Case Study: Mississippi State University increases scholarship applications and awards with AcademicWorks

Mississippi State University - Customer Case Study

Mississippi State University faced a confusing scholarship process, with multiple applications and deadlines for different awards, which led to low applicant pools and difficult coordination across colleges and departments. The university turned to AcademicWorks to help streamline scholarship management and improve communication while preserving each department’s control over promotion, review, and awarding decisions.

AcademicWorks implemented a flexible platform that centralized scholarship workflows, student communications, and donor thank-you letter collection while giving donor relations oversight of endowed awards. The results included easier real-time reporting on awarding progress, better visibility into award practices, increased application volume, and more scholarship dollars awarded with less effort.

Mississippi State University

Bailey Poindexter

Donor Relations Coordinator