Undergraduate Accounting Scholarships

Crews Accounting Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

Must be enrolled in 12 credits or more
Declared accounting as a major
Maintain a 3.0, or higher, cumulative GPA
Preference can be given to candidates who have demonstrated financial need
Special consideration will be given to the prior year's recipient provided that the student continues to meet or exceed the stipulations above.

Applicant should be a full-time junior or senior undergraduate student in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics with a minimum grade point average of 3.0.
Relatives of faculty and staff employed by the University of Memphis are ineligible
Preference will be given to students with demonstrated financial need as determined after review of the student's completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.

Current, Full-time student(s) majoring in Accounting
Student(s) who have good academic standing and 3.25+ cum GPA
Preference given to students who have financial need as determined after review of the student's completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.

Declared Accounting as their major and be a Junior or Senior enrolled in 12 credit hours minimum
Minimum and maintained cum GPA 2.5
Demonstrated financial need as verified by the FAFSA, and deemed truly in financial hardship
Preference will be given to single parents who are from Shelby County, TN.

F/T student enrolled in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics
First-semester junior with 60 hours earned
Declared finance or accounting as a major
Maintain a 3.0, or higher, cumulative GPA
Applicant must enroll in academic internship for credit course for the 1st semester the scholarship is received
Special consideration will be given to the prior year's recipient(s) provided that the student continues to meet or exceed criteria 1, 3, and 4 (with the exception for the first year when scholarship is awarded)
In addition, the recipient shall be offered a paid intern position with Kelman-Lazarov Inc. for a semester following the awarding of the scholarship.

African American Student
Must be enrolled full-time and majoring in Accounting
Minimum 3.0 GPA and Must be a U.S. Citizen
Priority given to students with financial need
Recipient must give at least four hours of community service a week to an organization, which lends itself toward helping others
Recipient shall have demonstrated merit and interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.

Awarded to new students or new Accounting majors who have not obtained senior status
Minimum 3.2 GPA & ACT 25
Full-time enrollment Prior recipients must remain Accounting majors every year thereafter
Two letters of recommendation demonstrating Scholarship and service from an appropriate source (i.e. school of origin, professor, employment, other)
1st preference given to prior recipients and then new Accounting majors. Minimum GPA 3.2
Scholarship only available for 4 Years
Participate in Beta Alpha Psi, an internship, and/or the Kimmelman Scholars Program during the 4 Year course of study
Recipient GPA Requirements:
- Year 1: Minimum GPA 3.2 or higher
- Year 2: Minimum GPA 3.0 or higher
- Year 3: Minimum GPA 3.0 or higher
- Year 4: Minimum GPA 3.0 or higher.

Must be an undergraduate student
From the Memphis metropolitan area (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Memphis-Forrest City, TN-AR-MS Combined Statistical Area)
Student must be majoring in, or intend to major in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics
Must demonstrate a financial need
Preference given to an underrepresented student majoring in the Crews School of Accountancy or Department of Finance.

Must be an undergraduate student
From the Memphis metropolitan area (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Memphis-Forrest City, TN-AR-MS Combined Statistical Area)
Student must be majoring in, or intend to major in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics
Must demonstrate a financial need
Preference given to a student in the Crews School of Accountancy or Department of Finance.

This award(s) shall be given to undergraduate students enrolled in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics majoring in accounting with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
Preference shall be given to non-traditional students
Thomas Yates Owen (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)
Resident of the United States
Majoring in Accountancy
Demonstrated financial need and outstanding academic achievements.
Minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA.

(Provides an annual scholarship to 1 F/T UofM employee obtaining a major or minor in accounting)

Must be enrolled in two courses per semester
Must maintain a minimum 2.8 GPA
Preference given in the following order:
- First preference - F/T employee seeking a degree in accounting (BS 1st pref./MS 2nd pref.)
- Secondary preference - part-time UM employee seeking a degree in ACCT (taking minimum of 2 courses per semester and maintaining a minimum 2.8 GPA).

Award shall be provided annually to F/T students who meet the following:

Must be accounting majors, enrolled in the School of Accountancy,
Must have and maintain a 3.0 minimum GPA, both overall and in Accounting courses,
Must demonstrate academic merit and interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills,
If there are equally qualified candidates on the above criteria, then the students demonstrating financial need will have priority.

Must be an undergraduate student
From the Memphis metropolitan area (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Memphis-Forrest City, TN-AR-MS Combined Statistical Area)
Student must be majoring in, or intend to major in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics
Must demonstrate a financial need
Preference given to a student majoring in the Crews School of Accountancy.

**If there are no qualified candidates, no award will be made that year.