Scholarships, Grants, and Loans

The College Foundation provides qualified North Central State College students with academic, financial need, and general scholarships from 42 endowed and special funds, including emergency funding and loans for college-related expenses. There are scholarships available for new and current students as well as full-time and part-time students. For the 2011-2012 academic year, the College Foundation has awarded 140 scholarships and also is providing emergency loans and grants to students in financial need for books, fees, nursing uniforms, and other critical costs of College.

Applications for College Foundation scholarships are available on this website (see links on this page), or in the College Foundation office in Kee Hall and Financial Aid office in Kee Hall on the Mansfield Campus. The College Foundation uses a general application form that covers most scholarships, a College and community scholarship committee reviews students’ submitted applications, and scholarship winners are selected and announced by June of each year. The 2012 application deadline for the 2012-2013 academic year is March 30, 2012. Completed applications should be submitted to the College Foundation office in Kee Hall.

A few scholarships have their own application forms, and these include the Alumni Association Scholarship, Alumni Legacy Scholarship, Ashland Samaritan Hospital Foundation Scholarship, Terry Coleman Memorial Scholarship, College Tech Prep Scholarship, Entrepreneurship Scholarship, Galion Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Scholarship, Regional Manufacturing Coalition Scholarship, Bertha Fenner Searle Registered Nursing (ADN) Scholarship, Dr. George Searle Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) Scholarship, and the Vetter Impact Award. To find out more about these opportunities and to obtain an application, click on the appropriate link on this page. The 2012 deadline to apply for these 2012-2013 scholarships is March 30. Scholarships winners will be announced by June.

Financial need is the specific qualifier for some scholarships offered by the College Foundation for the 2012-2013 academic year. These are: Alumni Association Scholarship, Harry Cobey Foundation Scholarship, Terry Coleman Memorial Scholarship, Faculty Scholarship, Orange & Blue Twenty-First Century Scholarship, and the Presidents' Emeritus Scholarship. For an applicant to be considered, he or she must submit a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). FAFSAs are submitted online at www.fafsa.gov. North Central State College's federal school code is 005313 (this needs to be entered on the FAFSA application). The deadline for FAFSA submission to be considered for a need-based scholarship is February 15, 2012. Contact the College's Financial Aid Office with questions about FAFSA.

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loans

• Alumni Association Scholarship+
• Alumni Legacy Scholarship
• Ambassador Award
• Ashland Samaritan Hospital Foundation Scholarship
• Roy and Nancy Brown Respiratory Care Scholarship+
• Tom Carter Memorial Education Aid Fund+ *
• Harry Cobey Foundation Scholarship+
• Terry Coleman Memorial Scholarship+
• Cardwell-Neer College NOW Award+
• College Tech Prep Scholarship
• William and Kit Cress Memorial Scholarship+
• Emerson/Therm-O-Disc Scholarship+
• Entrepreneur Scholarship+
• Faculty Scholarship+
• S.N. and Ada Ford Emergency Aid Fund+
• Galion Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Scholarship+
• Robert L. Garber Radiography Scholarship +
• Russell and Mary Gimbel Foundation Scholarship
• Gorman-Rupp Memorial and Civic Fund Scholarship+
• Gorman-Rupp (Corporate) Scholarship+
• Gorman Fund Scholarship
• Sharon Manring Gubkin Memorial Scholarship+
• Haring Realty Inc. Scholarship+
• Samo Jenko Memorial Scholarship+
• Kroger Scholarship+
• McDonald's Scholarship
• Mansfield University Fund Ambassador Scholarship of the Richland County Foundation
• Necessities Loan Fund+ **
• Orange & Blue Twenty-First Century Scholarship+
• Physical Therapy Assistant's Scholarship+
• Phillips Equipment Leasing Co., Inc., Scholarship+
• Ralph Phillips E Troop Scholarship
• Presidents' Emeritus Scholarship+
• Burton Preston Scholarship+
• Rable Machine Company Scholarship
• Radiology Associates Scholarship
• Regional Manufacturing Coalition Scholarship+
• Fran and Warren Rupp Foundation Nursing Scholarship+
• Bertha Fenner Searle Registered Nursing (ADN) Scholarship+
• Dr. George Searle Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) Scholarship+
• Vetter Impact Award+
• Welsh News Scholarship+

+ Endowed funds

* Student emergency aid funds

** Student loan fund; loan does not have to be repaid if eligible student graduates within four years of accepting the first loan from this fund.

Establishing a Scholarship Fund with the College Foundation

Endowed Scholarships

The College Foundation encourages the establishment of endowed scholarships, as they are lasting tributes to individuals, organizations, communities, and companies, and provide an opportunity to provide perpetual support for students of North Central State College.

When an endowment scholarship fund is established, the gift is invested in perpetuity, and only the income (generally, interest earnings) from the fund’s principal is available for distribution annually. Endowments may be established with a minimum gift of $10,000, though the greater the investment, the more scholarships that can be awarded. Endowed funds for scholarships, loans, and grants are listed on this web page. They also include endowments for emergency, financial support to students. Not listed is the Gimbel Health Chair endowment fund, which supports healthcare faculty professional development and healthcare student tutoring. The Gimbel Health Chair endowment is not a student scholarship or loan fund.

Annual Scholarships

Annual scholarships are established as a short term gift, often renewable. When a donor establishes an annual scholarship, the entire gift is awarded to a student or students during the current or next academic year. The annual scholarship minimum is $500.

Contact us

To establish a scholarship fund to benefit North Central State College students, please call the College Foundation’s executive director at 419-755-4753.