Scholarships

College Specific Scholarships

NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital Scholarship Endowment

Eligibility Requirements

• Full-time student admitted to any professional program in CNHP
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Demonstrates academic achievement
• Demonstrates financial need
• Must be a junior or senior level student

Jon A. Linder/Douglas Jon Seitz Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Single parent who is an Arkansas resident
• Student must have completed 50 undergraduate semester hours before being considered
• Must be a full-time student with a minimum 3.0 (3.0/4.0) cumulative grade point average
• Majoring in an undergraduate degree program of the following: (Listed in priority order): Nursing; Communication Disorders; Health Professions

Elizabeth A. Thomas Health Sciences

Eligibility Requirements

• Full-time student
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Undergraduate CNHP student in final year of study
• Preference given to students who are married and/or have young children at home
• Financial need is NOT a requirement for this scholarship

Drs. Ball, Woloszyn, & Moseley Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Full-time student accepted into any professional program in the college
• Demonstrates financial need

Nursing

Sister Patricia Lee Findley Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Full-time BSN junior or senior level student
• Minimum 3.0 overall GPA
• Active member of Arkansas State SNA
• Plans to remain in Northeast Arkansas for at least one year post-graduation
• Demonstrated financial need is NOT a requirement

Leet Family Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Strong consideration to minority students (Please voluntarily disclose on your application if you are a minority.)
• Full-time student pursuing BSN degree
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• First preference to Poinsett County students (2nd Crittenden & 3rd, Craighead)
• Demonstrates financial need

Ray H. Hall & Kathleen Scott Hall Nursing Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Senior student
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Demonstrates financial need
• Within 15 county area of Northeast Arkansas

Bill Penix, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Full-time student entering or enrolled in Adult Health MSN degree program
• Preference to students interested in public mental health nursing
• Demonstrates academic achievement
• Demonstrates commitment to nursing profession
• Demonstrates satisfactory progress toward degree
• Demonstrated financial need is NOT a requirement

Carla Brooks Spears Endowment in Nursing Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Full-time AASN student
• Demonstrates financial need
• Satisfactory academic progress toward degree
• Skills and attitudes should demonstrate qualities beneficial to nursing profession

Susan Tolliver Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Full-time AASN or BSN student
• Evidence of academic achievement
• Demonstrates financial need
• Preference to students who do not qualify for state-funded Academic Distinction Scholarships

Lillian G. & Homer G. Proctor Nursing Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• The applicant must be an admitted student in either the RN to BSN or BSN nursing program
• The applicant must be a junior or senior-level student
• First preference to students from the Mountain Home area. Second preference to students who wish to serve the elderly
• Donors of the scholarship may contact the recipient

Linnie Wisdom-Maude Wilson Honors Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Full-time student in BSN program (at least junior standing)
• Must be Arkansas resident
• Commitment to career in nursing
• Outstanding academic achievement
• Demonstrates financial need

Clopton Clinic Nursing Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Junior level BSN student
• Minimum 3.5 GPA
• Demonstrated financial need is NOT a requirement

William & Harriet Mildred Smith Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Junior level BSN student
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Priority in selection process to a graduate of Brookland High School
• If no BHS graduate is eligible, a Craighead County High School graduate will be eligible

Bartels Family Endowed Nursing Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Full-time RN - BSN student
• Resident of Arkansaqs
• Demonstrates financial need
• Payable annually

Sigma Theta Tau International, Eta Theta Chapter Scholarship

Eligibility Requirements

• Undergraduate Student - Junior or senior students enrolled in baccalaureate programs who have completed at least 1/2 of nursing curriculum, rank in upper 35% of graduating class and have at least a 3.0
• Graduate Student - Masters and Doctoral students who have completed at least 1/4 of nursing curriculum and have at least a 3.5
• Nurse Leader - Registered nurses who hold at least a baccalaureate degree in nursing or other field and have demonstrated achievement in nursing