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John Rex Memorial Scholarship Program
Application status: Closed

American Fidelity Assurance Company* has established a scholarship program to assist Colleagues’ children who plan to continue education in college. Renewable scholarships are offered each year for full-time study at an accredited institution of the student’s choice.

The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

*American Fidelity Corporation, American Fidelity Property Company, and Cameron Enterprises

Applicants to the John Rex Memorial Scholarship Program must be:

  • Dependent children*, age 24 and under, of full-time (40 hours/week) American Fidelity Assurance Company Colleagues who have a minimum of two years employment with the company as of January 1.
    *Dependent children are defined as natural and legally adopted children or stepchildren living in the Colleague’s household or primarily supported by the Colleague.
  • High school seniors or graduates, or current postsecondary undergraduates, who plan to enroll in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.

Awards

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $2,000 award. Up to three awards will be granted each year. Awards may be renewed for up to three additional years or until a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, is earned, whichever occurs first.
Renewal is contingent upon satisfactory academic performance in a full-time course of study (2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale for the first year, 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in subsequent years), continued employment of the student’s parent at American Fidelity Assurance Company, and continuation of the program by American Fidelity Assurance Company.

The parent must be employed by American Fidelity Assurance Company at the time the awards are paid.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

All applicants will be notified in March.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of American Fidelity Assurance Company. Payments are made in early August and mid-December.

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic record
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Work experience
  • A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • An online recommendation

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or Colleague of American Fidelity Assurance Company play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display student name, school name, grades and credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.NOTE: If you are uploading a high school transcript, you must also upload a copy of your official SAT or ACT test scores if the test scores are not available on your high school transcript.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than January 15, 2024 3:00 pm Central Time.

Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.

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Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.