Marian Wright Edelman First Generation Endowed Scholarship
The Marian Wright Edelman First-Generation Endowed Scholarship supports first-generation students who have financial need and who desire to use their education in service to their community. This scholarship can be used to fund the purchase of books and other academic resources. This scholarship is by application only.
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Promising Futures Funding Request
The Promising Futures First-Generation Program supports first-generation students in completing their academic goals and professional goals. Funds may be put towards tuition, airfare for study abroad/travel course opportunities, or research/projects related to your field of study.
Funding is limited to undergraduate first-generation students. Eligible first-generation undergraduate students may receive funding for a maximum of 2 times during their undergraduate academic program at Chapman.
Funding for Scholarly/Creative Activity projects are to be submitted to the Center for Undergraduate Excellence. The Promising Futures Program in collaboration with the Center for Undergraduate Excellence will fund a limited amount of scholarly/creative activity projects submitted by first-generation students. Applications and instructions for a Scholarly/Creative Activity grant request can be found on the Center for Undergraduate Excellence Scholarly/Creative Grants web page.
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If you have any questions, please contact Araceli Martinez.
Panther Pantry
Chapman's Panther Pantry provides food items that can be used for a week’s worth of meals during times when members of the Chapman community are experiencing food insecurity, which is defined as lacking adequate food for your household and being unable to consistently afford adequate food for your household.
The Panther Pantry serves as a supplemental resource specific to the Chapman community and has locations on both the Orange and Rinker campuses, each of which offers boxed, canned, and refrigerated food items and hygiene products.
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Additional Financial Resources
Chapman offers a number of resources for students over the course of their financial journey. In addition to the above resources, students have access to financial aid counselors to help them understand the cost of their education, free short-term laptop rentals, grocery assistance via CalFresh or similar programs, student discounts around campus, and more.