LAC 28:IV.1107. Maintaining Eligibility

A. To continue receiving the Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship, recipients must meet all of the following criteria: 1.a. for recipients first accepting the award through the 2009-2010 academic year, have received the scholarship for not more than seven academic years (five undergraduate and two graduate); or b. for recipients first accepting the award for the 2010-2011 academic year and thereafter, have received the scholarship for not more than five academic years (three undergraduate and two graduate); and 2. at the close of each academic year (ending with the spring semester or quarter), have earned at least 24-hours total credit during the fall, winter and spring terms at an institution defining 12 semester or eight quarter hours as the minimum for full-time undergraduate status or earn at least 18 hours total graduate credit during the fall, winter and spring terms at an institution defining 9 semester hours as the minimum for full-time graduate status unless granted an exception for cause by the board; and 3. achieve a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.50 as an undergraduate student at the end of each academic year or achieve a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.00 as a graduate student at the end of each academic year; and 4. continue to enroll as a full time student each subsequent semester or quarter (excluding summer sessions and intersessions) at the same institution unless granted an exception for cause and/or approval for transfer of the award by the board; and 5. continue to pursue a course of study leading to an undergraduate or graduate degree in wildlife, forestry or marine science.