Scholarship Appeals
Financial Aid

Scholarship appeal procedure

Students appealing a scholarship cancellation or award adjustment should submit an appeals packet that includes:

1. A completed and signed Scholarship Appeal Form.
2. A personal statement explaining the student’s situation.
3. Documentation specified on the Scholarship Appeal Form, or Documentation for a Degree Plan.

You can submit appeal packets three ways, but we must receive it by the published deadline.

1. Upload to the Financial Aid Office website
2. Fax: 970-247-7108
3. Mail to: 
   Financial Aid Office
   Fort Lewis College
   1000 Rim Drive
   Durango, CO 81301-3999

Scholarship Appeal deadlines

Review process

Appeal packets will be reviewed by the Scholarship Appeals Committee shortly after each deadline. The committee will render one of the following decisions:

• Deferred.
• Denied, without option to re-appeal.
• Denied, with option to re-appeal after meeting cumulative grade point average and credit completion requirements.
• Approved for immediate reinstatement of full scholarship amount, with or without conditions.
• Approved for immediate reinstatement of partial scholarship amount, with or without condition

Notification of outcomes of appeals process

Students will be notified of the committee’s decision as soon as possible via their Fort Lewis College email account.

Reinstated scholarship amounts will be posted on the student’s WebOPUS account.