Intensive English Center

Refer-a-Friend Scholarship

$500 for you and your friend

Refer-a-Friend Scholarship Program

Help a friend join the Intensive English Center (IEC) at St. Cloud State University—and you can both earn a $500 scholarship when your friend enrolls full-time and meets all criteria.

How it Works

Share IEC with a friend

Tell your friend about St. Cloud State's Intensive English Center and why it's a great place to build language skills and prepare for academic success.

Your friend applies and submits referral

When your friend applies to the program, they must include your full name on the online application and you must send an email to iecadmissions@stcloudstate.edu. Referrals must be submitted during the application.

IEC verifies eligibility

If your friend is a new applicant, enrolls as a full‑time IEC student, and you are a full‑time IEC student in good standing during the scholarship semester, you each receive $500 (subject to policies and limits).

Eligibility and Rules

Current IEC Students (Referrers)

You must be a full‑time IEC student at St. Cloud Cloud State University during the semester the scholarship is granted.
You must be in good standing with all tuition payments.
You can receive $500 per referred student who enrolls full‑time (maximum 10 per semester).
You send an email to iecadmissions@stcloudstate.edu verifying the referral to the program.
Example: If you refer three students and two enroll full‑time, you may receive $1,000.
No scholarship is awarded if the referred student does not meet the eligibility and rules.

New IEC Students (Referred)

You must be a new prospect to SCSU. If any part of your application or documentation was submitted before you indicate the referral, or if you have a deferred application prior to indicating the referral, you are not a new prospect.
You will receive $500 only if you register and maintain full‑time enrollment as an IEC student at St. Cloud State University past the add/drop period.
Each referred student is eligible for one (1) $500 scholarship regardless of how many students refer them.
If you are working with an SCSU-contracted agent, you are not eligible for the scholarship.
You must submit the referral during your application and include the full name of the student who referred you to us under the "How did you hear about us?" section.

Frequently Asked Questions

"New Prospect" means the student has not contacted SCSU previously. It means the student has not applied previously. It means the student and has not sent documents previously. Also, they do not have a deferred application prior to sending us a referral request.

Using the online IEC application, write the full-name of the current IEC student who referred you to our program under the "How did you hear about us?" section. The referrer must send an email to iecadmissions@stcloudstate.edu.

Yes. If each friend enrolls full‑time and meets all rules, you can get $500 per friend. The limit is 10 successful referrals each semester.

Yes. If all rules are met, the current IEC student (referrer) and the new full‑time IEC student (referred) each receive $500 as a scholarship.

No. If the referred student is working with an SCSU-contracted agent, they are not eligible.

Notice

St. Cloud State University reserves the right to interpret, modify, or discontinue this scholarship at any time. Awards are subject to verification of eligibility, enrollment, and university policies. This scholarship does not imply admission to SCSU or the IEC.

Refer-a-Friend Scholarship