We are fortunate to be able to provide hundreds of scholarships each year to qualifying students. Below is a listing of endowed and expendable scholarships provided by our generous benefactors and donors. Scholarship amounts vary and are awarded on a first come, first serve basis. You must submit an application in order to be considered and applications are due within two weeks after the first day of classes. You can apply by visiting our “Apply for a Scholarship” page.
Alex Viola Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: For use in the welding department for equipment and supplies
American Legion Auxiliary-Post 18 Scholarship
Criteria: Cowley County resident; 3.0 GPA
Ark City Clinic Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.25 GPA; Nursing major; Preference to student planning to return to Cowley County area to see employment
Ark City Tumbleweeds Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.0 GPA; Industrial or Automotive Technology major
Audra and Daniel Stark Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Chemistry, Math or Science major
Barbara Weston Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Nursing major; Cowley County resident preferred
Barkley Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Adult or returning student; Non-athlete
Beatrice Wright Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Bedi N. Sehsuvaroglu Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 3.0 GPA; Engineering or Science majors
Berklie Perico Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Betty Todd Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Business major
Bill and Roma Marrs Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Billings Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas Scholarship
Criteria: Student in BCBS service area; Health related major; Interest in working in Kansas after schooling
Bob & Patricia White Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Married student; Business major
Boyer Trust Scholarship
Criteria: Sumner County High School graduate; 2.5 GPA; First priority to Agriculture major; preference to student likely to stay and work in Sumner County
Brian Groves Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student
Buel Beck Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
C.F. Knedler Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Cowley County resident
Captola Yust Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Art, Music or Theatre majors
Caroline Newman Warren Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Member of ladies Tennis Team
Carpenter Vickers Memorial Trust Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; non-athlete
Cervantes – Oklahoma Students Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need; resident of Oklahoma
Chad Speer Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Automotive Tech student; Cowley County resident preferred
Cherokee Strip Regional Chapter Scholarship
Criteria: For use by the automotive program
Chihyun Park Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Claude and Helen Morrow Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Industrial Tech program; Financial Need
Clay & Betty Lemert Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Priority to athletes – Basketball preference
Coca Cola Endowed Athletic Scholarship
Criteria: Athletes with financial need
Commercial Federal Bank Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA
Conco, Inc Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Drafting student
Conrad and Janet Jimison Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Corbin Wilt Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Criminal Justice major
CornerBank Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Priority to Cowley College service area
CornerBank Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Priority to Cowley College service area
Cowley Arts Scholarship
Criteria: Students enrolled in Fine Arts program
Cowley IMPACT Student Scholarship
Criteria: Sophomore student in Impact program; 2.5 GPA; no Pell; must plan to transfer to a 4-year college
Cowley North Side Prime Time Faculty Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; child of faculty working at Mulvane or Southside Education center
Craig Newman Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Fine Arts, History and Science majors; or students studying courses on the preservation of our lands
CTE Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: CTE program; selected by instructor of program
D.C. Stark Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Science, Chemistry or Math major
Dale and Isobel Smith Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Science major (Chemistry or Physics)
Dale R. Wasson Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time MICT student; 3.25 GPA; Cowley County resident – must be recommended by the MICT department
Dan Spangler Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Cowley County resident; Art major
David & Peggy Soule Family Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial need
David & Sheree Utash Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
David Family Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Math, Science or Engineering major; Valedictorian or Salutatorian of high school graduating class; Cowley athlete
Deborah Smith Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Accounting, Business or Math majors
Delbert Harader Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 3.0 GPA; Non-traditional student over age 24; preference to those with children
Derek Burroughs Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Sophomore student with 3.0 GPA. Must have strong moral character and integrity; Passion for learning; Must inspire others; Financial need
Diane Morrow and Lynn Mullett Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Donald and Wilda Patterson Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA
Donald and Wilda Patterson Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA
Donna Avery Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Dorothy Bishop Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Music student in financial need
Dorothy Moore Harbaugh Queen Alalah Scholarship
Criteria: Specifically for the current Queen Alalah crowned during Arkalalah
Dr. Charles Kerr Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Cowley or Sumner HS graduate; Business Technology major
Dr. Gwen and Lu Nelson Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Non-traditional student; Technical Education major
Dr. Robert Morton Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.25 GPA; Resident of Ark City; Nursing major
Dr. Roy Danks Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.25 GPA; EMT program
Duck Dash Endowed Scholarships
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Financial Need
Duck Dash Title III Scholarships
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Financial Need
E.A. Funk Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need; Education major
E.A. Funk Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need; Education major
E.W. Bud and Lauretta Shelton Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA
Earl Newman Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA
Early Bird Lions Club Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; participant in 1 community service project per year
Eldon Smith Family Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; non-athlete
Eli Hilderbrand Emergency Needs Fund
Criteria: 2.0 GPA; enrolled in at least 6 hours; unanticipated financial emergency
Eli Hilderbrand Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Freshman class; Enthusiasm and passion for life
Elizabeth Northcutt Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Elvin Hatfield Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Criminal Justice major
Eugene and Mary Ellen McCorgary Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Agriculture major; Preference to student transferring to K-State, Fort Hays, Oklahoma State, or Northwest Oklahoma State
Facts Management Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Florence Stephens Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Female student; Social Science major
Floyd Clarkson Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Criminal Justice majors; Financial need
Fostine Moncrief Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Music major
Fred and Margot Menefee Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; American citizen; Preference to Journalism; Art; Music; Business; Communications or Graphic Arts
Frederick and Joy Freeman Title III Scholarships
Criteria: Financial Need
Galaxy Technologies Machine Tool Scholarship
Criteria: Machine Tooling degree or certificate; 3.0 GPA; not currently employed in the field; resident of Kansas or Kay County, OK
Garrett Misora Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; No Pell or financial assistance; involved in Impact program or one college activity
Gene and Donella Cole Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
George and Betty Sybrant Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA
Gertrude T. Newman Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Glen and Bonny Remsberg Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA
Gordon-Piatt / William Krusor Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA
Hall of Scholars Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 3.0 GPA; Financial Need
Harold & Mary Lake Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Female student; Single mother
Henrietta Courtright Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Herrin Family Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Education major
Hocker Baseball Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; active on the Baseball team
Hubert and Mildred Johnston Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Cowley County resident
Hutchinson Trust Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student with leadership potential
Irwin Art and Design Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Fine arts major
J.P. Dewell Family Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Fine arts major
Jean C. Lough Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Art, Music, or Theatre major
Jean Newman Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Based on financial need
Jerre L. Gottlob Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need
Jet AirWerks Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Technical Education major; overcome personal odds
Jim Kelly Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Enrolled in 9 or more credit hours; Financial need
Jim Kelly Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Enrolled in 9 or more credit hours; Financial need
Jim Kelly Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Enrolled in 9 or more credit hours; Financial need
Jo Ann Scott Newman Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Vocal and Instrumental music students
Jodi Sanderholm / Shanks Family Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Science major
Joe Avery Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Theatre student
John and Janice Hitchcock Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Music or Theatre major
John and Olive Kappler Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: First Preference to Dexter or Cedar Vale HS grad; next preference to Chautauqua or Cowley county student; Vocational preference
John DeVore Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Freshman Student; Agriculture preference; Cowley resident preference
John Potucek Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Interest in career in Culinary or Visual Arts
John Watts Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Not starting freshman (2nd semester or returning); 2.5 GPA; Mechatronics, Automotive Tech, Engineering, or Welding majors
Journalism Scholarship
Criteria: Financial Need; Journalism major
Kansas Grain & Feed Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Agriculture major; Financial need
Kirke Dale Memorial Trust Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Priority to Chautauqua County residents
L.G. Pike Construction Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Graduate of high school within 100 miles of Ark City
Larry and Carlla Pike Scholarship
Criteria: Financial need
Larry Schwintz Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Financial need
Lawrence and Lorene Swaim Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Instrumental and Vocal music interest
Lawrence and Martha Stover Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Engineering major
Linda Barnes Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full Time student; Business major; Preference to Cowley County resident
Lucille and Artie Metcalf Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Preference to Dexter or Cedar Vale HS graduates; 2nd Preference to Chautauqua or Cowley residents
Luther Parman Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Business major; Cowley County resident
Lyle and Terry Eaton Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student with 15+ hours; Non-athlete International student; 2nd priority to graduate of Cowley GED program
Marion and Jacqueline Deal Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Business, Technical or Liberal Arts Majors
Martha Brandenburg Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Music major or taking music classes
Marvin and Anita McCorgary Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Ark City HS graduate; Preference to Industrial Trade or student transferring to Pitt State University
Mary Hobart-Hutchinson Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student with leadership potential
Max Cannon MICT Scholarship
Criteria: Cowley MICT program student; 2.5 GPA; preference to rural Cowley county student
Menefee Family Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; American citizen; Preference to Journalism; Art; Music; Business; Communications or Graphic Arts
Michael Vaughn Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Financial need
Miller Family Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Kansas high school graduate; Preference to Cowley County student
MJ Marnix Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Applied Science or Business major; Veteran or Serviceperson preferred
Nellie Mary Wilson Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Business major; Cowley HS preferred
Newt and Mary Ellen Smith Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Financial need
Office Education Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.8 GPA; Business major; Female resident of Cowley County
Palmer-Williams Endowed Scholarships
Criteria: Financial need
Pat Lawson Tyler Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Financial need
Pat Lawson Tyler Title III Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Financial need
Paton Wholesale Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Financial need
Paton Wholesale Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Financial need
Patrick J. McAtee Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.0 GPA; Theatre or Education majors
Paul and Dorothy Johnson Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.0 GPA; financial need
Peggy Paton Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Business major
Phi Theta Kappa Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: PTK student memberships
Phyllis Britton Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Music major – vocal music preferred
Ralph and Sandra Rush Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.0 GPA; HS Graduate within 100 miles of Ark City
Richard Reeves Engineering Scholarship
Criteria: 3.0 GPA; Engineering major
Rittle and Zang Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Education major; Student athlete preference
Robert and Helen Storbeck Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; under age 40
Robert Brown Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: 2.0 GPA; Financial need
Robert Lawson Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Social science major; Non-athlete
Robert Warrender Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time Incoming student (non-returning); 3.0 GPA; Music major
Rodeo Key Club Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Graduate or Resident of Cowley County; Financial need
Rotary Club Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Music major
Roy Ralstin Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Music major
Scott MacLaughlin Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Theatre major; student with enthusiasm, vision, and passion for life
Sid Regnier Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.8 GPA; Kansas resident; Business major
Slade Griffiths Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Enrolled in Paramedic program; non-working student with financial need
Starting Point Scholarship
Criteria: Financial need or hardship
Stephen and Janet English Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Non-Athlete
Storbeck Family Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; under age 40
Student Emergency Fund Scholarship
Criteria: Student assistance for emergency needs
Theatre Production Staff Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Theatre Internship to be awarded by Theatre department
Thomas Vincent Simpson Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Ark City HS graduate; Computer Science, Programming or a computer related field
TNT Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Non-traditional student out of HS for at least 4 years; 2.5 GPA; Full time
Tom and Sheila Prichard Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Music major
Tony Buffo Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Education or Vocational major
Tredway Family Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time Sophomore student; 3.0 GPA; Business major
Union State Bank Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA; Athlete
United Agency Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student with financial need
Walter David Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Financial need
Warren Andreas Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: small town Kansas high school; Preference to non-traditional student over age 25
Warren Koeller Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 3.0 GPA
Warren R. Kelley Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Financial need
Wayne & Nila Tyler Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Industrial Tech program
Wayne & Nila Tyler Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Industrial Tech program
Wichita Independent Business Association Scholarship
Criteria: 3.25 GPA; Sedgwick County preference; Paramedic program preference; any major in the BREG Industry sector allowed
William and Hazel Busch Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; 2.5 GPA; Agriculture major or related field; Sumner County High school graduate; no relation to the donor family
William S. Scott Title III Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; English or Journalism major
Zeller Motor Company Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: Full time student; Automotive Technology major