As a scholarship student at The University of Memphis, you are required to perform a certain number of service hours in order to keep your scholarship.  Our office has developed this sheet to give you a list of options that you have to complete your service hours. The Scholarship Office has a Service Hour Log Form, which can be found online at www.memphis.edu/scholarships or picked up in the Scholarship Office, 107 Wilder Tower. The Log Form indicates the number of required service hours for your scholarship as well as provides room for you to login hours as you complete them.  Our office will need official verification from your site supervisor that you have completed your service hours (i.e. a signature on the log form or a signed letter on letterhead from your site supervisor). Verification of service hours is due by June 1st of each academic year.  Scholarships will not be renewed for the upcoming school year until service hour completion is verified and appropriate supporting documentation is received by the Scholarship Office. 

The Helen Hardin Honors Program – In lieu of service hours, students actively participating in the Helen Hardin Honors Program at The University of Memphis may fulfill the service hour requirement using the following methods.  Active participation for service hour fulfillment means completing two (2) Honors courses per year, earning a grade no lower than a B-, completing an approved Honors Experience (i.e., undergraduate research/internship, graduate course, honors directed study etc. ), OR  contracting for Honors credit and satisfactorily completing the Honors contract work and earning a grade of A or B.  Each Honors course taken completes one semester’s requirement (75 hours) for service hours (i.e. two Honors courses completed per year fulfills your service requirement for that year).  If you take more than two courses per year, you may not count the course towards service hours for the following year.  No verification form is required for this option.  For more information on becoming a member of the University Honors Program go to: http://www.memphis.edu/honors. 

National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) – Students participating in NCUR through the University Honors Program have fulfilled their scholarship hour obligation to The University of Memphis.  Please complete the Service Hour Log Form and have the form signed by the Director of the Helen Hardin Honors Program and return it to the Scholarship Office.

Educational Support Program (ESP) – Scholarship service hours can be earned by tutoring through the Educational Support Program (ESP).  If you have the following characteristics, you could be an ESP tutor: 1) Good standing in Scholarship Program 2) Like working with others 3) Interested in learning about yourself 4) Reliable and dependable 5) Can schedule hours each week for service hours (until they are completed).  Please complete the Service Hour Log Form and have it signed by a representative from the Educational Support Program.  Contact ESP at 678-2704 for more information.

Officer in a Student Organization – Students currently serving in an officer capacity with a Registered Student Organization at The University of Memphis requiring significant responsibilities for the benefit of the organization have fulfilled their scholarship hour obligation to The University of Memphis.  You may complete the Service Hour Log Form and have it signed by the President or the Advisor of the student organization, or you may have the UOM advisor type a memo on letterhead that includes your name, U ID number, position(s) held and when, brief description of responsibilities, and advisor contact information.

Participation in Major Student Coordinated Organizations/Events – Students significantly involved in the following have fulfilled their scholarship hour obligation to The University of Memphis: