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<![CDATA[Scholar Forum - Bishop State Community College]]> https://www.scholarforum.com/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:33:20 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Scholarship information for Bishop State Community College]]> https://www.scholarforum.com/Thread-Scholarship-information-for-Bishop-State-Community-College Mon, 27 Nov 2017 19:50:57 +0100 anna]]> https://www.scholarforum.com/Thread-Scholarship-information-for-Bishop-State-Community-College Bishop State Community College offers a variety of scholarships. Selection of scholarship recipients is highly competitive. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee a scholarship. The appropriate scholarship committee reviews all completed scholarship applications. Students must be an Alabama resident and a U.S. Citizen to qualify for any scholarships except for private scholarships.
2017-2018 GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS
Deadline: March 1, 2018

Presidential Scholarship
Presidential Scholars are awarded to students from high schools in Mobile and Washington Counties. These scholarships pay tuition and fees during the fall and spring semesters only. Full-time study is required.
Requirements:

Pays $10,000 ($5,000 a year for 2 years).
Minimum GPA of 3.5.
Minimum ACT composite score of 24
A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for maintaining scholarship eligibility.

Programs:

General Education and Health Related Programs

Academic Excellence Scholarship
Academic Excellence Scholars are awarded to graduating high school students based on their academic achievements. These scholarships pay tuition and fees during the fall and spring semesters only. Full-time study is required.
Requirements:

Pays $8,000 ($4,000 a year for 2 years).
Minimum GPA of 3.25.
Must have taken the ACT
A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for maintaining scholarship eligibility.

Programs:

General Education and Health Related Programs

Technical Career Scholarship

Technical Career Scholars are awarded to high school students who will pursue a degree or certificate in any of the Technical School Divisions on the Carver or Southwest Campuses. The Technical scholarships will cover certificates program up to 1-year. These scholarships pay tuition and fees during the fall and spring semesters only.
Requirements:

Pays $8,000. ($4,000 a year for 2 years). Certificates ($4,000 only for 1-year certificate programs).
Minimum GPA of 2.5.
A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for maintaining scholarship eligibility.

Programs:
Air conditioning & Refrigeration Technology, Automotive Body Repair Technology, Automotive Technology, Barbering & Hairstyling Technologies, Computer Information System, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Diesel Technology, Drafting and Design Technology, Electrical Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, Graphic Communications Technology, Health Information Technology, Machine Tool Technology, Process & Maintenance Technology, Welding Technology]]> Bishop State Community College offers a variety of scholarships. Selection of scholarship recipients is highly competitive. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee a scholarship. The appropriate scholarship committee reviews all completed scholarship applications. Students must be an Alabama resident and a U.S. Citizen to qualify for any scholarships except for private scholarships.
2017-2018 GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS
Deadline: March 1, 2018

Presidential Scholarship
Presidential Scholars are awarded to students from high schools in Mobile and Washington Counties. These scholarships pay tuition and fees during the fall and spring semesters only. Full-time study is required.
Requirements:

Pays $10,000 ($5,000 a year for 2 years).
Minimum GPA of 3.5.
Minimum ACT composite score of 24
A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for maintaining scholarship eligibility.

Programs:

General Education and Health Related Programs

Pays $8,000 ($4,000 a year for 2 years).
Minimum GPA of 3.25.
Must have taken the ACT
A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for maintaining scholarship eligibility.

Programs:

General Education and Health Related Programs

Pays $8,000. ($4,000 a year for 2 years). Certificates ($4,000 only for 1-year certificate programs).
Minimum GPA of 2.5.
A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required for maintaining scholarship eligibility.

Programs:
Air conditioning & Refrigeration Technology, Automotive Body Repair Technology, Automotive Technology, Barbering & Hairstyling Technologies, Computer Information System, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Diesel Technology, Drafting and Design Technology, Electrical Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, Graphic Communications Technology, Health Information Technology, Machine Tool Technology, Process & Maintenance Technology, Welding Technology]]> <![CDATA[Financial aid for Bishop State Community College]]> https://www.scholarforum.com/Thread-Financial-aid-for-Bishop-State-Community-College Mon, 27 Nov 2017 19:45:12 +0100 anna]]> https://www.scholarforum.com/Thread-Financial-aid-for-Bishop-State-Community-College Need help financing your education? Bishop State provides comprehensive information and services regarding opportunities to finance the cost of education. We recognize that financial assistance is an important key to helping you reach your educational and career goals.
Bishop State participates in the following Federal, State and Institutional Financial Aid Programs: Academic Competitiveness Grant, Alabama Student Assistant Grant, Federal Pell Grant, Federal Work Study Program Scholarships, Supplemental Opportunity Grant (SEOG), and VA Educational Benefits.
Bishop State Community College does not participate in the federal student loan program.
STEPS TO APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID

Student must apply for FSA ID (and parent if student is dependent); www.fafsa.ed.gov
Locate your most recent Student and Parent Federal Returns
Apply for Federal Aid; www.fafsa.ed.gov
Bishop State Community College School Code: 001030
Sign electronically with FSA ID
Submit

]]> Need help financing your education? Bishop State provides comprehensive information and services regarding opportunities to finance the cost of education. We recognize that financial assistance is an important key to helping you reach your educational and career goals.
Bishop State participates in the following Federal, State and Institutional Financial Aid Programs: Academic Competitiveness Grant, Alabama Student Assistant Grant, Federal Pell Grant, Federal Work Study Program Scholarships, Supplemental Opportunity Grant (SEOG), and VA Educational Benefits.
Bishop State Community College does not participate in the federal student loan program.
STEPS TO APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID

Student must apply for FSA ID (and parent if student is dependent); www.fafsa.ed.gov
Locate your most recent Student and Parent Federal Returns
Apply for Federal Aid; www.fafsa.ed.gov
Bishop State Community College School Code: 001030
Sign electronically with FSA ID
Submit

]]> <![CDATA[about Bishop State Community College]]> https://www.scholarforum.com/Thread-about-Bishop-State-Community-College Mon, 27 Nov 2017 19:38:15 +0100 anna]]> https://www.scholarforum.com/Thread-about-Bishop-State-Community-College Alabama State College in Montgomery, Alabama. In its first nine years of operation, the College offered extension courses for active teachers during the summer. In September 1936, the two-year college was established.
In August 1965, a legislative act officially declared "Alabama State College Branch Mobile Center" a state junior college. In November 1965, the College was named "Mobile State Junior College". The name was changed in September 1971 to "S.D. Bishop State Junior College" and again in 1989 to "Bishop State Community College". On August 22, 1991, the Alabama State Board of Education consolidated Southwest State Technical College and Carver State Technical College into Bishop State Community College.
Caldwell School, a former African American elementary school built in 1947 is located on the campus. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. Founded in the summer of 1927, Bishop State Community College was originally the Mobile Branch of Alabama State College (University) in Montgomery, Alabama, during the presidency of Dr. Harper Councill Trenholm. It was established as an in-service arm of Alabama State College that offered extension courses to African-American elementary and secondary teachers in Mobile.
In 1936, O. H. Johnson was appointed as dean. The first full-time faculty consisted of seven persons, which included such Mobile pioneers in education as Dr. Benjamin F. Baker, Mary Wilbur Weeks Burroughs and C.F. Powell.
Dr. Sanford. D. Bishop, Sr. joined the teaching staff of "The Branch" in 1938 as an instructor of English and music. In 1941, he was named dean.
In 1942, property was acquired on Broad Street where the present Main Campus is located. The campus consisted of a two-story framed building, which prior to the purchase of the property, was used by the Voluntary Fire Fighters Society #11. It was purchased with a loan that was later repaid by students through fund-raisings. In 1963, the name "Mobile Branch of Alabama State College" was changed to Alabama State College – Mobile Center.
In 1965, the Alabama State Legislature ratified the Alabama State Board of Education's action establishing the Alabama State College – Mobile Center as Mobile State Junior College and severed its relationship with Alabama State College in Montgomery. Dr. Bishop was appointed president of the new independent junior college. In 1971, the Alabama State Legislature renamed the college to S. D. Bishop State Junior College.
Upon the death of Dr. Bishop on June 21, 1981, Dr. Joseph Christopher Mitchell was selected to serve as interim president. In September 1981, Dr. Yvonne Kennedy was appointed as the second president.
On February 23, 1989, the Alabama State Board of Education renamed the college to Bishop State Community College to reflect its growth in vocational/career offerings, transfer offerings and community service activities. On August 22, 1991, the Alabama State Board of Education consolidated two technical colleges in Mobile – Southwest State Technical College and Carver State Technical College – with Bishop State Community College.
Southwest State Technical College, now the Southwest Campus of Bishop State Community College, was established to provide postsecondary vocational training in the Mobile area under the 1947 Regional Trade School Act. The city of Mobile provided the 26 acres of land for the campus. The first graduates, in 1954, were 15 members of a practical nurse program who had begun classes in January 1953. The College officially opened in May 1954 with an enrollment of 100 students in eight programs.
Carver State Technical College, now the Carver Campus of Bishop State Community College, was chartered by the Alabama State Legislature on January 1, 1961. It was constructed in 1962 in the Toulminville area of Mobile. On November 19, 1976, the Alabama State Board of Education approved changing the name of Carver State Technical Trade School to Carver State Technical Institute and later to Carver State Technical College.
In 1995, the college added an extension to the Main Campus with the opening of the Baker-Gaines Central site. This site was formerly the historic Central High School. The facility houses the Division of Health Related Professions. In addition, it includes a museum, child care center, 1,200-seat auditorium, multimedia center and a bookstore.
Dr. Kennedy was president for 26 years, retiring on July 30, 2007. James Lowe, Jr. became the interim president on August 1, 2007, and on May 22, 2008, the Alabama State Board of Education appointed him president.
On February 18, 2015, James Lowe, Jr. died. Dr. Ulysses McBride was appointed March 10, 2015 as interim president. On August 27, 2015, Dr. Valerie Richardson was appointed as Bishop State Community College's interim president. In October of the same year Richardson was appointed President of Bishop State Community College. Dr. Reginald Sykes was appointed as Bishop State Community College president in February 2016.]]> Alabama State College in Montgomery, Alabama. In its first nine years of operation, the College offered extension courses for active teachers during the summer. In September 1936, the two-year college was established.
In August 1965, a legislative act officially declared "Alabama State College Branch Mobile Center" a state junior college. In November 1965, the College was named "Mobile State Junior College". The name was changed in September 1971 to "S.D. Bishop State Junior College" and again in 1989 to "Bishop State Community College". On August 22, 1991, the Alabama State Board of Education consolidated Southwest State Technical College and Carver State Technical College into Bishop State Community College.
Caldwell School, a former African American elementary school built in 1947 is located on the campus. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. Founded in the summer of 1927, Bishop State Community College was originally the Mobile Branch of Alabama State College (University) in Montgomery, Alabama, during the presidency of Dr. Harper Councill Trenholm. It was established as an in-service arm of Alabama State College that offered extension courses to African-American elementary and secondary teachers in Mobile.
In 1936, O. H. Johnson was appointed as dean. The first full-time faculty consisted of seven persons, which included such Mobile pioneers in education as Dr. Benjamin F. Baker, Mary Wilbur Weeks Burroughs and C.F. Powell.
Dr. Sanford. D. Bishop, Sr. joined the teaching staff of "The Branch" in 1938 as an instructor of English and music. In 1941, he was named dean.
In 1942, property was acquired on Broad Street where the present Main Campus is located. The campus consisted of a two-story framed building, which prior to the purchase of the property, was used by the Voluntary Fire Fighters Society #11. It was purchased with a loan that was later repaid by students through fund-raisings. In 1963, the name "Mobile Branch of Alabama State College" was changed to Alabama State College – Mobile Center.
In 1965, the Alabama State Legislature ratified the Alabama State Board of Education's action establishing the Alabama State College – Mobile Center as Mobile State Junior College and severed its relationship with Alabama State College in Montgomery. Dr. Bishop was appointed president of the new independent junior college. In 1971, the Alabama State Legislature renamed the college to S. D. Bishop State Junior College.
Upon the death of Dr. Bishop on June 21, 1981, Dr. Joseph Christopher Mitchell was selected to serve as interim president. In September 1981, Dr. Yvonne Kennedy was appointed as the second president.
On February 23, 1989, the Alabama State Board of Education renamed the college to Bishop State Community College to reflect its growth in vocational/career offerings, transfer offerings and community service activities. On August 22, 1991, the Alabama State Board of Education consolidated two technical colleges in Mobile – Southwest State Technical College and Carver State Technical College – with Bishop State Community College.
Southwest State Technical College, now the Southwest Campus of Bishop State Community College, was established to provide postsecondary vocational training in the Mobile area under the 1947 Regional Trade School Act. The city of Mobile provided the 26 acres of land for the campus. The first graduates, in 1954, were 15 members of a practical nurse program who had begun classes in January 1953. The College officially opened in May 1954 with an enrollment of 100 students in eight programs.
Carver State Technical College, now the Carver Campus of Bishop State Community College, was chartered by the Alabama State Legislature on January 1, 1961. It was constructed in 1962 in the Toulminville area of Mobile. On November 19, 1976, the Alabama State Board of Education approved changing the name of Carver State Technical Trade School to Carver State Technical Institute and later to Carver State Technical College.
In 1995, the college added an extension to the Main Campus with the opening of the Baker-Gaines Central site. This site was formerly the historic Central High School. The facility houses the Division of Health Related Professions. In addition, it includes a museum, child care center, 1,200-seat auditorium, multimedia center and a bookstore.
Dr. Kennedy was president for 26 years, retiring on July 30, 2007. James Lowe, Jr. became the interim president on August 1, 2007, and on May 22, 2008, the Alabama State Board of Education appointed him president.
On February 18, 2015, James Lowe, Jr. died. Dr. Ulysses McBride was appointed March 10, 2015 as interim president. On August 27, 2015, Dr. Valerie Richardson was appointed as Bishop State Community College's interim president. In October of the same year Richardson was appointed President of Bishop State Community College. Dr. Reginald Sykes was appointed as Bishop State Community College president in February 2016.]]>