Bursar

Scholarships

The organization awarding the scholarship should provide the student with information as to how and when the check will be distributed. Please contact the scholarship provider with any questions.

 

Scholarships  are applied on student bill balances first. If the amount of the scholarship is greater than the student bill balance, a refund check for the excess will be issued to the student. The direct deposit option is not applicable to scholarship refunds.

Student address information must be kept current to ensure mailed refund checks will be received.  Make address changes online at  Change Your Address or contact the Registration & Records Office.

Different scholarship distribution methods require different responses and procedures:

Scholarship checks payable to UW-Stevens Point that are sent directly to the university:
The Bursar's Office will apply the scholarship to the designated student's bill. No action is required by the student. Any refunds generated due to overpayment will be mailed to the student.

Scholarship checks payable to UW-Stevens Point and the student jointly or schlolarship checks payable to the student alone and sent directly to the university:
A notice is mailed to the student instructing them to visit the Bursar's Office to sign the scholarship check. The funds will then be applied to  their student bill. Any refunds generated due to overpayment will be given to the student.

Scholarship checks sent by the provider directly to the student's home address:
The scholarship check will need to be presented to the Bursar's Office for processing. The student may choose to either mail the scholarship check to the Bursar's Office or bring the check to the Bursar's Office in person. The funds will then be applied to the student’s bill.  Any refunds generated due to overpayment will be mailed to the student.

If electing to mail in the scholarship check:

• First, determine how the check is made out. If the check is payable to UW-Stevens Point and the student (jointly), the student needs to endorse the check before sending it in for processing. If the check is payable to the student alone, the student should endorse the check and then write "Pay to the order of UWSP" next to their endorsement before sending the check in for processing.
• Write the student's name, student ID# and the semester that the scholarship is intended for on the check and mail it to:
  

  UWSP Bursar's Office
  UW-Stevens Point
  2100 Main St.
  Stevens Point, WI 54481
  

If electing to bring the scholarship check to the Bursar's Office in person:

• Please bring along your ID card and any other documentation that was sent to you along with the scholarship check.
• Bring the scholarship check to the Bursar's Office during the office hours of 8.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m., Monday through Friday.