Business & Professional Women's Scholarship House

The FAU Business and Professional Women s Scholarship House (BPWSH) was established to provide campus housing for women with strong academic promise and substantial outside financial assistance in order to attend FAU. The BPWSH is a cooperative living/learning facility where 16 women share leadership experience, develop life skills, and community responsibilities.

The FAU Department of Housing and Residential Life, through Residence Life staff, oversee the BPWSH operation. The BPWSH is truly a cooperative living environment in which residents learn skills necessary to run the house effectively and efficiently. Through their elected officers, residents are responsible for all house operations, including finances, cleaning, purchasing and preparing food.

BPWSH Open House Information:

 (All applicants need to attend one of the schedule open houses to be considered.)

Location of the Open Houses

 BPW Scholarship House located at across from Building 56 in UVA. Address: 1880 East University Drive, Boca Raton, Florida 33431

Requirements for the Scholarship House Program

 To be eligible for the Program, an applicant must:

• Be enrolled as a full-time, degree-seeking female student who is a freshman, transfer or current undergraduate or graduate student, a resident may be required to withdrawal from BPWSH if enrolled credit hours drop below full-time status.
• Must be a Florida Resident
• Require substantial outside financial assistance in order to attend college (a minimum of $1,500 of unmet need as determined by the applicant's FAU Student Financial Aid Award Letter or Student Aid Report).
• Must have a high school, college/university or FAU cumulative GPA of 3.0.
• Demonstrated high academic promise and achievement in high school and/or college.
• Show a strong desire to work for a college education and show willingness to actively participate in a cooperative woman's scholarship environment.

Terms of Program involvement

 Residents are required to:

• Participate in house events and live cooperatively in both attitude and actions with other members of the House.
• Meet responsibilities for cooking and other household duties.
• Pay house bills and University charges on time.
• Maintain academic standards.
• Conduct themselves in a reasonable and responsible manner consistent with House Rules, FAU and Department of Housing and Residential life policies and procedures, as well as the laws of Florida and the United States.
• Care for and strive to improve the house and property.
• Attend orientations at the beginning of each semester, House meetings approximately twice each month when school is in session and emergency meetings when necessary.
• Abide by the smoke-free and alcohol-free environment within the House.
• Abide by the no-pets policy within the House.
• Participate in all house functions including House meetings, work jobs, cook crews, and community /Social Events.

Disciplinary Action and Dismissal From program

The following may be grounds for disciplinary action, including counseling, probation, and dismissal:

• Failure to maintain the academic standards.
• Failure to meet the Terms of the Program involvement

  BPW Scholarship House Program

 The BPWSH participation is not a cash scholarship but rather provides a low-cost cooperative living/learning program and housing with other BPWSH Program participants. STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN TUITION AND BOOKS. Recipients may remain in the house until the completion of their degree as long as they meet the terms of the Program, continue to show financial need and are re-admitted into the house through the annual re-application/interview process.

  Withdrawal

Acceptance into the FAU BPWSH Program includes an agreement (as stated in the application) to live in the house. Withdrawals during the semester penalize other residents; both financially and by imposing more responsibilities on the other residents. Therefore, residents who withdraw during a semester are required to meet financial obligations through the end of that academic semester unless special situations allow for other arrangements.

Residents who wish to withdraw must make a written notice in advance to the Department of Housing and Residential Life. Included in this letter should be: Name, Z Number , Room Number, Term, and reason for leaving the house.

Near the end of each academic semester residents are required to complete a commitment form indicating whether they intend to extend their Agreement through the next semester providing the academic, financial and program requirements are met. Residents who do not return this commitment form are considered withdrawn from the BPWSH Program. Residents who withdraw for one or more semesters, excluding summer, are not guaranteed a position if they return, except under special predetermined conditions.

  Application Procedure

  Applications are available now and are DUE BY MARCH 26th.

Download an application now.

  If you have any questions, please Contact the Resident Coordinator at the University Village Apartments Area Office
at 561-297-5028. Applications are due March 26th by 5pm to:

University Village Students Apartment Area Office
ATTN: BPWSH Selection Committee
1880 East University Drive
Boca Raton, FL 33431

The BPWSH Selection Committee reviews applications and interviews applicants to select the recipients. Students are contacted by telephone to schedule an interview.

Please contact the University Village Student Apartments Area Office at (561) 297-5028 for additional information.