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