This email newsletter will be sent to your SIUE email account each Wednesday of the semester. Read this newsletter every week, as it contains important information regarding your Johnetta Haley Scholarship.

NOTE: You are receiving this newsletter because our records indicate that you accepted the Johnetta Haley Scholarship for the Spring 2025 semester. By accepting the scholarship as part of your financial aid award, you agreed to the terms and conditions of the scholarship detailed here. If you believe you received this email in error, please reply immediately.

What You Need to Do This Semester

To continue receiving your scholarship:

1. Find, schedule, participate in, report, and receive final approval for a minimum of 12 hours of qualified community service experiences between December 14, 2024 - April 21, 2025 (see below for more information, including new timeline for submitting hours).
2. Maintain full-time student status by finishing the Spring 2025 semester enrolled in at least 12 credit hours of classes (minimum of four 3-hour classes or equivalent).
3. Finish the Spring 2025 semester with a cumulative GPA of 2.9 or higher.

Community Service: START NOW!

READ: New Edition of the JHS Student Guide

To make sure you understand changes affecting the Spring 2025 semester, read the JHS Student Guide: Fall 2024 - Spring 2025, Edition 3 (01-17-25). For your convenience, differences between Edition 2 and Edition 3 are highlighted in yellow like this.

READ: New Edition of the JHS Community Service Experience Catalog

This new edition has been expanded to include more pre-qualified community service experiences! Read now: JHS Community Service Experiences Catalog: Fall 2024 - Spring 2025, Edition 4 (01-21-25)

JANUARY 31: Report all hours performed 12/14/24 - 1/31/25. Have at least 4 hours completed and reported.

The timeline for submitting hours has changed to a monthly format, effective immediately. Submit the online Spring 2025 JHS Community Service Report Form by the end of the same month in which the service occurs. If the end of that month has already passed, submit any unreported community service immediately. Do not wait until the April 21 deadline is looming to report your hours.

Combine all service dates occurring in the same month, for the same organization/site/event/experience, on one JHS Community Service Notes* page and one online Spring 2025 JHS Community Service Report Form. Submitting more report forms than necessary wastes your time and increases the number of reports that SIUE staff review, slowing down the final approval process for everyone.

*The JHS Community Service Notes page is further explained in the “Road Map - STEP 1: Finding and Scheduling Qualified Community Service Experiences” section of the JHS Student Guide: Fall 2024 - Spring 2025, Edition 3 (01-17-25).

Pre-Qualified Service Experiences

Sign up now - spots tend to fill quickly!

The descriptions below include information you need to enter when submitting the Spring 2025 JHS Community Service Report Form. If you sign up, save this information:

Metro East Diaper Bank Diaper Packing THIS SATURDAY

Organization/Site: Metro East Diaper Bank Diaper Packing

Service Dates: THIS SATURDAY, January 25

Hours: Up to 4 (Multiple shifts available 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.)

Site Address: Signal Hill United Methodist Church, 47 Signal Hill Place, Belleville, IL 62223 (Turn left on Superior Dr., across from Signal Hill School. Take the next left into the church parking lot and use the back entrance. If you get lost, please call: 618-741-7296 OR 618-567-5884.)

Sign Up: Click here for more info and to sign up.

Site Supervisor: Norma McCandless

Supervisor's Phone: (618) 741-7296

Supervisor's Email: contact@metroeastdiaperbank.org

SIUE Cougar Cupboard February Shifts

Organization/Site: SIUE Cougar Cupboard

Service Dates: Sign up now for shifts beginning February 3

Hours: Multiple shifts available

Site Address: MUC Room 0012 (Lower level by Textbook Service)

Sign Up: Click here for more info and to sign up.

Site Supervisor: Lealia Williams

Supervisor's Phone: 618-650-2020

Supervisor's Email: leawill@siue.edu

SPRING 2025

JANUARY 31:

Report all hours performed 12/14/24 - 1/31/25. Have at least 4 hours completed and reported.

FEBRUARY 10:

Review Progress Update #1 (email sent to SIUE email).

FEBRUARY 28:

Report all hours performed 2/1/25 - 2/28/25. Have at least 8 hours (total) completed and reported.

MARCH 5:

Review Progress Update #2 (email sent to SIUE email).

MARCH 10 - 14:

Spring Break

MARCH 31:

Report all hours performed 3/1/25 - 3/31/25. Have 12 hours (total) completed and reported.

APRIL 7:

Review Progress Update #3 (email sent to SIUE email).

APRIL 21:

Community Service Reports Due by 11:59 p.m. This is also the deadline to: A) respond to reviewers' questions (if any), B) provide additional information (if requested), and C) to resubmit reports (with permission only).

APRIL 22 - MAY 9:

Black-Out Dates: Community service performed/reported April 22 - May 9 will not be applied to Johnetta Haley Scholarship requirements. Use this time to concentrate on preparing for final exams and completing final projects.

APRIL 29:

Review Final Progress Update (email sent to SIUE email).

MAY 5 - 9:

Final Exams

MAY 7:

Review Final Status Notification (email sent to SIUE email).

MAY 10:

Community Service for Fall 2025 Begins (Community service completed April 22 - May 9 will not be applied to Johnetta Haley Scholarship requirements.) 

REMINDER:

Reporting and receiving final approval for a minimum of 12 hours of qualified community service experiences between Dec. 14, 2024 - Apr. 21, 2025 is one of the requirements to receive Johnetta Haley Scholarship funds for the Fall 2025 semester.