Former Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture
Former Michigan Senator
Businessman, The Irwin Group
LSSU Outstanding Alumnus Award '91
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
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