Financial Aid/Scholarships
WMU BRONSON SCHOOL OF NURSING
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
WMU Bronson School of Nursing scholarships are listed below. The scholarship application will be available online April 1 of each year; it is due June 1, and notification will go out August 1, only to students who receive the scholarship/s. Awards will be made directly to recipients' accounts for each semester.
When it is available, please complete the form; indicate scholarship/s for which you are applying; print and sign where applicable; and turn in to Marsha Mahan. You may apply for all scholarships for which you are eligible. As part of the application process, we do ask that students--or the person responsible for their tuition--file a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) with their Federal tax return.
NICOLE JENNINGS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN NURSING
(Read donor story here.)
Criteria
- The scholarship shall be awarded to a full-time sophomore, junior or senior enrolled in the School of Nursing.
- The recipient shall have a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA at the time of application.
- Recipients must be graduates of a Michigan or Wisconsin high school.
- Preference shall be given to students who demonstrate financial need due to socioeconomic disadvantages determined by the Office of Student Financial Aid.
- The award is not renewable.
BORGESS EXCELLENCE IN NURSING
Criteria:
- Financial need based
- Have and maintain 3.0 GPA
- Renewable for up to three years
- Recipient shall participate in the Borgess Nurse Extern Program when eligible
- Award amount dependent on available funds
- Minimum of one award annually
BRONSON HEALTH FOUNDATION
Criteria:
- Full-time undergraduate student
- Resident of Kalamazoo County
- Minimum GPA of 3.0 with satisfactory academic progress
- Renewable for up to three years
- Award amount not less than $500 nor greater than $2000
- Minimum of one award annually
BRONSON METHODIST HOPSITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING ALUMNI
Criteria:
- Preference given to an alumnus of Bronson Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- Award amount dependent on available funds
- Minimum of one award annually
- Renewable for up to four years with satisfactory academic progress
LOREN E. AND NELLIE M. CLARK
Criteria:
- Minimum GPA of 2.25 with continued satisfactory academic progress
- Preference given to students of underrepresented gender or ethnicity
- Minimum of one award annually
- Renewable
- Award amount dependent on available funds
EMMA CECILIA W. BARNES
Criteria:
- Minimum GPA of 3.2
- Financial need based
- Preference given to undergraduate non-traditional students who are residents of Michigan
THEODORE AND HAZEL PERG
Criteria:
- Graduate of a high school in Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph or Van Buren counties
- Renewable with satisfactory academic progress
- Number of awards dependent on funds available
LOIS L. RICHMOND
Criteria:
- Full-time undergraduate student
- Preference given to students with financial need
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- Renewable with satisfactory academic progress
- Minimum of one award annually
- Amount of award dependent on funds available
JUNE SHERMAN SPIRIT OF LIFE SCHOLARSHIP
Read Donor Story here.
Criteria:
- Preference given to non-traditional students, either from working single-parent family or single parents themselves
- Preference given to students indicating career interest in mental health, pediatrics, oncology or nursing administration
- Must be in 300 level courses or above
- Renewable for up to two years with minimum GPA maintained
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
JUNE SHERMAN UNCOMMON LEADER SCHOLARSHIP
Read Donor Story here.
Criteria:
- Admitted to and enrolled in the management leader track of the MSN program at Western Michigan University
- Pursuing career in nursing management or hospital leadership
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
MARIE F. GATES
Criteria:
- Full time undergraduate or graduate student
- Undergraduate students shall have a minimum GPA of 3.5
- Graduate students shall have a minimum GPA of 3.7
- Preference shall be given to first generation students (ie., students whose parents did not graduate from college). Applicants will be asked to submit a FAFSA to the Office of Student Financial Aid for verification of information.
- Minimum of one award annually
- Renewable
SIDNEY J. AND SHARIE L. FALAN SCHOLARSHIP
Criteria:
- Member of SNA
- Minimum GPA 3.5
- Must be in 4000 level courses or above
- Interest in nursing administration or informatics
- Two hundred and fifty (250) word, typed essay describing a current issue in the use of technology for health care delivery and how it applies to their practice.
LESSIE MAE TERRELL UNENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Read donor story here.
Criteria:
- The scholarship shall be awarded to a full-time sophomore, junior or senior enrolled in the School of Nursing.
- The recipient shall have a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA at the time of application.
- Preference shall be given to students who demonstrate financial need due to socioeconomic disadvantages determined by the Office of Student Financial Aid.
- A minimum of two scholarships shall be awarded annually (one to a traditional student and one to a non-traditional student) if sufficient spendable dollars are available.
- Current recipients may reapply for this scholarship provided they have demonstrated satisfactory academic progress.
ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP
LAKEVIEW FOUNDATION NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
Criteria:
- Must have graduated from a high school or live in the service area of Bronson Lakeview Hospital in Eastern Van Buren County which would include Decatur, Gobles, Lawrence, Lawton, Mattawan and Paw Paw
- Financial need based
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- Application available in the School of Nursing