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
Varies Cornell and Diana Runestad Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a member of...
$500.00 Criminal Justice Alumni Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a member of...
$500.00 CTIS Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Computer...
Varies CTIS Retired Faculty Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Computer...
$500.00 Dale L. Riehart Annual Broadcasting Scholarship
Applicant must be a mass communications major. Applicant must be a...
Varies David & Donna Ewing Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a US Citizen....
Varies David and Darlene Janovy Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education...
$745.00 David Remmen Memorial Graduate Assistant Award
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must currently be a...
Varies Delta Kappa Gamma Endowed Scholarshiop
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education major
$3,045.00 Delta Sigma Pi - Willard Wollenhaupt Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Business major.
Varies Dennis and Marcia Hult Elementary Education Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
$8,225.00 Dennis and Marcia Hult Mathematics Education Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Varies Donna Clark Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Social...
Varies Dorothy Ley Learning Disabilities Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education...
Varies Dr. Clifford V. and Melba C. Wait Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
$2,350.00 Dr. Dennis Thavenet Endowed Scholarship
The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College who...
$940.00 Dr. Don Cattle Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an industrial...
$480.00 Dr. Gwen Jensen Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to a WSC student majoring in Communication Studies/Theatre Arts...
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...
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...
$1,345.00 Dr. J.S. Johar Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
$710.00 Dr. Jean C. Karlen Endowed Sociology Scholarship
Applicant must be a sociology or social sciences major. Applicant must...
$565.00 Dr. Jed O'Leary Endowed Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
Varies Dr. Jon Putnam Special Education Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must demonstrate need....
$895.00 Dr. Kent Blaser Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
Varies Dr. Laura Franklin Annual Scholarship
Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must be a junior or...
Varies Dr. Leon and Mrs. Lois Scott Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior....
$500.00 Dr. LeRoy and Marian Simpson Annual Physical Education Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
$1,400.00 Dr. Patricia Arneson Endowed Business Scholarship
The recipient(s) must be a fulltime student attending Wayne State...
Varies Dr. Randy Bertolas Geography Scholarship
Applicant must be a geography major Applicant must be a returning...
Varies Dr. S.B. Shively and Edna Tuttle Shively Memorial End. Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
$1,045.00 Dr. Vaughn Benson Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to a full-time student majoring in Business major. Must be a...
Varies Dwain and Carole Petersen Music Education Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a...
Varies Edward Jones Scholarship
Applicant must be a new or returning student. Is either of your parents...
Varies Elaine B. (Lundberg) and Hayden C. Jones Endowed Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
$670.00 Eminov Family Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior...
Varies F&M Bank - Wayne
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a graduate of...
Varies Faith Nuernberger Memorial Endowed Scholarship - Education
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
$3,365.00 Faith Nuernberger Memorial Endowed Scholarship - Music Education
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a music...
$860 Family and Consumer Science Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a sophomore or above. Applicant must be a Family and...
$205.00 Family and Consumer Sciences Alumni Scholarship
Applicant must be a family and consumer sciences major. Applicant must...
Varies Family and Consumer Sciences Faculty Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Family and...
$460.00 Faye Bowyer Saxton Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major with an emphasis in Mathematics....
$510.00 FBLA-PBL (Phi Beta Lambda) Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Varies Freeman Bernard Decker & Constance Herndon Decker Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Varies Friends of Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a music major.
Varies Gallisath Student Success Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.5...
$1,570.00 Gene & Kathy (Weber) Schwarting Math Education Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
Varies Gene and Joan Willmott Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
$2,500.00 George L. and Deborah C. Shuck Business Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...