MSU Scholarships FAQs: Administering Staff
Why is a central scholarship and fellowship solution needed?
Centralizing the scholarship and fellowship information has helped automate some of these processes and reduce the number of tools and systems needed, thus reducing mistakes and increasing the visibility and findability of scholarship opportunities for students.
How does MSU Scholarships benefit MSU?
- MSU Scholarships provides a centralized, automated scholarship application and awarding process available to all colleges, units and departments on campus.
- Provides centralized location for information on MSU’s donor funded endowed and expendable scholarships.
- Streamlines the scholarship awarding process and increases award efficiency.
- Integrated with other systems on campus like the Student Information System (SIS/Campus Solutions).
MSU Scholarships aids and increases the efficiency of the process of awarding of unit, college and department donor funded, department endowed, and expendable scholarships. This scholarship platform houses every endowed and expendable scholarship. Data from the MSU Student Information System (SIS/CS) and Kuali Financial Systems (KFS) is regularly updated in MSU Scholarships.
How does MSU Scholarships work?
MSU Scholarships, using the Blackbaud Award Management platform (formerly AcademicWorks), has been integrated with MSU systems to populate information about available scholarships and students.
Students and scholarship administrators can access MSU Scholarships at scholarships.msu.edu. Information about scholarships and fellowships is available to anyone, but to apply, individuals need to log in with their MSU NetID and password.
How does MSU Scholarships change how my department administers scholarships or fellowships?
Using MSU Scholarships increases productivity, accuracy of information, and visibility of processes and workflow for each unit, college and department. With this increased productivity, we can better serve our students and donors by awarding scholarships more efficiently and timely.
How can a college, department, or unit access and use MSU Scholarships?
If you are interested in learning more about MSU Scholarships, please contact Maura Benton via email at bentonm@msu.edu