Wanda Meshack-Smith Honorary Endowment

• Recipient shall be undergraduate students enrolled in the Teacher Education Program training for a career in Early Childhood Development.
• Preference shall be given to, but not limited to, a person who had attended the Head Start Program.
• The recipient must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA, be a graduate of a high school in Dallas County, and training for a career as a teacher of grades EC-6.
• The scholarship recipient is required to submit an essay on the importance of early childhood development, describing their classroom and teaching methods, to be reviewed by the scholarship committee.
• Recipient must also write a thank you letter to the Meshack-Smith family.
• Recipient’s name can be published as a scholarship recipient.
• Failure to meet the requirements of this scholarship may cause scholarships to be revoked.
• This scholarship may entitle an out of state resident to the Non-Resident Tuition Exemption as outlined by the Texas A&M University-Commerce Policy on Non-Resident Tuition Exemption for Competitive Scholarship Recipients.