Available Scholarships
These scholarships are funded through The Wytheville Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. and The Wytheville Community College Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
*College Service Region: Bland County, Carroll County, City of Galax,Grayson County, Smyth County ( Marion and eastward), and Wythe County.
Agriculture Scholarship Endowment
Available to students from farm families enrolled full time in the science curriculum with intent to transfer to an agriculture program; students enrolled in other programs will also be eligible. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
American Association of University Women, Wytheville Branch
Available to WCC students from Wythe County. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
The American Legion Post #9 Scholarship
Available to WCC students from the college's service region* who have financial need and academic promise. Recipients must be either veterans, children of veterans, or grandchildren of veterans, who have been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces.
John Emory and Flora Baker Anderson Scholarship Endowment
Available to students from cities and counties of Bland, Bristol, Galax, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, or Wythe who ranked in upper one-third of high school graduating class. (Scholarship covers tuition only.) (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Dr. Thomas E. Ashworth Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to current or past WCC Developmental Studies students of promise. Preference given to non-traditional, returning students who are registered in a transfer program. Must be residents of college service region.* (Financial aid eligibility required.)
D. Woodrow Bird Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students from counties of Bland and Wythe. Preference given to students from Bland County. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Chet A Brown Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students attending Wytheville Community College. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Amanda Brubaker Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Available to a second-year nursing student.
Thomas E. Butt Scholarship Endowment
Available to students enrolled in the Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene programs. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Thomas E. Butt Nursing Scholarship Endowment
Available to students enrolled in the Nursing program. Preference is given to non-traditional students. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
William P. and Margaret C. Carpenter Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students from Wythe County who show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience. Recipients must have financial need but may not necessarily qualify for federal financial aid assistance.
Catron-Satterfield Scholarship Endowment
Available to full-time WCC students who have attained a 3.0 grade point average, who are residents of the college's service region *, and who are enrolled in an associate degree program. Preference given to students with financial need, but may be awarded to students who do not qualify for financial aid. Recipients are selected by the Financial Aid Coordinator.
Catron-Wood Scholarship Endowment
Available to students enrolled in a transfer program at WCC. Recipients must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0. Preference will be given to graduates of Galax High School, Grayson County High School, or Patrick County High School.
Duncan Marshall Copeland Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students attending WCC. Two scholarships annually: one to a Grayson County High School graduate and one to a student from anywhere else in the college's service region. * (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Virginia and G. Claude Cox Scholarship Endowment
Available to students pursing a career in the education profession; freshmen must have completed high school in an academic curriculum with "B" average or higher; sophomores must have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or higher in a college transfer program. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Dr. Betty V. Craft Scholarship Endowment
Available to second-year Medical Laboratory Technology students (one or more) who attend WCC, who show promise of contributing to the Medical Laboratory Technology field, who have a “C” cumulative grade point average or higher at the end of the freshman year.
Angela Denise Crockett Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to freshmen nursing students who are residents of Wythe County. The scholarship award is renewable to students having satisfactory academic progress for a maximum of two years until completion of the degree program in Nursing. Preference will be given to students who are currently enrolled or who have successfully completed the Junior ROTC program at one of the Wythe County High Schools. Two (2) letters of recommendation required. (Financial aid eligiblilty required.)
Betty Brown Dunford Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to Nursing seniors in their last semester at WCC who have shown academic achievement. Preference given to LPN's from Wythe Co. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Dr. R. N. DuPuis/ N. W. Pendleton Scholarship Endowment
Available to students of promise attending WCC. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Renea Jonas Englar Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to second-year Nursing program students. (Financial aid egilibility required.)
Lola Ewald Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to Nursing program students who are natives of Wythe County.
Dr. and Mrs. Palmer Fant Scholarship Endowment
Available to second-year students enrolled in the Radiologic Technology Program. Recipients must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
First Bank of Virginia Scholarship Endowment
Available to second-year Nursing program students of promise who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
First National Bank - Christiansburg Scholarship
Available to WCC students from Wythe Co., Bland Co., Grayson Co., Carroll Co., and the New River Valley that consists of Floyd Co., Pulaski Co., Giles Co., the City of Radford, Christiansburg, and Montgomery Co., who are economically disadvantaged as defined by U. S. Department of Health and Human Services guidelines. Recipients must be full-time students enrolled in a degree or certificate program and must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 Applicants must furnish a fully completed application and two letters of recommendation from non-family members. It is preferred that one letter be from an educator or former employer. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Robert E. Fowlkes, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students of promise majoring in Machine Tool Operations or Machine Technology or in a program related to the metal-working industry. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Thelma W. and Raymond K. Fulton Scholarship Endowment
Available to students of promise from Wythe Co. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
General Injectables and Vaccines, Inc. Scholarship Endowment in Memory of Arlie J. Sutphin
Available to children of GIV employees. Candidates may be identified by GIV. Scholarships renewable up to three (3) years providing the recipient has satisfactory academic progress and meets all other eligibility criteria. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
General Scholarship Endowment
Available to students selected by the Financial Aid Committee of the college. (Financial need not a requirement.)
Mae Lingerfelt Glass Cultural Endowment
Available to students of promise attending WCC. Recipients must have financial need but may not necessarily qualify for federal financial aid assistance.
The Good Hands Scholarship Fund
Available to George Wythe High School graduates from the most recent class who show promise of benefiting from WCC and have a cumulative 2.5 grade point average.
Larry E. Groseclose Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students enrolled in the Police Science Program and who show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience. Recipients must have financial need but may not necessarily qualify for federal financial aid assistance.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hale Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to second-year WCC Nursing students from any area of Virginia who have earned a minimum 2.3 grade point average. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
William W. Halsey, III Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students of promise who reside in Grayson County or the City of Galax. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Victor V. Hammond Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to second-year Medical Laboratory Technology students who have a minimum "C" cumulative grade point average at the end of the freshman year. If there are no qualified candidates, preference will be given to students enrolled in other Allied Health programs who meet other qualifications. If there is not a qualified applicant in Allied Health programs, students enrolled in other programs may be considered. (Awarded by a committee composed of the WCC Medical Laboratory Technology instructors and one medical technologist from each hospital participating in the program. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Harold G. Hawkins Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students from Wythe County who have a minimum 3.0 GPA and show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience. Recipients must have financial need but may not necessarily qualify for federal financial aid assistance.
Delena Agatha Pafford Hoback Memorial Nursing Scholarship Endowment
Available to Nursing students of promise; recipients must plan to work in Wytheville following graduation from WCC. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Judy Dixon Hoback and Ginger Smith Shaffer Memorial Scholarship
Available to students who show promise of benefiting from the Wytheville Community College educational experience. Recipients must be graduates of George Wythe High School and must have financial need, although they may not necessarily qualify for other financial aid programs.
Norene Holston Endowment Scholarship
Available to worthy students attending Wytheville Community College. Such scholarships may be renewed each semester upon the student recipient's continued satisfactory academic progress.
Charles Wayne Hudson Scholarship Endowment
Available to students from the WCC service area*; preference will be given to those reared in the service region. Scholarship covers tuition only. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
William E. and June Henderson Hurst Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to a senior at George Wythe High School; candidates recommended by the George Wythe High School National Honor Society in conjunction with the Guidance Department. The recipient must complete one (1) full year of college at WCC or pay back the scholarship in full. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
F. Powell Johnson Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students of promise. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Robert Eley and Jane Johnson Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students of promise. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
The Dr. George B. Kegley Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students of promise from Bland County who are enrolled full-time in science or a medical/allied health field. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Louise Shupe Kincer Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to full-time Nursing students from Wythe County. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Jennie Lawson Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students of promise. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
The Leggett of Wytheville, Virginia, Inc. Scholarship Endowment
Available to students enrolled in a field of study generally related to business, in either an occupational/technical or transfer program. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Vern E. Lentz Scholarship Endowment
Available to Business Administration or Management students with preference given to those planning to complete a baccalaureate business degree and enrolled in a transfer program. Preference is given to residents of Wythe, Bland, or Grayson Counties. Scholarship may be renewed for second year if recipient has earned a "C" average or better during the first year. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Mae Lester Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to second-year Nursing Program students. First priority given to students employed at the Wythe County Community Hospital or Smyth County Community Hospital ; second priority given to past employees of either hospital; third priority given to sophomore Nursing Program students who are residents of Wythe or Smyth counties. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
The Links, Inc. Scholarship Endowment
Available to full-time WCC students who are defined as hearing-impaired by the Office of Student Support Services. Students must be in good standing and show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Longwood Elastomers Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students. Preference will be given to children of former Aeroquip employees and successor companies. (If more than one qualified applicant, preference will be given to greater financial need.)
Babe and Sidney Louis Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to Nursing Program students of promise. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Machine Technology and Machine Tool Operations Endowment
Available to freshmen students enrolled in either Machine Tool Operations or Machine Technology programs who are residents of the college service region*, maintained a "C" average or higher in high school, and have demonstated ourstanding potential for success in either program. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Ida McDowell Nursing Scholarship Endowment
Available to second-year Nursing students. Preference given to residents of Wythe or Bland Counties who would be likely to stay and apply working skills in the college service region. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Byrd Pendleton McGavock Scholarship Endowment
Available to deserving students attending WCC. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Frank McGavock Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students attending WCC. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Mental Health Scholarship Endowment
Available to sophomore students enrolled in mental health or a closely related field. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Dr. John V. Neff Scholarship Endowment
Available to sophomore students from the WCC service region* who are majoring in a humanities curriculum. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Neighborhood Assistance Act Scholarship Endowment
Available to economically disadvantaged students who qualify according to the rules of the Neighborhood Assistance Program who are enrolled in degree programs, and who are residents of the WCC service region.* (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Donald G. Papiernik Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students who show promise of benefiting from the Wytheville Community College educational experience and who are enrolled in the Accounting (first preference), Business Administration (second preference), or Management (third preference) associate degree programs. First preference is given to residents of Smyth County. (Financial need is not a requirement.)
Sidney Peery/Acme Markets/A-Mart Stores Scholarship Endowment
Available to students of promise from the college's service region.* (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Edmund Pendleton, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students attending WCC. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Richard M. Perkins Accounting Scholarship Endowment
Available to sophomore Accounting students who show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience and who are residents of the WCC service region*. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Physical Therapist Assistant Scholarship Endowment
Available to second-year students in the Physical Therapist Assistant program with a minimum 3.00 grade point average who show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Hattie Huddle Poe Memorial Endowment
Available to WCC students who have financial need, show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience, and who do not qualify for established financial aid. Recipients are selected by the Financial Aid Coordinator.
Walter A. Porter, M. D., Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students who are residents of Carroll County and enrolled full-time in a medical/allied health program or the science curriculum in preparation for medical school. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Phillip Price Dental Hygiene Scholarship Endowment
Available to sophomore Dental Hygiene students. Preference given to non- traditional, returning students. Financial need is not necessary for the selection of this scholarship but will be taken into consideration during the review process.
Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products Scholarship Endowment
Available to students from the college's service region*. Preference given to family members of Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products employees. (Financial aid eligibility not required but will be the determining factor between multiple candidates.)
Rockie Alan Repass Memorial Scholarship Fund
Available to WCC transfer students who reside in the college's service region * and who are enrolled in Education, General Studies, or Liberal Arts and plan to teach English. Preference will be given to students from Bland County. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Carolyn F. Sanders Scholarship Endowment
Available to students from Wythe County who are enrolled in any Allied Health program and show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Leona Allsion Sharitz Scholarship Fund
Available to a deserving WCC student who is enrolled in SCM 100: Introduction to American Sign Language or SCM 110: Intermediate Sign Language. Applicants are not required to be full-time students or to have financial need. Scholarship applicants must complete a special application form which requires a written response as to why they have chosen to study sign language. The scholarship covers the cost of tuition and books for the course. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Dr. Carolyn A. Sherrill Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students of promise enrolled in the Nursing Program and who are from Smyth County. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Dr. William F. Snyder Scholarship Endowment
Available to students attending WCC who are in good standing and who show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Spence-McIntire Scholarship Endowment
Available to graduates of Rural Retreat High School who attend WCC. Students must demonstrate financial need, show academic promise, and be studying for a career in social work or mental health (or a closely related field) or corrections.
Sprint Scholarship
Available to students residing in Virginia who have a minimum grade point average of 3.0. Students must be enrolled full-time and continue at WCC for the scholarship's duration. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Frank P. Strough Memorial Scholarship
Available to a WCC student of promise. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
James B. "Jamie" Sutphin, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to a graduating senior of George Wythe High School who shows promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience. Candidates are recommended and endorsed by the George Wythe High School counselors. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Eric Brian Taylor Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to graduates of Bland High School who show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience. Candidates are recommended by the Bland High School Beta Club in conjunction with the principal. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Freddie Taylor, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Available to students of promise enrolled in the Electronics program. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Mabel Butler Taylor Scholarship Endowment
Tuition scholarship available to second-year Nursing Program students with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 at the end of the freshman year. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Wilmer T. Trevillian Memorial Scholarship
Available to a full-time Wythe County student who is a rising sophomore and has a minimum 3.3 grade point average. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
K. Stafford and Jane S. Umberger Scholarship Endowment
Available to students with a potential for success as evidenced by high school grades, achievement placement data, and other indicators submitted by applicant; awards may be presented to first- or second-year WCC students or to WCC graduates who transfer to accredited institutions of higher education and are enrolled for their first year of study. (Renewable for up to three years provided recipient is making satisfactory progress.) (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Owen and Jean Umberger Golden Anniversary Scholarship Endowment
Available to a graduating senior of Bland High School who will be attending WCC full-time; candidates recommended by Bland High School Beta Club in conjunction with the Guidance Department. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Virginia Operations of Camcar/Textron Scholarship Endowment
Available to students attending WCC who are enrolled in a curriculum which is adaptable to a manufacturing environment, including secretarial/data processing, accounting, drafting, management, engineering, electronics, machine technology, etc. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Robert G. and Evelyn M. Veselik Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students who show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience and who are enrolled in the Management, Education, Computer and Electronics Technology, Computer Engineering Technology Specialization, Networking Engineering Technology Specialization, Networking Systems Technology Specialization, and Information Systems Technology associate degree curricula (or similar computer/information systems programs which may be developed). First preference is given to students enrolled in the Management and Education curricula. First preference is given to residents of Smyth County . (Financial need is not a requirement.)
H. H. Webb and Nora Midkiff Webb Scholarship
Available to full-time students who are residents of Carroll or Patrick Counties, Virginia , or Surry County, North Carolina, who demonstrate financial need and show evidence of promise. First-year students who have come directly from high school must have earned a "C" average or higher in high school. Other students must have earned a "C" or higher cumulative grade-point average in college courses. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Ralph C. Whitt Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students of promise who are graduates from any Wythe County High School . Preference given to students enrolled in Early Childhood Development. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
H. S. and Patsy B. Williams Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students from Smyth County. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Dr. John C. Willis Chiropractic Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students who maintain a grade point average of 2.5 and plan to become a practicing Doctor of Chiropractic in the Commonwealth of Virginia . (Should demonstrate a need for financial assistance.)
Wythe County Community Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Endowment
Available to any hospital employee who has been on the staff for at least one full year. Consideration shall also be given to Junior Volunteers who have shown outstanding performance. While the program of study for a candidate is not restricted, the individual shall enter a program at WCC that is considered to be mutually beneficial to the hospital as well as to the individual.
Wythe County Retired Teachers Association Scholarship Endowment
Available to WCC students of promise who are residents of Wythe County and are enrolled in a program leading to elementary or secondary school teaching. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Wythe Manufacturing Council Scholarship Program
Available to full-time students who received a high school diploma, a GED, or a home school diploma after 2002 and who have legally resided in Wythe County for at least one year prior to earning their diploma. Such persons are eligible to apply up to their 24th birthday. Recipients must enroll and continue to be enrolled in a program of study approved for the Wythe Manufacturing Council Scholarship Program. The scholarship provides gap funding between the difference in the cost of one year's tuition and other scholarships and grants received.
Wytheville Community College Alumni Scholarship
Available to WCC students of promise who are children or grandchildren of WCC Alumni. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Wytheville Community College Faculty Scholarship Endowment
Available to promising students with preference given to currently enrolled students with high academic achievement. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Wytheville Community College International Association of Administrative Professionals Student Chapter Scholarship Endowment
Available to freshman students from the college service region* who ranked in the top 20 percent of their high school graduating class and who are enrolled in the Administrative Support Technology program. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
Wytheville Community College Student Nurses' Scholarship Endowment
Available to sophomore Nursing Program students of promise with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0. Additional selection criteria include participation in community and/or college activities and recommendation by Nursing Faculty. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Wytheville Community College Student to Student Scholarship
Available to WCC students who excel academically and who have financial need but may not necessarily qualify for regular financial aid programs.
WCC Support Staff Assembly Scholarship Endowment
Available to full or part-time support staff employees who have been employed for at least one continuous year, are enrolled in an accredited degree program or taking courses directly related to their career goals and who have and IDP on file, or who show promise of benefiting from the higher education experience. Applicant should be actively involved in the WCC campus community, and should have or obtain at least a 3.0 grade point average. The scholarship will be awarded in the fall semester, however, if there is no scholarship awarded in the fall, the award will be available for the spring semester. The award is for tuition and books not to exceed $300 and will be paid to the recipient. The recipient is expected to pay back the money if they drop the class. (Financial aid eligibility not required.)
WCC Support Staff Scholarship Endowment
Available to children (natural or adopted children, step-children, or fully dependent wards) of WCC support staff who have been employed for one continuous year at WCC at the time of application. Children of parents no longer employed at WCC but who have had five years' service will also be eligible to apply. Students must be in good standing in their senior year in high school, at WCC, or at another college or university, and attend WCC as full-time students in regular programs. Scholarships will be available for two years only to any one person. Must reestablish eligibility annually. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Wytheville Ladies Ruritan Club Scholarship Fund
Available to full-time WCC students from Wythe County who are enrolled in a degree or certificate program. Recipients must have financial need and show promise of benefiting from the WCC educational experience. Recipients are notified of the scholarship award at the beginning of Fall Semester but will not receive the amount of the scholarship until they provide official documentation of a minimum 3.0 grade point average at the end of Fall Semester. Preference is given to children, spouses, or relatives of Wytheville Ladies Ruritan Club members and then to non-traditional students. (Financial aid eligibility required.)
Wytheville Lions Club Scholarship Endowment
Available to students attending WCC. Scholarship recipients must be residents of Wythe County, must show academic promise, and must have financial need.