Scholarship Opportunities

Alumni Association Scholarships
The Alumni Association will award four $500 scholarships for the 2009-2010 year. Applicants must have completed a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework at WSCC; Must be a full-time student at the time of application and maintain at least half-time status to retain the scholarship; Must have a 2.5 or higher GPA; and Volunteer in the Alumni Office once per semester during the year to assist with alumni events.

General Alumni Scholarship
The Wallace State Alumni Association offers up to eight scholarships each year ranging from $250 - $1,000 each. These are available each semester and are not renewable. Recipients must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher.

Ozell Hinkle Member/Dependent Scholarship
This $500 scholarship is named in memory of founding Alumni Board member, Ozell Hinkle. The recipient must be an alumni member or dependent of an Alumni Association member 2011-12; have a 2.5 or higher GPA; demonstrate and involvement in community or school activities.

Outstanding Women Scholarship Fund (funded with proceeds from the Little Black Dress Charity Bash)
These scholarships are awarded annually in the amount of $2,500. Recipients must be a full-time student, have a minimum GPA 3.0, demonstrated involvement in community or school activities, and demonstrated financial need. Recipients are mentored by a Wallace State Alumni during the year.

4-Year Transfer Scholarship
This $1,000 scholarship is awarded to an alumnus who is transferring to a four-year institution upon graduating from Wallace State. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required and involvement in the WSCC Student Alumni Association as a member and/or officer.

WSCC Student Alumni Association Officer
This $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a student serving as an officer in the WSCC Student Alumni Association. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required.

Future Foundation Scholarships
The Foundation promotes equity accessibility and excellence in education. The Future Foundation's most important goal is to provide scholarships to students whose educational needs cannot be met by their current resources. Through private giving, various scholarship funds have been established to help meet these needs. Download the application.

Dual Enrollment Scholarships
For more information on Dual Enrollment please visit http://www.wallacestate.edu/admissions.

Leadership in Child Care Scholarship
This scholarship provides financial assistance (tuition and selected fees) to qualified child care professionals working in child care centers/programs, and family and group homes to obtain a Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential, Short-Term Certificate, Certificate, or Associate in Applied Science/Technology Degree in Child Development/Early Care and Educational studies. Scholarship recipients must reside and work in Alabama.

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Student Loan Repayment
The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program provides up to $50,000 (or the outstanding balance of loans if less), tax free, to primary care medical, dental and mental health clinicians in exchange for two years of service at an approved site in a Health Professional Shortage Area.

Linly Heflin Scholarship
The Linly Heflin Scholarship Committee grants four year scholarships in the amount of $3000 per year to a limited number of Alabama women who have both significant economic need and a sound academic record. Applications can be downloaded at linlyheflin.org

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Provides scholarships up to $30,000 per year to community college students to help them earn a four year degree. To learn more about the nomination process visit the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's website www.jkcf.org or call 1-800-498-6478.

Since opening its doors in 1966, Wallace State has served hundreds of thousands of students, and more than 20,000 have graduated. From the 29 students in Wallace State’s very first graduating class in 1967 to the most recent graduating class of more than 1,000, Wallace State has improved the quality of lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals. Today, Wallace State is the fourth largest college in the Alabama College System, serving nearly 7,000 students. A virtual powerhouse in educational programming, the college offers 66 degree programs and certificate majors and hundreds of transfer opportunities.

Wallace State is a state-assisted institution, but the percentage of its annual budget aprovided by the taxes of Alabama's citizens decreases every year. At the turn of the millennium, that portion stands just at just over one-third of each year's operating revenue. Simply put, in order to carry out its chartered mission of teaching and learning, the leader among community colleges in the state must tap into additional resources. While we strive to increase those sources of funding, private giving grows in importance as a new source of funding to provide scholarships, improve educational programs, and capital improvements.