COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements
College
NEA Baptist Professional Scholarship
  • Full-time student admitted to any professional program in CNHP
  • Demonstrates academic achievement
  • Demonstrates financial need
Jon A. Linder/Douglas Jon Seitz Scholarship
  • Single parent who is an Arkansas resident
  • Student must have completed 50 undergraduate semester hours before being considered
  • Must be a full-time student with a minimum 3.0 (3.0/4.0) cumulative grade point average
  • Majoring in an undergraduate degree program of the following: (Listed in priority order): Nursing; Communication Disorders; Health Professions
Elizabeth A. Thomas Health Sciences
  • Full-time student
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Undergraduate CNHP student in final year of study
  • Preference given to students who are married and/or have young children at home
  • Financial need is NOT a requirement for this scholarship
Drs. Ball, Woloszyn, & Moseley Scholarship
  • Full-time student accepted into any professional program in the college
  • Demonstrates financial need
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
George Herndon Graduate Scholarship
  • Must be unconditionally admitted to the Graduate Program in Communication Disorders
  • Must maintain a graduate GPA of 3.0 or higher
RADIOLOGIC SCIENCES
Kris Taylor Memorial Scholarship
  • Full-time student in last year of AS-RS program
  • Minimal 2.5 overall GPA
  • Demonstrates financial need
  • Satisfactory academic progress toward degree
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Gail Buggica Memorial Scholarship
  • Must be admitted to the PT or PTA program
  • Must have a child eighteen (18) years of age or younger, living at home
Isokinetics, Inc. Physical Therapy Scholarship
  • Full-time student in first year of PT program
  • Demonstrates financial need
  • Preference given to students from rural areas located in Arkansas, Western Tennessee, and Northwest Mississippi
NURSING
Sister Patricia Lee Findley Memorial Scholarship

BSN

 

  • Full-time BSN junior or senior level student
  • Minimum 3.0 overall GPA
  • Active member of Arkansas State SNA
  • Plans to remain in Northeast Arkansas for at least one year post-graduation
  • Demonstrated financial need is NOT a requirement
Leet Family Scholarship

BSN

 

  • Strong consideration to minority students
  • Full-time Sophomore BSN
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • First preference to Marked Tree & Poinsett County students (2nd Crittenden & Craighead)
  • Financial need and academic performance considered

Ray & Kathleen Scott Hall, Sr. Nursing Scholarship

BSN

 

  • Senior student 
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Demonstrates financial need
  • Within 15 county area of Northeast Arkansas
Bill Penix, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

MSN

 

  • Full-time student entering or enrolled in Adult Health MSN degree program
  • Preference to students interested in public mental health nursing
  • Demonstrates academic achievement
  • Demonstrates commitment to nursing profession
  • Demonstrates satisfactory progress toward degree
  • Demonstrated financial need is NOT a requirement
Carla Brooks Spears Memorial Scholarship

AASN

  • Full-time AASN student
  • Demonstrates financial need
  • Satisfactory academic progress toward degree
  • Skills and attitudes should demonstrate qualities beneficial to nursing profession
Susan Tolliver Memorial Scholarship

AASN/BSN

  • Full-time AASN or BSN admitted student
  • Evidence of academic achievement
  • Demonstrates financial need
  • Preference to students who do not qualify for state-funded Academic Distinction Scholarships
Lillian G. & Homer G. Proctor Nursing
Scholarship
                                                                        RN to BSN
                                                                                   BSN
                           
  • The applicant must be an admitted student in either the RN to BSN or BSN nursing program
  • The applicant must be a junior or senior-level student
  • First preference to students from the Mountain Home area.  Second preference to students who wish to serve the elderly
  • Donors of the scholarship may contact the recipient

 


Linnie Wisdom-Maude Wilson Honors
Scholarship

BSN

 

  • Full-time student in BSN program (at least junior standing)
  • Must be Arkansas resident
  • Commitment to career in nursing
  • Outstanding academic achievement
  • Demonstrates financial need

Clopton Clinic Nursing Scholarship

BSN

  • Junior level BSN student
  • Minimum 3.5 GPA
  • Demonstrated financial need is NOT a requirement
The Harriet Mildred Smith Memorial Scholarship

BSN

  • Junior level BSN student
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Priority in selection process to a graduate of Brookland High School
  • If no BHS graduate is eligible, a Craighead County High School graduate will be eligible
SOCIAL WORK                                                                                                                                                            
Martha Ivener Memorial Scholarship
  • Full time junior or senior majoring in social work
  • Demonstrates commitment to child welfare through completion of, or enrollment in Child Welfare or Child Abuse and Neglect.
  • Personal statement (volunteer experience, future plans)
  • Enrollment in or completion of a Field Placement (Field I or Field II) with the Division of Children and Family Services.
  • Academic performance (grades in child welfare related courses and overall GPA)
  • At least one letter of recommendation from an ASU Social Work faculty member and /or DCFS Field Instructor

 

NOTES:
   All awards are for variable amounts each year
   Application packets may be picked up in the Dean's office, College of Nursing and Health 
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