Roy & Shirley Durst Scholarship

Purpose:
The Fund is established to provide scholarships to highly motivated and intelligent students with great financial need. It also aims to aid and support diversity and equal opportunity in education. The Donor believes strongly in the importance of giving back to the community both through volunteer service and financial contribution. The Donor’s goal is to encourage this behavior and it is the impetus for this scholarship.

Criteria:
The scholarship recipient shall:
• Be meeting MSU Denver’s Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) requirements and cannot be in default or owe any refund/repayment of federal, state or institutional aid
• Have a financial need as determined by FAFSA/CASFA and the Metropolitan State University of Denver Office Financial Aid and Scholarships
• Have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Have a declared major
• Be taking at least 9 credit hours
• Be classified as Sophomore, Junior, or Senior (but the donor is open to incoming freshmen being added if needed)
• Agree to perform 20 hours of community service EACH SEMESTER the scholarship is received. Students will be asked to submit a short narrative to the Office of Development detailing the service they performed.

Preference will be given to ASSET students and other undocumented immigrant students.
DACA and other minority students are eligible.
The scholarship is renewable for up to eight semesters.
The scholarship is available to undergraduates only.