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Scholarship Opportunities Await

Â鶹Íø offers scholarships every semester to students who show great achievement, have enough registered credits, and demonstrate financial need through the FAFSA application.

When you fill out the Â鶹Íø Scholarship application(s), you’re actually applying for a bunch of different scholarships from the Â鶹Íø Foundation!

Keep in mind that getting a scholarship can be competitive, so not everyone who applies will get one.

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RedTail Achievement Scholarship

This scholarship rewards recent high school graduates for their academic excellence. It helps cover any remaining tuition and fees after applying state and federal grants, scholarships, and other Â鶹Íø scholarships.

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Student Activities Scholarship

Awarded to two full-time students who are active in student activities. Must have completed 12 credits at Â鶹Íø and have a minimum 2.5 GPA. Each award is $1,500. Apply through ScholarshipUniverse.

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Dare to Dream Scholarship

Created to help students ineligible for federal or state aid due to their immigration status. To qualify, applicants must have been born outside the United States, be a first-generation American, and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. International students do not qualify. In your Personal Statement, share the challenges you’ve encountered in pursuing higher education and describe your education and career goals.

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Criteria Specific Scholarships

A criteria-specific scholarship is a type of scholarship that’s given to students who meet certain requirements, like having a special talent, studying a particular subject, or coming from a specific background.

Scholarship Amount Awarded Application Deadline
Billy K. Owens $250 Spring October 1
Goodwin Honor $500 Fall February 1
Linda Rater Memorial Varies Fall February 1
Waggoner ELL Varies Fall February 1
We Believe in You Varies Fall February 1

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HPEA $500 Spring October 1

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Student Activities $1,000 Fall February 1
Â鶹Íø Pride Organization $500 Fall February 1

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Buchanan County Friends in Education Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Denver Cyclone $500 Fall February 1
Tripoli Community School Alumni $500 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1

Scholarship Amount Awarded Application Deadline
Cedar Valley Civitan $250 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Jimmy Robinson $300 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Travis Wittmayer Scholarship for the Profoundly Deaf $300 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1

Scholarship Amount Awarded Application Deadline
American Legion of Iowa $1,000 Fall February 1
David Crowe Memorial Veteran Scholarship $500 Spring October 1
Richard Brian Gienau Memorial $500 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1

Scholarship Amount Awarded Application Deadline
Don Duncan Memorial Full Tuition Spring October 1
Tommy Burns $1,000 Fall February 1

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Dare to Dream $500 Fall February 1

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Young Plumbing & Heating $750 Fall February 1

Career & Technical Scholarships

Scholarship Amount Awarded Application Deadline
Bob Kimm Judging $1,000 Fall February 1
Dan Huck Memorial $500 Fall February 1
Farm Credit Services of America Agriculture $1,000 Fall February 1
GROWMARK Agriculture $750 Fall February 1
Horticulture $250 Fall February 1
Land O'Lakes $300 Fall February 1
Lloyd R. Dilley & Donald L. Dilley Memorial $2,500 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Malcolm McGregor $400 Fall February 1
Marie & Raymond Howsare $1,000 Fall February 1
Natural Resources Outstanding Student $500 Varies February 1 & October 1
PAS Leadership $250 Fall February 1
Rocky Fratzke Memorial $250 Fall February 1
Todd Kinley Memorial $300 Fall February 1
Virgil Christensen $500 Fall February 1
William & Edna Fennemann Tuition Fall February 1

Scholarship Amount Awarded Application Deadline
Brandon Nieman Memorial Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Don Collinson $500 Fall February 1
Don & Vernie Lohnes Varies Fall February 1
ETC: Art & Literary Magazine $355.50 Spring October 1
Tony Finch Memorial Varies Fall February 1
Young Photojournalist Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1

Scholarship Amount Awarded Application Deadline
Business Department Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Ike Leighty $1,000 Spring October 1
Larry Williams Scholarship, Sons of Amvets Post 49 (Hospitality Management) $750 Fall February 1
WITS $500 Fall February 1
Woody Stingley (Accounting) $1,000 Fall February 1

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Black Hawk County Law Enforcement $1,000 Spring October 1
Bremer County Peace Officers $400 Fall February 1
Buckles $850 Fall February 1
Jerry & JoAnn Jensen Memorial $500 Fall February 1
Jerry Greenlee Sr. BCPOA Endowed $500 Fall February 1
Mike Tripolino Criminal Justice $500 Fall February 1
Rick Harned Memorial $500 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Robert M. Flynn Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Fall February 1
Tim Petersen Memorial $500 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Tommy Burns (Waterloo Schools Alumni) $1,000 Fall February 1
William F. Mullikin Memorial Tuition Spring October 1

Scholarship Amount Awarded Application Deadline
Early Childhood Education $350 Spring October 1
Steve & Donita Dust Scholarship $600 Fall February 1

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Aspro $1,000 Fall February 1
Brian Harrington, Sons of Amvets Post 49 $750 Fall February 1
Civil Engineering Technology Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Electronic Engineering Technology $500 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Express Pro's $500 Spring October 1
FBG Service Corp. $1,000 Fall February 1
James & Caroline Martin $500 Fall February 1
J.E.T. Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Kenneth Bienfang & Harold Bienfang $500 Fall February 1
Mike Turner Memorial $500
$250		 Spring
Summer		 October 1
Paul J. Frazier 50% Tuition & Fees Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Robert D. Gunderson $500 Fall February 1
Steve & Donita Dust $600 Fall February 1
Virginia Winter $500 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Walther Memorial $300 Fall February 1
Woody Stingley (CNC) $1,000 Fall February 1
World Class Industries $500 Fall February 1

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Information Technology Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Jim & Cecelia Mudd $1,500 Spring October 1
Woody Stingley (Network Administration & Engineering) $1,000 Fall February 1

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Andrew & Marlys Puhl Memorial $1,000 Fall February 1
Buckles $850 Fall February 1
Darlene Culpepper Nursing $500 Spring October 1
Dental Community Scholarship (Dental Assisting) $300 Spring October 1
Dental Community Scholarship (Dr. Richard Haw Dental Hygiene) $300 Spring October 1
Fleming Sisters Nursing – Community Foundation Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Friendship Village Retirement Center $1,000 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Harlan & Betty Van Gerpen Health Science Scholarship $1,000
$500		 Fall
Fall & Spring		 February 1
February 1 & October 1
Ida Fleming Nursing $500 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Jean Dunbar Nursing Scholarship $1,000 Fall February 1
Karla Campbell Memorial Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Mary Kathleen Flynn Memorial $1,000 Fall February 1
Nursing Faculty in Memory of T.P. Cook & V. Smith $250 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Pauline Barrett Nursing $500 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Respiratory Therapy Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
S.J.T. Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Terri Cook Family Nursing $250 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
V. Miller / Miller Medical $350 Fall February 1

Scholarship Amount Awarded Application Deadline
Associated General Contractors of Iowa $1,000 Spring October 1
Auto Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Bruce Haugland Power Technology $600 Fall February 1
FBG Service Corp. $1,000 Fall February 1
Future Collision & Refinishing Technicians $500 Spring October 1
James & Caroline Martin $500 Fall February 1
Nelson & Leighty–Engineered Products Co. Scholarship Fund $1,000 Fall February 1
Mark & June Birdnow $500 Fall February 1
Marvin and Lora Kramer $1,000 Spring October 1
Paul J. Frazier 50% Tuition & Fees Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Power Tech General Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Power Tech Truck Driving Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1

Liberal Arts Transfer Plan Scholarships

Scholarship Amount Awarded Application Deadline
Burdette & Loretta Jans $1,000 Fall February 1
Elizabeth and Jerome Bottrell Memorial Scholarship $500 Spring October 1
Future Educators Scholarship $500 Spring October 1
Leonard and Joycelyn Deaver Memorial $1,000 Fall February 1
Fleming Sisters Arts and Science $500 Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
Fleming Sisters Arts and Science—Community Foundation Varies Fall & Spring February 1 & October 1
H. Delores Keeling Commack Scholarship $500 Fall February 1
John & Carol Sorenson $500 Fall February 1
Marie & Raymond Howsare $1,000 Fall February 1
Steve Murra Memorial $500 Fall February 1

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