Academic Scholarships
Questions about any of these scholarships? Contact Heather Greenlaw at (360) 650-6400 or by email at shorth@wwu.edu
Scholarships
Undergraduate:
Alumni Association Leader Scholarship
- Full time students, or high school seniors or college transfer students intending to be full time students at Western.
- Based on leadership and overall academic merit.
- Each department may nominate one student.
Barbara Ellen Maguire Scholarship
- Undergraduate student or graduate student
- For a student majoring or in a CSE major related to behavioral neuroscience, health science, or computer science.
- Recipient will be pursuing academic work in research, an internship, or summer project
- Each department nominates one student
- Alternates between CSE and CHSS
Diana Santoro Science Scholarship
- Undergraduate student majoring in Biology or Chemistry
- Based on overall academic merit
Joyce B. Lavender Fund
- For a deserving female student in the College of Science and Engineering
- Preference to applicants to demonstrate financial need and outstanding academic merit
Kaiser-Borsari Women in Materials Science Scholarship
- Undergraduate student
- Women in AMSEC
Marion Van Nostrand Scholarship for Single Parents
- Single parents majoring in STEM.
Marion Van Nostrand Scholarship for First Generation Students
- For first generation students
Mickey and Carole Ghio Science Scholarship
- Rotates alphabetically through departments
- Residents of Washington State
Women in Science Scholarship
- Undergraduate student
- For female students majoring in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Geology
- Based on overall academic merit
- Each department may nominate one student
Oscar Edwin Olson Scholarship
- For an undergraduate student majoring in a CSE program
- Based on overall academic merit and must be children of single, divorced or widowed parents (adoptive or biological)
- Eligible students are those who at any time in their first 18 years either:
- Lived with one unmarried parent
- Had divorced parents
- Had one or more deceased parents
- Eligible students are those who at any time in their first 18 years either:
- Must demonstrate financial need through a FAFSA or WAFSA document
- Students awarded the Olson Scholarship the previous academic year can receive it for a second year, but no more than 2 years
Graduate:
Barbara Ellen Maguire Scholarship
- Undergraduate student or graduate student
- For a student majoring or in a CSE major related to behavioral neuroscience, health science, or computer science.
- Recipient will be pursuing academic work in research, an internship, or summer project
- Each department nominates one student
- Alternates between CSE and CHSS
Mickey and Carole Ghio Science Scholarship
- Rotates alphabetically through departments
- Residents of Washington State
Robert L. Hamilton Family Graduate Scholarship in Science
- Rotates alphabetically through departments
- Renewable for a second year, as long as the student is in good academic standing