International Student and Scholar Services

Academic & Cultural Sharing Scholarship

The Academic and Cultural Sharing Scholarship (ACSS) offers resident tuition rates to international students who meet and maintain eligibility requirements.

The scholarship gives international students a nearly 50-percent discount on tuition.

Check-in and attend orientation with the Center for International Studies upon arrival into the U.S. Students do not have to apply for the first semester, but have to attend orientation to opt in to the scholarship.
Maintain a 2.5 cumulative grade point average as an undergraduate student or a 3.0 cumulative GPA as a graduate student.
Maintain active F-1/J-1 status
Complete two cultural sharing activities every semester through St. Cloud State.
Submit activities online through the Cultural Activities Form by deadline for each term.

Students participating in the following programs and activities are exempt from cultural sharing activities, but must submit the exemption online:

Graduate Assistantship - Full Time

Graduate Assistantship - Part Time (must complete one additional cultural sharing activity)

Curricular Practical Training (CPT)

St. Cloud State Athletics Program (excluding intramural or club sports)

Education Abroad Program Participants

Medical Reduced Course Load

Global Learning Community

Keep abreast of campus activities with Huskies Connect. Approved activities include:

Admissions events, such as Discover Red & Black and Admitted Student Days
American Indian Center pow-wow
Approved Curricular Practical Training
Big Brothers Big Sisters
CARE focus group
Center for International Studies event “special request” – needs prior approval
Conference participation – please list conference in description
Cultural Café
Cultural Night
Cultural presentation to community/class
Department of Campus Involvement, including Huskies Events and Activities Team, civic engagement, campus programs, spirit groups and Greek Life
Education Abroad program participation
Graduate assistantship, full-time through Graduate Studies
Graduate assistantship, part-time through Graduate Studies
Hands Across the World volunteer
Husky Hauler during student move-in
International Education Week
International Friendship Program through the Center for International Studies
International Peer Advisor
KIDSTOP
Language tutoring through foreign languages or student organizations
Lindgren Child Care Center volunteer
Little Falls Friends event
Mainstreet/Sidestreet
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk
Martin Luther King Jr. event
National Student Exchange
On-campus employment
Passport to the World
Residence hall event
Run for Recovery
Student organization position, appointed or elected

Center for International Studies

Academic & Cultural Sharing Scholarship

Eligibility

Attaining and maintaining ACSS status

Exemptions from cultural sharing activities

Approved ACSS activities

Appeals