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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.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
$500.00	Criminal Justice Alumni Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a member of...	Ended
$500.00	CTIS Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Computer...	Ended
Varies	CTIS Retired Faculty Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Computer...	Ended
$250.00	Dale L. Riehart Annual Broadcasting Scholarship Applicant must be a mass communications major. Applicant must be a...	Ended
Varies	David & Donna Ewing Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a US Citizen....	Ended
Varies	David and Darlene Janovy Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education...	Ended
$790.00	David Remmen Memorial Graduate Assistant Award Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must currently be a...	Ended
Varies	Deborah (Jones) and Bruce Lundahl Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be majoring in a Pre-Professional medical field.	Ended
Varies	Delta Kappa Gamma Endowed Scholarshiop Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education major	Ended
$3,255.00	Delta Sigma Pi - Willard Wollenhaupt Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Business major.	Ended
Varies	Dennis and Marcia Hult Elementary Education Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Ended
$8,850.00	Dennis and Marcia Hult Mathematics Education Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Ended
$1,700.00	Dick Manley Journalism Scholarship Applicant must be a journalism major.	Ended
Varies	Donna Clark Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Social...	Ended
Varies	Dorothy Glover McClellan Music Scholarship Applicant must be a music education major.	Ended
Varies	Dorothy Ley Learning Disabilities Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education...	Ended
$615.00	Dr. Andria Cooper Criminal Justice Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a WSC student who is a Criminal Justice major and has...	Ended
Varies	Dr. Clifford V. and Melba C. Wait Endowed Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
$1,395.00	Dr. David and Kellie Ensz Endowed RHOP Scholarship Applicant must be majoring in Pre-Medicine. WSC Student admitted into...	Ended
$2,885.00	Dr. Dennis Thavenet Endowed Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College who...	Ended
$940.00	Dr. Don Cattle Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an industrial...	Ended
$505.00	Dr. Gwen Jensen Memorial Scholarship Awarded to a WSC student majoring in Communication Studies/Theatre Arts...	Ended
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...	Ended
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...	Ended
$1,440.00	Dr. J.S. Johar Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
$765.00	Dr. Jean C. Karlen Endowed Sociology Scholarship Applicant must be a sociology or social sciences major. Applicant must...	Ended
$590.00	Dr. Jed O'Leary Endowed Music Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
Varies	Dr. Jon Putnam Special Education Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must demonstrate need....	Ended
$940.00	Dr. Kent Blaser Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
Varies	Dr. Laura Franklin Annual Scholarship Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must be a junior or...	Ended
Varies	Dr. Leon and Mrs. Lois Scott Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior....	Ended
$500.00	Dr. LeRoy and Marian Simpson Annual Physical Education Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
$1,115.00	Dr. Patricia Arneson Endowed Business Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a fulltime student attending Wayne State...	Ended
Varies	Dr. Randy Bertolas Geography Scholarship Applicant must be a geography major Applicant must be a returning...	Ended
Varies	Dr. S.B. Shively and Edna Tuttle Shively Memorial End. Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
Varies	Dr. Tracy Osborne Memorial Music Scholarship Applicant must be a full-time WSC student continuing to explore their...	Ended
$1,165.00	Dr. Vaughn Benson Endowed Scholarship Awarded to a full-time student majoring in Business major. Must be a...	Ended
Varies	Dwain and Carole Petersen Music Education Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a...	Ended
$0.00	Edward Jones Scholarship - Returning	Ended
Varies	Elaine B. (Lundberg) and Hayden C. Jones Endowed Music Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
$705.00	Eminov Family Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior...	Ended
Varies	F&M Bank - Wayne Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Ended
Varies	Faith Nuernberger Memorial Endowed Scholarship - Education Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Ended
$3,430.00	Faith Nuernberger Memorial Endowed Scholarship - Music Education Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a music...	Ended
$1,360.00	Family and Consumer Science Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a sophomore or above. Applicant must be a Family and...	Ended
$210.00	Family and Consumer Sciences Alumni Scholarship Applicant must be a family and consumer sciences major. Applicant must...	Ended
Varies	Family and Consumer Sciences Faculty Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Family and...	Ended
$500.00	Faye Bowyer Saxton Scholarship Applicant must be an education major with an emphasis in Mathematics....	Ended
$535.00	FBLA-PBL (Phi Beta Lambda) Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Ended
Varies	Freeman Bernard Decker & Constance Herndon Decker Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Ended

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