CGSC Foundation 2025 scholarship program for military families kicks off

The CGSC Foundation announces the start of its 2025 competitive scholarship program for spouses, children or grandchildren of U.S. Army Command and General Staff College alumni and others who are life members of the Foundation’s Alumni Association. The window for applications opened Jan. 8, 2025.

“This is the fifth year of our scholarship program,” said Foundation President/CEO Lora Morgan, “and we’re proud to say the program has grown every year. Our military families make countless sacrifices in service to our country and this program allows us to provide them with help to pursue their educational dreams.”

The 2025 Foundation scholarship awards include five cash scholarships: one $5000 (the Colonel Stephen E. “Brownie” Brown Scholarship), one $1000, and one $500 to students who are beginning their college education; and one $1000 and one $500 scholarship to students who are continuing their college education. Park University will award three $5000 scholarships for qualified applicants. The Park University scholarships are for full-time students for the academic year (the award will be split between the fall and spring semesters). These scholarships can be renewed for up to three years at Park University’s discretion if recipients maintain full-time status, have a 3.0+ GPA, and demonstrate satisfactory academic progress. This Park University scholarship cannot be combined with any other Park University scholarship.

Students may apply to only the Foundation cash scholarships or the Park University scholarships or both, by simply checking the boxes in the application.

The Colonel Stephen E. “Brownie” Brown Scholarship is named in honor of a U.S. Marine officer who retired from active duty in February 2009 and became an instructor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in 2010. Due to medical complications from Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA), Brown retired from teaching at CGSC and currently lives in Stillwell, Kansas. His network of lifelong friends approached the CGSC Foundation to establish the scholarship in Brown’s name to honor his lifetime of service and their friendship.

The CGSC Foundation’s scholarship program is open to high school seniors who will begin their college studies in 2025 and for undergraduate college students returning to school. Applicants must be immediate family members (children, grandchildren and spouses) of a life member of the CGSC Foundation’s Alumni Association.

The application window for the 2025 Scholarship competition opened Jan. 8, 2025. The application is available on the CGSC Foundation website at www.cgscfoundation.org/scholarships. A link to join the Alumni Association as a Life Member is also on the page for those that need to join before their relatives apply.

The deadline for applications is midnight on March 15, 2025. Judging will occur March 16-31 and the Foundation will announce the winners in April.

The Foundation also welcomes donors who may not have eligible relatives but wish to support the scholarship program. Interested persons can support the scholarship program by visiting www.cgscfoundation.org/donate.