Undergraduate Scholarships & Tuition Awards

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Scholarships & Tuition Awards

We encourage all students to consider applying for scholarships and tuition awards as a way to assist with educational expenses.

2013–14 Awards for New & Currently Enrolled Students

Application Deadline for Scholarships and Tuition Awards: February 1, 2013
Priority Admissions deadline: February 1, 2013
Priority Financial Aid application (FAFSA) deadline: March 1, 2013

Amounts listed are based on awards determined in August 2012. Amounts for 2013–14 may vary.

You can also download a PDF listing of scholarships (1.3MB).

Select one or more of the following criteria to narrow your search:

NameNew/CurrentClass StandingAcademic FocusNeed- BasedOther Criteria
Alumni Association Undergraduate Scholarship
Amount: $1,000, 4 awarded; 2 for new students and 2 for currently enrolled sophomore students
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyRequired
  • Community Service

Preferred criteria:

  • First-generation
Amando Barzola Hidalgo Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $2,000

Current students only

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Science

(organic farming/sustainable food systems)

Preferred
AmeriCorps Service Award
Amount: $1,800; 5 awarded
Tuition Award, restrictions apply.*
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyNo preference

Completed one year of service with AmeriCorps

Bennett Scholarship
Amount: $1,725; 1 for a new student and 1 for a currently enrolled student
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

Any

(some particular focus with interdisciplinary approach)

Preferred
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Scholarship
Amount: $1,000; multiple awards
New or current

SO, JR, SR

AnyRequired

One or more required:

  • African American
  • Hispanic/Latino
  • Native American
  • Age 24-26
  • First-generation
  • Parent
Bowden/Camp Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $644
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Social Science

(journalism, political science)

Required
Brian D. Williamson Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $780

Current students only

JR, SR

  • Science

(environmental studies)

No preference

Unusual diversity of interests; commitment to environment

Byron Youtz Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $2,385

Current students only

JR, SR

  • Arts
  • Humanities
  • Science

(cross-discipline interests)

No preference
Charles and Barbara McCann Scholarship
Amount: $4,746

Current students only

SR

AnyPreferred
Charles and Miriam Matthews Scholarship
Amount: $1,285
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyRequired

Required criteria:

  • First-generation
Chastain/Barnett Scholarship
Amount: $4,065
New or current

JR, SR

AnyRequired

Demonstrated interest in computer science, digital media, and technology in any discipline.

  • Community Service
Colin Reese Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $3,365

Current students only

JR, SR

  • Social Science

(political science, economics and/or political economy)

Preferred
  • Academic Achievement
  • Community Service
Cultural Diversity Award
Amount: Varying amounts up to the value of resident tuition for 18 credits
Tuition Award, restrictions apply.*
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyNo preference

Commitment to diversity

Dan Evans Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
New or current

SO, JR, SR

AnyRequired

One or more required:

  • African American
  • Hispanic/Latino
  • Native American
  • Age 24-26
  • First-generation
  • Parent
Daniel Ira Klein Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $1,740; 1 awarded to a female and 1 awarded to a male
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Humanities

(communications)

Required

One or more required:

  • African American
  • Asian
  • Hispanic/Latino
  • Native American
David L. Hitchens Scholarship in Honor of Frances Marie Rasmussen
Amount: $1,000
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Arts
  • Humanities
  • Social Science
Required

Preference given to female applicants

Required criteria:

  • First-generation
David Matthew Jeter Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $1,000

Current students only

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Science

(environmental studies)

Required
Dennis E. Jones Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $1,900
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Science

(information management or computer science)

No preference

Washington state employee or interested in working in Washington state government

Don Finkel Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $1,990; nonrenewable

Current students only

SO, JR, SR

  • Humanities
No preference
Edith K. Draham Scholarship
Amount: $1,040
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Humanities

(fiction writing)

Required
Ed Kelly Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $1,413
New or current

JR, SR

AnyPreferred
  • Social Justice
Evergreen Faculty Union Solidarity Scholarship
Amount: $600; 10 awarded

Current students only

JR, SR

AnyRequired

Washington state resident

  • Community Service
First Peoples' Scholarship
Amount: Varying amounts up to the value of resident tuition for 18 credits.

New students only

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyNo preference
  • Academic Achievement
  • Community Service
  • Demonstrated Talent

One or more required:

  • African American
  • Asian
  • Hispanic/Latino
  • Native American
Foundation Scholarship - The Evergreen State College
Amount: Varying amounts up to the value of resident tuition for 18 credits.

New students only

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyNo preference
  • Academic Achievement
  • Community Service
  • Demonstrated Talent
Heck Family Scholarship
Amount: $1,000

New students only

FR

AnyRequired

Attended a Thurston County (WA) high school.

Required criteria:

  • First-generation
Jackie Robinson Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $2,667; 3 awarded
New or current

SO, JR, SR

AnyPreferred

Preference given to students transferring from Seattle Central Community College

  • Academic Achievement
  • Community Service
  • Social Justice
Jeanne Hahn Scholarship
Amount: $1,764
New or current

SO, JR, SR

  • Humanities
  • Social Science

(political economy or history)

Required

One or more required:

  • African American
  • Hispanic/Latino
  • Native American
  • Age 24-26
  • First-generation
  • Parent
Jess and Hanna Spielholz Scholarship
Amount: $1,000

Current students only

JR, SR

  • Science
  • Social Science

(health education)

No preference
Jessica Kelso Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $1,180

Current students only

SO, JR, SR

Any

(study abroad)

No preference
JUNO Scholarship
Amount: $6,315

Current students only

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Arts

(sculpture or contemporary craft)

Required
K.E.Y. (Keep Enhancing Yourself) Student Services Scholarship
Amount: equal to undergraduate resident tuition up to 18 credits.

Current students only

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyPreferred

Participation in Evergreen's KEY Program

Learning Seed Foundation Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
New or current

SO, JR, SR

AnyRequired
  • Community Service

One or more required:

  • African American
  • Hispanic/Latino
  • Native American
  • Age 24-26
  • First-generation
  • Parent
Les Purce Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
New or current

SO, JR, SR

AnyRequired

One or more required:

  • African American
  • Hispanic/Latino
  • Native American
  • Age 24-26
  • First-generation
  • Parent
Margery B. Brown Memorial Media Fund Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Arts
  • Social Science

(media production)

Preferred
Mark Blakley Memorial Award
Amount: $1,565
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Arts

(fine arts: writing, painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)

No preference
Mark Stephen Souder Scholarship for Information Dissemination
Amount: $1,330
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

Any

(interest in information dissemination)

Preferred

Preference given to non-Caucasian, non-resident, and/or non-heterosexual students

Mathew Slobodkin Memorial Award
Amount: $1,000

Current students only

SO

AnyNo preference

Does not hold conventional HS diploma

McConkey Trustee’s Scholarship
Amount: $4,600; 2 awarded
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyRequired
  • Academic Achievement
  • Professional Promise
Merit Award
Amount: Equal to undergraduate resident tuition up to 18 credits; 5 awarded; nonrenewable
Tuition Award, restrictions apply.*

New students only

FR

AnyNo preference

National Merit Semi-Finalist Scholar

Merv Cadwallader Scholarship
Amount: $1,508
New or current

JR, SR

AnyPreferred
  • Community Service
Microsoft Alumni Scholarship
Amount: $3,960
New or current

SO, JR, SR

  • Any

(applied technology/computing - any discipline)

Required
National Science Foundation: Laboratory-based Biology and/or Chemistry
Amount: multiple awards in varying amounts up to $10,000
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Science

(lab-based biology or chemistry)

Required
Niels Skov Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
New or current

SO, JR, SR

AnyRequired

A passion for the study of the numerous forms of entrepreneurship.

One or more required:

  • African American
  • Hispanic/Latino
  • Native American
  • Age 24-26
  • First-generation
  • Parent
Nonsequitur Scholarship
Amount: $3,785

Current students only

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyNo preference

Scholastic or personal achievement

Olympia Microcomputer User Group Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Science

(computer studies)

Preferred

Thurston or Mason county resident

Phoenix Rising Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyPreferred

Female survivor of domestic abuse or sexual assault

Political Ecology 1971–1972 Program Scholarship
Amount: $1,780
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Science
  • Social Science

(environmental studies)

Preferred
Rachel Corrie Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $2,000; nonrenewable

Current students only

SO, JR, SR

  • Humanities
  • Social Science

(Middle East studies)

No preference
  • Social Justice
Rainwater/Ross Endowment Fund
Amount: $2,865

New students only

FR

AnyPreferred
  • Community Service
Rita Sevcik Scholarship
Amount: $1,000

New students only

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyNo preference
  • Academic Achievement
  • Community Service
  • Demonstrated Talent
Roberto Clemente Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $1,500
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Social Science

(Puerto Rican or Central American studies)

Preferred

Preference to first-generation Latin American or Puerto Rican.

Shauna May Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $2,828
New or current

JR, SR

  • Humanities

(literature, history, philosophy, anthropology, psychology or religion)

No preference
Skipping Stone Foundation Scholarship
Amount: $1,500
New or current

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

  • Arts

(visual or performing)

Required
Soroptimist International of Olympia Endowment Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
New or current

SO, JR, SR

AnyPreferred
  • Community Service

Required criteria:

  • Female
Steven Gibson Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $2,340

Current students only

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyRequired
  • Community Service
Thayer Raymond Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $5,400; multiple awards
New or current

JR, SR

  • Any
Required
  • Community Service
  • Social Justice
TRiO Tuition Award for K.E.Y. & WaTEP Students
Amount: Equal to undergraduate resident tuition up to 18 credits; 3 awarded
Tuition Award, restrictions apply.*

Current students only

Any standing
(FR, SO, JR, SR)

AnyPreferred

Active participant in Evergreen's TRiO program

Wayne Garrett Kostin Scholarship
Amount: $1,500
New or current

SO, JR, SR

AnyRequired
  • Social Justice

One or more required:

  • African American
  • Hispanic/Latino
  • Native American
  • Age 24-26
  • First-generation
  • LGBT
  • Parent
NameNew/CurrentClass StandingAcademic FocusNeed- BasedOther Criteria

* Tuition Awards, Important Information: Tuition Awards are a waiver of a student’s tuition. A recipient of a tuition award cannot receive funding in excess of the cost of full-time undergraduate tuition. In addition, a recipient of a tuition award cannot use the funding for any of the study abroad consortium agreements.