Guam § 28301 - Students Entitled to Awards.

§ 28301. Students Entitled to Awards.

There is established the Jesus U. Torres Professional and

Technical Awards for graduate studies. To qualify for these

awards, applicants must meet the following criteria:

(a) The applicant must be a bona fide resident of

Guam for a period of not less than ten (10) years prior to

application, and a United States citizen, a permanent

resident alien, or a non-immigrant alien admitted into Guam

under the Compacts of Free Association between the United

States and the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic

of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, and must

have achieved an overall grade point average of 3.0 in

undergraduate studies if pursuing a master’s degree or a

professional degree, or a 3.33 grade point average in a

master’s degree or professional degree program if pursuing

a doctoral degree or an irrevocable letter of acceptance from

a U.S. accredited institution, as recognized by the Council

for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or its

successors, or an irrevocable letter of acceptance from a

foreign medical school, as listed in the World Health

Organization (WHO) listing of medical schools, which was

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approved by the Board of Medical Examiners, or the

Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the

American Medical Association, or by a private non-profit

accrediting body approved by the Guam Board of Medical

Examiners.

(b) The applicant must agree to the repayment terms as

specified in § 28303 and § 28304;

(c) The applicant must present to the Board, prior to

granting of the award, satisfactory proof that such applicant

has been accepted by a U.S. accredited college or

university, as recognized by the Council for Higher

Education Accreditation (CHEA), or its successors, or

satisfactory proof that such applicant has been accepted by a

foreign medical school as listed in the World Health

Organization (WHO) listing of medical schools, which was

approved by the Board of Medical Examiners or the

Council on Medical Education and hospitals of the

American Medical Association or by a private non-profit

accrediting body approved by the Guam Board of Medical

Examiners as a full-time student pursuing a program of

study in the field applied for; and

(d) The college or university must be properly

accredited as recognized by the Council for Higher

Education Accreditation (CHEA), or its successors, or the

foreign medical school must be properly accredited as listed

in the World Health Organization (WHO) listing of medical

schools, which was approved by the Board of Medical

Examiners or the Council on Medical Education and

hospitals of the American Medical Association or by a

private non-profit accrediting body approved by the Guam

Board of Medical Examiners, and must be approved by the

Board; however, that no award shall be granted for studies

at an off-Guam institution in a program that is available at

the University of Guam.

(e) The Board shall select the recipients of the awards

based upon the basis of scholastic ability, financial need,

and aptitude. The Board may also use work or life-time

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experience and achievement criteria in place of the aptitude

criteria, if it can be reasonably determined that the applicant

will succeed in a course of study funded by an award herein.

(f) In determining financial need, the applicant must

submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

to determine level of need.

(g) No benefits as specified in § 28302 shall be

continued beyond the number of years normally required to

complete studies in the specific academic degree program

for which the award was granted, except under exceptional

circumstances, as determined by the Board.