Financial Aid Office

Arts and Letters Scholarships

Marion Strahl Boyer Scholarship

• Value: variable — renewable up to two years
• Criteria: merit and need based; first preference will be given to a student from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; non-traditional student preferred or must be at least a junior (56 credits earned); minimum 3.0 GPA
• Curriculum: English or pursuing a teaching degree with an English minor
• Selected by: Financial Aid Committee through scholarship sign-up

Fine and Performing Arts Scholarship

• Value: variable — renewable
• Criteria: merit based; incoming freshmen students or current students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Curriculum: any degree curriculum offered by the University with preference given to students majoring in one or more of the Fine and Performing Arts programs
• Selected by: recommendation of the Fine Arts Department

Milton Scherer Memorial Endowed Scholarship

• Value: variable — awarded annually
• Criteria: merit based; awarded annually to a sophomore or higher; minimum 3.0 GPA
• Curriculum: major in history with minor in geography
• Selected by: recommendation of the College of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences

Edeltraute Vialpando Memorial Scholarship

• Value: up to $1,200 — non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; consideration given to students with financial need
• Curriculum: French studies
• Selected by: recommendation of the College of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences

WSOO Radio Scholarship

• Value: full tuition — non-renewable
• Criteria: merit based; must have demonstrated interest in communication media; must be a resident of Michigan’s Eastern Upper Peninsula with preference given to those who graduated from a Chippewa County high school; financial need is a consideration, but not a requirement; incoming freshman or current student with at least 26 LSSU earned credits.
• Curriculum: English and Communication
• Selected by: recommendation of the College of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences