Please complete and submit the VSU CAMP Application to be considered for one of the 25 scholarship openings.
To be considered for our Priority Deadline, please submit your VSU CAMP Application by 8:00 AM on November 27, 2023. Decisions will be announced by email on December 1, 2023.
The VSU CAMP General Deadline is 8 AM on April 1, 2024. Decisions will be announced by email by April 15, 2024.
All applicants who apply after the General Deadline will be considered for any remaining slots, if any, or be placed on the waitlist.
Please contact camp@valdosta.edu for any questions or more specific information. Thank you so much for your interest in this incredible scholarship opportunity!
Dual Enrollment transcripts must be requested separately from your HS transcript for those courses to be counted at VSU.
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to participate in the CAMP program, a person must be a seasonal or migrant farmworker or a dependent of a seasonal or migrant farmworker, OR have qualified in the past AND/OR are currently qualified for the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP). "Migrant farmworker" means a farmworker whose employment required travel that prevented the farmworker from returning to his or her home within the same day. "Seasonal farmworker" means a person who, within the past 24 months was employed for at least 75 days infarm work, and whose primary employment was in farm work on a temporary or seasonal basis (not constant year-round activity).
DISCLAIMER and SIGNATURE
I certify that the information on this application is true and I will provide the necessary documentation to support my eligibility:
- Meet the migrant and/or seasonal farmworker criteria
- Be a high school graduate or have a high school equivalency (GED)
- Enroll as a full-time student at Valdosta State University
- Enroll as a First-Time-In-College student
- Need academic and financial support
If I am accepted for the Valdosta State University's College Assistance Migrant Program, I agree to follow all program rules and regulations. I further understand that any false statements or failure to follow program rules and regulations subjects me to immediate dismissal from the program.