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
$4,000, renewable for 4 years	Dean's Excellence Admissions-based scholarship awarded to select incoming freshmen...	Ended
Varies	Delta Sigma Pi - Dr. Ken Halsey Scholarship Applicant must be a business major. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended
Varies	Dick and Becky Keidel Wildcat Annual 2 Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Dick and Becky Keidel Wildcat Annual 4 Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Dick and Becky Keidel Wildcat Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Don and Carol Bremer Education Endowed Scholarship - Laurel High School Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Ended
Varies	Don and Carol Bremer Education Endowed Scholarship-Neligh Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended
Varies	Don and Carol Bremer Family Endowed Education Scholarship Applicant must be a graduate of Laurel High School. Applicant must be a...	Ended
Varies	Don and Carol Bremer Renewable Education Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an Education major. Applicant must be an incoming...	Ended
Varies	Don and Diane Soukup Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Don and Jean Means Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must have a 3.0 GPA or...	Ended
$0.00	Donald and Diane (Massman) Soukup Endowed Scholarship The Recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: ...	Ended
$1,000.00	Donald E. and Claudia E. Koeber Endowed Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a fulltime student attending Wayne State...	Ended
Varies	Donald H. and Barbara Jo Pedersen Endowed Ag Business Scholarships Applicants must be a full-time student attending Wayne State College...	Ended
$0.00	Donna M. (Hillegas) Krause Elementary Education Scholarship First preference to a graduate from Homer or Winnebago High School who...	Ended
Varies	Donna Sonner Holmes Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an elementary or secondary education major. Applicant...	Ended
$0.00	Doris E. Henderson Marcellus Endowed Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and a...	Ended
Varies	Dr. and Mrs. T.T. Jones / Helen Addy Brown Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Dr. Archie L. and Margaret P. McPherran Scholarship Applicant must be from Wayne County NE. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Dr. Frank Prather Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a math major Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
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...	Ended
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...	Ended
$0.00	Dr. Hilbert Johs Annual Math Education Scholarship	Ended
$0.00	Dr. Howard and Carole Schmidt Endowed Scholarship The recipients(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: ...	Ended
Varies	Dr. James Budde and Family Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a first generation...	Ended
Varies	Dr. Kenneth and Caroline McDonald Eng Agricultural Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be majoring in an...	Ended
Varies	Dr. Myrle and K. Leone Hemenway Education Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended
Varies	Dr. Ned J. Pickett and Dr. Carol Wiltse-Potts Medical Scholarship Applicant must be a pre-professional program. Applicant must be a new...	Ended
Varies	Dr. Paul D. and Marcia J. Swanson Dental Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a pre-dental major. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended
$790.00	Dr. Richard and Marilyn Collings Endowed Honors Scholarship Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must be enrolled full time.	Ended
$0.00	Dr. Russell Anderson Memorial Scholarship Must be an undergraduate student attending Wayne State College and: A....	Ended
Varies	Dr. Walter and Phebe Benthack Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be from Wayne County NE. Applicant must be a new...	Ended
Varies	Dr. William E. Slaymaker Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a modern language literature, or philosophy major....	Ended
Varies	E.J. Huntemer Scholarship Applicant must be an industrial technology major. Applicant must be a...	Ended
$0.00	EBS Annual Scholarship Applicant must be an eligible student who is an Education & Behaviorial...	Ended
$0.00	Ed and Aleta (Faudel) Hill Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a student who is an Education major.	Ended
Varies	Education Matters Scholarship All students who have demonstrated academic success, have made a...	Ended
Varies	Edward Jones Scholarship Applicant must be a new or returning student. Is either of your parents...	Ended
Varies	Edythe Wrigley Dale Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Ended
Varies	Eleanor Fuhrman Endowed Education Scholarship Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Eleanore Benthack Ingram Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a pre-medicine major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Elizabeth (Haskell) Paul Endowed Scholarship Awarded to an applicant that is majoring in Ag and has a GPA of 2.5 or...	Ended
Varies	Ensz Family Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an incoming freshman who graduated from Wayne HS and...	Ended
Varies	Evelyn Thomsen McClain Community Scholarship Applicant must be from Osmond NE or Plainview, NE. Applicant must be a...	Ended
Varies	First Nebraska Bank of Wayne/ Wayne Community Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of Wayne...	Ended
Varies	Francis J and Marilyn J (Allstot) Sudbeck Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an education...	Ended
Varies	Frank Adams Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
Varies	Frank and Elsie Heine Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
$0.00	Fuelberth Endowed Math and Music Scholarship Applicant must be a Math/Science major or Music major.	Ended
Varies	Garwood Scholarship Applicant must be an undergraduate student. Applicant must be a new...	Ended

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