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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.

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Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
Varies	Marcia Wiese Hult Elementary Education Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be an Elementary...	Ended
Varies	Maria Grovas Scholarship in Spanish Applicant must be a Spanish major. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended
Varies	Mark Deming Pingrey and Barbara Bucknam Pingrey Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a business or english major. Applicant must be a new...	Ended
Varies	Marlyn and Patricia Washburn Endowed Scholarship - Education Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be from Seward NE...	Ended
Varies	Marlyn and Patricia Washburn Endowed Scholarship - Math Must be a full time student attending Wayne State College and a major in...	Ended
Varies	Martha Roe Davenport Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Are you a TRiO (Talent Search Upward...	Ended
Varies	Martin and Edith Buschkamp Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Mary Frances Surber Gross Endowed Scholarship Applicant may be from EXCEPT the following are eligible: Omaha...	Ended
Varies	Milton and Miriam Waldbaum Annual Scholarship Applicant must carry at least 9 credit hours. Applicant must be the...	Ended
Varies	Morland G. McManigal Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Ended
Varies	Nebraska Teacher World Education and Diversity Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an education...	Ended
Varies	Neil and Bonnie Sandahl Scholarship Applicant must be a math major Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended
Varies	Neil and Bonnie Sandahl Scholarship - Industrial Technology Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a industrial...	Ended
Varies	Netherda Scholarship Applicant must be an industrial education major. Applicant must be a new...	Ended
Varies	O.R. Bowen Annual Scholarship Applicant must be an education major Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Orville and Hallie Sherry Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended
Varies	Otto and Gladys Baumann Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of West...	Ended
Varies	Paul Cook Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Paul Jonathan Ewald Jorde Pre-Med Scholarship Applicant must be a pre-medicine major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
$4,000, renewable for 4 years	President's Commitment Admissions-based scholarship awarded to select incoming freshmen...	Ended
$5,000, renewable for 4 years	President's Excellence Admissions-based scholarship awarded to select incoming freshmen...	Ended
Varies	Quality Foods Annual Scholarship Are you an employee of Quality Food Center/IGA of Wayne Nebraska?...	Ended
Varies	Ray K. & Marjorie L. Dover Memorial Fund Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
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	Riessen-Reed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate Osmond...	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 M. and Helen A. Lehr Pre-Nursing Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a freshman State of residence Major	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	Ronald G. Carlson Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be from Sioux City Iowa or South Sioux City, Nebraska....	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
Varies	Sayre Andersen - Gilbert Vaughan Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an english major...	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	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

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