Sisters of Mercy offer $26,000 scholarship awards

The Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community has gifted Saint Xavier University a $26,000 grant to support the Mercy Scholarship Program for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Five selected students will each receive a $5,000 scholarship while gaining a greater understanding of the Sisters of Mercy Critical Concerns and Call to New Consciousness through practical application of such concerns — immigration, racism, women, nonviolence and earth — and a cultivation of their own contemporary questions.

To qualify, students must be enrolled in an undergraduate program at the sophomore, junior or senior level; demonstrate considerable financial need; be in good disciplinary standing with the university; and have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Preference will be given to students in the DACA program and undocumented students and/or students from Latinx descent, who expect to graduate in May 2021.

Interested scholarship candidates must complete the application, available at www.sxu.edu, by Sept. 7.