Fr. Sergio Negro Scholarship

Father Sergio P Negro, the founding pastor of St. Paul Catholic Newman Center, had a deep and abiding commitment to education.  He was an academician and scholar with a lifelong passion for new knowledge and greater understanding.  In his honor, the Sergio P Negro Scholarship Endowment Fund was established to provide financial support to students enrolled at a regionally or nationally accredited college or university pursuing a course of study that leads to a vocational/technical certificate, or an undergraduate or graduate degree in preparation to use your knowledge and skills to witness and minister to others.** A pre-condition is that you must have either grown within or are currently actively affiliated with Saint Paul Catholic Newman Center.

We anticipate offering three (or more) $3,000 scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year. Finalists for the scholarships will be selected through an interview process.

To be considered, you must have:

1. An overall college GPA of 2.5 or greater.
2. Must be enrolled at a regionally or nationally accredited college or university and must be pursuing a course of study that leads to a vocational/technical certificate, or an undergraduate or graduate degree
3. Applications must be received no later than 5:00 pm, Sunday, April 12, 2026 by either:
   1. Postmarked and mailed to St. Paul Catholic Newman Center, Attn: Sergio Negro Scholarship, 1572 E. Barstow Ave., Fresno, CA 93710;
   2. Electronic sumission to [email protected]
4. To be considered, all information in or accompanying the application must be typed!
5. Scholarships will be disbursed to awardees once fulltime status and enrollment is verified at the census date for your institution.

**First Corinthians 12: 5-6 tells us: There are many different ways of serving, but it is always the same Lord. There are many different forms of activity, but in everybody it is the same God who is at work in them all.

For questions regarding your application, please call 555 313-1275 or email [email protected]