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, 2026 with a priority deadline of December 1, 2026 for many new incoming freshmen scholarships and a final deadline of May 1, 2027.

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, 2026 with a final deadline of February 1, 2027.

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
Varies Dr. Tracy Osborne Memorial Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a full-time WSC student continuing to explore their...
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$1,165.00 Dr. Vaughn Benson Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to a full-time student majoring in Business major. Must be a...
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Varies Dwain and Carole Petersen Music Education Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a...
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$0.00 Edward Jones Scholarship - Returning
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Varies Elaine B. (Lundberg) and Hayden C. Jones Endowed Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
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$705.00 Eminov Family Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior...
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Varies F&M Bank - Wayne
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a graduate of...
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Varies Faith Nuernberger Memorial Endowed Scholarship - Education
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
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$3,430.00 Faith Nuernberger Memorial Endowed Scholarship - Music Education
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a music...
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$1,360.00 Family and Consumer Science Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a sophomore or above. Applicant must be a Family and...
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$210.00 Family and Consumer Sciences Alumni Scholarship
Applicant must be a family and consumer sciences major. Applicant must...
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Varies Family and Consumer Sciences Faculty Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Family and...
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$500.00 Faye Bowyer Saxton Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major with an emphasis in Mathematics....
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$535.00 FBLA-PBL (Phi Beta Lambda) Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
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Varies Freeman Bernard Decker & Constance Herndon Decker Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
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Varies Friends of Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a music major.
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$0.00 Gail A. (Grone) Roach Endowed Nursing Scholarship
The Recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: A....
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Varies Gallisath Student Success Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.5...
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$1,000.00 Garhart Annual Band Scholarship
Non-Music Major participating in band, minimum 2.0 GPA, member of the...
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Varies Gary and Janice Small Endowed Scholarship
The recipient(s) must be a full-time undergraduate student with at least...
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$1,785.00 Gene & Kathy (Weber) Schwarting Math Education Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
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Varies Gene and Joan Willmott Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
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$2,925.00 George L. and Deborah C. Shuck Business Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
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$2,390.00 Gnuse-Krohn Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
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Varies Gulliver Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
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$2,210.00 H.I.G. Endowed Business Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
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$525.00 Hanawalt Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be an english major Applicant must be a returning...
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Varies Harold and Mae Frey Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education...
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Varies Harold E. Willey Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Farmer or Rancher dependent
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$1,500.00 Hass Foundation Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be majoring in...
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$830.00 Helen Russell Scholarship in Acting
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a theatre...
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$715.00 Henry Ley Theatre Scholarship
Applicant must be a theatre or drama major. Applicant must be a new...
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$2,495.00 Herb and Sherry Mignery Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must have financial...
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$420.00 Hilda (Bradenburg) Jochens Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a student majoring in a program in the Department of...
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$345.00 Ida M. Warner Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a sophomore...
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$415.00 Irol Whitmore Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an English major.
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$470.00 ITE Faculty Skills USA Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an Industrial...
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Varies J. Kevin Reeves Memorial Theatre Arts Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a student with a...
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$985.00 J. Marlene Mueller Studio Arts Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a sophomore or above. Applicant must be a Studio Arts...
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Varies J.F. Kennedy Peace Scholarship
Applicant must be a political science major. Applicant must be a new...
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$2,135.00 Jack E. Backer Journalism Scholarship
Applicant must be a journalism major.
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Varies Janice and Norman Ellis Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must demonstrate...
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Varies Jason Barelman Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be majoring in...
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Varies Jean Mueting and Ardith Wacker Elementary Education Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
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Varies Jean Mueting and Ardith Wacker Elementary Education Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an Elementary...
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$1,790.00 Jeffrey T. Child Endowed Speech Communication Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Speech Comm...
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$12,460.00 Jerry Krause Physical Education Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
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$1,760.00 Jim and Vera Hummel Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
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Varies John and Marilyn Bernthal Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
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Varies John David Robinson Scholarship
Applicant must be a geography or history major. Applicant can be any...
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