Sva Alumni Society

Alumni and emergency assistance fund scholarshipsthe Alumni scholarship fund issued forty-six awards to support the direct cost of completing final thesis/senior portfolio projects. All matriculated students in good academic standing with a minimum gpa of 3.0, and planning to graduate in spring 2022, were eligible. Award amounts range from $500-$5000 and are based upon artistic merit, as determined by a review panel, and financial need as demonstrated by a project budget. In fy22 $10,500 was awarded to twenty-one students from the emergency assistance fund (eaf). The fund was established in order to provide emergency financial assistance in the form of microgrants to support currently enrolled, full-time undergraduate and graduate students who were experiencing acute economic distress.named and merit scholarships thirty-four named scholarships, totaling $61,600, and one $1,000 merit scholarship were issued in fy22. Scholarships support the direct cost of completing a final thesis/senior portfolio project, to recognize individual accomplishment and merit, or are need based, as indicated below. All matriculated students in good academic standing with a minimum cumulative gpa of 3.0, and planning to graduate in spring 2022, were eligible. The lila eva lewental memorial award was distributed to one student in the amount of $10,000. The rodman family scholarship award was distributed to one student in the amount of $2,900. Awards from these two funds are need based and are distributed annually to a student to directly pay for student loan debt. Housing scholarshipsin fy22 $46,231 in scholarships were awarded to three housing scholarship recipients. The intent of the Alumni Society housing scholarship is to provide on-campus housing for a student who would otherwise commute from home. The housing scholarship covers the cost of on-campus housing for the duration at Sva (not to exceed four years). Eligible students must fulfill the following criteria: home address is within a 100 mile radius from zip code 10010; minimum high school or transfer gpa of 3.0; demonstrated financial need.