Scholarships

Scholarships are an important financial resource in helping pay for college, and Nebraska Methodist College recognizes this through its scholarship offerings. In addition, students are encouraged to investigate external scholarship offerings available to them. Below is just a sampling of those offerings available.

Nebraska Methodist College Scholarships

Nebraska Methodist College scholarships consist of funds generously provided by the Methodist Hospital Foundation to assist our students. To apply for a scholarship, please use the form below.

Scholarship Application

Degree Program Scholarships

Becker Presidential Scholarship - $8,000 award (4 year award)

This highly honored scholarship brings with it an important campus leadership role and responsibility. In order to receive the award for four years the recipient must maintain a GPA of 3.00 or above and assume a leadership role on campus. An interview is required. The scholarship is typically awarded to a freshman student applying for admission to a bachelor’s degree program.

Freshman criteria: (meet one of three)

Application deadline: January 15th is the firm deadline. Scholarship interviews will be conducted in January and February.

Wischmeier Dean’s Scholarship - $5,000 award (4 year award)

In order to receive the award for four years the recipient must maintain a GPA of 3.00 or above and assume a leadership role on campus. An interview is required. The scholarship is typically awarded to a freshman student applying for admission to a bachelor’s degree program.

Freshman criteria: (meet one of three)

Transfer criteria: college GPA of 3.50 or above

Application deadline: January 15th is the firm deadline. Scholarship interviews will be conducted in January and February.

Excellence in Allied Health Scholarship - $5,000 award (2 year award)

The scholarship is typically awarded to an applicant for an associate degree program in allied health. In order to receive the award for two years the recipient must maintain a GPA of 3.00 or above.

Freshman criteria: (Meet one of the three)

Transfer criteria: College GPA of 3.50 or above

Application deadline:
April 1st is the firm deadline.

Horizon/Merit Scholarship - $3,000 (1 year)

This is a one year award. The Horizon scholarship is awarded to new students, and the Merit scholarship is awarded to current students, in good academic standing.

Freshman criteria: GPA of 2.50 or above and ACT composite of 20 or above
Transfer criteria: College GPA of 2.50 or above

Achievement Scholarship - $1,000 (one-time award)

Awarded to alternates for the Presidential Scholarship to recognize outstanding academic achievement. Awarded only with Horizon Scholarship.

Dove Scholarship – $4,000 (2 year or 4 year award)

This scholarship represents the spirit of hope in pursuing and achieving the dream of a college degree. It is awarded to students who demonstrate financial need, and who also may be first-generation students. In order to receive the scholarship for two or four years the recipient must maintain a 2.50 GPA. Awarding decisions are made in consultation with the Financial Aid Office.

Kathryn Montgomery ACE Scholarship - $6,000 (one year award)

A selected and equal number of scholarships will be awarded each year to ACE applicants who demonstrate 1) financial need (as determined by the FAFSA application) or 2) academic merit. The awards will be made by October 1st annually. This is the only scholarship that ACE applicants may be considered for.

Certificate Program Scholarships

Medical Assistant

$2,400 award

Phlebotomy Program

$150 award

For more information, contact Tina Knauss at (402) 354-7261 or Tina.Knauss@methodistcollege.edu.

Other Methodist Based Scholarships

Methodist Health System Programs

Tuition assistance Program (TAP)

The Tuition assistance Program (TAP) provides up to $2,000 a calendar year for employees who have worked at least six months at a minimum of 16 hours a week prior to the beginning of the semester or term. The actual amount is limited to tuition costs of a course or degree program that is directly related to the employee's current position or to a promotion within MHS.

Employee Developement Grant (EDG)

The Employee Developement Grant (EDG) provides up to $1,600 an academic year for employees employed at the MHS for a minimum of two years and working at least a minimum of 16 hours a week. Employee Development Grant Application

Parent Discount Program

Parent Discount Program is available to students whose parents are employed by MHS and provides a 20 percent discount of tuition only.

College Work Study

Students may also consider the College Work Study Program. Student employment positions are available on campus in the library, bookstore and a number of academic or administrative offices. Students will be eligible for 10-12 hours per week of employment. Interested students must complete the FAFSA. Students may contact the Financial Aid Office regarding their eligibility.

Reserve Officer Training Corps ROTC

Nebraska Methodist College partners with Creighton University ROTC to provide scholarships and training for undergraduate nursing students. For more information on this partnership and to learn if you are eligible contact:

Creighton Army ROTC www.armyrotc.com/edu/creighton.

External Scholarship Opportunities

Students and parents should look at their own access to resources; student employers (tuition reimbursements or scholarships); parent employers (scholarships for dependents); as well as churches or organizations that students and or parents belong to. Many offer scholarships or assistance to their members.

Sallie Mae Fund Scholarship Programs

This year,The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable organization sponsored by Sallie Mae and dedicated to college access, will make education dreams a reality for roughly 1,000 underserved students planning to attend college in the fall by awarding more than $2.5 million in college scholarships. Applications for these scholarships are now available online at www.thesalliemaefund.org.

Education Quest

EducationQuest, located in Omaha, Lincoln and Kearney, provides several services to students including a free scholarship search.

Fastweb.com

Fastweb.Com scholarship search lets students create a personalized profile that can be matched against expansive databases of colleges and scholarships. As the oldest and most popular free online scholarship matching service, the database has over 600,000 scholarships totaling more than $1 billion. FastWeb also notifies students when new scholarships are added and application deadlines are approaching.

Scholarships.com

Scholarships.com was founded in 1998 with the purpose of making college funding more attainable. In just a few years they have grown to become the largest independent free college scholarship search and financial aid information resources on the Internet. They provide a great deal of the information and resources necessary to discover local, state and national scholarship and grant opportunities, in addition to the many federal and private loan options for funding a college education.

WiredScholar.com

Wiredscholar.com Sallie Mae is the nation’s leading provider of education funding, managing student loans for more than seven million borrowers. Your scholarship search will provide you access to an award database that currently contains over 2.4 million scholarships worth over 14 billion dollars, and is expanded and updated daily.

Black Excel

Black Excel - The College Help Network. This Web site has information on hundreds of scholarships and links for minority students.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo ConSern Education Program’s scholarship search engine, an online research tool powered by Peterson’s Colleges and Universities, gives free access to one of the largest undergraduate scholarship databases. http://www.consern.com (Password:SOSLOAN).

Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honors Society International

Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honors Society International maintains a list of nursing scholarships available through organizations and specific nursing schools. Go to http://www.nursingsociety.org and click on career>resources>scholarship opportunities.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

American Association of Colleges of Nursing has many nursing and nursing related scholarships listed along with links to organizations offering them.

Discover Nursing Web

Discover Nursing Web site hosted by Johnson & Johnson has an extensive nursing scholarship search feature.

USA Funds

USA Funds their own scholarships, a scholarship search program plus tips on searching for scholarship and information regarding scholarship scams.

American Assembly for Men in Nursing Foundation

American Assembly for Men in Nursing Foundation & Johnson & Johnson’s Campaign for Nursing’s Future offer $1,000 scholarships for male students pursuing professional nursing education programs. http://www.aamn.org/

Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc.

Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc. awards $50,000 annually in scholarships at the national, regional, and local levels to minority nursing students. http://www.chietaphi.com/scholar.html.

Exceptional Nurse

Exceptional Nurse awards a $250 scholarship to a qualified student with a disability. Preference is given to undergrads. http://exceptionalnurse.com/scholarship.html.

The National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA)

The National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA) awards 10 student members enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate nursing program with $500 Merit Awards annually. http://www.nanainanurses.org/Scholarships/index.php

The National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)

The National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) awards $2,000 annually to students earning a master’s degree in maternal-child nursing program and $1,000 to student members enrolled in any level nursing program, including baccalaureate. http://www.thehispanicnurses.org.

The National Student Nurses’ Association

The National Student Nurses’ Association offers a scholarship program. http://www.nsna.org/foundation.

The Oncology Nursing Society Foundation

The Oncology Nursing Society Foundation awards academic scholarships specifically for students pursuing bachelor’s degrees. http://www.ons.org/awards/foundawards.

The College Board

The College Board provides an up-to-date scholarship search, as well as advice on how to apply for a Scholarship and spot a scholarship scam. http://www.collegeboard.com/pay/scholarships_and_aid

Minority Nurse

Minority Nurse maintains a listing of scholarship and fellowship money for students pursuing undergraduate or graduate work in nursing.http://www.minoritynurse.com/financial/scholarships.html.

The Nurse Education Loan Repayment Program

The Nurse Education Loan Repayment Program, administered by the Division of Nursing at NRSA, is available for registered nurses. Participants must serve at a health facility in an underserved area to receive loan repayments. http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/loanrepay.htm.

Are you an active member of the United Methodist Church?

Please inform the Financial Aid Office. Nebraska Methodist College receives funds from the United Methodist Church. We often have scholarship applications for students who are active members of the United Methodist Church and we want to be sure you are considered.

The 40 & 8 George B. Boland Nurses Training Trust Fund

A limited number of $500 scholarships to be awarded to full-time nursing students. This can also be summer - if full-time (12 or more credits). No deadline - awarded until gone. A limited number of applications are available.

John Gyles Education Awards

Full Canadian or American citizenship is a requirement. Awards are available to both male and female students for all areas of post secondary study. A minimum GPA of 2.7 is required. Criteria other than strictly academic ability and financial need are considered in the selection process. Selected students will receive up to $3,000. Filing dates for mailing applications in 2006 are April 1, June 1 and November 15. To receive an application students send only a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:

John Gyles Education Awards

Attention: The Secretary
P.O. Box 4808, 712 Riverside Drive
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Canada E3B 5G4

United Methodist Church Scholarship Programs

Applications and brochure for several scholarships are available in the Financial Aid Office. More information on their Web site. Students must be an active, full member of a United Methodist Church for at least one year prior to applying, a citizen or permanent resident of the US, admitted to a full-time degree program, maintaining a 2.50 GPA. Several different scholarships (with different deadlines) including those for graduate students and minorities. More information on these scholarships is available at http://www.gbhem.org.

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