Luke Weathers Aviation Scholarship
Southwest scholarships are dependent upon availability of funds and may not be awarded every year.
A completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application is required for all types of financial aid awarded at Southwest including scholarships. You must complete a FAFSA application even if you do not believe that you are eligible for grant programs.
Luke Weathers Aviation Scholarship
Criteria
- Incoming Freshman preferred
- Full-time students only
- Must be students of Shelby County Schools
- Must demonstrate financial need (Maximum family income must not exceed 80% of the HUD median family income for the Memphis Metropolitan Area for 2020)
- These funds will be made available after proof that other financial outlets have been exhausted
- Scholarship is renewable for a second semester provided a 2.5 GPA is maintained for the first semester, and the student receives a Pass on the Pass/Fail FAA standards
- Renewable per rating, per semester (three semesters)
- 2.5 GPA and high school transcript
- Three referral letters from a principal, teacher and community leader
Procedure
Submit application to the Southwest Tennessee Community College Financial Aid by March 15.
Selection Process
Luke Weathers Aviation Scholarship Committee
Contact Us
- Foundation Office
- Macon Cove Campus Farris Building, Room 3002
- 901-333-4997
- 901-333-4671
- HOPE (TELS) Scholarship
- hopescholarship@southwest.tn.edu
- 901-333-4262