News Release
LeTourneau University to Award 10 Full Tuition Scholarships
Fri, Feb 13 2009
LeTourneau University is hosting 86 of the top high school students
this week from all across the country, and some from overseas, as they compete for up to 10
Heritage scholarships. They arrive from as far away as Moscow, Russia and as close as
Longview.
Heritage Scholar candidates compete by writing essays and participating in personal interviews with
LeTourneau University faculty and staff. To qualify for the competition, these high school
students are required to have scored a 1300 on the SAT or 29 on the ACT exam and have a cumulative
high school grade point average of 3.65. The winners of the 10 scholarships will be announced
in early March.
Of the 86 students competing this week, 42 plan to major in
engineering, 13 in aeronautical science, 10 in computer science and others in biology,
chemistry, education and business.
The university’s premier scholarship fully covers tuition costs per
semester and is renewable for up to eight semesters, as long as winners maintain a grade point
average of at least 3.5 and meet scholarship requirements.
“These students represent the top one-half of one percent
academically of students across the nation, and many will also be named as National Merit
scholarship finalists this week,” said Linda Fitzhugh, vice president for Enrollment Services at
LeTourneau University. “They could choose to go to any university in the country.”
Inspired by faith and a spirit of ingenuity, LeTourneau University
integrates learning, living and Christian leadership in a community of integrity, academic quality
and technological innovation. LeTourneau University is an accredited, interdenominational Christian
university offering academic majors in the aeronautical sciences, business, education, engineering,
the humanities and sciences.
LeTourneau
University
also offers business degrees, including a Master’s of Business
Administration degree, and teacher certification programs at five education center in Austin,
Bedford, Dallas, Houston and Tyler.