Matt Matthews Early Arrival Scholarship | Shawnee State
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Scholarship Requirements

  • U.S. Citizenship
  • Maintain full-time, degree-seeking student status (12+ credit hours each semester)
  • File the FAFSA
  • Submit a personal biography
  • Maintain 2.0 GPA to renew annually
  • Scholarship is limited to 4 years or 8 semesters

How to Apply

To be considered for the Matt Matthews Early Arrival Scholarship, incoming students will need to submit a personal biography that includes examples of any adversity you have overcome in life.

Application Deadline: July 1, 2025

Submit Scholarship Application & Biography

Have Questions?

Marlita Cadogan, MS
Assistant Director of Student Life 
Office: MUC 221D
Phone: (740) 351-3516
mcadogan@shawnee.edu

About Matt Matthews

Matt Matthews

Eustace P. "Matt" Matthews, Jr. worked as the Director of Student Support Services and the Coordinator of Multicultural Student Affairs at Shawnee State University. He retired from Shawnee State of July of 2012. He died on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the age of 78.

Matt mentored many young people at Shawnee State University and in the Portsmouth community. While at Shawnee, he was instrumental in the creation of the AHANA student organization. To continue the legacy that he left, a Shawnee State student scholarship was established in his name.