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Scholarships

The MSU College of Business offers a number of scholarships each academic year which vary in amount from approximately $500 to $1000 each. Applications (available at the MSU College of Business web site) are accepted each spring term with a February 15 deadline for submission. Recipients are typically notified of their award for the upcoming academic year by May and receive ½ in the fall and ½ in the spring. To be eligible for these scholarships, a student must be enrolled full-time at MSU with a declared business major. Additional criteria vary by scholarship and are listed below.

American Bank Center Scholarship

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5
• Preference given to an American Bank Employee
• Preference given to a student in the western 2/3 of North Dakota

Dale D. Atwood Memorial Scholarship

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5
• Undergraduate student (entering Freshmen must meet athletic eligibility requirements since they have no established college GPA)
• Preference given to a student-athlete on one of MSU’s NCAA teams

Lee Badertscher Memorial Scholarship

• Undergraduate Junior or Senior
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5

Don L. Barber Memorial Scholarship

• Undergraduate Junior or Senior OR graduate student in the Masters in Management
• Priority given to students with demonstrated honesty, integrity, and charitable involvement in their community

Bremer Bank Scholarship

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5

J. Bernard Busse Memorial Scholarship

• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5
• Undergraduate student (entering Freshmen must meet athletic eligibility requirements since they have no established college GPA)
• Preference given to a student-athlete on one of MSU’s NCAA teams

John and Leslie Coughlin Scholarship

• Undergraduate and full time freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior
• Minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA

Dacotah Bank Scholarship

• Majoring in accounting, finance, or business management
• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
• Junior or senior
• May receive the award twice

David & Dolly Gowan Scholarship

• Undergraduate freshman, sophomore, junior or senior
• Preference given to an athlete on one of MSU’s NCAA teams
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 (entering freshmen must meet athletic eligibility requirements since they have no established college GPA)

Luther Hanson & Diann Witham Hanson Scholarship

• Management Major
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25

First International Bank & Trust Scholarship

• Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA
• Western ND Resident
• Prefrence to First International Bank & Trust employee

First Western Bank & Trust Scholarship

• Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA
• Prefrence to resident of Minot or surrounding area (75 miles)

Integrity Viking Funds Business Scholarship

• GPA
• Financial need
• Preferance given to student(s) with an interest in accounting or finance

Adelaide & Eleanor Johnson Scholarship

• Undergraduate Sophomore, Junior, or Senior
• Preference given to Business Education Major
• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA

Pat & Mary Kay Jones Scholarship

• Undergraduate freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior or transfer
• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 (entering freshmen eligibility based on athletic eligibility requirements which include 2 of the following: minimum ACT score of 18, high school GPA of 2.0 or higher, and/or class rank in upper half of graduating class)
• Preference given to Ward County resident
• Financial need as determined by FAFSA or a like determination

Clint Severson & Connie Ahart Scholarship in Memory of Mary Martey

• Entrepreuneurship student preferred

Peoples State Bank Scholarship

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5
• Financial need
• Preference for Minot/Velva area native
• Preference for current Peoples State Bank employee

Ove Jorgensen Scholarship

• Undergraduate Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or special status student
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5
• Completed 24 hours at MSU (including current semester course work)
• Consideration given to demonstrated leadership, progress towards the applicant’s business degree, outside responsibilities, and communication skills

Roger Mergenthal Scholarship

• Undergraduate sophomore, junior, or senior
• Business education major
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher

Robert and Ilze Sando Scholarship

• Preference given to a Business Education major
• Preference also to a student-athlete in one of MSU’s NCAA teams
• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5
• Undergraduate student (entering Freshmen must meet athletic eligibility requirements since they have no established college GPA)

Dr. Richard Schlapman Scholarship

• Preference given to a Finance major
• Undergraduate Sophomore, Junior, or Senior
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5

Doris A. Slaaten Scholarship

• Active member of Phi Beta Lambda
• Undergraduate Junior or Senior
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0

Pearl Stusrud Memorial Scholarship

• Declared major in Accounting
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 with 3.5 in the major
• Undergraduate Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or special status student

United Community Bank Scholarship

• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5
• Preference given to Burlington, Drake, Leeds, Minot native

Ben & Theresa Wald Scholarship

• Undergraduate Freshman, Sophomore, Junior or Senior
• Resident of North Dakota
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 (entering Freshman must meet eligliblity requirements used for athletics)
• Position paper on business ethics not to exceed 3 pages must be provided for review

Bruce & Diane Walker Scholarship

• Undergraduate freshman, sophomore, junior or senior
• Any business major
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5

Wells Fargo Scholarship

• Students who are finance majors or deomonstrate an interest in finance

Note: Students are advised to also apply for scholarships awarded by the Financial Aids Office (complete their application form online at their web site; the application for the 2013-2014 academic year will not be available until mid December). In addition, the Alumni Association offers scholarships for which there are special criteria and a separate application form available at their web site.