MSHS Counseling Center
Local Scholarships

The following is a list of mostly local scholarships for Millard Students that is contained in the College and Career Guide. Most of these scholarships will be listed in the Weekly Guidance News and the applications will be in the scholarship racks in the Counseling Center as they become available.
Abbreviation Used: Frat. Fraternity or Fraternal; H & C Hairstyling and Cosmetology; M.E.F (Millard Educational Foundation); Prof. (Professional), P.T.O (Parent-Teacher Organization); Relig. (Religion); See App. (See Application Form), VoScho (Vocational School).

Scholarship Source

Purpose, Restriction or Type

Scholarship Name

Approximate Value

Month of Availability

M.P.S.F

Attended Abbott

Abbott P.T.O.

$250

December

Frat.

Few or no restriction

Acacia Fraternity (UNL)

Varies

May

M.P.S.F.

Attended Ackerman

Ackerman P.T.O./Debbie Trupen

$250

February

M.P.S.F.

Attended Ackerman

Ackerman/Boettner Young Leader

$250

February

M.P.S.F.

Attended Ackerman

Ackerman/Jim Porter

$250

February

Asso. Air Force Aksarben Air Force Assoc. $1,000 December

Prof.

Business

Aksarben Asso. of Office Prof.

$500

January

Civic

Administrative

Aksarben Administrative Prof.

$1,500

January

Civic

See Application

Aksarben Leadership College Scholarship

$10,000

January

Civic

Vocational

Aksarben Comm. College Scholarship Program

$1,000

March

M.P.S.F

MNHS Grad.

Allen, Sara Memorial Scholarship

$1,000

February

M.PS.F.

Few or no restrictions

Alpha Delta Kappa

$400

February

Frat.

Academic/leadership

Alpha Gamma Nu

$500

April

Prof.

Bus./Fin.

American Society of Military Comptrollers

$2,000-$1,000

December

Civic

Teach Social Studies

American Legion Aux. Keriakedes Mem.

Varies

February

Civic

Attending Nebr. Institute

American Legion Aux. - Keriakedes Mem.

$500

January

Civic

See Application

American Lesion Aux. Natnl. Pres

Varies

January

Civic Nursing American Legion Nursing gift Tuition February

Civic

Nursing

American Legion Aux. Practical Nursing

Varies

December

Civic

See Application

American Legion Aux. Ruby Lorraine Paul

Varies

February

Civic See Application American Legion Aux. Ruby Paul Varies February
Civic Few or no restrictions American Legion Aux. Presidents Varies December
Civic See Application American Legion Aux. Spirit of Youth Varies January
Civic See Application American Legion Aux. Stretch Men Varies February
Civic Vocational American Legion Aux. Vol. Tech $300 December
Civic Information Tech. Assoc. of Scholarships Inf. Tech (AITP) $1,000 March

M.P.S.F.

See app.

Harry & Elizabeth Memorial Scholarship

$400

January

M.P.S.F.

Attended Andersen

Andersen Middle School

$1,000

December

M.P.S.F. Attended Anderson AMS Tyler Scott Kovar Memorial Schl. $1,000 January

M.P.S.F.

See Application

Bernie Vanis Memorial Scholarship

$400

January

Frat. See application Beta Upsilon Chapter/Omega PSIPHI Varies March
M.P.S.F. Attended Black Elk Black Elk PTO Scholarhip $500 December
M.P.S.F. See Application Pamela K. Breci Memorial Scholarship $500 January

M.P.S.F.

MSHS Grad.

Beth Ann Brooks Memorial

$350

January

College

Few or no restrictions

Board of Trusties (Wayne-Peru-Chadron)

4 year

 December

M.P.S.F.

Engineering (MSHS Grad.)

Brian J. McEwen Memorial

$350

January

M.E.F.

Baseball (MSHS Grad.)

Bruce Benedict

$900

April

M.P.S.F.

Attended Bryan

Bryan P.T.O Scholarships

$500

December

M.P.S.F.

Few or no restrictions

Buell-Jipp memorial

$450

January

Gov.

ACT 32

Byrd Honors Program

$1,500

January

M.P.S.F.

See app. (MSHS Grad.)

Carbonell, Asterio (Ross) Memorial

$1,000

January

Found.

Automotive

Carriage House Foundation

$1,000

February

M.P.S.F.

Attended Cather

Cather P.T.O.

$500

December

Civic

Automotive

Chevrolet Classic Club

$500

April

Corp. Femal Athlete Chevrolet/Michelle Kwan R.E.W.A.R.D.S. $5,000 February

Civic

Highly Competitive

Coca-Cola Scholarship

Varies

September

M.P.S.F.

Attended Cody

Cody P.T.O.

$500

January

M.P.S.F.

Attended Cottonwood

Cottonwood P.T.A.

$400

January

M.P.S.F. Attended Cottonwood/Teacher Cottonwood PTA Future Teacher Schl. $400 January
Corp. See Application Cox Communications/Papa John Pizza $1,000 March
College Minority Creighton U. Omaha Metro Area Diversity Schl. Tuition, Fees, Room & Board December

Frat.

GPA over 3.0

Delta Tau Delta UNL

$250

February

Sorority

Women/Lib. Arts

Delta Theta Chi Sorority Scholarship

$1,000

January

M.P.S.F.

Attended Disney

Disney Community Association

$300

February

M.P.S.F. Attended Disney/Ed. Major DCA Marge Frederick/Norma Pane Education $300 December
Civic Auto Technology Dodge Motorsports Auto Tech Scholarship Varies February

M.P.S.F.

Education (MNHS/MSHS) Grad

Don Stroh Educator Scholarship

$1,000

December

Council

Automotive

Eastern Nebraska/Western Iowa Car Coun.

$300

March

College

Math

Eastman Memorial Scholarships in Math

$3,000

January

M.P.S.F.

Attended Ezra

Ezra Millard PTO Scholarship

$600

February

Frat.

Leadership/Academic

Farmhouse Fraternity (UNL)

$200

March

Corp. See Application Gallup Organization $500 January

M.P.S.F.

Business

G.E. Nelson Memorial

$700

December

Civic See Application George L. Watters Memorial Scholarship $1,000 January
Civic See Application GLSEN $1,000 January
Civic See Application GPACAC-Great Plains Scholarship $1,000 January
M.P.S.F. MSHS. Grad Grove E. Nelson $1,000 February
Civic See Application Gus Swanson Communication $500 December

M.P.S.F.

See app.

Haggue, Pat Memorial

$500

February

Civic Automotive H&H Chevrolet $1,000 March

M.P.S.F.

Attended Harvey Oaks

Harvey Oaks Officer Memorial

$400

January

M.P.S.F. Eng./Education Charles R. Haskins $1,000 December

Found.

Serving on elected position

Hearst Foundation Scholarship

$2,000

October

M.P.S.F.

Business

Helme Memorial

$300

November

M.P.S.F.

Attended Hitchcock

Hitchcock P.T.O Scholarship

$350

December

Sch.-PTA

Attended Holling Heights

Holling Heights PTA Scholarship

$500

January

Asso. See Application Human Resource Assn. of Midl. Diversity (HRAM) $500 January

Asso.

Agriculture/Agribusiness

Husker Harvest Days Scholarship

$400

February

Found. See Application Imagine America $1,000 October
Found. Health Immanuel Schl. Hans M. Link $1,000 April
Found. Nursing Immanuel Schl.Henry/Marie Weible $500-$2,000 May

Found.

Few or no restrictions

Independent Insurance Agents of Nebraska

$500

March

Found. Business Independent Insur. Agents Schl./Chet Linderman Varies March

Asso.

Health Career

Internal Medicine Asso./George Loomis

$1,000

January

Civic

Office tech/Ad. Asst.

International Asso. Of Admin. Profess.

$500

November

Foundation

ACT 25/Financial Need

Iowa West Foundation

$5,000

January

College See Applications Iowa Western Comm. College (several scholarships) Varies October

College

Minority

Isaacson Incentive Scholarship

$1,000

January

Found.

Financial Need

James M. Cox Foundation

$1,000

March

College See Application J.D. Edwards Honors Prog $10,000-$15,000 October
Civic See Application Jerry Parks Memorial Varies March

M.P.S.F.

Attended Neihardt

John G. Neihardt PTO Scholarship

$250

February

M.P.S.F. Attended Montclair, Ackerman or Willowdale Joy Glover Memorial Schl. $200 January

Civic

Leadership/Volunteer

Junior League of Omaha

$1,000

January

M.P.S.F. See Application Kids Network Employee $1,000 January

M.P.S.F.

Attended Kiewit

Kiewit Middle School

$1,000

December

Civic

See Application

Knights of Aksarben Ike Friedman

Varies

December

Civic

See Application

Knights of Aksarben Leadership

$10,000

October

Corp. See Application Kohls Kids Who Care Varies January

M.P.S.F.

Automotive

LeMay, (Douglas) Memorial Scholarship

$500

February

Civic Latina Lambda Theta Nu $250 March

M.P.S.F.

MSHS Graduate

Lamberty (Kam) Memorial Scholarship

$1,500

February

Found. See Applications Lincoln Comm. Found. (Several Schol. Opportunit.) Varies December
Found. See Application Lucent Technologies Found $5,000 February
Civic See Application Lutheran Metro Ministries Varies March
M.P.S.F. MSHS/Education Bob & Mary Lykke $1,000 January

College

Education/Minority

MacAllister Scholars in Education - UNO

$1,000

December

College

UNL (MSHS Grad)

Marymee Family Schl.

$1,000

March

M.P.S.F.

Business

MEOPA

$300

November

Found.

Relative of MAT per.

Metro Area Transit Transport Workers

$1,000

February

College

Few or no restrictions

Metro. Comm. Col. - Board of Governors

Full Tuition

February

College

See Applications

Metro.Comm. Col. - Metro Found Priv Schol

Varies

Varies

Asso.

Marketing

Mid-America DMA (Direct Marketing Asso.)

$1,000

January

Corp.

Most Improved (MNHS grad.)

Mid-City Bank

$1,000

January

Corp.

Business (MNHS grad.)

Mid-City Bank

$1,000

January

Corp.

Education (MNHS grad.)

Mid-City Bank

$1,000

January

Civic

Automotive

Mid-west Chapter of NAFA

$300

January

Corp.

Information Technology

Midwest Information System

Varies

March

M.E.F.

Attended Central Middle

Millard Central Middle School Scholarship

$500

February

M.E.F.

Education

Millard E. Asso. Scholarship

$300

March

Civic

Few or no restrictions

Millard Ed. Paraprofessional Asso. Scholarship

$350

February

M.P.S.F.

See. app.

Millard Learning Center

$600

February

Civic

Med., Bus., Eng.

Millard Lioness Club

$500

February

Civic

See Applications

Millard Lions Club (several)

$500

October

M.P.S.F.

Former Student

Millard North Middle School

$1,000

December

M.P.S.F. Methodist College MNMS/NE Methodist Scholarship $2,000 December

M.P.S.F

See app.

Millard North Parent Association

$500

January

M.P.S.F.

Fine Arts

Millard North Parent Asso. Fine Arts School

$500

January

M.P.S.F.

See app.

Millard Retired Educators

$200-$300

February

Civic

Leadership, Upper 1/4

Millard Rotary Club

$1,000

March

Civic

Vocational

Millard Rotary Club

$500

March

M.P.S.F.

Attended Montclair

Montclair-Birke Scholarship

$300

January

College

Leadership

Mortar Board UNL

$250

February

M.P.S.F.

Attended Morton

Morton/Bob Lykke PTO Scholarship

$400

December

Civic

See Application

Nat'l Assoc. for Women in Construction (NAWIC)

Varies

January

M.P.S.F. MSHS Grad Mutual of Omaha $1,000 January
Civic See Application Nat'l Assoc of Ins & Fin Advisors (NAIFA) $500 January
Civic See Application Nat'l Assoc of Postmasters Harr/Lenara Rich. Schl. Varies February
Civic See Application Nat'l Restaurant Assoc. ProStart Scholarships Varies Varies

Civic

26 ACT

Neb. Roping Horse Asso.

$500

January

Civic

Engineering

Neb. Society of Prof. Engineers

$1,000

October

Civic

Aviation

NATA-NE Aviation Trades Assoc. Scholarship

$500-$1,000

January

Asso.

ACT 24/Athlete

Nebraska Coaches Association

$500

February

College

Few or no restrictions

Nebraska College of Business

Varies

Varies

Corp. See Application Nebraska Legal Professionals Assoc. $1,000 February

M.P.S.F.

Attended Norris

Norris P.T.O.

$500

January

College

Profess./Applied Studies

Northwest Missouri State University

Varies

January

M.P.S.F.

See app.

Offerjost Memorial

$250

January

Civic

See app.

Offutt AFB Officers' Spouses

$1,000

December

Civic

See app.

Offutt Chiefs' Group

$500

February

Civic See application Elk's National Found - Most Valuable Student Varies December

Civic

See app.

Offutt Enlisted Wives Club

Varies

February

Civic

Female

Omaha Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women

$500

February

Civic

Black, Female

Omaha Chapter of the Links

$1,000

February

Prof. See Application Omaha Education Asso. Found Varies February

Prof.

Legal field

Omaha Legal Professionals Asso.

$500

January

Civic

See Application

Omaha Chamber of Commerce Allen Pirsch Mem.

Varies

February

Civic

OSA past 2 years

Omaha Softball Asso.

Varies

November

Soc.

Nursing

Oncology Nursing Society

$250

March

M.P.S.F. See Application Paraprofessional Education Association $350 January

Corp.

Leadership

Phillip Schrager (Formerly Pacesetters)

$1,800

December

College See Application Peru State College Coop. Varies January

Corp.

Top 10% of class

Peter Kiewit - Distinguished Schol Award

$6,500

October

Found.

Top 1/4 and Financial Need

Peter Kiewit Foundation memorial Schol.

Tuition/Fees

January

Civic

Vocational

Peter Kiewit Foundation Vocational Ed.

$1,000

February

Prof.

Education preferred

Phi Delta Kappa

$500

December

Frat.

Few or no restrictions

Pi Kappa Alpha

$100

February

Frat.

Interest in Frat./UNL

Pi Kapa Alpha Fraternity

$100

February

Frat.

Leadership

Pi Kappa Phi Iowa State

$250

March

M.P.S.F.

Elem. Ed (MSHS grad.)

Reed (Kim) Memorial

$250

February

College

Few or No Restrictions

Regents Scholarship UNL, UNO, & UNK)

Up to Full Tuition

October

M.P.S.F. MSHS Grad Carleen J. Richeson Memorial $1,000 January

M.P.S.F.

Attended Rockwell

Rockwell P.T.O.

$200

January

Civic

Verified Special Ed.

Suburban Rotary

Varies

January

Civic

Honor roll/leadership

Rotary Club of Omaha

Varies

January

M.P.S.F.

Attended Russell

Russell Middle School

$1,500

January

Corp.

See app.

Sam Walton Community Scholarship

$1,000

January

M.P.S.F. Attended Sandoz Sandoz/PTA Scholarship $500 January

M.P.S.F.

Attended Sandoz

Sandoz/Spangler

$500

January

M.P.S.F.

Attended Sandoz

Sandoz/Witt

$500

January

M.P.S.F. See Application Schlichtemeier Nursing Schl Varies January
Corp. Scholar Athlete Scholar Athlete Milk - Mustache Sammy Schl. $7,500 March

M.P.S.F.

Top 10% Rank, ACT 26

Scholarship of Excellence

$1,000

December

Civic

Nursing

Sertoma Club

$1,000

March

Corp. See Application Shopko Scholarship $1,000 October

Frat.

Few or nor restrictions

Sigma Pi Epsilon UNK - Balanced Man

$500

February

Frat.

Academic/Leadership

Sigma Pi Epsilon UNL - Balanced Man

Varies

March

Asso. See Application Society of Automotive Engineers Varies September

College

3.0 GPA/Adv. Algebra

Southeast Community College - Pres. Scholarship

Full Tuition

February

M.P.S.F.

See Application

Southwest Omaha Kiwanis

$500

January

Prof.

EE, Comp. Sci., Physics

STRAT ROOST Asso. of Old Crows

$1,000

February

M.P.S.F.

MSHS Grad

Stroh Educator Scholarship

$1,000

December

Frat.

Theatre Arts

Theatre Arts Guild Inc.

$1,000

February

Family

Disability

Tom Pierce Memorial

$300

January

Corp.

Top 10%/Leadership

Toyota Community Scholars Program

Varies

September

Civic

See Application

Tuskegee Airmen Schl

$1,500

January

Corp.

ACT 24/Upper 1/4

Union Bank & Trust Co.

$500

October

College

ACT 24/Upper 1/4

UNK Coop. School

$750

January

College

Business

UNK College of Business and Tech.

$200

February

College

Few or no restrictions

UNL Teachers College

$200/Books

January

College Alumni UNO Alumni $1,000 October

College

Business

UNO College of Business Ad. School

Varies

December

College

Financial Need

UNO Goodrich Schol.

Varies

February

College

Education/Minority

UNO MacAllaster Scholars in Education

Varies

November

College

Minority

UNO Minority Scholarship

Varies

December

Corp.

Academic/leadership

US Bank

$1,000

November

Corp.

See app.

Wal-Mart Competitive Edge Schol.

$5,000

January

College

Academic/Leadership

Walter Scott Scholarship - Hastings College

Varies

September

College

Engineering/Tech.

Walter Scott, Jr. Scholarship

Varies

December

Gov.

Government Service

Washington Crossings Foundation

Varies

November

College

Varies

Wayne State College Coop.

Half Tuit.

February

Corp. See Application Wells Fargo Educational Fin. Serv. College Steps $1,000 October

Found.

English

Willa Cather Foundation

$2,000

November

M.P.S.F. Attended Willowdale Willowdale PTO $300 Dec.

M.E.F.

Educational career

Witt Educator

$1,000

December

M.E.F.

Teacher

Yaley (Nancy) Memorial

$1,000

January

 

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