College of Nursing Scholarships

*To be eligible for the below scholarships, you must either be accepted or currently enrolled in the Nursing Program.

Undergraduate Scholarships

Sister Patricia Lee Findley Memorial Scholarship

•     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

•     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

•     Senior student

•     Minimum 3.0 GPA

•     Demonstrates financial need

•     Within 15 county area of Northeast Arkansas

Carla Brooks Spears Memorial Scholarship

•     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

•     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

•     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

•     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

•     Junior level BSN student

•     Minimum 3.5 GPA

•     Demonstrated financial need is NOT a requirement

The Harriet Mildred Smith Memorial Scholarship

•     Junior level BSN student

•     Minimum 3.0 GPA

•     Priority in selection process to a graduate of Brookland High School

 

Graduate Scholarships

Bill Penix, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

•     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