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 January 4, 2027.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
Varies	Dr. Clifford V. and Melba C. Wait Endowed Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline01/04/2027
$1,395.00	Dr. David and Kellie Ensz Endowed RHOP Scholarship Applicant must be majoring in Pre-Medicine. WSC Student admitted into...	Deadline01/04/2027
$2,885.00	Dr. Dennis Thavenet Endowed Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College who...	Deadline01/04/2027
$940.00	Dr. Don Cattle Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an industrial...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Frank Prather Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a math major Applicant must be a new freshman.	Deadline01/04/2027
$505.00	Dr. Gwen Jensen Memorial Scholarship Awarded to a WSC student majoring in Communication Studies/Theatre Arts...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. H. Nicholas and Joyce J. (Pilger) Windeshausen Endowed Osmond II Community Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. H. Nicholas and Joyce J. (Pilger) Windeshausen Endowed Plainview II Community Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. H. Nicholas and Joyce J. (Pilger) Windeshausen Osmond Community Scholarship 1 Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of Osmond...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. H. Nicholas and Joyce J. (Pilger) Windeshausen Plainview Community Scholarship 1 Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00	Dr. Hilbert Johs Annual Math Education Scholarship	Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00	Dr. Howard and Carole Schmidt Endowed Scholarship The recipients(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: ...	Deadline01/04/2027
$1,440.00	Dr. J.S. Johar Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. James Budde and Family Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a first generation...	Deadline01/04/2027
$765.00	Dr. Jean C. Karlen Endowed Sociology Scholarship Applicant must be a sociology or social sciences major. Applicant must...	Deadline01/04/2027
$590.00	Dr. Jed O'Leary Endowed Music Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Jon Putnam Special Education Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must demonstrate need....	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Kenneth and Caroline McDonald Eng Agricultural Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be majoring in an...	Deadline01/04/2027
$940.00	Dr. Kent Blaser Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Laura Franklin Annual Scholarship Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must be a junior or...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Leon and Mrs. Lois Scott Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior....	Deadline01/04/2027
$500.00	Dr. LeRoy and Marian Simpson Annual Physical Education Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Myrle and K. Leone Hemenway Education Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Ned J. Pickett and Dr. Carol Wiltse-Potts Medical Scholarship Applicant must be a pre-professional program. Applicant must be a new...	Deadline01/04/2027
$1,115.00	Dr. Patricia Arneson Endowed Business Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a fulltime student attending Wayne State...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Paul D. and Marcia J. Swanson Dental Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a pre-dental major. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Randy Bertolas Geography Scholarship Applicant must be a geography major Applicant must be a returning...	Deadline01/04/2027
$790.00	Dr. Richard and Marilyn Collings Endowed Honors Scholarship Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must be enrolled full time.	Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00	Dr. Russell Anderson Memorial Scholarship Must be an undergraduate student attending Wayne State College and: A....	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. S.B. Shively and Edna Tuttle Shively Memorial End. Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Tracy Osborne Memorial Music Scholarship Applicant must be a full-time WSC student continuing to explore their...	Deadline01/04/2027
$1,165.00	Dr. Vaughn Benson Endowed Scholarship Awarded to a full-time student majoring in Business major. Must be a...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. Walter and Phebe Benthack Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be from Wayne County NE. Applicant must be a new...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dr. William E. Slaymaker Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a modern language literature, or philosophy major....	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Dwain and Carole Petersen Music Education Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	E.J. Huntemer Scholarship Applicant must be an industrial technology major. Applicant must be a...	Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00	EBS Annual Scholarship Applicant must be an eligible student who is an Education & Behaviorial...	Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00	Ed and Aleta (Faudel) Hill Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a student who is an Education major.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Education Matters Scholarship All students who have demonstrated academic success, have made a...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Edward Jones Scholarship Applicant must be a new or returning student. Is either of your parents...	Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00	Edward Jones Scholarship - Returning	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Edythe Wrigley Dale Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Elaine B. (Lundberg) and Hayden C. Jones Endowed Music Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Eleanor Fuhrman Endowed Education Scholarship Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Eleanore Benthack Ingram Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a pre-medicine major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Elizabeth (Haskell) Paul Endowed Scholarship Awarded to an applicant that is majoring in Ag and has a GPA of 2.5 or...	Deadline01/04/2027
$705.00	Eminov Family Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Ensz Family Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an incoming freshman who graduated from Wayne HS and...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Evelyn Thomsen McClain Community Scholarship Applicant must be from Osmond NE or Plainview, NE. Applicant must be a...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	F&M Bank - Wayne Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Deadline01/04/2027

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