Scholarships in College Sophomore

Joel M. Schafer Award

Award: $500, Deadline: None

Applicant must be able to demonstrate financial need and a commitment to a better society for all people; applicant should personify a social consciousness through action.

 

Sol Feinstone Award

Award: $500, Deadline: None

Award is to honor any applicants for their participation in, leadership of, or personal accomplishment of constructive social and/or educational change within or outside the University community.

 

Whittaker Award

Award: $6,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be a full-time student who has demonstrated innovative and entrepreneurial leadership in furthering student activities to benefit students and the community.

 

W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicant must be a continuing student who has demonstrated academic achievement (minimum 2.75 grade point average) and financial need.

 

Hearst Foundation Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicant must be a continuing student who has demonstrated academic achievement (minimum 2.75 GPA) and financial need.

 

Jesse Ball DuPont Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicant must be a continuing student, who has demonstrated academic achievement (have a minimum 2.75 GPA) and financial need.

 

Wachovia Foundation Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be a continuing student who is able to demonstrate academic achievement (have a minimum 2.75 GPA) and financial need.

 

Elmer Roe Deaver Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicant must be a continuing student who is able to demonstrate academic achievement (have a minimum 2.75 GPA) and financial need.

 

Julia Erling Indahl Scholarship

Award: $300, Deadline: None

Applicant must be a blind student.

 

Bertha Pasternak Feldman Award

Award: $400, Deadline: None

Applicant must be a graduate from the Widener School and be able to demonstrate hard work and determination.

 

Toward Sustainability Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must have a minimum 2.75 GPA and demonstrate commitment to community service.

 

Louise and James Bush-Brown Alumni Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 1

Selection is based upon academic achievement.

 

Leonora Friesleben Vaughn Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: March 1

Selection is based upon academic achievement and financial need.

 

Patricia A. Wood's Memorial Award

Award: $400, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must have a minimum 3.5 GPA and must ne interested in a medical profession.

 

Jamie Dickson Memorial Alpha Chi Rho Scholarship

Award: $600, Deadline: None

Applicant must have a minimum 2.5 GPA and demonstrate compassion and determination both on and off campus.

 

Transfer Student Scholarship

Award: $3,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and 24 credits.

 

The National Science Foundation Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship

Award: $3,125, Deadline: None

Freshman applicant must rank in the top quarter of their class, have a minimum 2.7 GPA and minimum combined SAT Reasoning score of 850. Continuing student applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and be able to demonstrate a strong interest in each discipline. Interview is required regardless of enrollment level.

 

Bridges to Vermont Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must have a minimum 2.5 GPA, demonstrate involvement in a college club, student government, or a community organization, and must be a non-Vermont resident. Selection is based upon essay submission.

 

Bruce I. Goldsen Radio Broadcasting Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: None

 

Frances S. Weigler Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Award: $250, Deadline: None

 

Rich Reimold Theatre Arts Scholarship

Award: $500, Deadline: None

Applicant must have a minimum 2.0 GPA.

 

Savings Bank of Danbury Rotary Scholarship

Award: $2,500, Deadline: None

Awarded by Danbury Rotary Club scholarship committee.

 

Kenneth A. MacLeod Memorial Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: None

Awarded to the student with the highest GPA in a regular freshman Engineering program.

 

Frank P. Fitzgerald, P.C. Endowed Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must be an undergraduate or in the School of Law and must demonstrate financial need.

 

Trustee Scholarship

Award: $10,000, Deadline: None

Applicant must demonstrate academic achievement and extracurricular commitment.

 

Community Scholarship

Award: $7,500, Deadline: None

Applicant must demonstrate strong academic performance and commitment to community service and leadership.

 

Warch Scholarship

Award: $18,000, Deadline: January 15

Selection based up on high school record, recommendations, and extracurricular achievements.

 

Marguerite Tiffany Scholarship

Award: $750, Deadline: None

 

Marshall/Chavez/Means Scholarship

Award: $25,000, Deadline: None

Selection is based upon academic performance, SAT or ACT scores, leadership, extracurricular involvement, and community service.

 

Bedard Family Scholarship

Award: $1,250, Deadline: None

Applicant must demonstrate a high degree of ambition, motivation, and success.