05-29-2018, 07:54 AM
How proud you must be of your University. Just Fricking AWESOME!!!!
University of Memphis to offer free tuition to children, spouses of fallen service members
This 7 year old who lost his father and spent time with Pres. Trump yesterday, can now go to Memphis tuition free, along with other children who lost their parent in service to our country. Spouses of fallen service members also. Just awesome.
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University of Memphis to offer free tuition to children, spouses of fallen service members
This 7 year old who lost his father and spent time with Pres. Trump yesterday, can now go to Memphis tuition free, along with other children who lost their parent in service to our country. Spouses of fallen service members also. Just awesome.
Quote:The University of Memphis will not longer charge tuition to the children and spouses of fallen service members.
The school becomes the first to offer the national Folds of Honor scholarship as a payment-in-full scholarship, The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported on Monday, Memorial Day.
The university already accepts the scholarship, which provides a $5,000-year-year payment to undergraduate students under the age of 24 who had a parent severely injured or killed while on active duty.
Spouses of any age can also receive it if they have not remarried.
Fold of Honor recipients, both those currently enrolled and future students, will not longer need to pay for the rest of their education at the Tennessee school.
The average cost of tuition Memphis is reportedly about $9,700 a year, plus room and board, fees and textbooks.
Any outstanding fees may also be covered by additional scholarships, said university President David Rudd.
"Our commitment is to cover any gap that exists as a result and to relieve them of that burden," Rudd said.
The deal will be formally signed by Rudd in the coming weeks.
"This sacrifice is remarkable and we need to recognize that," he said.
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