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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, 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	Daniel Ference Scholarship Applicant must be a Liberal Arts major Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Darold and Maxine Bobier Endowed Scholarship Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or above. Applicant must be a Business...	Ended
Varies	Darold and Maxine Bobier Math Scholarship in Memory of Jessie Boyce Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Ended
Varies	Darrel and Phyllis Rahn Endowed Scholarship Full time WSC Student majoring in Education	Ended
Varies	David and Freda Wolf Scholarship Applicant must be a graduate of Pierce High School. Applicant must be a...	Ended
Varies	David E. Stevens Memorial English Education Scholarship Applicant must be an english major Applicant must be a new freshman.	Ended
Varies	Dean A. Metz Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a physics math,...	Ended
$0.00	Dean Jacobs Endowed Scholarship Must be a first generation student who has been involved in Service...	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

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