MINIMUM RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL PRESIDENTIAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS 1. All Presidential Arts Scholars MUST be enrolled as full time students with a major or, where applicable, a minor in the discipline in which he/she presently has a Presidential Arts Scholarship. 2. All Presidential Arts Scholars MUST maintain a 3.0 grade point average in his/her field of study. 3. All Presidential Arts Scholars MUST meet with his/her faculty advisor and/or faculty review committee within his/her department to determine goals for the upcoming semester. 4. All Presidential Arts Scholars will submit a self-evaluation stating his/her contributions and personal growth as a Presidential Arts Scholar. This self-evaluation will be included with the renewal application submitted to the Director of the Center for Creative and Performing Arts no later than February 1. 5. All Presidential Arts Scholars will be reviewed by their department and a recommendation for renewal of the Presidential Arts Scholarship will be made by the department chairperson. This recommendation must be included with the reapplication request submitted to the Director of the Center for Creative and Performing Arts no later than February 1. In addition to the criteria stated above, each discipline will determine specific criteria for Presidential Arts Scholars in their area of expertise. These criteria are listed below. All Presidential SPECIFIC RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ARTS RECIPIENTS IN FINE ARTS 1. The recipient MUST maintain a MINIMUM of four (4) hours per week in department support functions. These functions will be involved in, but not limited to, the recipient’s major concentration or area of specialization. 2. The recipient MUST demonstrate outstanding creativity and artistic quality in their studio or research work. The faculty review committee requests faculty recommendations, and art portfolios or research in support of this criterion. See chairperson of the Art Department for information. 3. The recipient MUST exhibit in the Student Awards Show if appropriate to his/her Concentration in the Art Major. New Art Major Applicants to the Presidential Arts Scholarship 1. Applicants in the studio areas must provide a ten-piece portfolio and present evidence of this to the chairperson of the Art Department for evaluation. 2. Applicants in the Art History Concentration must provide research as demonstrated by written scholarship and present evidence of this to the chairperson of the Art Department for evaluation. 3. Applicants in the Art Education Concentration must provide either a ten-piece portfolio or research as demonstrated by written scholarship and present evidence of this to the chairperson of the Art Department for evaluation. Renewals 1. Renewal applicants in the studio areas must provide a ten-piece portfolio of new work and present this to the chairperson of the Art Department for evaluation. 2. Renewal applicants in the Art History Concentration must provide new research as demonstrated by written scholarship and present this to the chairperson of the Art Department for evaluation. 3. Renewal applicants in the Art Education Concentration must provide either a ten-piece portfolio of new work or new research as demonstrated by written scholarship and present this to the chairperson of the Art Department for evaluation.