Non-traditional Student Scholarships Kathi J. Pullen Scholarship Female 30 years or older balancing home, work, and education; QPA 3.3 or higher; earned nine credits or more at MWCC Mille McGuire Foundation Scholarship Single parent balancing home, work, education; service to community/church; financial need; for enrolling, returning, or transfer student
Residency-based Scholarships Agnes M. Lindsey Scholarship MWCC full-time student; permanent resident of a “rural� community (population of fewer than 5,000); demonstrated financial need Albert H. & Reuben S. Stone Fund Scholarship Resident of Gardner; academic achievement; QPA 3.3 or higher; financial need; direct costs: tuition, fees, and books Carlton E. Nichols Scholarship Resident of Gardner; academic achievement: QPA 3.3 or higher; financial need; direct costs: tuition, fees, and books Rebecca Ann DesJardins Memorial Scholarship Resident of Westminster, Gardner, or Ashburnham; preference to a female; MWCC continuing student; QPA 3.0 or higher and financial need; direct costs: tuition, fees, and books
Barbara Chaplin Memorial Scholarship Nontraditional female student; English or Education program; transferring or recently transferred to a baccalaureate institution; QPA 3.0 and completed 30 credits at MWCC Barnes & Noble Scholarship Academic achievement; QPA 3.3 or higher; preference: 30 earned credits at MWCC; transfer credits may be considered; financial need; Joint Admissions Program student transferring to a state college or university Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship US Citizen; US National or Resident Alien; current sophomore or junior; average B (QPA 3.0), interest in math, natural sciences, engineering; nominated by institution/MWCC Foster Furcolo Scholarship MWCC graduate; MA resident; accepted at UMass Boston for fall; QPA 3.5; nominated by institution/MWCC Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship US Citizenship is not required; plan to transfer to four-year college or university; QPA 3.5; nominated by institution/MWCC Morris K. Udall Foundation Scholarship US Citizen, US National or Permanent Resident; outstanding potential; study environmental & related fields or Native American or Alaska Native; health care or tribal public policy; nominated by institution/MWCC
Transfer Scholarships
Mount Observer Scholarship Has worked for at least one full year as an active staff member of the school newspaper as a reporter, assistant editor, editor, advertising representative, or graphic arts Designer; transferring to baccalaureate institution
For most transfer scholarship information (except as indicated below), visit the MWCC transfer services website at http://transfer.mwcc.edu, and/or contact the Advising & Counseling Center, Room 134.
New England Transfer Association (NETA) Scholarship US Citizenship is not required. Complete degree by end of spring/summer semester; to NETA affiliated institution; QPA 3.5; 30 credits upon application; nominated by institution/MWCC (NETA Member)
Alumni Association Scholarship Completed degree or certificate at MWCC; QPA 3.0 or higher, transferring to baccalaureate institution; financial need
UMASS Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell University Scholars Program US Citizen and MA resident; applied and admitted to a UMASS University; top academically ranked graduate student, etc; nominated by institution/MWCC
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