This scholarship was established by Dr. Tollie R. Buie, a long-time professor and later chairman of the SWT Agriculture Department, for freshman students in memory of the retired and deceased faculty members of the SWT Agriculture Department. Recipients must be graduates of Texas high schools, eligible for a bachelor's degree in agriculture, maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher and be a full-time student.
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Scholarship
This scholarship was established for students in the Department of Agriculture or students working toward a degree in some phase of agriculture, recipients shall be selected by the Department of Agriculture Scholarship Committee annually. Eligibility criteria includes a major in Agriculture, a 2.75 GPA, must be a full-time student and be enrolled in and successfully complete at least one agriculture class per semester while under scholarship.
San Antonio Livestock Exposition Agribusiness Scholarship
This scholarship is valued at $2,000 per year for four years; applicants must meet or exceed the following criteria:
- Be in the top 10 % of the high school graduating class and/or attain a 24/1050 on the ACT/SAT tests
- Maintain a 3.25 grade point average (4.0) scale while attending Texas State
- Qualify as a full-time student each fall and spring semester
- Be a Texas resident and a graduate of a Texas High School
Star of Texas Scholarship
This scholarship was established for central Texas youth. Section criteria includes;
- GPA of 90 or better
- Class rank must be in the top 25% of their high school class
- ACT/SAT 18/800 or better
- Students must show leadership qualities
- Demonstrate financial need (a minimum of 20% of selection criteria)
Houston - Louis Stokes - Alliance for Minority Participation Scholarship
www.cs.txstate.edu/~hlsamp/ This scholarship is for Texas State full time students (Hispanic/African American/Native American/Pacific Islander) with at least a 2.5 overall in their major and math/science GPAs. Eligible majors include;
- Agricultural Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Information Systems
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Family & Consumer Sciences (Nutrition & Foods majors only)
- General Agriculture
- Geography (Resource & Environmental Studies majors only)
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Technology
