JUNKANOO SCHOLARSHIP GUIDELINES

All students attending FAMU are eligible to apply for the Junkanoo* scholarship currently offered by the Office of Black Diasporan Culture.  The  application form must be filled out completely and returned to this Office by May 15 for Fall Semester and November 12 for Spring Semester.

 
Students belonging to the Rhythm Rushers Bahamian Junkanoo group are expected to be on time and to attend all practices held at the "shack" (1841 S. Monroe St., Unit C), perform in all events (approximately eight to nine per semester), and decorate costumes as needed.  They may participate in a number of different capacities:  free dancer, choreographed dancer, beller, drummer (tom-tom), drummer (bass), bicycle horns, or brass section (clarinet, tuba, trombone, trumpet, saxophone).

 
If they do not participate as expected, students may be placed on probation and suspended from the group.  Students are expected to find their own transportation to and from the "shack" and to and from local performance sites.  If the performance is out-of-town, students will travel by bus, along with advisors, and must sign a waiver of liability form as required by the university.

The current cost for international students to attend FAMU is $30,175.31 (based on 15 hours fall and spring semesters, and 9 hours summer; $5000 living expenses; $177 health fee; $5500 other expenses; and $15 new student orientation).  With the scholarship, which allows them to pay in-state tuition rather than out-of-state, the total cost per year is $14,589.74.  Thus, the value of the scholarship each year is $15,585.57.

                                                                                          
For more information about the scholarship, contact the Office.

Download/View a PDF version of the application.

Updated 3-3-2007
Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere