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 COL6/24/2021 CH. 28 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 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 COL6/24/2021 CH. 28 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 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.