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Scholarship Opportunities

The Foundation contributes to the success of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, and its 14 universities and students.

Through its various scholarship programs, the PASSHE Foundation supports all 14 PASSHE universities by providing scholarships to their students. Over the past three years, the Foundation awarded nearly 700 scholarships totaling almost $1 million.

 

Scholarship Name/Amount: Basic Student Eligibility:
Harry and Lorraine Ausprich Endowed Scholarship for the Arts
Amount dependant on available funds
  • Preference given to juniors or seniors majoring in the visual or performing arts with a GPA of 3.0 or better
Fitz Dixon Memorial Scholarship
Amount dependant on available funds
  • Undergraduate students that have passed 45 credits at a PASSHE university with at least a 3.0 GPA
  • Graduate students that have passed at least 9 credits at a PASSHE university with at least a 3.5 GPA
Wayne G. Failor Scholarship Fund
Amount dependant on available funds
  • Must be a student of West Shore School District in Cumberland and York Counties
  • Must major in business, accounting or a related major
Highmark Scholarship
$1,000
  • Must be an incoming freshman
  • Must major in a health-care related field
James A. Hughes Memorial Scholarship
$1,500
  • Must have attended a high school within the Philadelphia School District
  • Must have financial need
M&T Bank Scholarship NEWNEW
$1,000
  • Must be an incoming freshman at a PASSHE university
  • Must reside in Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Mifflin and Perry counties
  • Must have financial need
  • Must show academic promise – top 25% of high school graduating class and GPA of 3.0 or better
Robert Noyce Scholarship
$7,500-$10,000/yr up to two years.
Stipend: Max. of $10,000 for one year.
  • Scholarship applicants must be junior or senior undergraduate students who are majoring in science, technology, engineering or mathematics at a State System university. 
  • Scholarship recipients are required to teach one year in a high need school district for each semester of scholarship received.
  • Stipend applicants must have earned a degree in science or mathematics and are required to complete certification requirements at a State System university to teach secondary math or science within two years of the initial award.
  • Stipend recipients are required to teach in a high need school district for two years for the one-year award. 
Arthur Williams Phillips Scholarship
$1,000
  • Must be a resident of Butler, Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, or Venango Counties in Pennsylvania
  • Must have positive academic success
  • Must have financial need
Stephen and Sandy Sheller Scholarship NEW
$1,000
  • Must be a full-time student at a PASSHE university pursuing an undergraduate degree leading to a career in law or in art therapy
  • Must have passed 60 credits with a GPA of 3.5 or better.
  • Must have financial need.