Program Overview

City Year National Service Scholars Program

The City Year National Service Scholars program is a unique opportunity for individuals who have served with City Year, a trailblazing, youth-powered organization with a dual mission: expanding educational opportunity for all students and developing the next generation of leaders through national service.

Program Description

City Year is a public-private partnership and a proud member of AmeriCorps, operating in 29 U.S. cities with international affiliates in the U.K. and South Africa. Research shows that the more time a student spends with a City Year AmeriCorps member serving as a student success coach, the better the student outcomesacademically, interpersonally, and in terms of attendance.

Program Requirements

To be eligible for the City Year National Service Scholars program, applicants must meet the following requirements:

• A letter of good standing is required to be uploaded to the application for admission to graduate studies.
• Applicants may not receive City Year funds on a second Master's or second PhD degree, even if they attended a different university.
• Application to be accepted to a City Year National Service Scholars program must be made at the time of initial application for the first graduate degree at Oklahoma State University.
• Acceptance into the City Year National Service Scholars program is competitive and not guaranteed.
• Students are required to be admitted without qualification to a Master's or PhD degree-seeking program.
• A residential graduate program, meaning a program offered on either Stillwater, Tulsa, or CHS campuses, is required.
• For students accepted to the City Year National Service Scholars program, a meeting with a Graduate College academic advisor is required once each semester to show degree progression and answer program or academic questions the student may have.

Program Benefits

City Year National Service Scholars are eligible to receive the following benefits:

• Travel funds are available for professional development activities, poster presentations, conferences, collection of research data, etc.
• Travel reimbursement of funds up to a maximum of $500 per degree.
• City Year National Service Scholars, if accepted, receive a tuition waiver based on this title.
• Tuition waivers are limited to graduate degree program credit hours required by the Oklahoma State regents for Higher Education to earn the degree sought.
• Professional development is required by all City Year Scholars each semester and reported through 360ｰ Critical Skills for Career Success.

Tuition Waiver Eligibility

To be eligible for a tuition waiver, City Year National Service Scholars must be enrolled full-time. If a Scholar has an assistantship for the current semester, they would need to be enrolled in at least 6 graduate credit hours to be tuition waiver eligible. If a Scholar does not have an assistantship for the current semester, enrollment of 9 graduate credit hours is required.

Application Fee Waiver

City Year National Scholars applying for graduate programs at Oklahoma State University are eligible to receive application fee waivers. A letter of good standing from their City Year director must be uploaded to their OSU graduate application prior to submitting.