Active Foundation Scholarships
Foundation Scholarship
Title
Scholarship Criteria
College/Department within the
criteria
Renewable
Acacia Scholarship
Female students from EKU service region min.GPA 3.3,
financial need
No specific college/department
Y
Agriculture Alumni Scholarship
Agriculture major, first-year student with 12 hrs. earned or
sophomore, 2.6 CUM GPA, financial need
Agriculture
N
Agriculture Work Scholarship
Agriculture majors with financial need. Employed at EKU
/Meadowbrook Farm for minimum of 12 hrs. per week during
Fall and Spring semester. Provide own transportation to and
from main campus to farm. Maintain 2.0 GPA.
Agriculture
Y
Albert B. and Sara V. Allison
Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Full-time freshman, Graduate of Mercer County High School,
prefer students pursuing a degree in education or social work
Education/ Social Work
N
Allen Company Foundation
Scholarship
Engineering major, prefer Clark or Madison counties, then
central KY counties, if applying for this scholarship from high
school student needs ACT 22 or higher, math ACT 25 or
higher, if applying for scholarship as a currently enrolled EKU
student or transfer student must have at least 3.0 GPA
Arts & Sciences
Y
Alycia Erin Smith Memorial
Endowed Arts Scholarship
Art & Design, English & Theatre, or Music major; high school
minimum 3.5 GPA, maintain 3.0 GPA to renew, involved in
school activities related to applicant's major. Write a detailed
essay describing academic major, school activities related to
major, and career plans. Two recommendations, one must be
from a teacher who is familiar with your potential as an artist.
Arts & Sciences
N
Ann Daniel Chapman Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time undergrad or grad students in good academic
standing with demonstrated financial need or be an
academically exceptional student. Strong desire to study
abroad in London during the summer. Recipient must be
accepted to the London Study Abroad Summer Program and
provide a copy of the Program's acceptance letter to the
scholarship office.
No specific college/department
Y
Arthur and Frieda Bingham Prize
Scholarship
Sophomore or junior biology majors (not pre-med) in the top
20% of the class.
Arts & Sciences
Y
Arthur Glatfelter Scholarship
Fire and Safety Engineering Technology major, 3.0 GPA
Fire & Safety Engineering Technology
Y
AT & T Endowed Scholarship
Child, step-child, or spouse of AT&T employee/retiree, or fulltime EKU student recommended by current or retired AT&T
employee; minimum 3.25 GPA, involvement in school & civic
activities, one time award, non-renewable
No specific college/department
N
Aymara Castillo Art-Service Award Art major, 3.0 GPA, completed junior year, service oriented
Art & Design
N
Baccalaureate Nursing Scholarship Nursing major, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, full time, 3.0
Award
GPA, financial need
Nursing
Y
Baptist Health Richmond
Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Fund
Kentucky resident, 2.5 GPA, majoring in alllied health field at
EKU, junior, senior, or master's classification, renewable for
maximum of eight semesters
Health Sciences
Y
Barry L. McCauley Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Junior, senior or graduate student, vocal performing arts
major, 2.75 GPA, strong desire to perform professionally
Music
N
Bechtel Parsons BlueGrass
Endowed Scholarship
Full-time undergraduate student in good academic standing
with at least 30 credit hours, must have demonstrated
financial need, have a declared major in Environmental
Studies or Environmental Health Science, and be a
permanent resident of Madison County, KY or any county in
the EKU service area.
Health Sciences
Y
Ben and Sam Hill Scholarship
Priority to incoming freshmen, graduate of Henry County or
Eminence High School
No specific college/department
Y
Bill and Cindy Clements Hillard
Lyons Scholarship
Full-time, in good standing, from Henderson, Union, or
Webster KY counties, with any major in the College of
Business & Technology
Business & Technology
Y
Bob Reynolds Memorial
Scholarship
For full-time undergrad student preferably from Model Lab
High School (then from Madison County majoring in the
College of Education), financial need required
Education
Y
Bruce Bennet Memorial
Scholarship
For young musicians to purse careers as professional
organists, music majors, Incoming freshman in the upper 50%
of their graduating class, full-time, one time award only,
selected by audition, transfer students should have at least a
2.8 GPA, renewable
Music
N
Bernice N. Clark Memorial
Endowed Scholarship in Music
Incoming freshman, Music major 3.0 GPA, Preferably resident
of Montgomery, Bath, or Fleming Counties. If not eligible,
could be chosen from Clark County
Music
Y
Bertha C. Agee Endowed
Scholarship for Dyslexia
Student suffering from dyslexia, students must reapply each
year; awarded via Office of Services for Individuals with
Disabilities
No specific college/department
N
Bill Wigglesworth Scholarship
For students from Holmes High School in Covington, KY first,
then from Kenton County, KY with evident financial need, fulltime, undergraduates, high school GPA of 3.0 or better.
Arts & Sciences
Y
Business & Technology
Y
Full-time undergraduate student with Soph, Jr. or Sr. level
classifaction. Pursing a major or minor within the Risk
Bluegrass Association of Insurance Management & Insurance Studies Program. Be in good
Women Endowed Scholarship
academic standing and possess a cumulative GPA of 2.75
Bonnie Craft Plummer Endowed
Study Abroad Scholarship
For study abroad students. English major; completed 30 hrs
or more of study, graduate or undergraduate, Approval for
study abroad program.
English & Theatre
N
Booth Scholarship Program for
Math & Science
Students who have completed their freshman year, and are
majoring in a physical science or mathematics, and who have
the capability, and intent, of pursuing a graduate degree in
their field.
Arts & Sciences
Y
Bowlin Family Bassmasters
Scholarship
Any Bassmasters Club participant eligible to apply. Recipient
recommended by Bassmasters Club President.
No specific college/department
N
C. Todd Riley Scholarship
C. Vernon Cooper Public Radio
Endowment
Students that are active member of Interfraternity Coucil,
National Pan-Hellenic Council, Panhellenci Council, 3.0 GPA,
Jr.or Sr., incredibly active within the campus community
through community service and other orgs.
Full time; working toward a career in field of broadcasting; at
least 2.8 GPA; renewable
No specific college/department
N
No specific college/department
Y
Captain Tagg Veal Memorial
Aviation Scholarships
Student enrolled at least one semester, hold minimum FAA
private pilot license, full-time aviation major, 3.0 GPA , desire
to pursue a career in commercial aviation
Aviation
Y
Carole Garrison Criminal Justice
Endowed Research and
Scholarship
Full-time senior or graduate student at EKU in good academic
standing (both at the time of awarding and during the term of
the award). Be a Criminal Justice. Police Studies or
Corrections major (or future equivalent). A single parent of a
dependent child. Have cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher
Justice & Safety
Y
Carrie B. Jones Pigman Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Elementary education major, female preferred, eastern KY
region but prefer Floyd or Knott Counties, KY, renewable
Curriculum & Instruction
Y
Carroll McGuffey Scholarship
Endowment for Teaching of
Mathematics
Masters degree in mathematics with a emphasis on teaching,
born in KY preference to residents of Clinton, Wayne,
Cumberland, or Russell Counties
Education
Y
Cattoi Family Endowed
Scholarship
Preference given to students who demonstrate financial need;
U.S. citizen; maintains 3.0 GPA after first semester of
Freshmen year.
No specific college/department
Y
Cecil A. Washburn Endowed
Scholarship
Incoming freshman or a returning student, business major, 2.8
GPA, financial need
Business & Technology
Y
Cecil B. Clark and Hazel
Shackelford Clark Memorial
Endowed Scholarship in
Agriculture
Agriculture major, full-time status, 3.0 GPA, preferably
resident of Montgomery, Bath, or Fleming Counties. If not
eligible, could be from Clark County
Agriculture
Y
One Madison Central graduate, One Madison Southern
graduate & any Madison County or Clarkesville and Semour,
IN student, secondary education majors with emphasis in
Dr. Charles R. and Jamie D. Lamb Social Studies, English, or Music, also one Graduate student
Endowed Scholarship
majoring in Library Science, financial need
Education
Y
Charles C. and Betty C. Combs
Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Agriculture
Y
Arts & Sciences
Y
Charles F. Weaver Award
Junior/senior preferred, agriculture major, from Kentucky, 3.25
GPA
Two awards - one for speech and theatre majors and one for
home economics majors
Charles Reedy Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time undergrads majoring in Corrections & Juvenile
Justice, either be employed full-time or retired from the field of
corrections or juvenile justice, or an immediate family member
of such a person, with a 20 ACT or 1020 SAT & a cumulative
high school GPA of 2.5 or college GPA of 2.5 after 2
semesters. Be able to articulate specific goals in either
corrections or juvenile justice. Complete a letter of
information/application outlining any qualifications that the
applicant would like considered by the evaluation committee
Justice & Safety
Y
Charles T. "Turkey" Hughes
Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Student athlete member of varsity baseball team, one to
Health, Physical Education, or Recreation major
Athletics & Health Sciences
N
Chellgren Family Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time undergrad or graduate student in an EKU degree
program, in good academic standing, minimum 3.25 GPA (3.5
high school GPA for new freshmen), essay outlining academic
accomplishments, extra-curricular activities, & professional
goals. Write an essay describing your academic
accomplishment, extra-curricular activities and professional
goals.
No specific college/department
Y
Christian and Ricky Gordon
Diversity Scholarship
Non-traditional students, part-time or full-time status, 2.7
GPA, financial need. Write a 500-1000 word essay describing
your commitment and involvement in activities that have
helped you understand, respect, and celebrate diversity
including a description of what diversity means to you.
Financial need will be considered.
No specific college/department
Y
Christopher Mark Griffin Endowed
Scholarship
Full time status, financial need
Honors Program
Y
Cinda Wellman Communication
Scholarship
For female broadcasting/electronic media or journalism
majors graduat of a school in Ohio with a 3.0 GPA in major
with demonstrated financial need. To be used for books and
supplies.
Business & Technology
Y
Clarence H. Gifford Endowed
Scholarship Award in Education
Elementary and secondary education major, full time status,
resident of KY, graduate of a KY high school, financial need
Curriculum & Instruction
Y
Biology,chemistry,geology or physics major, full time status,
Clarence H. Gifford Scholarship in resident of KY, graduate of KY high school, financial need,
Sciences
renewable
Commuter student from Madison or Franklin County, KY,
Clay Ford Scholarship
pursuing four year degree
Arts & Sciences
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Clifford Arlo Holt Applied
Engineering Management Fund
Preference given to student majoring in Applied Engineering
Management. Based on financial need. Preference given to
married students.
Business & Technology
Y
Colonel Finley R. Hamilton Music
Scholarship
Full time status, music or music education majors in good
standing, 3.0 GPA
Arts & Sciences
Y
Communications Alumni
Scholarship
Multiple scholarships to communication majors
Communications
N
Community Trust Bank Scholarship Junior or Senior Finance major
No specific college/department
Y
Computer Science Scholarship
Computer science major
Computer Science
Y
Connie Lawson Endowed Business
Scholarship
Creighton Endowed Art
Scholarship
Junior, 2.5 GPA, Business major, preference to Eastern KY
including Ashland area; if No specific college/department
apply, then no geographic limitations
Art major, sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have
completed 9 hours in art, 3.0 GPA, financial need
Business & Technology
Y
Art & Design
Y
Creighton Endowed Scholarships
for Mathematics, Physics,
Chemistry and Forensic Science
Full-time students in good academic standing, attained junior
status, major in mathematics, physics, chemistry, or forensic
science, minimum 3.0 GPA, demonstrate financial need
Arts & Sciences
Y
Creighton Environmental Health
Scholarship
Environmental Health Science major, sophomores, juniors,
and seniors, 3.0 GPA, with 15 hours of environmental health
science completed, financial need
Environmental Health Science
Y
Dan Mason Broadcasting &
Electronic Media Endowed
Scholarship
For Broadcasting & Electronic Media majors with a 3.0 GPA in
major classes, a 2.5 overall GPA, full-time, in good academic
standing.
Business & Technology
N
Dan R. Varney Memorial
Scholarship
Undergrad or graduate with 3.0 cum GPA, Biology major,
Biology Dept. selects recipient
Biology
Y
Danny McNabb Memorial
Scholarship
For undergraduate students with a 3.0 high school GPA,
financial need via FAFSA and from single parent homes.
Preferences = male students or students from Harrison
County, KY. Renewable with a 2.5 EKU GPA and good
academic standing.
No specific college/department
Y
Darrell & Jean Baker Endowed
Scholarship
Student with high school GPA 3.5 or above, Anderson,
Franklin, Leslie, Mercer, or Clay Counties in KY, renewable 4
years with 3.0 GPA
No specific college/department
Y
Della Clark and Florian Bales
Memorial Endowed Scholarship in
Nursing
Nursing major, full-time status,3.0 high school GPA,
preferably resident of Montgomery, Bath, or Fleming
Counties. If not eligible, could be chosen from Clark County
Nursing
Y
Diana Hamilton Memorial
Scholarship
Enrolled in the honors program, prefer Boyd County, KY
resident
Honors Program
Y
Diane Hill Scholarship
For students from Bracken, Campbell, Mason, or Pendleton
who have maintained a 2.75 minimum cumulative GPA over
previous two years (if coming in as a freshman from high
school.) Undergraduate or graduate.
No specific college/department
Y
Dick M. Allen Scholarship
Current library student worker who has completed at least one
full semester of library employment; junior or senior
No specific college/department
N
Don & Angie McGeorge Endowed
Scholarship
EKU service region residents who are full-time on the
Richmond, Corbin or Manchester campuses with
demonstrated financial need (FAFSA required) and a
minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA from high school or college.
Undergraduate or graduate.
No specific college/department
Y
Donald E. Bodley Endowed
Scholarship
Senior standing, College of Business & Tech., cumulative 3.5
GPA, "A" in RST 310
Business & Technology
N
Donn Johnson Endowed English
Scholarship
Full-time, undergrad English major with demonstrated
financial need and a 3.25 GPA in good academic standing
who is a KY resident from the EKU service region.
Arts & Sciences
N
Doug & Nancy Hindman
Professional Psychology
Scholarship
Full-time psychology majors of at least junior status with a 3.0
or higher GPA who show high potential for a professional
psychology career.
Arts & Sciences
Y
Dowell Family Endowed
Scholarship
Graduates of Russell County High School, renewable
No specific college/department
Y
Dr. Aaron Thompson and Dr. Rita
Davis Endowed Scholarship
Provide support to Africian American students, 19 or higher
ACT score, 3.0 cumulative GPA, financial need, eastern and
southeastern Kentucky geographical area; Write an essay
describing what it means to be a person of color from
Appalachia.
No specific college/department
Y
Dr. Anthony C. Goldson Memorial
Scholarship
For Social Work majors enrolled in SWK 390 or SWK 490
who are residents of an Eastern Kentucky county and attend
and EKU Extended Campus. Must demonstrate beginning
competency in diversity. Essay required.
Arts & Sciences
N
Dr. Bertee (Bert T.) and Retta
Faye (Jett) Adkins Endowed
Scholarship
Students must be a permanent resident of Kentucky; enrolled
full-time in a Business Program at EKU College of Business &
Technology; Maintain cum GPA of 2.6 or greater;
demonstrate financial need
Business & Technology
Y
Dr. Dean C. Cannon Endowed
Memorial Communication
Scholarship
For full-time in good academic standing; junior or senior
undergrad Broadcasting/electronic media or Public Relations
majors with a 3.0 GPA; submit a formal application
determined by the Dept. of Communications and an essay.
Not less than 350 words and no more than 400 words
addressing three questions: What is your communications
career goal? What role do communication media play in
Amercian society? How will your studies at EKU prepare you
for your career?
Communications
Y
Dr. Glen Kleine Communications
Endowed Fund
For BEM, CMS, JOU or PUB majors within the
Communication Dept., minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA with
demonstrated leadership and university/professional service.
Business & Technology
Y
Dr. Glynn Creamer Mathematics
Education Endowed Scholarship
Full-time seniors in math teaching BS degree program with
3.0 cumulative GPA. Preferences to student with financial
need in first semester of student teaching.
Arts & Sciences
Y
Dr. Imogene Ramsey Endowed
Scholarship
Elementary or Middle grade education majors, 60 hours
completed, 2.75 GPA, 22 counties in EKU service region,
prefer first generation college students, or financial need
Curriculum & Instruction
Y
Dr. James M. Kenkel
Undergraduate Linguistics
Scholarship
Undergrad English major in good standing with an interest in
linguistics.
Chair, English Dept.
Y
Dr. James and Mary Lou Salter
Scholarship
Preference given to juniors, seniors, pre-med students.
Min.GPA 3.0. $1000 year max.award
No specific college/department
Y
Full time Junior, senior or graduate student; declared major
within the Department of Recreation & Park Admistration ;
2.5 GPA; recipients recommended by Department of
Dr. James McChesney Scholarship Recreation and Park Administration
Dr. Jessica Johnson Frazier
Scholarship
Dr. Kimberly Merritt Memorial
Scholarship
Female accounting majors in good standing; from the EKU
service region who have at least an ACT composite score of
22; involvement in academic/ or community activities in a
leadership capacity
Leisure Studies, Recreation & Park Admistration
N
Business & Technology
Y
No specific college/department
Y
For full-time sophomore, junior, senior; maintain 2.5 or greater
GPA; traditionally underrepresented in academic or
institutional programs as it relates to goal of increasing
diversity. This includes first generation college students, low
income family students, and students with a history of
overcoming diversity; financial need.
Dr. Mary Lloyd Ireland, M.D.,
Athletic Traning Endowed
Scholarship
Students enrolled in athletic training program, 2.75 GPA
Exercise & Sport Science
Y
Dr. Peter Kensicki Scholarship
Fund
Students seeking BS in Insurance & Risk Management; good
academic standing; Hold 3.0 GPA or higher during academic
career
Business & Technology
Y
Full-time student, incoming freshman, 1st-year undergrad in
good standing pursuing a major in the College of Health
Sciences with a 3.25 high school GPA. Preferences are
Dr. Raymond D. Wright, Jr., and
demonstrated financial need via FAFSA. Renewable for 4
Melissa Combs-Wright Scholarship years with a cumulative 3.25 EKU GPA
Health Sciences
Y
Recipient must successfully complete 2 summer sessions of
the Stephen Foster High School Music Camp; demonstrate
musical & leadership excellence within his/her high school
band program & in the S. Foster band camp; enroll full-time at
EKU as a music major or minor & meet all admission
Dr. Robert W. Hartwell Scholarship requirements; successfully complete an audition process;
for Musical & Leadership
serve as an active member of the EKU band in freshman
Excellence
year; does not have to be a KY resident.
Arts & Sciences
N
Dr. Rodney Gross Scholarship
A diversity scholarship committed to recruiting and retaining
students from all segments of society, including AfricanAmerican, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Asian, Native
Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or Latino. The
Dr. Rodney Gross Diversity Scholarship program provides
scholarships to applicants based on a holistic evaluation of
academic achievement, including high school/college grade
point average and test scores, a personal essay,
extracurricular activities and letters of recommendation. The
program is intended for students pursuing their first
undergraduate or graduate degree. Incoming freshman
students must have a high school grade point average of 2.5
or higher with extracurricular support in athletics, community
and/or student government services OR have a 3.0 grade
point average or higher without extracurricular activities. If the
student is a current EKU or transfer student, a minimum of a
2.5 college GPA is required. If applying as a graduate student,
a minimum of a 3.0 college GPA is required.
No specific college/department
N
Dr. Steve Alderton Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
For full-time or part-time males majoring in the Master's
program for Mental Health Counseling; must be in good
academic standing.
Education
Y
Dr. Thomas Myers Endowed
Student Leadership Scholarship
For full-time students (sophomore & up) with a minimum of
2.7 GPA in good standing who demonstrate a commitment to
& ability for leadership & civic service by active membership in
organizations, a history of such service, & involvement on
campus in their 1st year at EKU.
No specific college/department
Y
Dr. Ursel Boyd & Frieda
Wiedemann Scholarship
Student studying in German in the Foreign Languages and
Humanities Dept., and/or studying German Culture and
Civilization in the Foreign Languages and Humanities Dept.,
and/or studying abroad in Germany.
Arts & Sciences
N
Dr. William & Mrs. Marion Berge
Scholarship
For Africian American students who are currently enrolled as
a full time sophomore, junior, or senior in a baccalaureate
degree program, who maintain a minimum cumulative 3.0
GPA and demonstrate financial need via the FAFSA.
Applicants are encouraged to be active iwth the EKU Cultural
Center (110 Powell Bldg.) and the Minority Leadership
Institute.
Students from Carter County, KY, first preference, Elliott
Dustan and Becki McCoy Endowed County, KY, 2nd preference;, Must have 3.5 high school GPA,
Scholarship
be involved in school activities.
Dwight G. Barkley Endowed
Scholarship
incoming freshman, Turfgrass Production or Horticulture
major, financial need, renewable if 2.8+ in major, 2.3 CUM
GPA
E.O. Robinson Mountain Fund
Earle B. Combs Memorial Athletic
Scholarship
Health Sciences majors, graduated from specific Kentucky
counties, financial need, not to exceed $1000, 2.5 GPA
Student-athlete, 3.1 GPA, has attained "all conference"
status, sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Supports students in unique learning
experiences/environments; Full-time student in good
Eastern Kentucky University Board academic standing; Regionally, nationally, or internationally
of Regents Fund for Excellence
based opportunities
Economics Endowed Scholarship
Fund
Eddie Vaughn Powers Memorial
Scholarship
Full-time economics majors with at least a 2.5 GPA, in good
academic standing, and who show promise in the field of
economics
Female students whose education as been interrupted by
marriage, childbirth, illness, or work, KY resident, Elementary
Education major; good academic standing; financial need,
preference given to Estill County students or EKU service
region counties
Nutrition major, financial need, graduate student, preference
to US citizen
No specific college/department
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Agriculture
Y
Health Sciences
Y
Athletics
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Arts & Sciences
Y
Curriculum & Instruction
Y
Family & Consumer Sciences
N
Non-traditional student, 2.5 GPA, sophomores, juniors, and
seniors, enrolled in at least six hours course work, one course
must be taken at Danville campus, from Boyle, Lincoln,
EKU Danville Student Government Garrard, Mercer, and Casey Counties, KY, renewable with
Association Scholarship Fund
one semester break
No specific college/department
Y
EKU International Alumni
Association Endowed Scholarship
Full-time student enrolled at EKU in good academic standing;
3.0 cum GPA; minimum composite ACT score of 18; involved
in at three extracurricular activities, financial need, dependent
child of EKU alumnus
No specific college/department
Y
EKU Retirees Association
Endowed Scholarship
Full-time degree-seeking student in good standing with 3.0
cumulative GPA. Can be renewed if student reapplies each
year. Pursue a degree in field of study recognized by EKU.
Recipients of this scholarship will be asked to attend a
meeting, if available, of the EKU Retirees Association to
deliver a short presentation about their career goals and
background.
No specific college/department
Y
EKU Theatre Endowed
Scholarship
Theatre, full-time status, speech or performing arts major, 2.0
GPA, active participation in at least one production for each
semester of the scholarship
English & Theatre
Y
Elizabeth D. Fraas Scholarship
Junior or senior, journalism major, maintain 3.0 GPA
Communications
Y
Elmer Begley Memorial
Scholarship
Full-time freshman, from Leslie County, KY with a high school
3.0 GPA, financial need considered
Interest free loan to femaile students from Lincoln county
Kentucky
No specific college/department
N
No specific college/department
Y
Business & Technology
Y
Full time students who have completed all requirements to
participate in the student teaching program and are assigned
a student teaching position, prefer Laurel county Ky students
No specific college/department
N
Police Studies major, 3.0 GPA, financial need, renewable
Criminal Justice & Police Studies
Y
No specific college/department
N
Education
Y
Eugene and Sharon Massey
Endowed Scholarship
Enrolled ( or be admitted and plan to enroll the following
semester) as a full-time undergraduate student. Hail from a
county within the EKU service region. Have and maintain a
2.25 cumulative GPA and demonstated financial need.
No specific college/department
Y
Eva Smith Trust Fund
Incoming freshman; success in academic work in high
schoool; rank in high school; financial need, renewable
No specific college/department
Y
F. Douglas Scutchfield Endowed
Scholarship
Junior or senior majoring in premedicine OR a graduate
student majoring in a public health area. The student must
have outstanding leadership skills, career potential, academic
achievement and financial need; student must be from Floyd
county, Kentucky or have significant ties to that county.
Health Sciences
N
Farm Credit Services of Mid
America, ACA Agriculture
Scholarship
Incoming full-time freshmen within any major in Dept. of
Agriculture that show academic achievement, community
service, etc
Business & Technology
N
No specific college/department
Y
Effie B. Creamer Scholarship
Estelle Carter Loan Fund
Erekson Construction Management Preference given to student in Construction Management.
Scholarship/ R. L. "Bob"
Based on financial need. Prefer married student.
Ernestine Porter House Endowed
Scholarship
Estill B. Jones Police Studies
Scholarship
Ethel L. Stewart Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Students in the Student Services NOVA Program /participated
as freshman, completed at least 30 hours toward graduation
Be currently enrolled as a full-time Jr. or Sr. in good academic
standing at EKU, be a student within the College of Education
Eugene and Margaret Ann Hughes and be a graduate of a high school in one of the Appalachian
Endowed Scholarship
Mountain Regions, a/k/a "Appalachian Hollers."
Farrah Mullins Memorial
Scholarship
EKU junior or senior; Maintain 3.0 or higher cum GPA; show
outstanding commitment to his/her field of study/demonstrate
desire to seek internship; volunteer engagement or part-time
job; display leadership on campus or in community
Full-time undergrad in good academic standing with a 2.5
GPA majoring in a field in the College of Education to prepare
for a teaching career (first preference), must be a graduate of
a Madison County, KY high school and be a resident of
Madison County, KY. Must have demonstrated financial
need. If no recipient for College of Education major, then a
Frances Ann Jennings and Mable nursing major in College of Health Sciences as 2nd
Walker Jennings Endowed
preference. Third preference is to any grad of a Madison
Memorial Scholarship
County high school regardless of major.
Education
Y
Franz/Myers Family Endowed
Scholarship
Education
Y
Exercise & Sport Science
N
Masters in library science major, 3.0 GPA, full or part time
Fred Darling Endowed Leadership Rising senior, 2.25 GPA, physical education, recreation or
Scholarship
health majors
Junior or senior student, Political Science major, plan to have
Frederic D. Ogden Scholarship
a career in government, 3.0 GPA, financial need
Government
N
Gabbard-Hylton Scholarship
For residents of Madison or Rockcastle counties . Must
maintain above average academic record and demonstrate
leadership qualities. Must demonstrate a desire to earn an
education by working part time.
No specific college/department
Y
Gayle E. Mason Endowed
Scholarship
One recipient awarded each year; $5000 award; Female,
Accounting major, at least 3.2 GPA, prefer senior level
students, junior level also considered, financial need
Accounting
Y
General Arthur Y. Lloyd
Scholarship
Political Science major, junior or senior
Government
N
General Endowed Scholarship
Recipient selected by EKU Financial Aid Office.
No specific college/department
N
George W. Clark Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Insurance
Y
Gilbert Endowed Scholarship
Insurance major, full-time status, first preference to children
of employees of Cincinnati Financial Corp.; second preference
to 5th and 7th congressional districts of KY, preferably Harlan
& Perry County, KY
Full time status, minor or emphasis in foreign language
studies or study abroad
No specific college/department
Y
Gladys N. Masagatani Memorial
Scholarship
Preference given to students enrolled full-time in the
Occupational Therapy Program; Maintain minimum 2.5 GPA
Health Sciences
N
Glenn W. Hayes Endowed
Agriculture Scholarship
Agriculture major, junior or senior, US citizen, non-renewable
Agriculture
Y
Grant E. and Anna McGinn Lilly
Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Guy and Hope Collins Endowed
Scholarship
H. Lee Moore, Jr. Aviation
Scholarship
Student must be member of honors program
Student must be from University service region counties, 3.0
high school GPA
Kentucky resident, junior or senior, aviation major, preference
to children of postal service employees
Honors Program
Y
No specific college/department
N
Aviation
Y
Harold and Billie Alsup Endowed
Scholarship
Full time undergraduate/graduate student, graduate of
Trimble County High School, financial need
No specific college/department
Y
Harold Glenn Campbell - Farmers
State Bank Endowed Scholarship
Full time student from Owsley and Leslie Counties, KY,
maintain 2.5 GPA, financial need
No specific college/department
Y
Harold S. Jr., & Doris Croley
Moberly Endowed Scholarship
For incoming undergraduate freshman, full-time, 3.0 or better
cumulative GPA, must possess financial need (FAFSA
required), and must be from Bell, Boyle, Casey, Clay, Estill,
Garrard, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Lincoln,
Madison, Mason, McCreary, Owsley, Perry, Powell, Pulaski,
Rockcastle, Wayne or Whitley counties in KY. Renewable for
soph, jr, & sr years with a 3.0 cumulative GPA and financial
need.
No specific college/department
Y
Female student needing financial assistance, 3.0 GPA in high
school, and employed on or off campus with a minimum of
Harriet Sesline Connor Loan Fund 10hrs. per week
No specific college/department
Y
For graduates of public schools in Harrison County, KY only.
Recipients must be pursuing undergrad degree either part- or
full-time. Must have a high school GPA of 2.50 or higher.
First preference is for students with financial need via FAFSA,
but can be awarded to students with no need if no students
with need apply.
No specific college/department
Y
For graduate students who have completed at least one
semester in the M.S. Chemistry program with a minimum 3.5
GPA. Preference is for students from rural KY counties.
Arts & Sciences
N
Incoming freshman, full-time, nursing major, financial need
Nursing
N
Alumni Relations
Y
Helen Funderburk EKU Women's
Club Scholarship
Awarded
to outstanding
student
alumni undergrad
ambassador
Full
time traditional
and non
traditional
female
students, traditional criteria: completed at least 60 hours at
EKU, minimum 3.0 GPA, financial need via FAFSA
Non traditional criteria: Age 25 or over, Associate Degree or
No specific college/department
N
Helen H. Speed Endowed
Scholarship
For students from Jefferson County with a minimum 3.0 GPA
No specific college/department
Y
Hennessey Endowed Scholarship
ROTC cadet ; Be enrolled at EKU and in good academic
standing. Have exceptional leadership potential and financial
need.
Military Science
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Harrison County Endowed
Scholarship
Harry Smiley Memorial Graduate
Award
Heather Bailey Memorial
Scholarship
Helen & Hanly Funderburk SAA
Fund
Henry Franklin and Annie Frances Lincoln county high school graduates who have completed
Peek Martin Scholarship
one or more years at EKU
Full time status, prefer first time freshmen or first time transfer
Hilllary Hadley Endowed Memorial students, graduate of Adair County High School, financial
Scholarship
need, 2.75 GPA
No specific college/department
N
Home Tobacco Warehouse
Scholarship
Student from Madison County, KY, Agriculture major
Agriculture
Y
Homer E. Cooper Memorial Fund
Graduate student in College of Education, 3.6 GPA
Education
Y
Horace Ford Scholarship
Open to Kentucky residents; preference given to blood
relatives of Horace Ford family, full-time status required
No specific college/department
Y
House of Onyx Fund for
Excellence in Jewelry and Metals
3.0 GPA in jewelry metals classes, sophomores, juniors, and
seniors
Art & Design
Y
Student admitted to EKU and in pursiot of a degree.
Hunter Bates Leadership Endowed Preference given to students who demonstrate leadership
Scholarship
skills; high school graduate of Whitley County
No specific college/department
Y
I. Max Reed Endowed Scholarship Junior status, accounting major
Accounting
Y
Inez Cass McKinney Endowed
Scholarship for Excellence in
Elementary Education
Elementary education majors; EKU service region students
who are full-time on the Richmond, Corbin or Manchester
campuses with demonstrated financial need (FAFSA
required) and a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA from high
school or college.
Education
N
Insurance Studies Scholarship
Insurance Studies majors, overall 2.5 GPA, sophomore or
higher ranking, Insurance studies GPA of 3.0, encourage
participation in insurance dept. events, and active member of
insurance studies society, full time status
Insurance
Y
Ira Bell Endowed Scholarship
Graduate of Wayne County High School in Wayne County,
KY, sophmore, junior, senior, financial need required, 2.5
GPA /or no financial need with 3.0 GPA
No specific college/department
Y
Irene S. Muir Scholarship
Freshman, sophomore or junior vocal music major, 2.8 GPA,
awarded via department; renewable
Music
Y
J. Dorland and Thomas Jackson
Coates Scholarship
J.B. McCubbin Endowed
Scholarship
KY resident, teacher education major, financial need
Incoming freshmen, graduate of Walton Verona High School,
3.4 high school GPA
Education
N
No specific college/department
Y
Children of EKU graduates, minimum ACT of 18, Cum high
school GPA 3.0, full-time undergraduate, write an essay
J.W. Thurman Alumni Scholarship stating reasons for wanting to attend EKU, maintain 2.8 GPA
No specific college/department
N
Jack and Jean Hamilton
Horticulture Scholarship
Full time status, Horticulture/ Agriculture major, preference
given to graduates of Kentucky high schools, financial need
preferred
Agriculture
Y
Jack C. Keir Insurance Studies
Scholarship
Insurance Studies major, junior or senior, 2.5 GPA, financial
need, summer employment or project in insurance
Insurance
N
Jackie Blanchard Stephens
Endowed Memorial Scholarship
For sophomore, junior, or senior Social Work majors
(minimum of 30 hours completed) who are full-time, in good
academic standing, demonstrate financial need (FAFSA
required), and have good character, service to others, and
potential
for high
academic
achievement.
For full-time
students
majoring
in physical education (or its
Arts & Sciences
Y
future equivalent) with a 2.5 GPA. Preferences: Rising soph,
Jacqueline "Jackie" Kearns Whalin jr, or sr who excels in any women's sport, has a passion for
Endowed Scholarship
teaching physical education and has financial need.
Health Sciences
Y
James and Norma Jolley Endowed
Scholarship
Female student, financial need
No specific college/department
Y
Incoming freshmen diagnosed with learning disabilities,
James Larmour Scholarship for
financial need; awarded via Office of Services for Individuals
Students with Learning Disabilities with Disabilities
No specific college/department
Y
Business & Technology
Y
Music
Y
Occupational Therapy
N
Education
Y
James T. Greer Agriculture Fund
Jane Campbell Scholarship in
Music
Preference given to student majoring in Agriculture. Based on
financial need. Preference given to married students.
Music majors only, maintain 2.8 GPA; awarded via audition by
Music Department; renewable
Jean Steffan Smith Memorial
Endowed Fund
Jennings & Stratemeyer
Scholarship
Full time student in College of Health Science with preference
given to students majoring in Occupational Sciences;
preference given to students that are either current or former
residents of Eastern or Southeastern Kentucky
Sophomore, high GPA, honorary society member, planning to
teach, education major
Jennifer E. Antoniou Endowed Art
Memorial Scholarhsip
For art supplies only. Junior or senior Bachelor of Fine Arts
majors with at least a 3.0 GPA and financial need is required.
For art supplies, not tuition or other expenses. Need receipts!
Arts & Sciences
Y
Enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student in an EKU
degree program and in good academic standing; 3.0 cum
GPA; Write a 250-500 word essay describing your
commitment and involvement in activities that have helped
you understand, respect, and celebrate diversity, including a
description of what diversity means to you. Financial need
considered.
No specific college/department
Y
No specific college/department
N
No specific college/department
Y
Joanne K. Glasser Endowed
Diversity Leadership Scholarship
John and Dianne Shafer Endowed
Scholarship
3.0 GPA, 20 ACT score, financial need
John G. Roberts Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Incoming freshman, graduate of Clay County High School, fulltime status, member of Clay County Football Team, financial
need
John McMillan Long Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time students majoring in art, music, theatre, English,
foreign languages, history, art history, music history, speech
communication, philosophy, or religion with a 3.0 GPA or
demonstrate scholarly or performance accomplishments and
potential.
Arts & Sciences
Y
Joseph L. Famularo Endowed
Scholarship
Full time; Police Studies/Criminal Justice major; minimum 3.5
GPA for first two years of undergraduate studies; junior
standing; completion of 1000 word essay describing future life
and career goals as well as what this award would mean to
the completion of degree; financial need via FAFSA
Criminal Justice & Police Studies
N
Joseph Stephens Endowed
Memorial Scholarship
Full-time, in good academic standing, majors in Marketing,
Management, Agriculture, Turf Management, or Pro Golf
Management, and express a desire to pursue a career in a
golf-related profession.
Business & Technology
N
Josephine Walker Endowed
American Music Award
Undergraduate/graduate music majors, first, second, and third
place awards
Music
Y
Health Sciences
Y
Health Sciences
Y
Judy Noe Endowed Scholarship
KaCo-EKU Insurance Endowed
Scholarship
Master's degree student in occupational therapy with a 3.0
minimum GPA. Must submit to OT sch committee: resume,
statement of professional goals, 1-2 page essay
For Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center employees or their
children (until age 26) who are enrolled full-time in an EKU
degree program.
Junior or senior, Insurance Studies or Risk Management
major, from KY, 3.0 GPA, financial need
Insurance
Y
Kara Anne Lang Memorial
Scholarship
Full-time junior or senior in good standing pursuing a bachelor
of music degree in music education (either choral or
instrumental). Preferences (not mandates) = demonstrate
need w/ FAFSA, and exhibit an outgoing personality and a
passion for helping students.
Arts & Sciences
Y
Karyn Kuhn Yates Non-Endowed
Memorial Scholarship
Must have completed at least the freshman year at EKU.
Maintain a minimum overall GPA of 2.75. Demonstrate
financial need as assessed by the University's Financial Aid
and Scholarship Office.
No specific college/department
Y
Arts & Sciences
Y
No specific college/department
N
Honors Program
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Joy Anderson Endowed
Scholarship
Keeneland Endowed Scholarship
For declared physics teaching majors, full-time, good
academic standing. Students must reapply annually. Be a
practicing teacher or e admitted to the teacher education
program in year of award.
For undergrad Central KY students w/ mid-range family
incomes and ACT/SAT scores.
Kenneth and Maggie Meade
Endowed Scholarship
For qualified KY high school graduate from Eastern KY
geographic location, financial need
Karl Kuhn Endowed Scholarship
Fund in Physics Teaching
For a military veteran (any branch) or a veteran who has
returned to complete an undergraduate degree after an
absence from college. Enrolled full-time, undergraduate at
Kennie and Regina Fultz Endowed EKU, in good academic standing and demonstrate financial
Scholarship
need via FAFSA.
Kentucky Motor Transportation
Transportation & Physical Distribution major, preference to KY
Association Endowed Fund
resident, preference financial need
Management, Marketing & Administration Communication
N
Kerney M. Adams Endowed
History Award
Most deserving history major at conclusion of junior year, nonrenewable
History
N
Klaus H. Heberle Political Theory
Fund
Political science major
Government
Y
Krister Martin Harnack Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
2.5 GPA, member of First Baptist Church at Francis & Collins
St. Richmond, KY
No specific college/department
Y
Kyle Thacker Memorial
Scholarship
Arts & Sciences
Y
KYVA Endowed Scholarship
For currently enrolled junior or senior pursuing a major in
Economics, completed minimum of 60 credit hours, good
academic standing with a cum GPA of 2.5 or higher, both
overall and in EKU economic courses. Must be a U.S. citizen
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors, 2.75 GPA, from Letcher
County, KY, financial need
No specific college/department
Y
LaFuze Scholarship Fund
Biological Sciences major, 3.0 GPA, US citizen, financial need
prefered
Biology
Y
Lance A. Barnett Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Larry J. Pope Memorial
Scholarship
Physics or engineering 3/2 major, sophomore or junior
showing academic improvement, 3.0 GPA, must have
completed 60 hrs. of courses
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors, financial need, residents of
Bracken County
Physics & Astronomy
N
Economics
Y
Laura Kennamer Scholarship
Leslie H. Leach, Jr. Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Social and Behavioral Sciences major
Arts & Sciences
Y
Student who intends to coach high school athletics
Exercise & Sport Science
Y
Lillie Mae Reed Memorial
Scholarship
Resident of Estill county, KY; family income considered
poverty level by state standard
No specific college/department
Y
Louise G. Erekson Scholarship in
Art
Preference given to student in the Art and Design department
studying painting. Demonstrate financial need. Preference to
married student.
Arts & Sciences
Y
Lona Estella Davis Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Student who graduated from a Rowan County High School
No specific college/department
N
Recipient from the Eastern, KY area, financial need
No specific college/department
Y
English & Theatre
Y
Curriculum & Instruction
N
Mabel Garrett Pullen Scholarship
Madonna Marsden Endowed
Writing Award
Three undergraduate and one graduate writing awards
Rising junior, elementary education major, financial need
Mae Hansen Memorial Scholarship considered, renewable
Major Roy L. Robbins Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time students in good academic standing with high moral
character, integrity and honesty as demonstrated by two
recommendations.
No specific college/department
Y
Mamie West Scott Award
Incoming freshman, Estill County students, non-renewable
No specific college/department
Y
Marcia Luy Scholarship
Associate Degree nursing major; at least 25 years old;
Kentucky resident; minimum 2.5 GPA; sophomore or beyond;
provide a written statement explaining their need and
rationale for choosing nursing as a career
Health Sciences
Y
Margaret Ratlliff Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time new freshman undergraduate with significant
financial need who is a KY resident, preferably from the EKU
service region. Renewable with a 2.5 for max of 10
semesters. For tuition and campus room and board charges.
No specific college/department
Y
3.0 high school GPA, full-time status, education major, ,
Marguerite Clark Memorial
Preferably resident of Montgomery, Bath, or Fleming
Endowed Scholarship in Education Counties. If not eligible, could be chosen from Clark County
Education
N
Marie Clark and Edward N.
Biedinger Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Full time status, Music major, preferably resident of
Montgomery, Bath, or Fleming Counties. If not eligible, could
be chosen from Clark County, high school GPA 3.0
Music
Y
Marlene Begley Young Scholarship
in Piano
Martha Grise and Isabella White
Endowed Scholarship
Piano major, KY resident, incoming freshman or transfer
student, financial need prefered, non-renewable
Women's studies minor, 2.75 GPA, preference to student
majoring in English
Music
Y
Women Studies
N
Martha Ruth Burton Perry and
Hollis Raymond Perry Memorial
Scholarship
Non traditional female student; History or History Teaching
major; successfully completed 30 hrs. toward her degree;
Cum 3.0 GPA or above;. Full and part time students are
eligible; awarded via History Dept.
Arts & Sciences
N
Marva Ann Harris Spirit Award
Full or part-time students in the Family & Consumer Sciences
dept with a 2.5 GPA, at least 45 credit hours & attendance at
EKU for at least 1 semester, and a commitment to civic
engagement and service.
Health Sciences
Y
Mary Francis Richards Scholarship Awarded to students from Harlan County, KY
No specific college/department
N
Mary Floyd Memorial Scholarship
Outstanding student from Pulaski County, KY
No specific college/department
N
Mary Hinkle Scholarship
Music major
Music
Y
Junior with plans to graduate the following year, major in
family and consumer sciences, obtain 3 recommendations,
essay required, min.3.0 GPA, min. 21 ACT
Family & Consumer Sciences
Y
Enrolled full-time in good academic standing
Health Sciences
Y
For full-time EKU students in good academic standing who
are graduates of any high school in Madison County, KY with
a 2.5 GPA. Requires an essay demonstrating a high level of
student involvement & leadership experience.
No specific college/department
N
Employee, or child of employee, working at TDS Restaurant
McDonald's Endowed Scholarship Company
No specific college/department
Y
Enrolled full-time in any major; enrolled in the symphony
orchestra as a string player; enrolled in private lessons with
McKenney Family String Endowed string faculty; maintain cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater;
Scholarship
demonstrate financial need
No specific college/department
McIlvaine Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Accounting major
Accounting
Y
McNay Family Scholarship
Preferably single parent, or a resident of Kenton County, KY,
or a graduate of a Kenton County, KY high school. No
specific major required. Good academic standing required.
No specific college/department
Y
Meredith J. Cox Memorial
Scholarship
Sophomore or junior, premedical major, 3.0 GPA,Caduceus
Clubjunior
member
encouraged,
financial
need
For
or senior
agriculture
majors
with demonstrated
Arts & Sciences
Y
Michael Judge Scholarship
financial need per FAFSA and minimum 3.0 GPA.
Preferences are native of Nicholas County, KY and have
particular interest in agriculture marketing.
Business & Technology
Y
Health Sciences
N
Michelle Rene Cole Scholarship
Mitchell J. and Mary H. Slater
Endowed Scholarship
Junior or senior, with a disability, nursing major
One male & one female full-time freshman. African American,
Asian or Pacific Islander, Hispanic, American Indian or
Alaskan Native students who are a graduate of a KY high
Non-traditional, 2.3 GPA, not incoming freshman, associate
degree nursing major, residents of KY
Health Sciences
Y
Mitchell and Florence Roberts
Agee Nursing Fund
Nursing students
Health Sciences
Y
Mary King Burrier Award
Mary Margaret Estep Endowed
Nursing Scholarship
McBride Berman Family
Scholarship
Michelle McCrary Memorial
Endowed Nursing Scholarship
No specific college/department
Montgomery Family Endowed
Scholarship
For full-time student in good standing who graduated from a
high school in Bell County, KY. New freshmen must have a
2.5 high school GPA and minimum 18 ACT. Must have
demonstrated financial need. Prefer student from Bell
County, if not, then student from EKU's service region.
No specific college/department
Y
Myrtle C. Mitchell Scholarship
No specific major, incoming freshman, renewable with 2.0
GPA
No specific college/department
Y
Honors Program
N
College of Business & Technology
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Occupational Therapy
N
No specific college/department
Y
Curriculum & Instruction
Y
Curriculum & Instruction
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Myrtle Mae Sloan Memorial
Scholarship
NAFI - John A. Kennedy Fire
Investigators Scholarship
Nancie Stone Endowed
Scholarship
Honors program student, financial need
Preference given to students who major in Fire Investigation;
Student member of NAFI; Junior standing; 3.5 GPA or better
for first two years of undergrad study
Female, resident of KY, OH, WV, employed off-campus with
minimum of 10 hrs., 3.0 GPA
Nancy Gillespie Occupational
Therapy Scholarship
Second semester senior in the undergraduate occupational
therapy program; Pursuing a Master of Science Degree in
Occupational Therapy, financial need
Student must be at least 25 years old whose education has
Nancy Greer Miller Scholarship for been interrupted, resident of KY, financial need, preference to
Non-traditional Students
women
Nancy Miller Award Fund
Elementary Education major; one on campus resident and
one off campus resident who lives at home; graduating senior;
good academic record
Nancy S. Daniel's Ducks Endowed
Scholarship
Nancy Reeves Memorial
Scholarship
incoming freshman, graduate of Model Laboratory School,
suggested GPA of at least 3.0 , Teacher Education major
Full-time students in good standing with demonstrated
financial need via FAFSA.
Newsom Endowed Scholarship
For full-time Kentucky residents in good academic standing
who are undergraduates majoring in accounting or insurance;
secondary consideration to majors in any College of
Education program focused on classroom teaching. Must
demonstrate financial need.
Business & Technology
N
Nina B. Duvall Endowed
Scholarship
Accounting major,10% high school class, resident of KY east
of I-75, financial need, renewable with 3.2 GPA
Accounting
Y
Norfolk Southern Scholarship
Junior or senior, Justice & Safety major, 3.0 GPA, from
eastern, KY, financial need
Justice & Safety
N
Norman M. Spain Student Award
Enrolled full-time in good academic standing; both at time of
awarding and during the term of award; CUM 2.5 GPA;
completed a minimum of 60 credit hours; be a student in
College of Justice & Safety; major in safety, security, and
emergency management; Students must submit an essay.
Award(s) will be made via the Homeland Security department
Scholarship Selection Committee.
Justice & Safety
N
Novelis STEM Scholarship
Preference given to full-time students enrolled in the following
programs; applied engineering, occupational safety,
environmental health sciences, chemistry, computer science;
enrolled in Co-op & Internships Applied Learning Course
(GSD349); maintain 2.5 GPA; sophomore, junior, senior
status; demonstrate financial need; demonstrate financial
need.
No specific college/department
Y
Occupational Therapy Alumni
Endowed Scholarship
Graduate student enrolled in their first semester of Master of
Science Degree Program in OT, minimum 3.0 GPA, nonrenewable
Occupational Therapy
Y
Graduate student enrolled in their first semester of Master of
Occupational Therapy Faculty
Science Degree Program in OT, minimum 3.0 GPA, nonEndowed Scholarship for Students renewable
Occupational Therapy
Y
Opal and Kermit Patterson
Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Management & Marketing major; max award is in-state tuition
& fees, 3.0 GPA
Management, Marketing & Administration Communication
Y
Orval and Alice Hughes Endowed
Scholarship
Full time students in good academic standing; From Letcher
County, KY or counties adjacent to Letcher County, KY; 3.0
high school GPA, restricted to students majoring in Computer
Science, Physics with a concentration in Engineering, Biology
Pre-Medicine, Chemistry Pre-Medicine, Nursing,
Mathematics, or the natural sciences of Biology, Chemistry,
Geology or Physics; renewable with 2.5 GPA and maintaining
major in specified area
Many
For graduate students enrolled in Curriculum and Instruction
in the College of Education. Student must demonstrate
through his/her work history a dedication to the profession as
Pam Powell Endowed Scholarship reflected in the life of Pam Powell. Preference given to
for Graduate Students Studying
students from Madison County and Commonwealth of
Curriculum and Instruction
Kentucky.
Patricia Eidson Memorial Endowed Female junior or senior, pursing a career as a professional
Scholarship
pilot
Paul and Eva Vaughn Commitment
to Excellence Endowed
Scholarship
2.5 GPA, Anderson County, KY
Paul McBrayer Endowed
Scholarship
Pearl Buchanan Scholarship for
Drama
Y
College of Education/Curriculum and InstructionN
Aviation
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Incoming freshmen, graduate of KY high school, upper half of
class, preference to relatives of former players, trainers,
equipment managers, and other individuals associated with
Coach McBrayer
No specific college/department
Y
Incoming freshman from KY, drama major, financial need
English & Theatre
Y
Perry County Endowed
Scholarship for Women in Law
Enforcement
Female students, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, Law
Enforcement major, from Perry County, KY
Justice & Safety
N
Currently enrolled as a sophomore, junior or senior level in
good academic standing within the College of Justice and
Safety. Be a graduate of a high school in Jefferson County,
KY. Agree to read the book Forever 21.
Justice & Safety
Y
English major, rising junior, 3.5 GPA
English & Theatre
Y
Physics Faculty Endowed
Scholarship
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors, 3.0 GPA, must have
completed 60 hrs. of courses, Physics or Engineering major,
Physics & Astronomy
Y
PNC Endowed Scholarship
Incoming freshmen, low or moderate income family, 3.0 high
school GPA, KY counties: Boyd, Boyle, Bullitt, Carter, Clark,
Clay, Daviess, Fayette, Franklin, Greenup, Hardin, Jefferson,
Jessamine, Knox, Laurel, Madison, Nelson, Oldham, Scott,
Warren, Woodford; Ohio counties: Jackson, Lawrence, Scioto
No specific college/department
N
Music
Y
Honors Program
N
Business & Technology
N
Arts & Sciences
English & Theatre
Y
N
N
Y
Y
Peter Alan Grignon Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Phillip H. Mankin Memorial
Scholarship
Music major, member of orchestra and participate in the
Pops at the Park Scholarship Fund orchestra's annual performance at pops in the park
Porah Lisle Park Memorial
Graduate from KY high school, high GPA & ACT scores,
Endowed Scholarship
financial need
Professor Ed Swinford Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time student in good standing with a minimum of 30 hours
earned toward a degree in the Dept. of Technology in Career
& Technical Education, Computer Electronic Networking,
Construction Mgmt., Graphic Communications Mgmt., or
Industrial Technology, have and maintain a 3.0 cumulative
GPA, & complete the Swinford scholarship application in the
Dept. of Tech. Add'l preference is recipient pursuing a
teaching career in one of the fields above. Renewable with a
3.0 GPA & a major in one of the fields above.
Quail Forever Kentucky Wildlife
Management Scholarship
Full-time EKU students in good standing majoring in Wildlife
Management, be a KY resident, junior or senior when award
is received, 2.50 or better cumulative GPA, demonstrated
financial need per FAFSA, & possess an active appreciation
for responsible hunting practices as advocated by Quail
Forever. Recipients must provide donor with basic info about
their application & qualifications, plus are required to attend
an annual dinner/meeting to be introduced to the Quail
Forever membership.
Q.B. Keen Scholarship
Quentin and Mary Ann Keen
Scholarship
Speech or Theatre major
R. B. Hensley Scholarship
Enrolled in honors program
R. R. Richards Scholarship
Accounting major, non-renewable
Education
Honors Program
Accounting
Ralph Whalin Scholarship
Open to juniors enrolled full-time in the Department of
Technology with at least three semesters remaining before
graduation, and a minimum GPA of 3.0
Technology
Y
Randy and Sharon Shaw
Scholarship
Veteran of any branch of military service. Full time
undergraduate, OSH program, essay required, financial need
Justice & Safety
Y
Ray Giltner Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Full time; good academic standing; preference given to
students who are residents of Kenton, Boone, Campbell, or
Grant counties in Kentucky; Hamilton or Clermont counties in
Ohio; recipients will be members in good standing of the EKU
Student Alumni Ambassadors (SAA) organization; President
of EKU SAA and SAA New Member of the Year will receive
$500 scholarship regardless of county of residence
No specific college/department
N
Arts & Sciences
Y
Education major with focus in sciences, full-time, 2.0 GPA
Full-time junior or senior math teaching majors with a
minimum 3.25 GPA. Preferences = demonstrated financial
Raymond Benjamin and Ruth Levi need via FAFSA and graduate of a KY high school, with
Whitaker Endowed Scholarship
preference to Harrison County, KY grads
Rebecca B. Pelfrey Endowed
Scholarship
For 2nd year Master's degree Occupational Therapy student
with a 3.0 GPA and is a non-traditional student (at least 25
years old). Graduate student.
Health Sciences
Y
Richard A. Brooker-Associated
General Contractors of Kentucky
Endowed Scholarship
Full time; Construction management major, junior or senior,
3.0 GPA, essay required
Technology
Y
Richard A. Washburn Memorial
Scholarship
Fire & Safety Engineering Technology major, declared Fire
Protection Administration option, must have participated in fire
or emergency services, preference to non-traditional students;
minimum 2.0 GPA
Fire & Safety Engineering Technology
Y
Daniel Richard Deane, Jr. Art
Education Endowed Scholarship
Art Education major; departmental award; recipients may be
incoming freshmen or a current Art Education major at EKU
Art & Design
Y
Full-time married student with need (per FAFSA); preference
given to students majoring within the College of Health
Sciences, Arts & Sciences or Education; preference given to
Rick and Ann Williams Scholarship student living in married housing on campus
Health Sciences, Arts & Sciences, Education Y
RIMS/CPCU Insurance Studies
Fund
Insurance or Loss Prevention & Safety major, 2.25 GPA
Insurance
N
Ritchie and Cherish Rednour
Endowed Scholarship
For full-time students in good standing with a 3.0 GPA and
demonstrated financial need via FAFSA. Requires a 2-3 page
essay outlining need for financial assistance & describing the
applicant's leadership abilities & accomplishments.
No specific college/department
Y
Robert B. Rogow, C.P.A., Ph.D.,
Endowed Scholarship
Preference given to students in College of Business &
Technology. Must be admitted, good academic standing.
Business & Technology
N
Robert & Dewey Locker Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time declared Construction Management or Industrial
Tech major in good academic standing with a minimum of 30
semester hours who has a demonstrated need for financial
aid and is a permanent resident of Madison County or any
county in the EKU service region.
Business & Technology
Y
Music
Y
Robert E. Whitt Memorial Endowed Junior or senior, participated in choral music activity; awarded
Award in Choral Music Excellence via Music Dept.
Preference given to student in the Aviation program studying
Robert L. Bob Erekson Scholarship to be a professional pilot. Demonstrate financial need.
in Aviation
Preference to married student.
Business & Technology
Robert L. Kline Memorial Endowed Sophomores, juniors, and seniors, can be a part time student,
Scholarship
government major, undergraduate or graduate
Government
Robert S. Larance Memorial
Undergraduate; Botany, wildlife, management or biology
Endowed Scholarship
major, 2.5 GPA; awarded via Biology Dept.
Biology
Robert Nelson Memorial Math
Scholarship
Book Scholarship For Senior math majors
Arts & Sciences
N
N
Y
N
Roberta B. Hill Memorial
Scholarship
Undergraduate or graduate student with a minimum 3.0 GPA;
Family & consumer sciences major, financial need, priority
given to non-traditional students; recipient selected by EKU
Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Family & Consumer Sciences
Y
Rodney R. Ratliff Scholarship
Endowment
EKU College of Business & Technology majors; awarded at
beginning of student's junior year; minimum 3.0 GPA
Business & Technology
Y
Rome Rankin Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Prefer students majoring in health sciences or law
enforcement, fifth or seventh congressional districts of KY
No specific college/department
N
Roxie Pearl Bullock Burdine
Memorial Scholarship
Cumulative high school 3.0 GPA and maintain it, elementary
education major, Appalachian region in KY or Adams,
Clermont, and Brown counties in OH, renewable up to 1 year
with a 3.0 GPA
Curriculum & Instruction
Y
Roy and Sue Kidd Endowed
Scholarship
Varsity football manager not eligible to receive an athletic
scholarship at EKU; Minimum 2.0 GPA; Head football coach
will make selection of final recipient
Athletics
N
Roy B. Clark Award
Given to best prose and poetry work to appear in student
magazine, Aurora for their fiction or poetry work
English & Theatre
Y
Preference for a student currently enrolled as a full-time
sophomore in good academic standing (possibly to a junior or
senior level student). Must have a major within the College of
Business and Technology; Preference to a graduate of a
Madison Co. or Estill Co. high school, if not possible then to
any student of a KY high school. Have and maintain a
cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher. Deemed to be of high
moral character, integrity, honesty and exhibit a strong work
ethic. Must include three personal references with application
Business
Y
English & Theatre
Y
Athletics
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Rudy Bicknell Endowed
Scholarship
Russell I. Todd Award for Historical
Writing
English major, writing award via English Dept.
Russell T. and Josephine B.
Polvino Endowed Women's
Volleyball Fund
Rutledge Dowerman Endowed
Scholarship
Members of women's volleyball team, maintain good
academic standing; renewable
For full-time EKU students in good academic standing with
financial need. FAFSA will be required.
Ruth C. Rogers Memorial
Scholarship in Cinema Studies
Full-time undergrad students in good academic standing;
majoring in Broadcasting & Electronic Media with an option in
Cinema in the Dept. of Communications, or the equivalent
degree, at least a junior or senior with 59 hours completed;
submit an essay of not less than 350 words, nor more than
400 words, outling career goals, wishes of accomplishments
through film making and reason for applying for scholarship;
and must have FAFSA demonstrated financial need.
Business & Technology
N
Ruth Selvey Killian Endowed
Scholarship
For full-time students in good academic standing; preference
given to students majoring in Family & Consumer Sciences
Health Sciences
N
Business & Technology
Y
Full-time junior, senior, or graduate in good academic
standing, major in any area of College of Business & Tech.,
resident of Garrard County or graduate of Garrard County
Sam Bourne Endowed Scholarship High School
Sandra Fraley Legal Studies
Endowed Scholarship
For full or part-time students in good academic standing;
maintain at least a 2.8 cum GPA; Kentucky residents (strong
preference to Johnson county students; then preference to
Boyd, Lawrence, Letcher, Martin, Floyd, and Pike county
students; then EKU's service region students; Major in
Paralegal Science; Demonstrate financial need (FAFSA
required.)
Sanford L. Jones Scholarship
Biology major; awarded via Biology Dept.
Arts & Sciences
Biology
Y
N
Communication major, internship, co-op or practicum during
Spring semester @ Hammonds Productions in Lexington, KY
Communications
N
Geography major; 3.0 GPA;
Geography
Y
Full-time students who have completed one academic year or
24 credit hours at EKU, must be active SGA member, have a
2.25 or higher GPA, have a record of leadership &
accomplishment within SGA, & have demonstrated financial
need.
No specific college/department
Y
Schulte Memorial Scholarship
Sebor Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
SGA Dr. Thomas Myers Endowed
Scholarship
Shannon-Lenz Endowment Fund
Sharon Allen Hill Elder Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Fifth year football player; minimum 2.0 GPA; completed four
years of eligibility and not eligible for athletic scholarships
Athletics
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Education
Y
Shirley Byrne Memorial Education
Scholarship
Graduates of Madison Central High School that are full-time,
in good academic standing, and have financial need.
Full-time, undergraduate education majors with focus on
elementary or middle grades teaching in good standing with
minimum 3.0 GPA.
Shirley Smith McAfee Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Female student, 2.8 GPA, sophomores, juniors, and seniors,
Mathematics major, prefer Perry & Letcher County, KY
Mathematics & Statistics
Y
Silas & Ruth Hager DeRossett
Memorial Scholarship
Full-time undergraduate in good academic standing, both at
the time of award and during the term of the award.
Preference given to an entering student but may be awarded
to a current student. Be a graduate of a high school in Floyd
County, KY. Demonstrate financial need.
No specific college/department
Y
Smart Corp. Medical Records
Endowed Scholarship
Health services administration, junior status, 3.0 GPA,
financial need
Health Information Management
Y
Stella Thompson Lutes Memorial
Scholarship
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors or graduate student, KY
resident, majors in College of Education, 3.0 GPA, renewable
Education
N
Street Family Endowed
Scholarship
Must have an official Bipolar Disorder diagnosis. Must have
been previously enrolled in EKU or another higher education
institution, dropped out and is returning to complete his/her
education. Must be in good academic standing with a
mimimum GPA of 2.0. Students interested must be registered
with the Office of Services for Individuals with Disabilities and
provide required documentation.
No specific college/department
N
Student Association Campus
Service Endowed Scholarship
For full-time Seniors in good standing with a 2.5 or higher
GPA who is a member of a student organization recognized
by EKU & recommended in writing by that organization.
Rcipient must have made a significant contribution toward
improving the Eastern community.
No specific college/department
N
Susan B. Harris Scholarship
Susan Tutt Gordon Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Communication disorders major
Incoming freshman, graduate of Model Laboratory High
School, non-renewable
Special Education
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Tae-Hwan Kwak Fund
Tarvin Family Honors Scholarship
Endowment
Government major; departmental award
Government
N
Honors program student, awarded via honors program
Junior or senior physics major, 3.0 GPA, 60 hrs. completed;
awarded via physics dept.
Honors Program
Y
Physics & Astronomy
N
Chemistry major ; awarded via chemistry dept.
Chemistry
Y
No specific college/department
Y
Music
Y
Ted M. George Scholarship
Thomas C. Herndon Endowed
Chemistry Scholarship
Tom Main Jazz Scholarship
Full time undergraduate/graduate students with financial
need; to assist with costs associated with pursuit of internship
opportunities beyond the borders of Kentucky; awarded via
Career Services office
Full time music major; Member of the EKU jazz ensemble,
financial need; awarded via music dept.
Thropp Enzweiler Scholarship
Full-time students in good academic standing with
demonstrated financial need, a 3.0 EKU GPA, or 3.0 high
school GPA for new freshman; resident of Kentucky or Texas
No specific college/department
Y
Tinsley and Mamie Dizney
Endowed Scholarship
Incoming freshman; Health Sciences /Nursing majors,
graduate of a KY high school with 3.5 GPA, high school
ranking may be considered; renewable for a maximum of
eight semesters with a 3.0 GPA
Health Sciences
Y
Full time; Insurance major, 2.5 cum GPA, full-time status,
prefer children of employees of Cincinnati Financial
Insurance
N
Physical education major
Recipient selected by EKU scholarship office. Good academic
standing.
Exercise & Sport Science
Y
No specific college/department
Y
No specific major, awarded by scholarship office
No specific college/department
N
For Foreign Language and Humanities students nominated for
study abroad by a FRLH faculty member. Must be in good
academic standing and enrolled in any of the FRLH programs,
with preference given to FRLH majors.
Arts & Sciences
N
No specific college/department
Y
Thomas S. Larance Endowed
Internship Fund
Tom Nuckles Insurance
Scholarship
Tom Samuels Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
UK Federal Credit Union
Presidential Scholarship
Vine Street/Mason Endowed
Scholarship
Virginia N. Parrish Endowed
Scholarship
Appalachian region but priority to students from Leslie County
and second preference to those from 5th and 7th
Walker-Bird Endowed Scholarship Congressional Districts, financial need
Wally Chambers Scholarship
Prefer student in football program, prefer 5th year senior, next
preference graduate student who was a football player
Athletics
Y
Whitaker Bank Corp. Scholarship
Incoming freshman from KY, minimum 3.0 GPA, financial
need, non-renewable
No specific college/department
Y
Whitson-Land Endowed
Scholarship
Full time; enrolled in four year program; 3.0 high school GPA,
preference to Kenton, Harrison, and Boyd Counties, KY then
eastern, KY, preference to those whose parents/family are
EKU alumni, financial need, renewable with 2.7 GPA
No specific college/department
Y
Enrolled in EKU Dept. of Special Education within College of
Education; awarded via department of Special Education
Special Education
N
Students from Floyd County, KY, 2.5 high school GPA
Full time; financial need; freshman or sophomore pursing a
degree in Department of Technology; Preference given to
student in Industrial Technology program; maintain overall 2.8
No specific college/department
Y
Technology
N
Rising senior, Psychology major, 3.0 GPA, financial need
Psychology
Y
William J. Wall Family Endowed
Scholarship
ROTC cadet enrolled in the Military Science program; full-time
undergraduate student in an EKU degree program; at least
junior status; financial need via FAFSA; 2.5 cum GPA, in
good academic standing. Three letters of recommendation,
which must include one letter from ROTC department, one
from EKU faculty/staff, one external letter.
No specific college/department
Y
Wilma Becknell Scholarship
Wilma Carroll Memorial
Scholarship
International travel for study abroad classes
Dependent of EKU graduate, prefer financial need,
renewable with 3.5 GPA
No specific college/department
Y
Alumni Relations
N
Wilma Pigg Poynter Scholarship
Laurel County, KY students, preference to financial need and
scholastic ability
No specific college/department
Y
Wilson and Cora Langdon Bond
Scholarship
Full-time, financial need required, from Clay, Jackson, or
Owsley County, KY
No specific college/department
N
Woody and Mary Hinkle Music
Scholarship
Women Studies /Schmidlapp
Scholarship
Zelma M. Keltner Endowed
Scholarship
Zhejiang Medicine Co., LTD.,
Endowed Scholarship
Auditions are held to determine recipients. Must be full-time
music majors (any concentration) with GPAs of 2.0 or higher.
Minor in Women's Studies, 2.5 GPA, freshman, sophomore
or junior; must have completed WMS 201
Arts & Sciences
Y
Wietse DeHoop Scholarship
William H. and Lydia A. Music
Memorial Endowed Scholarship
William E. Sexton Endowed
Scholarship
William H. Knapp Memorial
Scholarship
Honors Program, 3.0 GPA, financial need
Must be admitted, in good academic standing, in pursuit of
degree, Maintain a mininum 3.0 GPA
Women Studies
Honors Program
No specific college/department