The following list of endowed scholarships are automatically awarded to students based on a software database matching process between the scholarship criteria and the student’s profile information. Therefore, students should not contact Financial Aid and attempt to apply for a scholarship because there is no application process. Some of the endowed scholarships are awarded by faculty during the annual Honors Convocation and those are clearly identified in the list below.
If a student is awarded one of the listed scholarships, the awarded money will replace any KWC institutional need-based aid the student may be receiving. Some of these scholarships may, in fact, be added on top of other scholarships a student is already receiving from KWC, but the total amount of scholarship/award dollars a student receives cannot exceed the total of direct costs (tuition, fees, room and board) at Kentucky Wesleyan College.
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Arts & Humanities
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Dr. Edward. L. Beavin Endowed Scholarship Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a student(s) majoring in religion with a 3.0 minimum GPA.Dr. Clyde Bethel and Fay Babb Memorial Religion Scholarship Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to an outstanding junior or senior student(s) majoring in religion and who has shown exceptional perseverance in pursuit of his/her education demonstrating qualities that predict successful achievement.Dr. John R. Combs Endowed Award for Literature
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a junior or senior student(s) majoring in English who has achieved excellence in the study of literature.Vicki Lyle Combs Memorial Award for Distinguished Writing
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to any student with an outstanding written submission from coursework. Criteria established by the English Faculty.William D. Crago Scholarship
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a student(s) in the Arts & Humanities or Natural Sciences who has a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and does not have a full-tuition scholarship.Nelda Peeples Darrell Scholarship
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: For full-time students with a 3.0 cumulative GPA who has demonstrated outstanding performance in both music and theatre.Dr. Diane Earle Endowed Scholarship
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a student(s) majoring in music or music education, with preference given to a piano major or minor, with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.Tom Ewell Outstanding Theatre Student Scholarship Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: For students majoring in theatre and/or actively involved in theatre at KWC.Jane Forgy Speech/Drama Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a student majoring in speech and/or drama with at least a 2.8 GPA. Second preference for a student minoring in speech and/or drama.Dr. Paul W. Hagan Outstanding Music Prize
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a student(s) who has demonstrated performing excellence, outstanding scholarship, shown determination to pursue a professional career in music, and has made outstanding artistic contributions to the music program at KWC.Dr. Paul Hagan Outstanding Junior Music Student Prize
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a junior student(s) who has demonstrated performing excellence, outstanding scholarship, shown determination to pursue a professional career in music, and has made outstanding artistic contributions to the music program at KWC.Dr. Paul Hagan Outstanding Senior Music Student Prize
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a senior student(s) who has demonstrated performing excellence, outstanding scholarship, shown determination to pursue a professional career in music, and has made outstanding artistic contributions to the music program at KWC.Frank G. King Memorial
Criteria: For students who are planning to major in ministry or music.Music Ministry Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in music with career plans to enter the music ministry. Student must be in good standing at KWC with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA (or previous institution if a transfer student). First preference to an organ major or minor, then piano. The scholarship will include an internship at a church with a pipe organ. Students should be involved in campus and/or community vocal and/or instrumental music organizations. Graduating seniors are not eligible. -
Paul & Gladys J. Osborne Scholarship
Criteria: For students studying any major in the Arts & Humanities with demonstrated financial need and at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA. Preference for non-athletes.Elizabeth Paris Music Scholarship
Criteria: For students pursuing a career in music or related field with a 2.5 GPA and demonstrated unmet financial need.Gilbert P. Robertson Pre-Ministerial Scholarship Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to an outstanding student(s) preparing for a church-related vocation. Selection is based on academic performance and upholding Christian values.Sarah Brackett Roop Scholarship
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a student(s) in good academic standing majoring in music, music education, or the music industry.Douglas Reid Sasser Scholarship
Criteria: For students who are English majors and/or working in the Library Learning Center.Carol Louise Walker Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in ministerial studies or majoring in fine arts with an emphasis in music with plans to pursue a career in church music, or students majoring in education with Christian education emphasis, or students majoring in fine arts with an emphasis in music, or if no such majors exist then awarded to students in good standing with financial need.
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Natural Sciences
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Dr. Ernest W. Abernathy Scholarship
Criteria: For chemistry or biology students in good academic standing with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA with plans to go into the healthcare field, Preference is given to a first-generation student.Nathan B. Allison Scholarship
Criteria: For students in their junior year, maintaining a B average, and demonstrating financial need. Preference to a student in mathematics, with a second preference to physics, and a third preference to biology.William D. Crago Scholarship
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a student(s) in the Arts & Humanities or Natural Sciences who has a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and does not have a full-tuition scholarship.Robert C. Dalzell Endowed Medical Scholarship
Criteria: For first-year pre-med students with a B average from high school majoring in biology or chemistry. Given to the same student each year starting in their sophomore year until he/she graduates.Karen D. Fisher-Brasher Physics/Chemistry Scholarship Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a first-year student(s) who has demonstrated outstanding potential to pursue a career in chemistry or a chemistry-related field.
Yu Hak Hahn Scholarship
Criteria: For students enrolled full-time with at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA and majoring in a science discipline of either biology, chemistry, or physics. Preference for students with a demonstrated financial need.Charles & Violet Jackson Scholarship
Criteria: For students pursuing a career in chemistry or majoring in chemistry.Thomas Alexander Kendall Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in chemistry and in good academic standing.Ellie Magnuson Memorial Endowed Fellowship Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in chemistry, in academic good standing, and agreeing to serve a minimum of three hours per week during each semester performing undergraduate research, or assisting one of the faculty members, in the chemistry department.Dr. W.L. Magnuson Scholars Program
Criteria: For students who are majoring in chemistry and are in good academic standing with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA.Charles J. Majors Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in chemistry; the second preference is another science major.Peters Chemistry Scholarship Award
Criteria: For a distinguished student majoring in chemistry (first preference) or pre-medicine (second preference).Stephen C. Snyder Scholarship
Criteria: For students in good academic standing with a minimum 2.5 GPA. First preference for students who are chemistry majors. Second preference for students majoring in physics, biology, health science, zoology, or mathematics.W.K. Snyder Chemistry Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in chemistry in good academic and student conduct standing who would benefit from additional financial assistance.Dr. Connie G. White Chemistry Scholarship
Criteria: For students in good academic standing and majoring in chemistry. Students will be selected on the basis of their dedication to chemistry as a future career and profession.
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Pre-Professional
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Clay Physical Education Scholarship Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to the outstanding student(s) in the field of health and physical education.Henry P. & Judith R. Ford Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in education or pre-engineering, in good academic standing, and demonstrating financial need.The Gracie Fund Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in history with plans to be a teacher, at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA, and preferably a first-generation college student.Dr. John West Kinny Scholarship
Criteria: For students with demonstrated need and in good academic standing. First preference for students in pre-veterinary studies, or second preference of allied health fields studies (i.e., Pre-med, Pre-Dentistry, Clinical Psychology, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-PA, Pre-Physical Therapy).Rachel C. & G. Wallace Thacker Scholarship
Criteria: For students intent on pursuing a law degree after KWC graduation at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Must have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA at KWC with an LSAT score in the top half nationally. Preference is given to students demonstrating financial need. Contact the Dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law for more information and how to apply.
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Professional: Education/Teaching/Business
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Lexie Bryant Taylor Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in education, in good academic standing at KWC, having at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA, and demonstrating financial need.Joan Gray Capps Memorial Scholarship Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a student(s) majoring in elementary education, first-generation at college, and maintaining at least a 2.8 GPA.Cargill Foundation Scholarship
Criteria: For full-time students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher from an underrepresented race/ethnicity in the teacher education program and demonstrate financial need. 1 sophomore, 1 junior, and 1 senior (renewable until graduation as long as financial need exists).Margarine Bivins Clark Scholarship Endowment Fund
Criteria: For students preparing for careers as teachers from either Daviess County, Kentucky or Spencer County, Indiana.Dr. Diane Earle Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in music or music education, at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA. Preference for piano majors and demonstrated financial need.Henry P. & Judith R. Ford Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in education or pre-engineering, in good academic standing, and demonstrating financial need.Dr. Billy B. Horrell Scholarship
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a rising junior or senior student(s) majoring in education who has a 3.0 cumulative GPA and shows exceptional dedication and leadership in the pursuit of his/her education.Louise Kramer Memorial Scholarship Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a rising sophomore, junior, or senior student(s) who is an outstanding Special Education student based on academic progress and service to the field.John W. Jones Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in business administration in good academic standing and with demonstrated financial need.Barbara Milner Rankin Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in education (preference for elementary education) in good academic standing and with demonstrated financial need.Hazel M. Roberts Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in elementary education who are sophomores, juniors, or seniors in good academic standing.Jane & Foster Sanders Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in education, in good academic standing, and with a demonstrated financial need.Dr. Wyndall Smith Business Administration Scholarship Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a student(s) who demonstrates outstanding academic achievement in the general areas of business administration, marketing, management, and finance.William “Jack” Turbeville, Jr. Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in business, who are in good academic standing, and have demonstrated financial need.Dr. Janice Farmer Weaver Scholarship
Criteria: For a student who is at least a sophomore studying to be a teacher, in good standing at KWC with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA. Preference for a first-generation college student and Federal Work Study eligible.White-Schmeal Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in a business discipline, with at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA, and involved in campus life and/or community volunteer organizations. Preference for those with a demonstrated financial need.
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Social Sciences
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Dr. William J. Conroy Political Science Scholarship
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a KWC student that is in good standing, a political science or history major (first preference given to political science), and has a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.Elsum G. Hedges Scholarship
Criteria: For students majoring in criminal justice.Bruce Horrell Memorial Scholarship
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a sophomore or junior student(s) with at least a 3.0 GPA majoring in political science or history.Gus Paris Scholarship Award
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: Awarded to a student(s) who are majoring in political science or history, are in good academic standing, and have financial need.Powell Peace Scholarship
Awarded in April at Honors Convocation: For a student that demonstrates peace-making efforts and is majoring in either international relations, history, political science, or religion.Stephenson Endowment Scholarship
Criteria: For students pursuing a career in social work or a related field, or library sciences or a related field. Must be in good academic standing with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA and have unmet financial need.
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