General Scholarships Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship Criteria Awarded Alternate Years (17-18) Financial Need: Required Level: JR. SR. Required Residency: Dona Ana County Charles and Linda White Scholarship Criteria Class Level: Entering FR Required Minimum GPA: 2.5 (High School) Other: Must be grad of a NM public high school. Clara Belle Williams Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Preferred Class Level: JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 2.5 Required Residency: US Citizen *Preference given to African-American students Clara B. Williams Family Scholarship Criteria Renewable Financial Need: Required Class Level: Entering FR. Required Minimum GPA: 2.5 Required Residency: US Citizen *Preference given to African-American students. College of Education Alumni Scholarship Criteria Class Level: FR. SO. JR .SR. GR *Preference given to students who are Student Teaching. College of Education Endowed Scholarship Criteria Class Level: FR. SO. JR .SR. GR Donald C. Graduate Scholarship Criteria Class Level: GR Required Residency: U.S. citizen Dr. Edgar Kugler/Phi Delta Kappa Endowed Scholarship Criteria Class Level: JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.5 Edgar Alexander (Slim) White and Mary Dimitroff White Endowed Criteria Level: Entering FR. Required Minimum GPA: 2.5 Other: Must be active in 4-H. Graduate of a NM public high school.
Elizabeth Ann Shirk Memorial Scholarship Criteria Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR. Residency: Preference given to student who graduated from a NM High School Faye Leona Murphy Scholarship Criteria Level: JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.5 Other: Must complete 20 hours or more per semester of community service that directly benefits children. GFWC Progressive Club/Bernice Wright Scholarship Criteria Class Level: JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Residency: NM *Preference given to a female student or a student who demonstrates financial aid Homer W. Heathman Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. Other: Grad of a NM school Jennie Lynn Hanson Memorial Award Criteria Renewable Financial Need: Required Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 *Preference will be given to young mothers. Joe and Sheila Bullock Endowed Scholarship Criteria Awarded Alternate Years (15-16) Class Level: JR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Joel L. Granger Endowed Scholarship Criteria Class Level: JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Residency: NM or AZ Jose N. and Joan T. Uranga Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Class Level: Incoming FR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 in HS *Preference given to a Hispanic student.
Judith Ann Scholarship Criteria Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Residency: US Citizen Malone and Caldwell Families Scholarship Criteria Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 2.0 Marie Palm Stewart Endowed Scholarship Criteria Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. Montoya Family Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR. Required Minimum GPA: 2.0 Other: Must tutor public school students in grades 4-12 in the areas of Reading, Language Arts, and/or Math. Nicholas and Cora Souvorin Memorial Scholarship Criteria Class Level: SO. JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Ramona L. Martinez Memorial Endowment Criteria Awarded Alternate Years (13-14) Class Level: SO. JR. Required Minimum GPA: 2.5-3.2 Other: Graduates of the following H.S. Escalante, Coronado, Mesa Vista, Espanola, Pojoaque, McCurdy, Penasco, Questa or Taos. *Preference given to a single parent Reverend Hunter and Edith Lewis Scholarship Criteria Class Level: JR. Required Minimum GPA: 2.0 Sarah Harrison and Nicole Giorgio Social Justice and Teacher Education Endowment Criteria Class Level: JR. SR. GR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Major: C&I/SPED Required Residency: NM, TX, Chihuahua *Preference given to a female student Wynn M. and Everett Egginton Endowed Scholarship Criteria Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Residency:
Ferguson-Hirzel Endowed Memorial Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Major: C & I Foltz Family Student Teacher Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Class Level: SR. Student Teaching Required Minimum GPA: 3.2 Required Major: C&I Other: Graduate of LCPS Gallegos, Romero, Salazar Memorial Scholarship Criteria Class Level: JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 2.5 Required Major: E ED or SPED Required Residency: NM *Preference to a female planning to in NM. Glass Family Endowed Scholarship Criteria Class Level: JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.45 Required ECED Jean Banks Apodaca Endowed Scholarship Criteria Class Level: GR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Major: Elementary Ed Required Residency: Dona Ana or Chavez County *Preference given to a female student Jean Thomas Endowed Scholarship Criteria Renewable* Class Level: JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Major: Secondary Math Required Residency: NM Other: Must have graduated from a NM High School. *Preference given to a female student.
Jerald and Olwen Reece Endowed Scholarship Criteria Renewable* Financial Need: Considered Class Level: JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Major: C & I Other: Must be a graduate of a NM high school. John and Charlotte Yates Student Teaching Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Class Level: SR. Student Teaching Required Residency: NM *Preference to a graduate from a NM high school. John and Romayne Thomas Endowed Scholarship Fund Criteria Financial Need: Required Class Level: SR. Student Teaching Required Major: C&I Required Minimum GPA: 2.75 Laura Lee Harty Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Class Level: Student Teaching Required Elementary Ed Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Residency: NM *Preference given to a single mother MaryLou Davis Current Use Scholarship Criteria Renewable* Financial Need: Required Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.2 Required Elementary Ed. OR Early Childhood Ed Required Residency: NM *Preference to a previous year recipient if applicable. Michael and Jan Morehead Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Major: Dance or Secondary Ed Rotates between Major or Minor and Secondary Ed.
McCowen Family and Friends Athletic Training Scholarship Criteria Class Level: JR. SR Required Minimum GPA: 2.5 Required Major: Athletic Training No Strings (Dance) Endowed Scholarship Criteria Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. Other: Awarded to a student who is pursuing a career as a choreographer, director, or producer. *Preference will be given to a student who has previous stage and production experience. Rà Memorial Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Class Level: SO. Required Major: Dance Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Richard and McCowen Athletic Training Scholarship Criteria Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Major: Athletic Training *Preference given to students with professional involvement in Athletic Training and who demonstrate financial need Stuart and Betsy Meerscheidt Athletic Training Education Program Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Not Required Class Level: JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 2.5 Required Major: Athletic Training Program
Special Education and Communication Disorders Department Carrie Elisabeth Geyer Endowed Scholarship Criteria Class Level: SR Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Major: SPED *Preference given to student athletes majoring in SPED. Daisy Gray Undergraduate Scholarship Criteria Renewable Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Major: SPED Required Residency: US Citizen Dr. Kristine Derer Memorial Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Class Level: JR. SR. GR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.5 Required Major: SPED/CD Garrett-Owen-Wood Alumni and Friends Endowed Scholarship Criteria Renewable* Level: SR. GR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 Required Major: CD John & Patricia and Thomas & Jean Lambright Endowed Scholarship Criteria Financial Need: Required Level: GR. Required Minimum GPA: 3.5 Required Major: SPED/CD Required Residency: NM, TX Other: US Citizen Joseph and Cyrena Adams Scholarship Criteria Class Level: GR Required Major: CD (Speech Language)