Alverno Financial Aid Scholarship List
Scholarships Available with Applications
Scholarship Name
Qualifications/Contact Information
WAICU (WI Association of
Independent Colleges and
Universities) Scholarships
Criteria:
All scholarships can be applied for with one application.
 WAICU First Generation Scholarship (1 recipient, $5,000)
 This scholarship is available only to a first generation college student at Alverno College.
Recipients of the Scholarship must demonstrate financial need.
 Rath Distinguished Scholarship (2 recipients, $12,000 each)
 The Rath Distinguished Merit Scholarship must be awarded based on academic achievement,
merit and leadership. Financial need is not considered a factor. Recipients of a Rath
Distinguished Scholarship must be accepted or enrolled as students in good standing. The
recipient must have demonstrated academic excellence. In addition, scholarship recipients are
to demonstrate strong campus and community leadership. Scholars much be a U.S. citizen;
Wisconsin residents preferred.
 Sentry Insurance Foundation Scholarship (1 recipient, $1,000)
 The Sentry Insurance Foundation Scholarship is for students majoring in business, economics,
mathematics, management information systems (MIS), industrial design, communication
design, or interior architecture/design. Students selected as recipients must demonstrate
financial need, have a declared major in the fields listed above, and be a full-time
undergraduate.
 UPS/CIC Foundation Scholarship (1 recipient, $2,450)
 The UPS Scholarship is to be given to a full-time undergraduate student whose background
reflects one or more of the components in the target population for the UPS Foundation and
CIC's First Opportunity Program: first generation, low-income, minority, or new American
students.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
 Applicants must be Alverno junior or senior in the Community Leadership Program; One
available for a sophomore or junior in Global Studies, Politics, or Sociology.
*Please see the Alverno College Financial Aid Office for application and more information.
Criteria:
 Applicants must be a Alverno sophomore, junior or senior biology or chemistry major
interested in a career in the medical field
Linda and Michael Scheible
Scholarships
Dr. Carol Meils Scholarship
Updated 5/2/16
Award Amount &
Deadline
Amount:
Deadline:
Varies by
scholarship
May 6, 2016
Amount:
Deadline:
$1,000
May 6, 2016
Amount:
Deadline:
Up to $5,000
May 13,
Alverno Financial Aid Scholarship List
* Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Edie Dixon Library Science
Scholarship
Directive Consulting’s
Annual ‘Search to Learn’
Scholarship
2016/2017 Wisconsin
Counties Solid Waste
Management Association
(WCSWMA) Scholarship
Ralph & Melita Harkness
Endowed Scholarship
Wisconsin Women in
Government 2016
Undergraduate Scholarship
Tina Emerson Nursing
2016
Criteria:
•
Applicant must be an Alverno junior or senior who plans to work in an academic setting and
pursue an advanced degree in Library Science.
 *Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Amount:
Deadline:
$500
Criteria:
 Applicant must be a high school senior or current college student with an active .edu email
address (The winner will be notified by .edu e-mail provided in the application form) and must
submit a resume with video entry.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
 Applicants must be currently enrolled full-time at an accredited Wisconsin university or college
and are entering their junior or senior undergraduate year or working on a graduate degree.
 Degree areas for consideration as a part of this scholarship are environmental education,
recycling, waste management, environmental engineering, the environmental sciences, public
administration or a related field or other degree areas with a demonstrated interest in a career
in waste resource management industry.
 To request an application, contact one of the scholarship committee members on the website.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
•
Applicant must be an Alverno junior or senior who plans to work in an academic setting and
pursue an advanced degree in Library Science.
*Please see the Alverno College Financial Aid Office for application and more information.
Amount:
May 13,
2016
Deadline:
Criteria:
 Applicants must be a female resident of Wisconsin
 Applicants must have financial need as determined by the receiving school based on
applicant’s eligibility for either the Federal Pell Grant Program, Wisconsin Grant, or Talent
Incentive Program (TIP)
 Applicants must be enrolled, at the time of the application, as a full-time or part-time
undergraduate student at any of the eligible institutions
 Applicants must plan to be enrolled as a full-time or part-time undergraduate student at any of
the above institutions for the fall semester.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
•
Applicant must be enrolled in a Masters of Nursing program (Family Nurse Practitioner,
$1,000
May 14,
2016
Amount:
Deadline:
$2,000
May 16,
2016
Amount:
Deadline:
TBD
Amount:
May 20,
2016
Deadline:
Up to $3,000
May 20,
2016 to
Alverno
Financial Aid
Office
Amount:
Deadline:
Alverno Financial Aid Scholarship List
Scholarship
Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist) at Alverno
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Mixbook Scholarship
Criteria:
 Applicant must be enrolled, or will be enrolled, in a full-time college or university program
 Applicant will be asked to submit an essay based on the prompt on the website.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Amount:
Criteria:
 Applicant must be nurses pursuing advanced degrees in preparation for a career as a full-time
academic nurse educator.
 Applicants must be master’s or doctoral students enrolled in accredited programs who have
completed at least half of their academic program.
 Applicants must be NLN members either through individual dues or through their schools’ NLN
membership.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
 Applicants must be undergraduate and graduate students who are 18 years old or older.
 Applicants must be accepted to, or currently enrolled in a college or university located within
the United States or in the District of Columbia.
 Applicants will be asked to write an essay on the prompt on the website
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
 Drawings for scholarship sweepstakes winners occur twice a year – June 1 and December 1
 There is no cost to enter. Students must be registered for a Financial Literacy account,
managed by Decision Partners.
 Eligibility not based on academic merit or financial need
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
 Applicant must be a full-time student currently attending a four-year college or university (12credits or more per semester) during the year. In addition, must have already completed 24credits and be enrolled for the upcoming semester (minimum of 12-credit hours), for the
scholarship to be awarded.
 Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen or lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
 Applicant must provide proof of disability by submitting an Evaluation / Reasonable
Accommodations Report by the Director of the College’s Disabilities Services Office) stating
eligibility for services due to a disability.
Amount:
NLN Foundation for
Nursing Education
Scholarship Awards
Addiction Resource
Scholarship
PNC Education Loan Center
Achiever Scholarship
Sweepstakes
The Springboard
Foundation Scholarship
$1,500
$1,000
May 20,
2016
Deadline:
May 29,
2016
Deadline:
$1,000
May 31,
2016
Amount:
Deadline:
$300-$2,000
May 31,
2016
Amount:
Deadline:
$2,000
June 1,
2016
Amount:
Deadline:
$1,500-$2,500
June 15,
2016
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Denise Bertucci Memorial
Scholarship
SeniorHomes Caregiver
Scholarship
The Fence Authority
Scholarship
EZstorit “Get Ahead
Scholarship”
 Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or above.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
 Applicant must be at least 22 years of age, having returned to school after at least two years
off.
 Applicant must be a continuing student with at least 2 semesters of school completed since
returning to school. (Summer school does not apply and student must be enrolled in upcoming
term.)
 Applicant must be attending a Wisconsin post-secondary institution pursuing a minimum of a
two-year undergraduate program.
 Applicants must be a full-time student as defined by the school in which they are enrolled.
 Applicants must have a 3.0 GPA based on a 4.0 scale. A transcript of grades must be included in
the application packet submitted.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
 Applicant must submit their story through a 1,200-word essay or a 5-minute video that tells us
of your journey being a caregiver and student.
 Applicants must be in good academic standing and attending a U.S. college or university in Fall
2016.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
 Applicant must be a pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree related to a profession that is dedicated to
improving the beautification of US communities, such as Architecture, Landscape
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Horticulture, and Environmental and Marine Sciences (full list
of majors listed on scholarship website).
• Applicants must plan to complete at least 15 units in their major during their Freshman year of
college
• Applicants must be enrolled full time in an accepted major during the 2016-2017 school year
• Applicants must be a US Citizen attending or accepted into a US college or university
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
 Applicants must be enrolled at the time of application as a full-time undergraduate or
graduate student at an accredited college or university.
 Applicants must demonstrate successful completion of the previous year’s study by
maintaining at least a 2.75 accumulated grade point average on a scale of 1 to 4 with an “A”
equal to 4.
Amount:
Deadline:
$1,000
June 30,
2016
Amount:
Deadline:
$1,000
June 30,
2016
Amount:
Deadline:
$1,000
June 30,
2016
Amount:
Deadline:
$500
July 11,
2016
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Ark Law Group Fresh Start
Scholarship Program
 Applicants will be asked to answer the prompt on the website.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
Criteria:
 Applicants must be enrolled in a 2-year, 4-year, graduate level or certification program.
 Applicants will be asked to answer the prompt on the website. All entries must be a minimum
of 500 and maximum of 1000 words. Diagrams, schematics, illustrations and photographs may
be included as supporting documents.
*Please see application for additional requirements and attachments. (SEE HERE!)
General Scholarship Sites & Resources
Discover Student Loans
Scholarship Search
Multiple scholarships listed: https://www.discover.com/student-loans/scholarships/search.html
Elks National Foundation
A variety of scholarships. Requirements vary depending on the scholarship:
http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/
“HRSA health professions loan repayment, scholarship and loan programs help to encourage and
enable clinicians to work in underserved areas.” http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/index.html
National Health Service
Corps (NHSC) Professions
Loan Repayment,
Scholarship and Loan
Programs
American Association of
Critical Care Nurses
Continuing Professional
Development Scholarship
Scholarships for nursing students working in varying areas:
http://www.aacn.org/WD/Memberships/Content/bsngradschship.content?menu=membership
American Psychological
Association
Open Education Database
“APA and its affiliate organizations provide a wide range of grants, scholarships, awards with the aim of
advancing the science and practice of psychology as a means of understanding behavior and
promoting health, education, and human welfare.” http://www.apa.org/about/awards/index.aspx
Scholarships listed by different topics: http://oedb.org/financial-aid/
National Indian Education
Association Scholarships
Scholarships of interest to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, as listed on the
website: www.niea.org/students/scholarships.aspx
College Xpress
A personalized scholarship and college search: http://www.collegexpress.com/
Amount:
Deadline:
$1,000
July 31,
2016
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College Resource Network
A personalized scholarship and college search: http://www.collegeresourcenetwork.com/
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
A variety of scholarships available to Hispanic students: http://www.hispanicfund.org/
UNCF (United Negro
College Fund) Scholarship
A variety of scholarships available to African-American students: https://scholarships.uncf.org/