It will not include CCU Grants, Church Match Scholarships, Music, Theatre or Art Awards, or Athletic Scholarships. This award is renewable on an annual basis as long as the student maintains satisfactory academic progress as outlined in the school catalogue. Students graduating in December, or attending in the spring term only, will have their scholarships matched in the term they are attending. The scholarships are intended to be an official act of the church rather than from specific church members. Checks must be made payable to CCU on behalf of the student or co-payable to CCU and the student.
Separate application is required.
Applicants must have attended the university for at least one year and are evaluated based on academic performance, character, Christian service and financial need. Essay applications may be picked up in the Office of Financial Aid. Priority awarding for this scholarship is March 15, 2000. The Taft Memorial Scholarship is given in honor of Russell L. Taft and Nora Woods Taft, who were alumni of Denver Bible Institute, a parent school of Colorado Christian University. The scholarship is offered to a student in the final year of their undergraduate program whose major is in the School of Theological and Biblical Studies and is intending to enter full-time ministry as a pastor, missionary, or Christian counselor.