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List of Funds

The MSU Foundation is honored to house over 400 individual funds available to meet a variety of philanthropic interests. All of these funds are made possible by the generosity of alumni and friends.

criteria

The criteria for the various scholarship funds listed below are preferential criteria. To comply with State and Federal regulations, Morehead State University and the Morehead State University Foundation use the preferred selection criteria outlined as a reference point for identifying the donor’s ideal candidate.

If no candidate meets the donor’s preferred criteria through the Foundation scholarship pool and match application process, the MSU Foundation and Morehead State University ensure the scholarship is awarded to a student with financial need.

  • Family Association Fund: to support programming and services for Family Weekend activities, and for the establishment and ongoing development of the MSU Family Association
  • Fund for Excellence: for the greatest needs of the institution, including programmatic needs and student aid
  • General Scholarship Fund: provides one-time, non-renewable awards primarily for recruitment purposes with the secondary purpose being to support current students in cases of exceptional need

  • Athletic Facility Renovations Fund: to support needs of the athletic facilities
  • Athletic Promotions Fund: to support promotional activities in Athletics
  • Athletic Training: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Baseball Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Larry Wilson Bowling Endowment: to support Bowling Club activities
  • Cheerleaders Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Cross Country Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Dance Team Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Eagle Athletic Family Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the department of athletics
  • Football Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Jacobs Family Endowment Fund: to support the needs of the MSU Football Program
  • Men’s Basketball Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Men's Golf Fund: for equipment, supplies and other academy-related program expenses
  • Rifle Fund, Men's & Women's Teams: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Soccer Program Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Softball Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Strength & Conditioning Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Volleyball/Beach Volleyball Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • William J. Mack Endowment Fund: to support the needs of the football program
  • Women’s Basketball Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Women's Golf Fund: to benefit the MSU varsity women's golf program

General College Funds or Scholarships

  • Caudill College of Humanities Dean's Fund: to support the needs of the Caudill College
  • Buckner and Sally S. Hinkle Endowment for Humanities: to support distinguished visiting professors in the liberal arts(areas of history, politics, music, art, theatre, literature, philosophy and religion), as well as to bring visiting faculty who are musicians and artists exemplifying western or regional culture
  • Buckner & Sally S. Hinkle Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate junior or senior majoring in the liberal arts who have demonstrated commitment to their area of study
  • Byrd H. Perry Jr. Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an incoming freshman from Bath County, with preference given to those living in Salt Lick who are majoring in Music, History, Government or Political Science majors and who demonstrate strong participation in community service
  • Greg Goldey Citizenship Award: to provide a scholarship to a student
  • Vicente Cano Study Abroad Scholarship Endowment: ​awarded to full-time undergraduate students majoring in English, Spanish or Philosophy with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and participating in a faculty-led or consortium study abroad program

Department of Art & Design

  • Art Education Fund: to support the Art Education Program
  • Art Studies Fund: for the needs of the Art Studies Program
  • Adam Yungbluth Memorial Fund: to provide a scholarship to an Art and Design student traveling to the National Ceramics Conference, other arts related conferences or field experiences
  • Art Student Award: to support art student awards, given at the end of each year
  • Deeno Golding Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in Art and Design, with preference given to those with an emphasis in Graphic Design
  • Dr. Bill R. Booth Art Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to seniors from Eastern Kentucky who are majoring in Art
  • Golding-Yang Art Gallery Endowment: to support exhibition needs of the Golding-Yang Art Gallery
  • Inscape Fund: to support the production of the Inscape Magazine
  • W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Endowment Study of Arts: to provide a scholarship to an incoming freshman majoring in Art, with preference given to students who reside in Elliott County, Rowan County, Fayette County and the Commonwealth of Kentucky
  • Yang Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in Art and Design, with preference given to students who have an emphasis in graphic design or painting

Department of Communication, Media & Languages

  • Communication & Media Studies Fund: to support the needs of the department
  • Amber Philpott Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate junior or senior students majoring in Convergent Media, with preference given to a students from Central or Eastern Kentucky
  • Donald F. Holloway Scholarship Award: to provide a scholarship to a junior or senior students majoring in Communication
  • Dr. Gary LaFleur Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to full-time students pursuing a degree in Strategic Communication, with preference given to Junior and Senior Kentucky residents who are first generation college students
  • F. S. Brown Scholarship for Strategic Communications: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior or senior majoring in Strategic Communication
  • Harlen Hamm Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior or senior majoring in Strategic Communication
  • Julia Doyel Webb Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Communications

Department of English

  • English & Modern Languages Studies: to support the needs of the department
  • Dr. Rose Orlich Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to full-time students majoring in English
  • Erica Brown Memorial Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student with an interest in creative writing and fine arts, with preference be given to students from MSU's 22-county service region
  • Frances L. Helphinstine Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior or senior majoring in English
  • Janet and Ted Coakley Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in English or English Education, with preference given to students who are the first in their immediate family to attend college and participants in the Upward Bound Program or Graduates of Southwest Local School District in Harrison, OH
  • Joyce Brown and James C. LeMaster Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in English or Industrial and Engineering Technology
  • Ruth and Lewis Barnes Linguistics Endowment: to support student research, development and creative activity and enhancement of academic programs in the Linguistics Laboratory
  • Thomas & Lillie D. Chaffin Celebration of App. Writing Award: to provide annual awards entitled the "Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Celebration of Appalachian Writings"
  • ​W. David Brown Sr. Scholarship​: to provide a scholarship to a junior or senior majoring in Journalism

Department of History, Philosophy, International & Legal Studies

  • Geography Studies Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the programs to advance Geography at MSU and in the service region
  • Global Studies Program Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • History Studies Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the department
  • Philosophy Studies: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Political Science (Government) Program Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Women's Studies Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Appalachian Heritage Program Fund: to support Appalachian Heritage Programs, such as guest speakers for a lecture series or symposium, as well as those with an Appalachian Studies minor
  • Dr. Michael Hail Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to students pursuing a Master of Public Policy degree
  • George R. Burgess Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in History or Journalism
  • George T. Young Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to an outstanding student majoring in History, Philosophy, Religion, Legal Studies, with preference given to those who have an interest in Kentucky History
  • MSU Public Administration and Policy Professorship Endowment: to support a position in Public Administration and Policy and support the applied research initiatives associated with the position
  • Roscoe and Sibbie Playforth Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time senior and Kentucky resident majoring in Geography, History, Sociology or Government
  • Regional Analysis & Public Policy Student Award Fund: to provide an award to an outstanding student
  • Regional Analysis Fund: to support regional analysis strategic initiatives

Department of Military Science

  • Department of Military Science: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the department
  • Major Wayne Isham Award for ROTC Excellence Fund: to provide a scholarship to the top freshman and sophomore cadets in the MSU ROTC program as determined by GPA and Army Physical Fitness Test score

Department of Music, Theatre & Dance

  • Folk Art Center Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Kentucky Folk Art Center Endowment: to benefit the Kentucky Folk Art Center; to support operations and purchase materials or equipment necessary to accomplish the mission of the KFAC
  • Theatre Program: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • A. Frank and Bethel C. Gallaher Memorial Music Endowment: to support a full-time undergraduate junior majoring in Music; the award is selected from the annual A. Frank and Bethel C. Gallaher Music Performance Competition
  • Aebersold Jazz Area Support Fund: to support the strategic needs and priorities of the program
  • Andrews Family Fund for Student Success Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student undergraduate student at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music
  • Appalachian Music Project Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in a music related field who attended high school in one of the following Kentucky counties; Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Lawrence, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Perry, Pike and Whitley
  • Bonnie Eaglin Endowment for Music: to provide faculty and student research, development and creative activities and to enhance department programs
  • C. Roger Lewis Traditional Music Library Fund: to support research materials (textbooks, instructional books/cds/dvds/etc, historical data, electronics for display) containing traditional music
  • Cherie R. Carnes Rebar Endowed Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student undergraduate student majoring in Music Education with a woodwind, brass wind or percussion instrument as their principal applied performance area
  • Clyde I. James Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in Music Performance or Music Education with concentration in a string program
  • Communication and Theatre Enrichment Endowment: to provide funding for visiting scholars, production of prominent publications, applied research, identified program needs in growth areas and high-end equipment and software purchases
  • Department of Music Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to students majoring in Music
  • Dr. Greg Detweiler Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to undergraduate students who are members of Concert Choir
  • E Glenn and Helen F. Fulbright Music Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a senior majoring in Music Education
  • Edwa P. and Allie W. Young Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an outstanding student majoring in Music with their primary instrument as piano
  • Fitzpatrick Pipe Organ Fund: to repair or modify the MSU Pipe Organ
  • Frances Edmundson Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in Music
  • Friends of Music Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the department
  • Gayle D. Sullivan Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time sophomore, junior or senior, with preference given to students with the greatest remaining financial balance, students majoring in music with an emphasis in Keyboard and students from Kentucky
  • Greg Wing Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an incoming freshman majoring in Music with their primary instrument as trumpet
  • Hal Rogers Traditional Music Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a student studying at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music (KCTM)
  • James Copenhaver Endowed Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student in the Band Program, with preference given to those in both Marching and Concert Bands and students who have intentions of becoming band directors
  • Jamey Aebersold Jazz Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a Jazz Studies major, with preference given to those from the University's primary service region
  • Jazz/Percussion Studies Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • KCTM Ensemble Account: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program, including awards to ensemble participants
  • Kentucky Center for Traditional Music: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Kozy Hamilton Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a junior or senior majoring in Theatre with an interest in costuming
  • Louise (Antonini) and Ernani D'Emidio Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to full-time junior and senior students enrolled in one of the following majors within the School of Creative Arts: Bachelor of Music Education (BME), Bachelor of Music (BM), Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Music
  • Mary Lynn Albers Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Music with the Oboe as an instrument
  • Matthews Family Endowment in honor of Paul Denayer: to provide a scholarship to a full-time sophomore, junior or senior, with preference given to students majoring in Theatre with focus on tech support
  • ​Melody Trosper Memorial Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in Theatre
  • MSU Choirs: to support expenses incurred by all University choirs including performances, clinics and related operational needs
  • Music Instrument Replacement and Maintenance Fund: to support musical instrument replacement and maintenance
  • Music Research Endowment: to support faculty and student applied research activities including student research assistants, equipment, travel and other items needed for the production and dissemination of findings
  • Myron Doan Keyboarding Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Music Keyboarding
  • Nelson Maurice Carpenter Theatre Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in Theatre
  • Noal F. Oney Memorial Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Theatre
  • North, Dr. Gary Endowment for Traditional Music: to support of a professorship in the Department of Music in support of the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music
  • Operaworks: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Pat Petrillo Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to an incoming freshman with an identified skill set in both drum set and rudimental drumming and a plan to continue their career in the percussion field, with preference given to out-of-state students from urban areas
  • Sarah Ruth Caudill Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a junior or senior pursuing a degree within the Music Department, with preference given to students involved in extra curricular activities within the Arts
  • Showtime!
  • Studebaker-Mueller Endowed Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in Music Education with their primary instrument as bassoon
  • Theatre Alumni Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring or minoring in Theatre
  • Theatre and Dance Patron Account: to support programming and production expenses associated with Theatre and Dance Department
  • University Bands: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Virginia and Evelyn Harpham Music Scholarship for String Players: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Music who play a string instrument, with preference given to students who have shown interest in Symphony Performance
  • W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Endowed Chair: to implement the Theatre and create a troupe called "The Little Company" that tours the region and the Commonwealth

Department of Sociology, Social Work & Criminology

  • Legal Studies Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program 
  • Social Work Program: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Sociology, Social Work and Criminology Department: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Lambda Chi Alpha Scholarship honoring Jerry McGlone: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in Criminology or Criminal Justice
  • Lola Crosthwaite Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior majoring in Sociology, Social Work or Criminology, with preference given to students who are single parents
  • Nickolas R. Bailey Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a first semester senior in the social work program at the MSU Prestonsburg Campus, with a documented history of volunteer work and an interest in social justice
  • Richard L. Dorton Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a student from Adams, Brown, Highland or Clermont counties in Ohio or from Johnson County in Kentucky, majoring in a social science, with preference given to married students
  • Richard Reser Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship for a student, with preference to a minority student and sophomore status, majoring in the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminology

General College or Scholarship Funds

  • College of Science Dean's Fund: for the needs of the college
  • Dr. John and Betty Philley Endowment Fund: to provide assistance for general operating support and the greatest needs of the department
  • Earth Systems, Chemistry and Physics Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to students majoring in Earth Systems, Chemistry or Physics
  • Gerald DeMoss Undergraduate Research Fellowship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time sophomore, junior or senior majoring in the Agricultural Sciences, Biology, Biomedical Sciences or Biomedical Chemistry
  • Greene Family Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student from Kentucky majoring in a STEM related field
  • James Paul Jr. Ison Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior or senior from Morgan County High School
  • James T. Jennings Endowment: for various activities in the College of Science
  • John Wilson Kirk Scholarship Endowment (Doran Memorial): to provide a scholarship to a full-time student pursuing a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or Health Sciences
  • Madison Pryor Fund: to provide a scholarship to an undergraduate work study fellowship in the College of Science
  • MP Antenna Ltd. Fellowship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student, requiring that the recipient work 15 hours per week in a laboratory environment associated with the department of their major
  • Phillips Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an incoming freshman majoring in a STEM-H field
  • Randy Falls Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Science Education
  • Richard A. Walls Geological Research Endowment: to support faculty and student applied research activities
  • The J. Dudley Herron Professorship Endowment: to support new faculty positions, salary supplements to existing faculty positions and associate expenses for those positions
  • Walter Carr Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in the College of Science 

Department of Agricultural Sciences

  • Agriculture Fund: for the needs of the department
  • Veterinary Technology Program General Fund: for the needs of the program
  • Agriculture Club Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Agricultural Sciences
  • Appleseed Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a junior or senior, with preference given to Fleming or Rowan County students who are majoring in Agricultural Education, Plant Science or Agribusiness
  • Bill Soslowitz Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior or senior majoring in Agricultural Sciences and living in campus housing, with preference given to students majoring in food production areas
  • Buffalo Trace Veterinary Medical Assc. – Charles Derrickson: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student who is admitted into the Veterinary Technology Program
  • Buffalo Trace Veterinary Medical Assc. – Karl Grady: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student who is admitted into the Veterinary Technology Program
  • Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time undergraduate student in the agriculture program in good standing at MSU.
  • Dr. Phil Prater Veterinary Science Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time senior from Kentucky who is majoring in Pre-Veterinary Sciences
  • Emily Randall Colclough Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a junior or senior majoring in Veterinary Science or Veterinary Technology
  • Equestrian Program (Horsemanship): for the needs of the program
  • Equine Science Program: for the needs of the program
  • Marian Leigh Hayne Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time non-traditional student accepted into the Veterinary Technology Associate Degree Program
  • Michael Padula Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in an Agricultural program
  • Peg Morrow Jones Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in Agriculture Sciences who has graduated from a high school in Kentucky
  • Roger and Bernice Barbour Endowment: awarded to a junior, senior or graduate student for research in vertebrate animals in Eastern Kentucky

Department of Biology & Chemistry

  • Allen Lake Professorship in Biology Endowment Fund: to support a professorship in Biology, new faculty positions, salary supplements to existing faculty positions and associated expenses for those positions
  • Biology and Chemistry Fund: for the needs of the department
  • Chemistry Fund: for equipment and supplies for the Chemistry program
  • Craft Endowed Professorship in Biomedical Sciences: for the exclusive benefit of Craft Academy students in Biomedical Sciences
  • Dr. Byron E. Wentz Family Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student from Eastern Kentucky County pursuing a degree in the Pre-Optometry Program with a declared major of Biology or Chemistry
  • Dr. Richard Hunt Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a student who has completed at least one year in Chemistry
  • Endowment for Science Fellowships: to provide a scholarship to a student completing a graduate fellowship in Biology and Environmental Science, with preference given to African American students
  • Margaret Heaslip Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior or senior majoring in Biology
  • Molecular Biology Core Facility Endowment: for the needs of the lab
  • Molly McBride Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time senior, with preference given to Biomedical Sciences majors
  • Robert L. Coleman Endowment for Biological Sciences: to support new faculty positions, salary supplements to existing faculty positions and associated expenses for those positions
  • Scutchfield Family Pre-Medicine Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior or senior from Kentucky majoring in Biomedical Sciences with plans to attend medical school
  • Thomas, James H. Biology Enhancement Endowment: for research and support focused on high priority academic programs in the Biology department
  • Toney Nelson Phillips Geology Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a Geology major, with preference given to non-traditional students
  • ​Woodrow Barber Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a Biology major, with preference given to Rowan County residents

Department of Engineering Sciences

  • Department of Engineering and Technology Management: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the school 
  • AET Advisory Board Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Engineering who is from Kentucky
  • Ahmed and Vicki Sabie Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Industrial Education
  • Amos Alexander Peeff Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an incoming freshman who completed the Upward Bound Program at MSU, with preference given to students residing in an Eastern Kentucky county and students in an Engineering Program
  • Dr. Staley F. and Grace C. Adams Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student from Eastern Kentucky majoring in Engineering Technology with an emphasis in Construction Management
  • Endowment for Industrial Education: to provide a scholarship to a student completing a graduate fellowship in Applied Education and Technology
  • Eugene Lacefield Space Studies Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior or senior majoring in Space Systems Engineering or graduate students enrolled in the Master of Science in Space Systems Engineering program
  • Frank Michael Baldridge Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a Geology major from Kentucky, with preference given to those from Eastern Kentucky
  • Geoscience Endowment: to support classroom-related expenses, travel and field study in Geoscience
  • Harold & Noveal Crosthwaite Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Industrial Arts, with preference given to Eastern Kentucky natives
  • Jerry F. Howell Sr. Environmental Science Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a junior or senior in Environmental Sciences
  • Lyon, Edwin Paul III Endowment Fund: to provide financial assistance for field-oriented projects in Geology
  • Physical Science – Mason Grants: for extracurricular activities in Earth Science
  • Richard A. Walls Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a junior or senior majoring in Geology or Earth Science
  • Robert Thomas Lierman Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time Geology sophomore, junior or senior who is active in Geology Club
  • Sam Williams Geology Enrichment Endowment: for research and support focused on high priority academic programs for the Geology program
  • Science/Engineering Professorship Endowment: for new faculty positions, salary supplements to existing faculty positions and associate expenses for those positions
  • Scruggs-Ferguson Family Scholarship: awarded to a full-time junior or senior undergraduate student who graduated from Rowan County High School and is pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology with a minimum GPA of 3.0. This scholarship is given preference to students pursuing options in Marketing or Construction Management.
  • Space Science Center Development Fund: to fund research activities for undergraduate students
  • Space Science Research Endowment: to support faculty and student applied research activities

Department of Health, Kinesiology, Imaging & Psychological Sciences

  • Department of Psychology: for the needs of the department
  • Imaging Sciences Programs: for the needs of the program
  • Kinesiology & Health Programs Fund: to help people improve their health and well being through a better understanding of exercise, activity and nutrition
  • ​Neuroscience Program Fund: for the needs of the program
  • Barbara Dehner Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student from Elliott County who is in an Imagining Science Program, with preference given to female students
  • Brian and Kenneth Cooke Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student from Kentucky
  • Ed and Sue Lucke Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a Health, Physical Education or Recreation major who works while in school
  • Eddie Bishop Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a Physical Education major
  • Karrick-Ward Athletics Enhancement Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in Physical Education, Sports Management or Health and Wellness Promotion
  • Neuroscience Scholarship and/or Undergraduate Research Award: to provide a scholarship to a full-time Neuroscience major
  • Psychology Enrichment Endowment: to support the MSU Department of Psychology through ongoing research, academic program enhancement and psychology student enrichment program opportunities as well as dissemination of research and findings
  • Warren & Winifred Proudfoot Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a student from Rowan County or contiguous counties in Kentucky who is a Pre-Health Professionals major

Department of Mathematics, Computer Science & Physics

  • Computer Science Program Fund: for the needs of the program
  • Mathematics Department: for the needs of the department
  • Physics Fund: for the needs of the program
  • Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Dr. George Kerr and Sarah Kerr STEM Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a student pursuing a bachelor degree in one of the following fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or Health Sciences, with a preference for Math and Physics majors
  • David Cutts Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior in a STEM major, with preference given to Physics majors, femalesand minority students
  • Elmore Family Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a Data Analytics major
  • James W. Bell Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student from Lawrence County High School majoring in a Math, Computer Science, Physics or Electronic Engineering major
  • Kris Bentley Mathematics Scholarship Endowment: to provide two annual scholarships to students majoring in Math
  • Linus Fair Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a junior or senior majoring in Math
  • Math Statistics Award: awarded to outstanding statistical students
  • Thomas E. Fouch Mathematics Award: awarded to an excellent graduating student who has majored in Math

Department of Nursing

  • Bradley Morris Rutherford Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a full-time student that has been accepted to the nursing or pre-licensure program with a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA
  • Department of Nursing: for the needs of the department
  • C. Louise Caudill Faculty Chair: to establish faculty chairs in the department of Nursing
  • C. Louise Caudill Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a Nursing or Biomedical Sciences major
  • Clifford R. and Addie R. Rader Nursing Endowed Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student from Kentucky in MSU's pre-licensure and post-licensure Baccalaureate Nursing Program
  • Dr. Freda L. Kilburn Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a single parent from Kentucky who has completed one full year in Nursing
  • E. O. Robinson Mountain Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a Nursing major from Eastern Kentucky
  • James Paul Ison Jr. Scholarship Endowment: awarded to graduates of Morgan County High School who are juniors or seniors, with preference given to male students and/or students pursuing a degree that will lead to a profession in the medical field
  • Judy Carol Cornett Memorial Endowed Nursing Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student in the Nursing program
  • Nursing and Allied Health Department Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time Nursing major
  • Patti Caudill Wood Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time incoming freshman from Rowan County High School majoring in the medical field
  • Robert and Helen Holbrook Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student from Rowan County who is majoring in a Health Profession

General College or Scholarship Funds

  • Information Systems: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Smith College of Business & Technology Dean's Fund: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the College
  • Sport Management Program: to support the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Chen-Henderson Professional Development Fund: to provide a scholarship to undergraduate students in the College of Business & Technology for professional development purposes, with preference given to Sports Management majors
  • Daniel L. McGowan Lifetime Learning Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a student with financial aid needs pursuing a degree in the School of Business Administration or the College of Business & Technology
  • David A. Lynch Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to full-time undergraduate juniors or seniors students from Ashland, Kentucky who are majoring in a program in the Elmer R. Smith College of Business
  • Dr. Ben and Rena Dotson Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time undergraduate freshmen majoring in education or business with a minimum high school GPA of 2.75. Preference given to students from Phelps High school, Pike County, KY and Morehead State's 22 County Service Region in eastern Kentucky
  • Elizabeth Blackburn Fraley Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student in the College of Business & Technology, with preference given to those with financial need
  • Elmer R. Smith Regents Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a student in the College of Business & Technology

Department of Business Administration

  • School of Business Administration: to support the strategic needs and priorities of the School of Business Administration
  • Bertha Mills Booth Center for Entrepreneurship Endowment: to establish the Bertha Mills Booth Center for Entrepreneurship, which will provide support for a wide variety of entrepreneurial initiatives
  • Billy Joe Hall Memorial Endowment: to provide a scholarship to sophomore students majoring in Business
  • Calvert Award for Non-Traditional Students: to provide a scholarship to non-traditional students majoring in Business
  • Citizens Bank Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to an incoming freshman from Bath, Rowan or Morgan County pursuing a degree in Business Administration, with preference given to those majoring in Marketing or Finance
  • Elmer R. and Donna N. Smith Endowment for Entrepreneurship: to support an expense budget for entrepreneurship initiatives and a salary stipend for the chair holder in the School of Business Administration 
  • Fred and Helen Morrison Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time freshman or sophomore majoring in Accounting or Finance from MSU's 22-county service region
  • Gary L. Bishop Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student majoring in Business
  • Gregory Palmer Accounting Professorship Endowment: to support student and faculty research and development, enhancement of academic programs and equipment and software purchases
  • Imogene Sullivan Howard Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student from Lewis County pursuing a degree in Business Administration
  • John and Peggy Osborne Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior or senior student from Kentucky pursuing a degree in the School of Business Administration 
  • Mincey Professor of Accounting Endowment: to support expenses associated with a named professorship, including salary supplements, travel, start-up costs and other professional expenses
  • Dr. Bob Albert Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time junior and senior students, with preference given to students in the BBA-Finance program, with a minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Dr. Patrick Osborne Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a senior majoring in Marketing within the College of Business
  • Proc & Bobbie Caudill Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time undergraduate incoming freshman with first preference to graduates from Rowan or Elliot County high schools and second preference to other Kentucky high school graduates. Student must be a Business Administration major and given preference to those with a 3.0 high school GPA or above
  • Dr. Robert E. and Nancy M. Hansen Endowment: to provide a scholarship to full-time juniors and seniors majoring in Accounting from MSU's 22-county service region
  • Ronald E. and Sharon Beard Cooper Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time sophomore, junior or senior in the School of Business Administration
  • School of Business Administration Endowment: to support faculty and student research, development and creative activity, in addition to the enhancement of academic programs for the College of Business
  • Scruggs-Ferguson Family Scholarship: awarded to a full-time junior or senior undergraduate student who graduated from Rowan County High School and is pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology with a minimum GPA of 3.0. This scholarship is given preference to students pursuing options in Marketing or Construction Management
  • Smith College of Business & Technology General Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a student in the College of Business
  • Dr. Sue Y. Luckey Scholarship For Business: to provide a scholarship to a student from Rowan County or a contiguous county in Kentucky who is majoring in a program within the School of Business Administration
  • Stephen D. Lewis Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student pursuing a degree in the School of Business Administration
  • Dr. William M. Whitaker III Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to juniors or seniors majoring in Finance, with preference given to females

General College or Scholarship Funds

  • College of Education Dean's Fund: to support the strategic needs and priorities of the College
  • Department of Early Childhood, Elementary & Special Education: for the strategic priorities or needs of the Department
  • Adron Doran Endowment for Educational Leadership: to support new faculty positions, salary supplements to existing faculty positions and associated expenses for those positions
  • Ali Ismael Staten Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to Education majors, with preference given to females in the Kappa Delta Sorority and those from Ohio
  • Appalachian Future Educators Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to students from Morehead's identified service region with an interest in a program within the College of Education and a commitment to teach in this region
  • Dr. Ben and Rena Dotson Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time undergraduate freshmen majoring in education or business with a minimum high school GPA of 2.75. Preference given to students from Phelps High school, Pike County, KY and Morehead State's 22 County Service Region in eastern Kentucky
  • Joe Dan Gold Educational Enhancement Assistance Fund: to award students who are enrolled in a College of Education initial certification program, nominated by Faculty and/or Staff members in the College of Education
  • Jim E. Dotson Memorial Education Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in Education, with preference given to those from Pike County, KY and Franklin County, OH
  • Joyce and Roy Spaulding Scholarship for the College of Education: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in a program within the College of Education
  • Juanita Losey Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time junior majoring in Education who graduated from a Kentucky Public High School
  • Dr. Lawrence and Stellarose Stewart Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to an Education major from Florida, West Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee or from Carter or Boyd Counties in Kentucky
  • Lindsay R. and Hazel R. Ellington Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in Education from Bath, Menifee or Rowan County
  • Drs. Mohammad and Layla Sabie Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to an undergraduate student from Eastern Kentucky pursuing a degree in Education
  • Rowan County Retired Teachers Scholarship Endowment: to benefit students who are graduates of Rowan County majoring in Education
  • Ruth Boggs & E.L. Shannon Jr. Endowment for Education: to support new faculty positions, salary supplements to existing faculty positions and associated expenses for those positions
  • Thomas Raymond Curtis Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to an incoming freshman who is a graduate of Johnson County Schools in Kentucky, with preference given to Education majors and students from Flat Gap, KY
  • William M. & Hazel H. Whitaker Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to Education majors from Eastern Kentucky 

Department of Foundational and Graduate Studies in Education

  • Foundational & Graduate Studies in Education: to support the strategic priorities or needs of the Department
  • Middle Grades, Secondary Education and MAT Programs: to support the strategic priorities or needs of the Department
  • Tresia Swain Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a junior or senior majoring in Elementary or Middle Grades Education (P-8), with preference given to graduates of Rowan County Senior High School

MSUTeach

  • Estill Cornett Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time incoming freshman pursuing a degree in the Volgenau College of Education or the MSU Teach Program
  • Lane-Volgenau STEM Center: to support the MSUTeach program at MSU

Department of Teacher Education

  • Albin and Eva Lee Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a student in the Teacher Education Program pursuing a degree in Education, with preference given to those willing to teach in KY after graduation
  • Cathy Goble Gullett Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a graduate of Johnson Central High School on a path to becoming a teacher
  • Cathy Goble Gullett Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a graduate of Johnson Central High School on a path to becoming a teacher
  • Drs. Ernst and Sara Lane Volgenau Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a student pursuing Mathematics or Science related preparation degrees, with preference given to those from MSU's 22-county service region
  • Freeland Educational Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a freshman majoring in Elementary Education or Middle Grades Education, with preference given to graduates of Rowan County Senior High School
  • Harry Singh SPED Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student who is officially admitted to the Teacher Education Program and pursuing a degree in Special Education
  • Hazel Nollau Breckinridge Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a Science Education Major in the Teacher Education Program
  • James W. Bell Education Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to those from Elliot, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Pike or Wolfe County who are pursuing a degree in Math or Physics (Teaching)
  • Josephine K. Davis Memorial Education Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an incoming full-time freshman, with preference given to Education majors from Sheldon Clark HS in Martin County, KY with a desire to return to Martin County to teach K-12
  • Kentucky Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time senior majoring in Education and accepted into the Teacher Education Program
  • Lillian Faye and William Cooper Ferguson Endowment: to provide a scholarship to students in the Teacher Education Program, with preference given to those in/near Rowan County
  • Linda Kay Donovan Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student that meets the Teacher Education Program admission requirements, with preference given to residents of Fleming County and participants of Future Educators of America
  • Nevilyn Tackett Throckmorton Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an undergraduate student studying to become a teacher
  • Ruth Boggs & E. L. Shannon Jr. Scholarship: Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student in the MSU Student Teaching Program
  • Zoe G. Wells Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to an Education major with emphasis in Special Education, with preference given to students from the following counties in Kentucky: Rowan, Bath, Fleming, Morgan, Menifee, Carter or Elliott

  • C. E. Norris Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to a participant in intercollegiate athletics, specifically the MSU Football Program
  • Dr. Earl Bentley Scholarship Endowment: to provide scholarships for a graduate or fifth year student who participated in an intercollegiate sport, with preference for football, graduate students and students from Eastern Kentucky
  • Gary Edmon Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a member of the Morehead State University Mens Golf Team
  • James Hoffman Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide scholarships to student athletes
  • Janice Towles Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to full-time students, with preference given to underrepresented minorities, females and student athletes
  • Jim Glass Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a member of the Morehead State University Mens Golf Team
  • John (Sonny) Allen Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to a senior or graduate who is a participant in intercollegiate athletics
  • John Greenwood Memorial Scholarship Fund - to provide a scholarship to a full-time student who is a member of the MSU Men's Golf Team
  • Justice Cheer Scholarship: to provide scholarships to full-time students who are members of the co-ed or all girl cheer teams, with preference given to Kentucky resident
  • Kathy Goins Martin Endowment for Intercollegiate Athletics: to provide a scholarship to an undergraduate or graduate student providing staff assistance with the Men's Golf Program
  • Lydia M. Porter Scholarship Endowment Fund: to benefit the Morehead State University Football Team
  • Miriam & Harvey Hop Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a participant in intercollegiate athletics, with preference given to football player who have exhausted their eligibility requirements
  • Myron Doan Cheerleading Endowment
  • Steve Hamilton Memorial Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a senior or graduate student within 30 course hours of graduation who is a participant in intercollegiate athletics
  • Student Athlete Legacy Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to full-time student-athletes
  • The Wayne Martin Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a full-time student athlete on the Men's Basketball, Men's Golf or Women's Volleyball team.
  • Tommie L. Gray Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student, with preference given to underrepresented minorities and student athletes who are members of the Track and Field team or have exhausted their eligibility to play football
  • William Everhart Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to a participant in intercollegiate athletics, with preference given to football player who have exhausted their eligibility requirements

  • Achieve Your Dreams Scholarship: awarded to junior, senior or graduate students, with preference given to students involved in student organizations and who demonstrate a commitment to having a well-rounded student experience
  • Adron and Mignon Doran Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to a student
  • Albert "Bo" and Juanita Justice Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a full-time student who has demonstrated academic potential by achieving unconditional acceptance to the University
  • Alice Elaine Williams Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to an undergraduate student from Lafayette High School in Lexington, Kentucky with preference given to females
  • Alumni Scholarship Fund
  • Andy and Debbie Prefontaine Scholarship Endowment: awarded to students who need assistance with aiding in recruitment, retention and degree completion
  • Anthony L. Fargo Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time students participating in an education abroad program that is recognized or affiliated with the University, with preference given to students from one of the counties within the FIVCO Area Development District
  • Barbara A. Heinlein Memorial Scholarship: awarded to full-time incoming freshmen from Kentucky, with a minimum high school GPA of 3.0
  • Belva Sammons Scholarship for Students with Disabilities: awarded to students with preference to those who have registered with the MSU Disability Services Office and have provided documentation of a qualifying disability
  • Bernard L. McKay Award of Excellence for LGBT Scholars: awarded to a full-time undergraduate student with preference given to those who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and have demonstrated commitment to equality for the LGBT community
  • Bernie & Ella K. Click Lewis Scholarship Endowment: awarded to graduates of Morgan County High School
  • Boone Logan Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to a full-time student
  • Bridging the Gap Endowment: awarded to students who have a financial gap between financial aid already awarded and remaining costs
  • Buford Crager Scholarship Endowment Fund
  • Burke-Messer Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to incoming freshmen from Kentucky, with preference given to students who are from Eastern Kentucky and females
  • Captain Bruce D. Rutherford Scholarship Endowment: awarded to incoming freshman from Bell or Harlan County
  • Carl Miller Scholarship Endowment: awarded to students from Lawrence County, KY
  • Carolyn Flatt Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to a non-traditional undergraduate student
  • Charles and Elizabeth Bruce Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time undergraduates with a 3.0
  • Charli Jade Memorial Scholarship: awarded to students from Elliott County High School, with preference given to students majoring in the Arts
  • Clara Bascom Lane Memorial Scholarship Fund: awarded to a full-time undergraduate from Montgomery County
  • Cloma Porter Moore Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to an undergraduate student completing a long-term addiction recovery program 
  • Colleen McCormick Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to students from Rowan County High School, with preference given to females and/or students interested in entering the ministry
  • Colonel W. E. Barber Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to a graduate of Morgan County High School
  • Commercial Bank of West Liberty Scholarship Fund: awarded to a full-time student from Morgan County, KY
  • Crayton and Bernice Jackson Endowment Fund: awarded to an incoming freshman from Rowan, Menifee and Montgomery counties, with secondary consideration given to residents of Bath, Floyd and Magoffin counties
  • Dan M. Holbrook Memorial Scholarship Fund: awarded to full-time undergraduate students from Rowan County, KY or Elliott County, KY
  • Darrell & Leola Adams Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to non-traditional, full-time, undergraduate students
  • Darren Branham Pride Scholarship: awarded to freshmen students from Pike County with preference given to those who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
  • David C Baldwin Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time freshmen who are East Carter High School graduates that have demonstrated academic potential
  • Dr. Don and Alta Blair Family Endowment: awarded to full-time undergraduate students, with preference given to student from Rowan County
  • Dr. George M. Luckey Honors Student Enrichment Endowment: awarded to participants in the George M. Luckey Honors Program
  • Dr. James E. Gotsick Memorial Scholarship Fund: awarded with preference given to students who utilize the services of the Disability Services Office
  • Dr. Jerry Gore African American Heritage Scholarship Endow: awarded to students who have completed at least two semesters at MSU
  • Duncan-Doran Scholarship Fund for Church of Christ Students: awarded to students from service region who are members of the Church of Christ
  • Eddie Bishop Memorial Scholarship: awarded to a full-time student with preference given to African American students
  • Elijah M. Jr. and Tina Leslie Hogge Scholarship Endow: awarded to graduates of Rowan County High School
  • Elmer and Donna Smith Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time students Martin, Laurel, Knox or Whitley County who are socio-economically disadvantaged
  • Elmer and Elizabeth Anderson Memorial Scholarship Fund: awarded to students from Eastern Kentucky
  • Fletcher Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time students accepted into the BSN program from MSU's service region
  • Frank Button Scholarship Endowment: awarded to students who have a shortage of aid toward the cost of attendance
  • Fred R. Ross Scholarship Endowment: awarded to an incoming freshman who graduated from a public high school in Clermont County, Ohio
  • Friends of Cave Run Scholarship Endowment: awarded to an incoming freshman from Rowan, Bath, Menifee, Morgan or Montgomery County
  • Gary Salyer Scholarship: awarded to an incoming freshman who graduated from East Carter High School
  • George Scott Jr. Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a non-traditional student
  • Graduating Class Scholarship Fund: awarded to a graduating student who intends to pursue a graduate degree from MSU
  • Grover & Juanita Frederick Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a full-time student from Morgan, Magoffin, Elliot or Wolfe County
  • Gussie Webb Snapp Memorial Student Loan Fund: awarded to a student
  • Harry Gilbert Scholarship Fund: awarded to full-time undergraduate students who are graduates of Pendleton County High School
  • Herb Ramey Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to students from Rowan or Fleming County who have financial needs
  • Herlihy Family Scholarship: awarded to full-time undergraduate students
  • Herron Leadership Scholars Program: awarded to freshmen in the Herron Leadership Program from MSU's service region
  • Hickman Holler Appalachian Relief Scholarship: awarded to residents of MSU's service region
  • Hildreth Maggard Scholarship Fund: awarded to students from Rowan County
  • Hobbs Endowment: awarded full-time students with preference given to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students
  • Ida Garrett Wilson Scholarship Fund: awarded to residents to Lewis County
  • Irvin Lowe Scholarship Endowment: awarded to students from Pike County
  • J. C. Wells Memorial Scholarship Fund: awarded to full-time students majoring in Pre-Forestry, Horticulture or Industrial Technology, with preference given to Rowan County applicants and Kentucky residents
  • Jack and Janis Ellis Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to a freshman who graduated from Rowan County High School
  • Jean Sledd Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to an full-time student
  • Jim and Cindy Shaw Scholarship Endowment: awarded to an upperclassman with significant financial need to aid in degree completion
  • John E. Collis Scholarship Endowmen: awarded to students who have the greatest uncovered costs
  • Jones Fork Elementary School Scholarship: awarded to full-time students who attended Jones Fork Elementary School in Mousie, KY
  • Katie Fryman Scholarship: awarded to incoming freshmen students who are graduates of Rowan County Senior High School
  • Larry Stephenson SGA Endowment Scholarship: awarded to full-time students who have demonstrated accomplishments in community service and outstanding achievement in extra-curricular activities
  • Larry Stephenson SGA Fellowship End. for Student Leadership: awarded to a graduate student completing a fellowship
  • Lauren A. Swim Memorial Scholarship Fund: awarded to graduates of Bath County High School, with preference given to female students
  • Leach-Lovely Endowment Fund: awarded to full-time undergraduate students who are active in civic activities
  • Len Miller Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to a full-time student
  • Linda and Jim Bodycomb Endowed Scholarship: awarded to a full-time student
  • Linda D. Thacker Scholarship: awarded to an incoming freshman from Pike County, with preference given to those who graduated from East Ridge High School
  • Linda Fulmer Scholarship Fund: awarded to students aging out of the foster care system
  • Linda J. Stephens Scholarship Fund: awarded to incoming freshmen, with preference given to students who have completed the Success Academy program
  • Lloyd & Hazel Cassity Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to students from Boyd, Greenup or Morgan County
  • Luke Birkes Scholarship Fund: awarded to students from Kentucky with preference given to those who use the services of the Disability Services Office
  • Magoffin County Scholarship Fund: awarded to freshmen students who are graduates of Magoffin County High School
  • Major James Scott DeHart Graduate Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to graduate students, with preference given to students from Rowan County
  • Major James Scott DeHart Memorial Endowment Fund: awarded to students who graduated from high school in MSU’s service region
  • Marshall Banks Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to an incoming freshman who is a graduate of a high school located in MSU's service region
  • Mary Logan Gilmer Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to a resident of Lewis County
  • Mason and Rosemary Combs Family Endowment: awarded to an incoming freshman, with preference given to Kentucky residents of Bell County
  • Merl Fair Allen Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an incoming freshman who graduated from Rowan County High School
  • Minority Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a full-time undergraduate student with preference give to a minority student
  • Morehead High School Scholarship Fund: awarded to graduates of Rowan County High School
  • Morehead Normal Scholarship Fund: awarded to graduates of Rowan County High School
  • Morehead Woman's Club Endowment Fund: awarded to graduates of Rowan County High School, with preference given to females
  • Morgan County Memorial Scholarship Fund: awarded to full-time students from Morgan County, KY who have demonstrated academic qualification
  • Mountain Rural Telephone Scholarship Fund: awarded to residents of Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan and Wolfe counties
  • MSU Foundation Board of Trustee Endowed Scholarship: awarded to undergraduate students with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 who are unable to meet the requirement for other merit or need based financial aid
  • MSU TRIO Scholarship: awarded to participants in the MSU's TRIO Programs
  • Myrtle Critchfield Mitchell Scholarship: awarded to full-time students
  • Nelson & Wilma Grote Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to transfers from Kentucky two-year colleges with 60 semester hours
  • Norman and Deane R. Tant Memorial Scholarship Fund: awarded to students from Rowan, Carter, Elliot, Bath, Menifee and Fleming County
  • Optimist Club of Morehead Founders Scholarship: awarded to an incoming freshman from Rowan County
  • Ottis Murphy Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to students from Magoffin, Morgan or Menifee Counties who are interested in a non-athletic course of study
  • Patrick Price Memorial Scholarship: awarded to incoming freshmen who are graduates of Fleming County High School
  • Pearl H. Brown Endowment: awarded to graduates of Rowan County High School
  • Presidential Scholarship Endowment: awarded to students who need assistance with aiding in recruitment, retention and degree completion
  • Psi Beta Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment: awarded to students who have demonstrated leadership and service in their school/community, with preference given to African American and/or male applicants
  • Psi Beta Alumni Association Scholarship for Freshman: awarded to incoming freshmen who have demonstrated leadership in their school/community, with preference given to African American and/or male applicants
  • Regional Engagement Fellows Scholarship Fund: awarded to a student completing an annual fellowship
  • Reid & Neal Leadership Scholarship: awarded to incoming freshman from MSU's service region who have high school leadership accolades, with preference given to students from Nicholas County
  • Richard L. Dorton Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to a married full-time student majoring in any area of Social Science from Adams, Brown, Highland or Clermont County in Ohio or Johnson County in Kentucky
  • Rick and LaTonya Hesterberg Scholarship Endowmen: awarded to a full-time junior or senior pursuing a degree in General Business, Management, Marketing, Sports Management, Strategic Communication, Convergent Media or Social Work
  • Robert and Geneva Kappes Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a full-time student from Carter County, KY who has demonstrated academic potential
  • Robertson County Scholarship Fund: awarded to an incoming freshman who graduated from Robertson County High School
  • Rocky Burke Scholarship Fund: awarded to a full-time undergraduate student
  • Ronald and Diane Cartee Family Endowment: awarded to a full-time undergraduate student who graduated from a high school in Greenup County, KY
  • Ronald and Patty Griffith Endowment: awarded to a full-time incoming freshman student, with preference given to those from Pike County
  • Rosalynn E. Young-LaVaughn Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to sophomores, juniors or seniors, with preference given to students who are African American and/or participating in the MSU marching band
  • Sarah Blanton Annual Scholarship Fund: awarded to a full-time MSU student who is a graduate of Paintsville Independent High School in Paintsville, KY, with preference given to female candidates
  • Shirley Hamilton Memorial Scholarship Endowmen: awarded to a non-traditional student with preference given to female students
  • Sommai Purintun LeBron Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a student from MSU's traditional service region, with preference given to residents of Rowan County or Pike County, female students and those who have a diverse ethnicity
  • Stark Community Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to a student from Elliott County, with preference given to those from the Stark Community
  • Stokes Family Scholarship: awarded to a student in need of retention and degree completion, with preference given to students who have a need for assistance with payment for cost of academic testing
  • Student Alumni Ambassadors I "Heart" MSU Scholarship: awarded to a Student Alumni Ambassador who has a passion for MSU, a Philanthropic spirit and a 2.5 GPA or higher.
  • Study Abroad Scholarship: awarded to a full-time junior or senior studying abroad through a faculty led program
  • Sylvia Handley Scholarship Fund: awarded to a full-time undergraduate student form Kentucky
  • Ted and Jean Crosthwait Scholarship Endowment Fund: awarded to a full-time student
  • ​The Eagle Opportunity Fund: ​Morehead State University Foundation board designated fund
  • Tim Griffith Scholarship Fund: awarded to juniors or seniors, with preference given to students from MSU's service region
  • Tim Holbrook Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Tommy Lee Cooper Memorial Scholarship: awarded to a full0time, first generation junior with a minimum 2.5 GPA
  • US Bank Scholarship Endowment: awarded to students from Rowan, Morgan, Mason, Fleming, Elliott, Bracken, Pike or Floyd County
  • USS Magoffin Veterans Memorial Scholarship: awarded to graduates of Magoffin County High School
  • W. Terry McBrayer Scholarship for Excellence: awarded to resident of Greenup County, Kentucky who has attended Greenup County Schools
  • W.H. Rice Family Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a full-time undergraduate student, with preference given to those with outstanding commitment to community service or extracurricular activities
  • Walker Family Scholarship Endowment: awarded to graduates of West Carter High School
  • Walter Hannibal Smith Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a full-time student majoring in Music who graduated from an accredited high school, with preference given to students who are graduates of Russell High School in Russell, KY
  • Wells Family Scholarship Fund: awarded to an incoming freshman pursuing a bachelor's degree from MSU's service region or from Mingo County, WV
  • Wiliam E. and Nancy B. Jamison Endowment: awarded to a student from Muhlenberg County High School
  • William J. and Florane J. Baird Memorial Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a full-time student who graduated from an accredited high school in MSU East Kentucky Service Region
  • William L. Phelps Scholarship Endowment: awarded to a full-time undergraduate student, with preference given to student from Woodford anderson, Franklin, Scott, Jessamine and Fayette counties in Kentucky
  • William Ray "Billy" Cornett Memorial Endowment: awarded to a full-time freshman from Menifee County, Kentucky, with preference given to students with the greatest financial need
  • William W. Chapman Scholarship Endowment: awarded to full-time undergraduate sophomore, junior or senior students, with preference given to active members of Theta Chi Fraternity

  • Camden-Carroll Library Endowment Fund: to support the operations and purchase of materials or equipment necessary to accomplish the mission of the MSU library
  • Roger Barbour Library Collection Endowment: for the preservation of materials donated to the CCL by Roger Barbour

  • Billy Joe Hall Memorial Endowment MSU – Mt. Sterling: to provide a scholarship to an undergraduate student attending MSU at the Mt. Sterling Campus
  • Dr. Margaret Lewis Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an undergraduate student attending MSU at the Prestonsburg Campus
  • MSU Ashland General Fund: to support the strategic needs and priorities of the program
  • MSU Ashland Enrichment Endowment: to provide a scholarship to those pursuing a degree at the Ashland campus
  • MSU Prestonsburg: to support the strategic needs and priorities of the program
  • MSU Mt. Sterling: to assist with the needs of the MSU at Mt. Sterling and provide scholarship assistance to students attending Mt. Sterling campus
  • MSU Mt. Sterling Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to a student taking 6 or more credit hours at the Mt. Sterling campus or a student who has completed 16 credit hours at the Mt. Sterling campus while pursuing a degree from the main campus

  • Chi Omega Founders Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to members of the Epsilon Theta chapter of Chi Omega who have demonstrated leadership within the chapter and on campus
  • Delta Gamma Book Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to full-time sophomores, juniors or seniors who are in good standing of the Delta Omicron Chapter of Delta Gamma
  • Delta Tau Delta Fraternity Academic Achievement Endowment: to provide a scholarship to members of the Zeta Zeta chapter who have paid dues for at least two years and have a 3.0 GPA or higher
  • Do Good: Morgan Wells Delta Gamma Sisterhood Scholarship: awarded to full -time active sophomore, junior or senior member students of the Delta Omicron chapter of Delta Gamma Fraternity with a minimum GPA of 2.5
  • Gamma Phi Beta Sisterhood Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to full-time students who are members in good standing of the Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta
  • Glenn Buchanan Sigma Phi Epsilon Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to ab incoming freshman, with preference given to males that show aptitude in the areas that Sigma Phi Epsilon holds in high regard: leadership, scholastics, community service and extra curricular activities
  • Glenna Evans Campbell Delta Zeta Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to an active member of Delta Zeta Sorority
  • Greek Scholarship Fund
  • J.B. Blakeman Memorial Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an active member of the Kentucky Zeta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity who has a strong participation in community service  
  • Justin T. Chafin Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to an active member Sigma Phi Epsilon
  • K. Martin Huffman SAE Memorial Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a senior in SAE demonstrating leadership qualities
  • Liza Angelicchio Memorial Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a full-time student who has demonstrated campus involvement, with preference given to females and students in Greek life
  • Mabel Barber Delta Zeta Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship a senior who is an active member of Delta Zeta
  • Margaret Holt Duncan Kappa Delta Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship to sophomore, junior or seniors who are initiated members of the Delta Tau Chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority and have demonstrated outstanding academic qualifications and leadership within the chapter
  • Mary Jo Martin Netherton Chi Omega Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to students who have demonstrated leadership at MSU
  • Matthew K. Ballard Scholarship Fund: to provide a scholarship to a full-time sophomore, junior or senior who is an active member in good standing of an IFC or NPHC fraternity at MSU
  • Pi Kappa Phi Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to an active member in good standing of the Delta Eta Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi at MSU
  • Russell (Russ) Mast SGA Scholarship Endowment: ​awarded to an active junior or senior SGA member with a 3.0 GPA or higher
  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon Founders Scholarship: to provide a scholarship to a student in good academic standing with MSU who show leadership within the SAE Chapter and on campus
  • Sigma Phi Epsilon Founders Award Endowment: to provide a scholarship to those who have completed one full year of undergraduate study at MSU
  • Sigma Pi Delta Rho Chapter Scholarship Endowment: Awarded to an active member or alumni member of Sigma Pi fraternity
  • Tau Kappa Epsilon Mu Sigma Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment:
    • Award #1: TKE Incoming Freshman Scholarship: awarded to full-time registered incoming freshman students, with preference for male students, with a high school GPA of 2.8 or above and shall demonstrate leadership opportunities in high school
    • Award #2: TKE Upperclassmen Scholarship: awarded to full-time sophomore, juniors or seniors with a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above that have been initiated member of the Mu Sigma Chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity and demonstrate leadership qualities
    • Optional Award #3: TKE Legacy Scholarship: awarded to full-time students who have maintained a cumulative GPA of 2.8 of above with an alumni connection to the Mu Sigma Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon with preference given to children, grandchildren and great grandchildren or siblings of dues paying members of the Mu Sigma Alumni Association, Inc or is an active donor to the MSU Foundation/member of the MSU Alumni Association
    • Optional Award #4: TKE Sibling Award: awarded to full -time student who are a sibling of an active TKE member in good standing (dues paying)
  • Tau Kappa Epsilon Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to an initiated member of the Mu Sigma Chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity
  • Theta Chi Academic Achievement Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to a full-time undergraduate student, with preference given to full-time active members of the MSU Chapter of Theta Chi fraternity
  • Wolfe-Gardner Family Scholarship Endowment: to provide a scholarship to full-time students in their sophomore, junior or senior year who are active members of the Chi Omega fraternity

  • Breckinridge Commemorative Scholarship Endowment Fund: to provide a scholarship full-time student who is a descendent of a Breckinridge alumnus
  • Breckinridge Operating Fund: to support general operating expenses of the Breckinridge Society
  • Morehead State Public Radio Fund: to support the greatest needs of the radio station
  • Morehead State Public Radio Enhancement Fund: to provide assistance for general operating support, scholarship support and the greatest needs of the program

  • Adult Learning Center Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Adult Learning Center – GED Testing: to assist students with GED Test and preparation expenses
  • Aquila Club Scholarship Endowment: for full-time students that have a minimum 2.5 GPA, with preference given to a graduate of a KY high school
  • Bath County ACAEfor the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Bill Mahaney Scholarship Fund: to provide annual textbook scholarships for the MSU Division of Planning and Technology
  • Career Services: to maintain on-campus recruiting services for employers, recruitment fairs, information sessions and networking events
  • ​Counseling & Health Services
  • Dr. Carol Christian Leadership Award: ​Awarded to a Craft Academy student in good academic and behavioral standings
  • DREAMS Fund: to give students a network of support among fellow students, faculty, staff and alumni
  • Eagle Essentials Store Fund: to provide food and hygiene products to students in need
  • Eagle Trace Enhancement Fund: for enhancements at Eagle Trace Golf Course outside of University Budget
  • Earthwise Eagles: to fund environmental events which benefit the Morehead State Campus and the surrounding community
  • Facilities Management Book Award Fund
  • Family Association: to support programming and services for Family Weekend activities and for the establishment and ongoing development of the MSU Family Association
  • Friends of the Governors Scholars Program: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Fund for Excellence – Unrestricted: for the greatest needs of the institution
  • Greek Scholarship and Leadership Development Fund: to support leaders in the Greek Community
  • Housing and Residence Education Fund: for campus-wide programmatic efforts
  • KET’s GED Connection Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Level Up Experiential Education Fund: to support opportunities for student to engage in the high impact experiences of undergraduate research, education abroad, service learning, internships or other similar activities
  • Luckey Academic Honors Program Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Montgomery Adult Learning Center: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Morgan County Adult Education: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • MSU Corp Outreach Programs: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • MSU Overseas Program Fund: to deposit money from various sources for planned study abroad trips for students, faculty and staff
  • MSU Small Business Development Center: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Needs for Eagle Support in Trying Times (NEST) Fund: to act as an umbrella for Eagle Essentials, SHARE and EELF and distribute money among these three funds when needed
  • Powell County Adult Education: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Rape Aggression Defense Program: to support programming activities for RAD training on campus
  • Recreation & Wellness Fund: to assist with program needs such as equipment, supplies, group/professional travel, student employment and scholarships
  • Research & Sponsored Programs Discretionary Fund: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Retirees Fund
  • SART – Sexual Assault Response Team: for supplies and equipment
  • Space Trek: for the strategic priorities and needs of the program
  • Star Theatre Account: for the needs of the program
  • Veterans Services and Military Initiatives Fund: to maintain and manage funds intended to support operating expenses and the development and/or maintenance of initiatives/programs that support military/veteran goals for MSU

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Morehead, KY 40351

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