Scholarship

The Omicron Gamma Zeta Chapter believes in empowering the leaders of tomorrow, today! We offer Houston area students meeting the below criteria to apply for our annual scholarships. Please review all criteria before submitting, incomplete or incorrect applications will not be considered.

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Consistent with the founding principles of Finer Womanhood, Scholarship, Service, and Sisterhood, the Omicron Gamma Zeta Chapter will award scholarships to college-bound, high school seniors who meet the below requirements: 

 

• Aundria Brown STEM Scholarship Award requires a GPA of 3.5 (unweighted) or above 

• Omicron Gamma Zeta General Scholarship Awards requires a GPA of 3.3 (unweighted) or above 

• Omicron Gamma Zeta Specially Abled Scholarship Award requires a GPA of 2.5 (unweighted) or above and an IEP (For Specially Abled Students that face several barriers, e.g. physical, mental, and psychological in pursuing studies and living with dignity) 

• “I Matter” Scholarship Award requires a GPA of 2.7 ( unweighted) or above 

• To be considered for a scholarship award, each applicant must submit: 

• A completed Academic Scholarship Application via Google Form: https://forms.gle/NGXytowpdRAs4aJq6 

• Two letters of recommendation from a school counselor, teacher, employer, community service organization representative, etc. (No letters from family members, please) 

• A minimum of 30 documented community service hours on official letterhead, including virtual. (e.g. church nursery, nursing home, public library, tutoring)

• A 500-750 word essay (must be typed, 12 point font, Times New Roman, double spaced, and 1” margins) responding to ALL of the questions listed under the respective scholarship you are applying for.

*Family of Omicron Gamma Zeta members (past or present) are NOT eligible to apply for the academic scholarship. This includes children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, siblings, in-laws, cousins, nieces, and nephews.

• Official sealed transcripts MUST be sent by the high school register to the address below by Friday, March 1, 2025:

  • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated
    Omicron Gamma Zeta Chapter
    Southern Region
    P.O. Box 20385

                 Houston, TX 77225

                 Attention: Dr. Jayco McCowan, Chapter President