Lou Holtz Persistence Scholarship at Indiana Institute of Technology 2025

Eligibility Criteria for the Lou Holtz Persistence Scholarship:

• Applicants can be of any nationality.
• Applicants must be pursuing undergraduate courses.
• It is to assist working adults who are taking classes at Indiana Tech and are experiencing a temporary economic hardship.
• Applicants must be approved and enrolled full-time at Indiana Tech in Indiana Tech Online.

Selection Criteria:

• Referral originates from retention specialists who work with stop-out/readmit students.
• Evidence of student’s sustained commitment toward degree completion.
• Summary explanation of financial hardship showing a plan to pay for classes in the future.
• Completed scholarship application.
• Two reference letters.
• Applicants reviewed and approved by Indiana Tech’s vice president of finance and administration and vice president of online admissions.

Conditions:

• Must have completed a minimum of one online course with a C or better.
• Stop out status must be due to financial hardship.
• There will be no cash posted to result in a refund situation. In that case, the scholarship can be awarded at less than $500.
• The scholarship will be forfeited if recipient cancels enrollment or fails course during the subsequent enrolled session following scholarship.
• Must earn a C or better in class that scholarship is applied toward.

Application Process:

No separate application is required.

Value of the Lou Holtz Persistence Scholarship:

The successful candidates will be awarded with an award amount of $500.