Outside Scholarships
You don’t need to limit yourself to St. Norbert scholarships: there are plenty of others out there! In fact, this list only includes those that organizations have alerted us to. As you read through, you’ll get a sense of just how many opportunities there may be, if you do a little digging on your own.
Just ask Lauren Senour. She worked hard by applying for dozens of independent scholarships, and it allowed her to pay for over 98% of her costs.
More information and applications are available in the Office of Financial Aid, Todd Wehr Hall, Room 136.
Study Abroad Scholarships
Information can be found on the national scholarships website.
Military Education Scholarship Program
Information is available on their website.
Delta Nu Alpha Scholarship – Greater Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter 317
- Open to all students studying in the fields of transportation, logistics, business or related fields.
- Students pursuing associate, bachelor or graduate degrees are encouraged to apply.
- Applications will be judged based upon scholastic achievement, overall career goals and related interest in logistics and recommendations.
- Deadline to apply is May 1 of each year.
Wisconsin Troopers’ Association, Inc. Memorial Scholarship
- Wisconsin residents enrolled in a two- or four-year degree program with a major in criminal justice, police science, or any law enforcement-related field.
- Applicant must have earned at least 50 percent of the credits necessary to earn a degree in their law enforcement-related field, prior to applying for this scholarship.
- The association will award six (6) $300 scholarships.
- Applicant must apply for the scholarship between November 1 and December 15 of each year.
- Open to students in four-year college programs who are interested in serving four years as a community police officer after graduation.
- Applications are available on their website.
- Deadline: December 2 of each year.
Navy Scholarships
- Pre-medical, pre-optometry and pre-dental school students.
- For further information, contact: LCDR Esther Morales: esther.morales@navy.mil.
The Sallie Mae Fund Scholarships
- Low-income and minority students.
- Must be accepted and enrolled as an undergraduate at a Title IV-eligible, approved, accredited, post-secondary, two- or four-year college or university, or vocational or technical school in the United States or Puerto Rico, and meet program-specific eligibility requirements.
- Deadline: Open.
- Applications and eligibility information are available on The Sallie Mae Fund’s website.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholarships
General eligibility requirements:
- Must be of Hispanic heritage.
- U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident with a permanent resident card, or passport stamped I-551 (not expired).
- Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA required on a 4.0 scale.
- Must apply for federal financial aid using the FAFSA.
- Awards range from $1,000 to $2,500.
- More details about programs, deadlines and applications are available on the website.
Hmong Mutual Assistance Association of Sheboygan Scholarship
- Must be enrolled at an accredited technical college, 4-year college or university.
- Must be a resident of Sheboygan County.
- Must be a member of the Hmong community.
- Must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
- For more information and an application, please contact: 2304 Superior Ave., Sheboygan, WI 53081.
- African American, Hispanic/Latino or American Indian.
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
- Full-time student at an accredited college, university or community college.
- High academic achiever in chemistry or science (GPA of 3.0 or higher).
- Able to demonstrate evidence of financial need according to FAFSA form (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).
- High school senior, college freshman, sophomore or junior intending to, or already majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering or a chemically related science field and planning a career in the chemical sciences or chemical technology.
- Students planning careers in medicine or pharmacy are not eligible for this program.
- Students must complete an application form, provide the financial-need document referred to as a SAR (Student Aid Report), and submit transcripts and required letters of recommendation. Only complete application files will be considered by the selection committee.
- Scholarships up to $2,500 for freshmen and up to $3,000 for sophomores, juniors and seniors per academic year. Scholarships are renewable for all four or five years of an undergraduate degree as long as the student maintains a GPA of 3.0 in an approved major. Renewal forms and transcripts are required each year.
- The application form is available on the American Chemical Society’s website.
- Deadline for submitting applications is March 1 annually.
Wisconsin Mathematics Council Scholarship
- Must be a legal Wisconsin resident.
- Must be currently enrolled in a Wisconsin public or private teacher-education program.
- Must be currently enrolled in or have already completed a course in methods of teaching mathematics, and currently have a GPA or at least 3.0 (B average) or better.
- Award is: $1,500.
- Applications are available on the website.
The Jaycees of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc. – Denise Bertucci Memorial Scholarship
- Applicant must be at least 21 years of age, having returned to school after at least two years off.
- Applicant must be a continuing student with at least two semesters of school completed since returning to school. (Summer school does not apply and student must be enrolled in upcoming term.)
- Applicant must be attending a Wisconsin post-secondary institution pursuing a minimum of a two-year undergraduate program.
- The student must be a full-time student as defined by the school in which they are enrolled.
- The applicant must have a 3.0 GPA based on a 4.0 scale. A transcript of grades must be included in the application packet.
- Three letters of recommendation (limited to one page per letter) must be included in the application packet.
- Answers to questions must be typewritten.
- For more info, contact the scholarship committee by e-mail at: jcwfscholarship@netscape.net
- Deadline is June 30 of each year.
- Applications are available on the Jaycees' website.
Abbott and Fenner Scholarship Program
- Abbott & Fenner Business Consultants are pleased to be able to continue with our scholarship program for the 5th year.
- The A&F Scholarships are available to all high school juniors and seniors as well as all students currently registered in any accredited post-secondary institution.
- To apply for this scholarship you will need to write an essay on the topic below. The essay should be between 500 and 1000 words. Your submissions must be sent by e-mail to: scholarships@abbottandfenner.com.
- Essay topic: What was the most difficult time in your life, and why? How did your perspective on life change as a result of this difficulty?
- Please include the name and location of the school you are presently attending.
- Deadline is June 14, 2013.
- Scholarship website.
- This scholarship is available to all high school juniors and seniors as well as all students currently registered in any post-secondary institution.
- There is no age restriction.
- Be sure to include your name and the school you are attending this year and next.
- This is not an academic scholarship, but we would like to know where you are going to school now and what your future academic plans are.
- Please do not send transcripts or letters of recommendation at this time.
- To apply for this scholarship, you will need to write an essay on this topic: Discuss, in fewer than 1,000 words, how your education has contributed to who you are today, or how it will affect who you will become.
- Your submissions must be sent to us by e-mail at awards@studentawardsearch.com.
- More information can be found on the B. Davis Scholarship website.
- Deadline is May 27, 2013.
Healthy Lifestyles Scholarship
- $5,000
- Deadline is May 30, 2012.
- As of May 30, 2012, deadline, must be under 25 years of age.
- Must be currently a senior in high school or in your first year of university or college.
- Must be a resident of the United States or Canada.
- Must answer both essay questions.
- More information and how to submit on the Healthy Lifestyles website.
- $3,000.
- Deadline is June 1, 2012.
- Must currently be in grade 12 and entering your first year of college/university in 2012 or be currently in your first or second year.
- Must submit an essay that is less than 1,000 words by the stated deadline.
- More information and how to submit on the Big Dig Scholarship website.
- $500.
- Deadline is June 15, 2012.
- Must be enrolled or expect to be enrolled in an undergraduate program by the fall of 2012.
- The school you attend must be located within Canada or the United States.
- Must have a GPA of at least 2.75 in your last academic year.
- Must fill out online application form.
- Must submit a letter of recommendation from a parent/guardian.
- Application can be found on the Man Mac Scholarship website.
- For students majoring in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) disciplines.
- $2,500 scholarships available under the new Great Lakes National Scholarship Program.
- Up to 750 scholarships totaling $1.875 million will be awarded to new and continuing students who qualify.
- For more information or to apply, visit the Great Lakes STEM website.
Wisconsin Laboratory Association Scholarships
- Applicant must be either a technical student, undergraduate university student, or graduate student at an accredited college or university.
- Applicant must be enrolled in a curriculum that will enable them to pursue a career in a non-medical laboratory-related field and have a 3.0 or higher grade point average.
- Applicant must submit the following three pieces of information to the scholarship committee to be considered:
- A completed WLA application form.
- A current transcript from the school the student is presently attending.
- Two letters of recommendation from the student’s instructors.
- The deadline for submitting completed applications and supporting documentation is Aug. 1, 2012.
- The scholarship will be awarded at the 2012 Fall Educational Conference.
- Please contact Gina Steiner or Mary Pischke for any further information or assistance.
- Applications and more information are available on the Wisconsin Laboratory Association website.