Any undergraduate or graduate student continuing at UNI is eligible. The primary criterion for nomination and selection is the student's contribution to the total program of the college and department. Need is not necessarily a factor in the selection of the recipient. She taught in Rudd until her death in 1968. The Louis Begeman Memorial Scholarship is given to two outstanding students of junior standing to be used during their senior year.
Preference is given to students of physics and chemistry who plan to attend graduate school.
The scholarship was established in memory of Louis Begeman , who was a UNI professor of physics for 36 years. Begemen is remembered for his joint research with Robert Millikan on the properties of the electron. The Purple and Old Gold Meritorious Scholarship Award, which is presented to graduating seniors in each major of the college. The sole basis for selection is scholarship. Each recipient must have at least 64 semester hours of work at UNI, with a grade index of 3.50 for 96 or more hours at UNI or 3.60 for 64-65 hours of work.