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Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grants

Federal grants for undergraduate and graduate students, awarded in exchange for specific future teaching service in designated high-need fields and low-income elementary and secondary schools. If you do not complete the required teaching service, the grant becomes a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Student Loan that must be repaid. 

The Charles F. and Claudia E. Cornett Creative Teaching Scholarship

Awarded to an undergraduate student, of junior or senior class standing, majoring in the Department of Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry who demonstrates creative, out of the box thinking, that is essential to effective problem solving and thus central to excellent teaching.

Available for High School Seniors attending any of these schools:

• Middletown
• Al Bayan
• Bishop Fenwick
• Edgewood
• Franklin
• Madison
• Middletown Christian
• Monroe High Schools 

Scholarships available for:

• Graduating high school seniors attending high schools in Butler County and the greater Hamilton, Ohio area, with a focus on: Stephen T. Badin, Edgewood, Fairfield, Hamilton, New ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, Ross, Talawanda, and Lakota
  • Home-educated students from these high school districts are also eligible for one scholarship
• Full-time students already attending college who attended Hamilton area high schools
• Adults returning to college who are residents of Hamilton, Ohio.
• Talent Attraction Program Scholarships for college graduates.

General Scholarship Requirements

• Students must have a minimum of a 2.5 GPA
• Students must be attending or planning to attend an accredited technical school, university, or college

General Requirements for Scholarships:

• Graduating Talawanda High School Senior
• Pursuing higher education
• Enrolling as a full-time student at a college or university and/or vocational or trade school
• Demonstrated financial need
• Scholarships awarded in Spring must be used the following Fall.

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s financial aid is processed in the following manner:

1. Scholarships are awarded to eligible students. No separate application is required.
2. Federal Pell Grants are awarded to eligible students based on their Student Aid Index (SAI).
3. If a FAFSA was filed by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s priority deadline, University-administered need-based aid, grants, and scholarships are awarded within the limits of available funds and eligibility criteria.
   1. Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) is awarded to Federal Pell Grant eligible students with the lowest SAI.
   2. Federal Work-Study is awarded to eligible students with high financial need who filed their FAFSA by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú's priority deadline.
4. Federal Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant is awarded to eligible students meeting grant criteria.
5. Federal Direct Loans are awarded to students/parents based on federal eligibility guidelines.

Under the , if you teach full time for five complete and consecutive academic years in a low-income school or educational service agency, and meet other qualifications, you may be eligible for forgiveness of up to $17,500 on your and your Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans.

Eligibility Requirements

• You must not have had an outstanding balance on Direct Loans or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loans as of Oct. 1, 1998, or on the date that you obtained a Direct Loan or FFEL Program loan after Oct. 1, 1998.
• You must have been employed as a full-time, for five complete and consecutive academic years, and at least one of those years must have been after the 1997–98 academic year.
• You must have been employed at an elementary school, secondary school, or educational service agency that serves low-income students (a "").
• The loan(s) for which you are seeking forgiveness must have been made before the end of your five academic years of qualifying teaching service.