All Opportunities

Welcome to the Wayne State College Scholarship Opportunities Homepage. Below you will find a listing of scholarships available to Wayne State students with brief information about the scholarship qualifications. Many of these scholarship opportunities will not require additional information, as you will automatically qualify based on your application information.

Instructions for Incoming Freshmen: please log in with your WSC user name and password to complete this supplemental scholarship application to be considered for additional opportunities beyond your admission-based scholarship. Please note, the WSC incoming freshmen scholarship application opens August 1, 2025 with a priority deadline of December 1, 2025 for many new incoming freshmen scholarships and a final deadline of May 1, 2026.

Instructions for Returning WSC/Incoming Transfer Students: please log in with your WSC username and password to complete the WSC returning/incoming transfer student scholarship application which opens October 1, 2025 with a final deadline of February 1, 2026.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
Varies	Rebecca McClain Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an elementary...	Ended
Varies	Richard "Dick" Poehling Community Scholarship Applicant must be from Valley NE or Neligh, NE. Applicant must be a new...	Ended
Varies	Richard and Bonnie Lund Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an education...	Ended
Varies	Riedmann Family Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be from Omaha NE. Applicant must require financial need.	Ended
Varies	Riessen-Reed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate Osmond...	Ended
Varies	Robert and Charlotte Schmidt Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a full-time student attending WSC.	Ended
Varies	Robert and Josiane Reinhardt Journalism Endowed Scholarship Student must be majoring in Journalism. Applicant must be a new freshmen.	Ended
Varies	Robert and Ruth Harm Olsen Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an english major Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Robert B. Ensz Wayne State College Endowed Scholarship Awarded to an incoming freshman who has graduated from Beatrice High...	Ended
Varies	Robert Jordan Scholarship Applicant must be a business major. Applicant must be from Wayne County...	Ended
Varies	Robert L. and Elayne M. Jacobson Endowed Scholarship - Education Recipient must be a full-time WSC student meeting these criteria:...	Ended
Varies	Robert L. and Elayne M. Jacobson Endowed Scholarship - Natural Science Recipient must be a full-time WSC student meeting these criteria:...	Ended
Varies	Robert M. and Helen A. Lehr Pre-Nursing Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a freshman State of residence Major	Ended
$0.00	Rod and Loreta Tompkins Annual Scholarship One applicant must be a member of the Women’s Rugby Club. Second...	Ended
Varies	Rod Jorgensen Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of Wayne...	Ended
Varies	Rod Varilek Scholarship Award alternates between a biology major (2019-2020) and a business...	Ended
Varies	Rollie W. Ley Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Ron and Kathy Fink Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Ron Holt Civic Engagement Award Applicant must be a graduating high school senior. Applicant will be...	Ended
Varies	Ronald G. Carlson Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be from Sioux City Iowa or South Sioux City, Nebraska....	Ended
$0.00	Root-Engelen Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a full time student at Wayne State College with a...	Ended
Varies	Rose and Nola Peterson Family Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Ended
Varies	Ruby V. Pedersen ""Excellence in English"" Scholarship Applicant must be a humanities major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Rudolph D. Swartz Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a Nebraska native. Applicant must be an education...	Ended
Varies	S. Edwin Jones-Kay Corporation Scholarship - Humanities Applicant must be a humanities major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	S. Edwin Jones-Kay Corporation Scholarship - Business Applicant must be a business major. Applicant must be an undergraduate...	Ended
Varies	S.K deFreese Campus Ministry Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Sandra L. Metz Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended
$0.00	Sandy Brown Environmental Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a full-time who (1) attends Wayne State...	Ended
Varies	Sayre Andersen - Gilbert Vaughan Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an english major...	Ended
Varies	Schieffer Family Scholarship Awarded to a full time student with a 3.0 or above GPA.	Ended
Varies	Science, Math & Technology Endowed Scholarship in Honor of the Stammer Family Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a Physical...	Ended
Varies	Shannon Briese Endowed Scholarship Awarded to a graduate of River Valley High Schools or with a...	Ended
$1,000.00	Sharon Toelle Carlson Endowed Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: a....	Ended
Varies	Shirley Sage Sawatzke Elementary Education Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a WSC student from Nebraska who is an Elementary...	Ended
Varies	Special Housing Award - 2 Year	Ended
Varies	Special Housing Award - 4 Year	Ended
Varies	Special Housing Scholarship - 2 Year	Ended
Varies	Special Housing Scholarship - 4 Year	Ended
Varies	Stanley and Mildred Griffith Fields Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a Nebraska or Iowan native. Applicant must be a new...	Ended
Varies	State Nebraska Bank & Trust Scholarship Applicant must be a business major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Steve Srb Education Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an education major Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Steven and Marysz Rames Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Stolle Family Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a full time student attending Wayne State College.	Ended
$0.00	Students Assisting Students Endowed Scholarship The Applicants must be a student attending Wayne State College and have...	Ended
Varies	Susan and George Menking Endowed Psychology Scholarship Applicant must be a Psychology major. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended
Varies	Sweeney Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an elementary education majors. Applicant must be...	Ended
Varies	Tau Kappa Epsilon Scholarship Fund - Norman Brown Memorial Award Applicant will be selected by hand.	Ended
Varies	Tau Kappa Epsilon Scholarship Fund - Paul V. Campbell Award Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must have a 3.0 GPA or...	Ended
Varies	The Beacom and Demke Family Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended

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