Community Involvement Program (CIP)

Qualifications

• U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident.
• First-generation college student (Neither parent/guardian has earned a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in the U.S.)
• Stockton resident (first-year applicants) 
• Be admitted to University of the Pacific as a first-year undergraduate student for the fall semester or as a transfer student from San Joaquin Delta College.
• Pell Grant and Cal Grant recipient
• Demonstrate evidence of involvement and volunteerism in the community.
• Committed to using your education to improve the Stockton community.

Become a CIP Scholar today!

• Application deadline: Feb. 25
  • First, apply for admission to Pacific
  • Second, apply for the CIP scholarship (Use the same login credentials as your Pacific admission application)
• File a FAFSA no later than Feb. 25
• First-Year and transfer applicant interviews will take place in March.
• Accepted CIP applicants will receive an offer letter via email in April.
• Applicants must confirm their acceptance of the offer letter by May 1.
• All new CIP Scholars must attend the CIP Retreat in August.

Your tax-deductible contribution can be directed towards funding scholarships or towards general programmatic support. We invite you to invest in one of the following giving opportunities:

Community Involvement Program Scholarship Fund:

• Gifts to the CIP Scholarship Fund are utilized to provide CIP scholars with gap funding for tuition, books, living expenses, and other costs that may not be fully covered by their CIP Scholarships.
• All gifts to this fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar thanks to the Powell Match Program, effectively doubling your impact.   

Community Involvement Program General Fund:

• The General Fund allows the Community Involvement Program to direct your gift towards the area of greatest need. It might be supplies, additional funding for community-outreach projects, or extra resources for CIP scholars.