Marcia Rose Scholarship Fund Guidelines

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College Heights Foundation

Guidelines for the

Marcia Renee Rose Scholarship Fund

1. This Scholarship Fund is administered by the College Heights Foundation as an endowed account. This fund was established in memory of Marcia Renee Rose by her brother, Barry Rose, and her parents, Kent and Libby Rose.

2. The principal will remain intact with only the earnings from investment used to make scholarship awards.

3. The number and amount of awards will be determined based upon the development of the Fund, the rate of earnings, and other factors that affect the availability of funds.

4. Recipients must be enrolled as a full-time student at Western Kentucky University. 

5. Recipients may be incoming freshmen or returning upperclassmen.

6. First preference shall be given to residents of Grayson County. Second preference shall be given to residents of Butler County. If there are no qualified applicants from Grayson or Butler County, then applicants may be considered from any counties contiguous to Grayson or Butler. 

7. Recipients must be majoring in Health Information Management.

8. Recipients must possess the personal qualities of character, integrity, dependability, industriousness, and human compassion which produce leaders and merit the honor of this award.

9. Applicants must complete a WKU scholarship application prior to the published deadline each year. Applications must be submitted to the University Scholarship Committee in order to be considered.

10. Students applying for the award may indicate on their application that they are applying for the Marcia Renee Rose Scholarship Fund.

11. Recipients will be selected by the University Scholarship Committee.

12. Award notification will be sent in the form of a letter from the University Scholarship Committee, with the letter to contain appropriate recognition of Marcia Renee Rose.