Financial Aid Office

Nursing Scholarships

Cunningham Nursing Scholarship

• Value: $1000 per year — non-renewable
• Criteria: full-time nursing student; sophomore or junior status; minimum 3.00 GPA; preference to student with demonstrated financial need; essay required
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Vivian M. Day Endowed Nursing Scholarship

• Value: variable — non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; earned at least 26 LSSU credits; demonstrated leadership and dedication to the profession; graduated from an Upper Peninsula high school; be enrolled as a full-time nursing student; minimum 3.0 GPA
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Tempie Dubow Memorial Scholarship

• Value: variable — non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; at least sophomore status; minimum 2.75 GPA; demonstrated ability to relate to others, including patients; local applicants receive top consideration
• Curriculum: nursing
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences 

Alana Eitrem Memorial Endowment Award

• Value: variable — renewable
• Criteria: merit and need based; admitted to the nursing program; graduated from a Chippewa County high school; minimum 2.0 GPA
• Curriculum: nursing
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Donald and Catherine Finlayson Nursing Scholarship

• Value: variable — non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; preference given to student with Upper Peninsula of Michigan ties, demonstrated empathy with patients and financial need
• Curriculum: nursing
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Hospice of Chippewa County Scholarship

• Value: up to $1000 — nonrenewable
• Criteria: merit based; minimum GPA of 3.0; junior or senior status in the nursing program; at least six credits per semester; must submit an essay indicating interest in Hospice
• Curriculum: nursing
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

I-500 Parking Committee LPN Award

• Value: $500 — non-renewable
• Criteria: minimum 2.0 GPA; must be a graduate of a Chippewa, Mackinac or Luce County high school or GED program; preference given to those with financial need
• Curriculum: LPN program
• Selected by: recommendation of the
• School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Dixie Stanley Light and Morton Light Nursing Growth Scholarship

• Value: variable up to $1,500 — renewable
• Criteria: merit and need based; registered nurse of Michigan or Ontario admitted to the LSSU baccalaureate nursing post-licensure track; enrolled in a minimum of one LSSU nursing or support course each semester during the academic year; minimum 3.0 GPA; must submit a 500-word essay to explain their valuing of nursing as a service and a career
• Curriculum: nursing post-licensure track
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

May Mitchell Royal Foundation Nursing Scholarship

• Value: full tuition up to $7,000— non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; must have earned at least 26 credit hours at LSSU; preference given to those with financial need
• Curriculum: nursing
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Nancy Mongene and Russell J. Pattison Nursing Scholarship

• Value: $1,000 — non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; preference given to students pursuing a career in the public health care sector; must be a graduate of a Michigan Upper Peninsula high school
• Curriculum: nursing
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Patrick and MaryAnne Shannon Nursing Scholarship

• Value: variable — non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; junior status, preference given for students interested in gerontological nursing, minimum 3.0 GPA
• Curriculum: nursing
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

War Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Nursing Scholarship

• Value: $500 — non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; full-time nursing student; sophomore or junior status; minimum 3.0 GPA; graduated from a Chippewa County high school
• Note: If there is no qualifying candidate, a graduate from an E.U.P. high school may be considered
• Curriculum: nursing
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

War Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Nursing Scholarship

• Value: variable — renewable
• Criteria: merit and need based; must be college sophomores or juniors in the BSN or BSN completion program as full or part-time students; must be from the tri-county area; minimum 3.0 GPA
• Curriculum: nursing
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences and a member of the War Memorial Hospital staff

War Memorial Hospital Nursing Intern Scholarship

• Value: full tuition — non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; must be a nursing student with junior or senior status; must have completed a nursing internship at War Memorial Hospital
• Curriculum: nursing
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Waybrant Family Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) Scholarship

• Value: variable — non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; must be a graduate of a Chippewa, Mackinac or Luce County high school or GED program; preference given to students with financial need.
• Curriculum: LPN program
• Selected by: recommendation of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences