West Liberty University students have one less thing to worry about during the COVID-19 crisis as GPA requirements for scholarships have been eased up.

          “To ensure students aren’t adversely impacted with the operational and academic changes at West Liberty University this semester, we are suspending the GPA requirement to renew a West Liberty University Academic Scholarship from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021,” explained Katie Cooper, director of Financial Aid in the department of Enrollment Services.

          “Students will still be expected to complete 30 credit hours — the required number of hours to renew their scholarship. This means students must pass 30 credit hours during the current academic year to have their academic scholarship renewed for 2020-21,” she said.

          As always, students may use summer enrollment to meet the completed hour’s requirement if needed, Cooper noted. Summer classes begin on May 11.

          “We are pleased to help our students during this unprecedented emergency that resulted in an alternate learning environment for in-seat classes on March 23. Our students have been doing very well during the semester so far and we want to take some pressure off them as we all practice social distancing,” added Scott Cook, vice president of Student Services and WLU’s Registrar.