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Alumni Student Recruitment

 

Scholarships & Awards

Student Recruitment Scholarships

 

American Petroleum Institute Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $2,000.00
* Be an in-coming freshman planning to enroll in science, math, or business administration

Louise Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $5,000.00
* Be a deserving freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior continuing their education at Dickinson State University

Senster and Florence Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $4,000.00
* Be a worthy freshman recommended by their counselors or be an upperclassman continuing their education at Dickinson State University

Durward and Borghild Balch Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $1,500.00
* Show a need for financial assistance

Wanita Beck Beal Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $450.00
* Demonstrate financial need
* Be sincere, persistent, ambitious, and honest
* Have a GPA of 2.5 or better

Joni Buresh Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $110.00
* Be a non-theatre major who has contributed to the Theatre Program

Agnes Kukla Burian Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $425.00
* Be a senior or graduate of Killdeer High School planning to attend Dickinson State University
* Show a need for financial assistance

E.D. and Bessie Culver Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $175.00
* Show promise as a student and in their profession being pursued

DSU Model High/Campus High Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $135.00
* Be a non-traditional student

Hans and Emma Freitag Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $3,500.00
* Be a resident of Bowman county
* Maintain a C or better average in high school or attain a GED composite of 50 or equivalent

Travis Haakedahl Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $285.00
* Be majoring in elementary education
* Participate in rodeo
* Preference shall be given to a new female student; secondary preference to a new male student

Beverly Hanson Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $120.00
* Show promise of leadership and academic ability

Herb Hollyman Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $800.00
* Be a female OTA (non-traditional student)
* Show financial need

Don Johnston Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $115.00
* Show financial need

Ed and Toni King Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $5,500.00
* Show a need for financial assistance

Maude Klinefelter Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $500.00
* Show promise of leadership and academic ability

Leonard Kostlenak Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $255.00
* Be a graduate from Killdeer High School

Mandan Elks Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $200.00
* Be a worthy and deserving student, with a preference to one from Mandan area

Paulette A. Mann Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $255.00
* Be a freshman non-traditional student
* Have a career objectives focus on education, nursing, human service field (social service) or artistic performance

Jim and Harriet Olheiser and Rockford and Georgine Olheiser Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $250.00
* Be an incoming student that demonstrated top academic and leadership qualities.
* Have at least a 3.25 grade point average or a 26 ACT score.

Teresa Burian Ott Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $100.00
* Be of German-Hungarian descent (preferably)
* Show need for financial assistance

Laura Fugere Oullette Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $535.00
* Be a North Dakota Resident
* Demonstrate financial need

Pepsi Cola Company Annual Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $2,000.00
* Show promise of leadership and academic ability

Wilfred Renke Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $325.00
* Show promise of leadership and academic ability

Rotary Freshman Annual Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $1,400.00
* Be a graduate from Trinity High School or Dickinson High School
* Have distinguished themselves academically or in extracurricular activities
* Show a promise of succeeding in college

Rotary Foreign Student Annual Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $700.00
* Be from a foreign country
* Show evidence of being able to benefit from enrolling at DSU

Orris Kennedy Rowe Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $180.00
* Be a graduate of New Leipzig High School (if none qualify than it may go to a graduate from Grant County)
* Show a need for financial assistance

Gregorio Sianghio Memorial Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $60.00
* Show promise of leadership and academic ability

Doug Skinner and Mary Skinner Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $100.00
* Show promise of leadership and academic ability

Theodore Roosevelt Scholars
Total Amount Awarded: $50,000.00
* Have a minimum ACT of 26 or a 3.5 GPA
* Must complete a 1-page essay outlining your career aspirations and how a Dickinson State University education can assist you in achieving these goals.

Esther Streater Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $525.00
* Any deserving sophomore student

Ruth Crawford Stuss ’29 Elementary Education Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $250.00
* Be pursuing a degree in elementary education
* Have a minimum 3.0 grade point average

George L. Zita Tillquist/James A. and Ethel B. Pace Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $1,275.00
* Be an incoming freshman

John Travers and Alyce B. Travers Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $15,000.00
* Be a resident of Bowman County, ND or Harding County, SD
* Enrolled in any curriculum
* Have a GPA of C or above
* If there are no sufficient qualified individuals, it may go to any North Dakota or South Dakota resident who is enrolled in a nursing/health care or agriculture related curriculum

Merle and Marlys Vaagen Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $155.00
* Be an incoming freshman with financial need

West Fargo VFW Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $400.00
* Be from West Fargo or be a veteran or a child of a veteran

Alex and Pauline Zalesky Scholarship
Total Amount Awarded: $500.00
* Be entering a science-related field

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