Scholarship Information
What do Brown Scholars do?
To achieve the goals of developing cohesion and identity, each incoming group of 8 to 12 students meets the older Brown Scholars during the first week of the semester at an informal dinner. The new group is recognized with a Brown Scholar book bag and decides where they will take their fall break trip. Past groups have traveled to Washington, New York, San Francisco, Austin and San Antonio, San Diego, Boston, and Oxford, England.
Eligibility
- Primary consideration given to students who are Kentucky residents.
- Initial awards go to freshmen only.
- Preference is given to candidates who demonstrate financial
need.
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) must be filed to determine need factor. - Preference is given to candidates with a 3.8 high school GPA and a 30+ ACT.
- Recipients must have high moral character, demonstrate leadership, and contribute to the overall life of the high school.
- Renewal award requires a 3.0 GPA and ongoing evidence of high moral character, leadership, and contributions to the life of the college.
- Selected students will participate in the Brown Scholars Leadership Recognition Program.
Selection
Scholarship recipients are chosen by the Director and the Associate Director of the Brown Scholars Program in collaboration with the Director of Student Financial Planning. The recipients are reviewed by the Provost of the college.
Amount of Award
The scholarships are awarded from the fund’s income from the preceding year, per Georgetown College spending policy, with one-half the amount awarded for the fall semester and one-half for the spring semester.
Donor
The James Graham Brown Foundation is notified annually of the
scholarship recipients.