Scholarship Opportunities
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Scholarship Opportunities The scholarships listed below, listed within the college’s pathway, are available through the Grayson College Foundation and provides financial assistance through the following types of scholarships: Endowed scholarships, which are funded yearly from investment earnings. The Grayson College Foundation Scholarship Committee reviews the applications and awards based on the scholarship’s specific criteria and recommendation. Recommended endowed scholarships are awards in which the department chair, program director or representative recommends a student for a scholarship award. Annual scholarships are awards funded on an on-going annual basis. The number of available annual scholarship will vary each academic year. Minimum Award Requirements Scholarship awards require a minimum enrollment of six (6) college credit hours / semester and 2.5 or higher GPA; unless other noted. The following listing of Foundation scholarships are categorized by Grayson College Career Pathways Advanced Manufacturing & Logistics Minimum enrollment 6 credit hours/semester and a GPA of 2.5 unless otherwise noted. Welding Major - Recommended Scholarship James & Mary Ann Caldwell Scholarship in Welding Welding Major - Annual Scholarship Chance & Linda Backest Welding Scholarship Alan McAdams Welding Scholarship John W. Poteet Welding Scholarship Welding Technology Association Scholarship CADD Technology Major - Annual Scholarship (Recommended by CADD faculty) Debra Boren Achievement Scholarship for CADD Arts and Humanities Minimum enrollment 6 credit hours/semester and a GPA of 2.5 unless otherwise noted. Art Major - Recommended Scholarships R.E. Adams & Bryson Adams Visual Arts Scholarship Juliette Rathbone Finch Art Scholarship - Criteria: Female; Non-traditional student Mary Lois O’Neal Art Scholarship Lisa L. Powell Endowed Scholarship for the Visual Arts Roy Allen Siems Scholarship Mary Louise Dusek Wedel Scholarship in Visual Arts English Major Mary Ida Barnds (Mib) Garrard Endowed Scholarship - Criteria: 1st preference to Female; 1st preference Development English major Theater/Drama Major - Recommended Scholarships Dr. John & Nelda Partin Dramatic Arts Achievement Scholarship Cecil Joe Matthews Memorial Scholarship Miriam Todd Memorial Scholarship* - Criteria: first preference to Whitesboro High School graduate; second preference Theatre Arts Major Fine Arts Major - Recommended Scholarships Thelma Braun Scholarship Fund in Fine Arts Bruns Scholarship - Criteria: Financial Need Denison Performing Arts Scholarship for Fine Arts Music Major - Recommended Scholarships Steven L. Froese Achievement Scholarship in Music Dan O'Dea Memorial Scholarship in Musical Arts - Criteria: Audition required; first preference – Grayson County HS graduate; piano/strings/or woodwinds Sanders Family Scholarship in Music Appreciation Business & Entrepreneurship Minimum enrollment 6 credit hours/semester and a GPA of 2.5 unless otherwise noted. Accounting Major B.K. & Betty Bledsoe Scholarship* - Criteria: 1st preference current graduate of Sherman High School; majoring in Accounting; alternate: former SHS grad Dr. Ken & Bobbie Dacus Scholarship* - Criteria: Accounting or Elementary Education major Business Major - Recommended Scholarship Frank Graves Memorial Scholarship in Business Management - Criteria: Sophomore Business Major Chuck Kraemer Scholarship - Criteria: Business Major; sophomore; 2.75 GPA Culinary Arts Major - Recommended Scholarships R.E. Adams Memorial Scholarship in Culinary Arts Bluebonnet Meat Company Scholarship - Criteria: First preference an individual who has aged out of foster care; Fannin County resident Grayson College Culinary Arts TIPPS Scholarship - Criteria: member of TIPPS club Peggy Jo Fry Memorial Scholarship in Culinary Arts Alfa & Boyce "Chic" Lindsay Scholarship in Culinary Arts Office and Computer Technology Major Dr. Martha Payne Leadership Scholarship in Office & Computer Technology - Criteria: Office and Computer Tech major Viticulture & Enology Major (Viticulture Enology Application (click here)) R.E. Adams Memorial Scholarship in Viticulture & Enology Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin Scholarship Ralph & Debbie Daniels Scholarship in Viticulture & Enology E. Peter Haas, Jr. Memorial Scholarship for Viticulture & Enology Martha Lattimore Scholarship for Viticulture & Enology Les Dames d'Escoffier Dallas Scholarship Viticulture & Enology Major - Annual Scholarship (Viticulture Enology Application (click here)) Granbury Wine Walk Scholarship in Viticulture & Enology Health Sciences Minimum enrollment 6 credit hours/semester and a GPA of 2.5 unless otherwise noted. Dental Assisting Major - Recommended Scholarships C. Rachel Anders Dental Assisting Scholarship Mavis Broomfield Scholarship in Dental Assisting Emergency Medical Services Assisting Major - Recommended Scholarships Jamie Lee Benson EMS Memorial Scholarship T. O. Fulce Memorial Scholarship in Paramedicine PVES - Douglas Q. Martin Memorial Scholarship - Criteria: recipient selection is based on several factors, including but not limited to recommendation General – Health Science Grayson County Sheriff's Posse Dr. Don Freeman Memorial Scholarship - Criteria: enrolled in a health science program Medical Laboratory Technology Major - Recommended Scholarships Edgar Geer McKee, M.D. Memorial Scholarship Dr. Mary L. Moses Scholarship in Health Sciences - Criteria: one year award Note: scholarship rotates yearly between the following programs: Dental Assisting, EMS, Nursing, ADN and LVN and Radiology Nursing – Associate Degree (RN) Major - Recommended Scholarships Criteria: Scholarship application must have applied and been admitted into the Nursing Program. Win Bayless Memorial Scholarship Irma Blackburn Memorial Scholarship Dr. Dale & Jackie Butler Nursing Scholarship T. A. & Mary Dickson Endowed Scholarship - Criteria: Second year nursing student; Grayson County resident; financial need; requires photo opportunity with donor or college representative Bruce & Dickie Gerig Scholarship - Criteria: ADN program; active in GNSA GNSA Memorial Scholarship in Nursing - Criteria: active in GNSA Dr. Harold Grant Memorial Scholarship in Nursing Susan Holt Nursing Scholarship Lester & Stella Kestell Memorial Scholarship in Nursing - Criteria: Second year nursing student Christopher King Memorial Scholarship - Criteria: financial need; Grayson County resident Jack & Virginia Kretsinger Memorial Scholarship in Nursing Land of Texoma SAKS #74 Nursing Scholarship - Criteria: ADN program; military veteran; or spouse/parent who served in the military Holly Martin Memorial Scholarship in Nursing - Criteria: 1st preference: domestic violence survivor, resident of Fannin County Raymond Matthews Scholarship in Nursing in Honor of Mary Moses - Criteria: 1st preference: Native American Dennis P. Meurer Scholarship in Nursing - Criteria: US citizen Juanita Milner Memorial Nursing Scholarship Ann Kilpatrick Nicholson Memorial Scholarship in Nursing Ruben Anderson Parker, Jr. Scholarship in Nursing Education Pauline Ruth Patterson Memorial Scholarship in Nursing Patricia Northridge Phillips Nursing Scholarship - Criteria: first preference Sherman High School graduate; second preference graduate of a Grayson County high school Clark & Grace Pullen Nursing Scholarship Sanders, O'Hanlon, Motley, Young & Gallardo Endowed Nursing Scholarship Toni and Suzzanne Stewart Memorial Scholarship in Nursing Rachel Katherine Wieser Memorial Nursing Scholarship - Criteria: accepted into the RN program Petronilla M. Wilde Memorial Scholarship for Nursing Students Wilson N. Jones Community Foundation Scholarship in Nursing Wysong Scholarship Fund Nursing – Associate Degree (RN) Major - Recommended Annual Scholarship Criteria: Scholarship application must have applied and been admitted into the Nursing Program. Julia & Herman Ringler Scholarship in Nursing Texoma Medical Center Volunteers Nursing Scholarship Radiology Major - Recommended Scholarship Sherman Radiology Associates Scholarship Vocational Nursing Major - Recommended Scholarship Clark & Grace Pullen Nursing Scholarship Charlotte Dodd Voigt Memorial Scholarship in Nursing Sue-Lynn & Trent Voigt Scholarship in Nursing Public Services Minimum enrollment 6 credit hours/semester and a GPA of 2.5 unless otherwise noted. Education Major Robert Quenten Baker Endowed Scholarship in Education Ron & Jeanne Briggs Scholarship Dr. Ken & Bobbie Dacus Scholarship* - Criteria: Elementary Education or Accounting major Porfirio & Margarita Garcia/J.I. Caswell Memorial Scholarship* - Criteria: Education, Law or Veterinary Science major Jeanne Groff Scholarship for Special Education - Criteria: 1st preference to a student planning to major in Special Education. L. C. & Ellen Kemp Memorial Scholarship - Criteria: 1st preference to an Education major Cyphers / McFarland Future Teachers Scholarship Dr. C.J. & Willa Dean Smith Scholarship in Education Opal M. Roether "Dream Weaver" Scholarship in Education Priscilla Smith Vandygriff Scholarship in Elementary Education Education Major - Annual Scholarship John & Kimberly Williams Scholarship in Secondary Education Criminal Justice/Forensic Science Major - Recommended Scholarships James S. Folk Memorial Scholarship in Criminal Justice Grayson County Sheriff's Posse Woody Blanton Memorial Scholarship Rickey Wheeler Scholarship – Scholarship application available here. Criminal Justice/Forensic Science Major Porfirio