Scholarships and low interest loans to attend Shippensburg University are available from a variety of private, government, and university sources. In addition to reviewing this brochure, students are encouraged to contact local libraries, foundations, and civic and business organizations, and use the Internet to collect information about scholarships and low interest loans available from other private sources.

Many of the scholarships and the low interest loans listed in this brochure were established through contributions from alumni, friends, corporations, and associates of the Shippensburg University Foundation, a not-for-profit organization incorporated in 1977 to support the university's programs and services.

Please note: the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship, and the SICO Foundation Scholarship require separate applications and will not be awarded during the university scholarship awarding process. Applicants should follow the instructions listed for each of these programs. The Alumni Loan and the William Harold and Nancy E. Bush Student Loan also require separate applications which can be requested from the Financial Aid Office.
 

• Shippensburg University Scholarship for Outstanding Students

For incoming freshmen with SAT scores of 1200 or more who rank in the upper 10 percent of their high school class. Recipients of these full-time tuition, four-year scholarships must maintain a required cumulative quality point average to retain the scholarship.

• Shippensburg University Foundation Scholarships

For incoming freshmen with SAT scores of 1100 or more who rank in the upper 10 percent of their high school class. Recipients of these four-year scholarships must maintain a required cumulative quality point average to retain the scholarship.

• Gifted Minority Student Scholarship

For entering minority students, preferably freshmen, who rank in the upper 10 percent of their high school class. Recipients may retain the scholarship for a maximum of eight semesters and must maintain a required cumulative quality point average at the end of each semester.

• The Theodore and Blanche Barnhart Elementary Education Scholarship

For an incoming freshman majoring in elementary education with a minimum SAT score of 1000 and rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients of this four-year scholarship must maintain a required quality point average. Preference is given to applicants from the Hanover and Chambersburg areas.

• Ruth G. Beaver Scholarship

For an incoming freshman demonstrating financial need and academic promise. Although open to all students, preference is given to students from Juniata County.

• Erna Wright Berkheimer Scholarship

For an undergraduate resident of Pennsylvania who is majoring in education, has SAT scores of at least 1200, and ranks in the upper 10 percent of the high school class.

• Reva Hoback Brubaker Scholarship

For an incoming freshman majoring in business, demonstrating financial need and academic promise. Recipients must be residents of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, or West Virginia.

• The Harry & Elizabeth Chapman Scholarship

For incoming freshmen demonstrating financial need and academic promise, who have SAT scores of 1100 or more and who rank in the upper 15 percent of their high school class. Recipients may retain the scholarship for a maximum of four academic years and must maintain a required cumulative quality point average. Recipients must also participate in intercollegiate sports. Although open to all students, preference is given to graduates of Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg.

• Capital Blue Cross/John L. and Cora I. Grove Business Information Systems Scholarship Program

For incoming freshmen majoring in Business Information Systems, with SAT scores of 1100 or more, who rank in the upper tenth of their high school class, and who agree to complete an internship with a corporate sponsor of the Business Information Systems Scholarship Program. Internships will take place during the second semester of the junior year and the following summer, or during the summer following the junior year and the first semester of the senior year. The total amount of the scholarship will equal the sum of the following: 1 ) Four years of instate tuition; 2) Instate tuition for two, three-week summer courses; and 3) Student living expenses for two, three-week summer courses. Recipients of this scholarship must maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative QPA, and complete 15 credits per semester. (New scholarships are awarded based on availability of funds.)

• Computer Science Scholarship

For freshmen and upperclassmen majoring in computer science who also were applicants for the Shippensburg University Scholarship for Outstanding Students, and who demonstrate superior academic promise.

• Dinger Scholarship Fund

For an incoming freshman majoring in business with SAT scores of 1100 or more in the upper one-fifth of their graduating high school class. Recipient must be a graduate of Tri-Valley High School.

• Annabel Heberlig Eisenberg Loan/Scholarship

For incoming freshmen pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Education within the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, with a minimum SAT score of 1100 and who rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. This $1,000/year loan/scholarship is renewable provided a required cumulative quality point average is maintained. As it is the intention of the benefactor that these loan/scholarships be awarded to students with a desire to teach mathematics at the secondary level, the loan/scholarship will be forgiven according to the following provision: For each year of fulltime employment as a teacher of secondary mathematics, $1,000 of the loan/scholarship will be forgiven. The recipient has six years from the date of graduation to meet this requirement.

• The Shirley Fry Fox Scholarship

For an incoming freshman with a minimum SAT score of 1000 and rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients of this four-year scholarship must maintain a required quality point average. Preference is given to residents of Cumberland, Dauphin, and Lebanon counties. While all scholarships shall be in the form of grants, all scholarship recipients shall be required to sign the following statement of intent:

In recognition of the help afforded me now and in acknowledgment of the funds so used by me, I hereby state my intention to repay to The Shirley Fry Fox Scholarship Fund, in full, or in part insofar as I am financially capable, the moneys expended or provided by the Fund for my education. I recognize that this Statement of Intention will not be binding upon me if conditions make it financially impractical for me to fulfill this intent in whole or in part.

• Dr. James R. Geyer and Mrs. Phyllis B. Geyer Teacher Education Scholarship

For an incoming freshman majoring in education with a minimum SAT score of 1100 and rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients of this four-year scholarship must maintain a required quality point average.

• Glencoe, Inc. Scholarship

For incoming freshmen who have demonstrated their abilities by their high school grades, test scores, and academic awards received, and by the examples they set in their personal lives. The financial, family, and social circumstances of each applicant is also taken into consideration. Recipients may retain the scholarship for four academic years if the required quality point average is maintained.

• The Glencoe, Inc., Witmer, Grimes, and Moore Scholarship

For incoming freshmen interested in a career in the publishing field who will pursue a degree from either the English or communication/journalism departments. Although open to all students, preference is given to those from an underprivileged background.

• John L. and Cora I. Grove Scholars Program

For talented incoming students pursuing a degree within the John L. Grove College of Business. For entering freshmen who graduated in the upper fifth of their high school class and who achieved a combined SAT score of 1100 or more are eligible, or transfer students with junior class standing who achieved a 3.5 quality point average on a 4.0 scale at their previous college or university. Recipients of this four-year scholarship must maintain cumulative quality point average of 2.75 as a freshman, 3.0 as a sophomore, and 3.2 as a junior in order to retain the award.

• Dr. Alfred V. Gunter Memorial Scholarship

For incoming or current freshmen students majoring in biology with SAT scores of 1100 or more who rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. This scholarship is renewable provided the recipient maintains a required quality point average.

• Richard H. Hosfeld Memorial Fund

For incoming freshmen who are graduates of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School with SAT scores of 1100 or more or who rank in the upper 25 percent of their class. Recipients of these four-year scholarships must maintain a required cumulative quality point average to retain the scholarship.

• Dr. Dilys Martha Jones Memorial Scholarship

For incoming freshmen who have declared themselves Teacher Education candidates intending to complete the core subjects in Teacher Education for certification purposes. Recipients must have achieved a minimum SAT score of 1000 and rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients of this four-year scholarship must maintain a required quality point average. Preference is given to residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

• The Paul S. Lehman Memorial Scholarship

For an incoming freshman with a minimum SAT score of 1100 and rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients of this four-year scholarship must maintain a required quality point average. Preference is given to applicants who graduated from a high school in Mifflin or Juniata counties.

• Helen I. Lower Elementary Education Scholarship

For an incoming freshman majoring in elementary education and demonstrating financial need and academic promise. Recipients must have a minimum SAT score of 1000 and rank in the upper two-fifths of their high school class.

• Floyd M. and Dorothy Heisey Mains Scholarship

For an entering freshman majoring in elementary education with a minimum SAT score of 1100 and rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients of this four-year scholarship must maintain a required cumulative quality point average to retain the scholarship. Although open to all students, preference is given to applicants from Cumberland and Franklin counties.

• McGaughey-Higgins Outstanding Student Scholarship

For a student majoring in education who ranks in the top 10 percent of the high school class and has SAT scores of at least 1200. Preference will be given to entering freshmen. A student can receive this scholarship for up to four years, provided the minimum required quality point average is maintained.

• Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation HOBY Scholarship

For incoming freshmen with SAT scores over 1200 who rank in the upper 10 percent of their high school class. Recipients of these full-time tuition, four-year scholarships must maintain a required cumulative quality point average to retain the scholarship.

• Ethel L. (Hoover) Oyler Elementary Education Scholarship

For incoming freshmen majoring in elementary education with a minimum SAT score of 1150 and who rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients of this four-year scholarship must maintain a required quality point average. Preference is given to applicants from Franklin County.

• Dr. William E. Peightel Scholarship

For incoming or current freshmen with SAT scores of 1100 or more who rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients must enter a degree program within the biology department, with preference given to candidates pursuing a health science degree. Recipients may retain the scholarship for a maximum of four academic years and must maintain a required quality point average.

• Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education's Board of Governor's Scholarship Program

Available to students from Pennsylvania. This four-year program for freshmen and transfer students requires maintenance of a minimum quality point average. It is available to Pennsylvania residents and provides an amount equal to annual tuition.

• The Frederick L. Peters Memorial Scholarship Fund

For incoming freshmen, with priority given to those students who are graduates of the Shippensburg Area and Big Spring school districts, pursuing a B.S.B.A. degree within the Department of Accounting. In addition to demonstrating good character and citizenship, applicants should have achieved a combined SAT score of 1100 and graduated in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients of the scholarship must maintain a minimum required cumulative quality grade point average to retain the scholarship.

• Alan D. Potena Memorial Scholarship

For an incoming freshman who intends to pursue a broadcasting degree with the Department of Communication/Journalism with SAT scores of 1000 or more who ranks in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Financial need is also taken into consideration. This scholarship is renewable provided the recipient maintains a required quality point average.

• Reserve Office Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarships

Available at Shippensburg University. It pays tuition, fees, books, and a $1,500 grant per year. Contact the Professor of Military Science at 717-532-1782 for additional information.

• The Rohm and Haas/Edward M. Szapacs Scholarship

For an incoming freshman majoring in chemistry with a minimum SAT score of 1050 and rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients of this four-year scholarship must maintain a required quality point average.

• Shippensburg Area School District Scholarship

For an incoming freshman demonstrating financial need and academic promise, who is a graduate of the Shippensburg Area Senior High School.

• The SICO Foundation Scholarship

Worth $4,000 for four years of study, or $1,000 per year. The award is for incoming freshmen demonstrating academic promise. Students must reside within the SICO Company service area, which includes the following counties in Pennsylvania: Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York; the following counties in New Jersey: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem; Cecil County in Maryland, and the entire state of Delaware. Applicants who do not live in the above listed areas may still qualify if graduating from one of the following high schools: Shippensburg, Boyertown, SpringFord or Williams Valley in Pennsylvania; Delmar in Delaware; and Southern Regional or Pennsauken in New Jersey. Applications are available in high school guidance offices, and must be submitted to the SICO Foundation with a postmark date no later than February 15, 1999.

• Abraham K. Smith Scholarship for Outstanding Students

For incoming freshmen with SAT scores of 1200 or more, who rank in the upper 10 percent of their high school class. Recipients of this full-tuition scholarship must maintain a required cumulative quality point average to retain the scholarship.

• Dr. Thomas Smyth Memorial Scholarship

For an entering freshman or sophomore majoring in biology. The student must have minimum SAT scores of 1100 and be in the upper one-fifth of the high school class.

• Laura J. Peffer Stuart Memorial

For a student demonstrating financial need and academic promise. Recipients must be from the Borough of Carlisle or an adjoining township. Recipients may retain the scholarship for a maximum of four academic years and must maintain a required quality point average at the end of each year.

• Zumbrun/Korkuch Family Scholarship

For an incoming freshman majoring in business education or office administration with a minimum SAT score of 1000 and rank in the upper 20 percent of their high school class. Recipients of this four-year scholarship must maintain a required quality point average. Preference is given to applicants from Cumberland, Dauphin, and York counties.

Loans

• Alumni Loan

For incoming freshmen and upperclassmen demonstrating financial need and academic promise. This is a loan which must be repaid. Contact the Financial Aid Office for an application.

• William Harold and Nancy E. Bush Student Loan

For an incoming freshman or upperclassman in any program demonstrating financial need and academic promise. This is a loan and must be repaid. Contact the Financial Aid Office for an application.