduate scholarship are required to perform volunteer hours based on the amount of funding received. For example: A student who receives $2,000 is required to volunteer 20 hours, or one hour for each $100 received. If a student decides not to volunteer the hours or does not complete the hours before the deadline, future funding may be jeopardized.
Community Service can be done with any non-profit organization or at a Cherokee Nation sponsored event regardless of location. Must be humanitarian/community-based efforts.
The Student Aid Report (SAR) is the processed information from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa
Students whose grades will not be available until after the deadline, may submit a letter from their College/University stating when grades will be posted that can be uploaded with all other required documentation by the scholarship deadline.
Awards are based off of the previous semester’s earned hours:
Undergraduate Scholarship
Graduate Scholarship
Concurrent Enrollment Scholarship
Yes, The Cherokee Nation Stole Application can be downloaded and printed. Completed applications should be sent to collegeresources@cherokee.org
