‘Roadshow’ aims to attract new non-traditional students to TC

TEXARKANA, Texas — The Texarkana College Foundation will now award $2,000 in financial assistance to hundreds of new non-traditional TC students for the academic year 20212022 with its new “Roadshow” program.

The program is designed to assist non-traditional students who typically have few opportunities to obtain scholarship funds or financial aid, but who are dedicated to completing a degree or trade skills certificate that places them on a career path to earn higher wages resulting in a brighter future.

“This program benefits students who may not qualify for financial aid or other scholarship

funds because they waited to start college and are now a little older and have family and/or job responsibilities,” President Dr. Jason Smith said.

Smith said community donors have invested in this special fund through the TC Foundation and want to see more than 100 new students benefit from this initiative during the next year.

“The TC Foundation has raised the money for this special fund to assist non-traditional students and we are accepting applications now for Fall 2021,” Smith said in a statement. “We have set up a new system on our TC website to easily apply online for more than 300 scholarships with one simple application.”

According to Smith, the new TC scholarship fund is designed to assist people who meet any one of these scenarios:

■ Did not start college right out of high school

■ Started college, but had to take a break

■ Works full-time

■ Financially independent from parents

■ Takes care of dependent family members

■ Single parent

■ Has a GED or High School Equivalent instead of a traditional high school diploma

TC recruiters have a lineup of stops throughout Bowie County beginning with DeKalb at the Big Daddy’s DoNut Shop (July 6 and 7), then in New Boston at Trailhead Pavilion (July 13 and 14), as well as three stops in Texarkana including the Wake Village Albertsons parking lot (July 20), the Central Mall parking lot (July 21) and the Splash Pad at Spring Lake Park (July 28).

Smith said the first 25 people at each stop to apply for these funds will get a free snow cone and a chance to win prizes donated by the TC Foundation.

(Visit texarkanacollege.edu/startover online for more information and to see the dates and times of each Roadshow location or call 903-823-3012.)