Finance Scholarships

To be eligible to receive an award, Applicants must: Be African-American (Black) or of African descent. Be currently enrolled at a four-year United States college or university as a full-time (12 semester hours or equivalent), undergraduate freshman, sophomore, junior, or first-year senior accounting, finance, or business major or be a full-time graduate student (9 semester hours or equivalent) enrolled or accepted into a master's-level business program. Current high school students are not eligible. Meet a minimum grade point average.

The Western Union Foundation Global Scholarship Program (WU Scholars) is a program designed to support young people and their efforts to pursue a post-secondary education. Selected scholarship recipients will receive USD $2,500 each to contribute toward tuition or school fees at an accredited post-secondary institution and will be selected based on criteria relating to the program's three pillars: Perseverance, Aspiration, and Community. To be eligible, students must be seeking an undergraduate degree in one of the following categories: science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and business/entrepreneurship. The application, which requires a letter of recommendation and an academic transcript, opens Wednesday March 8th. The application deadline is Wednesday, April 12 at noon Eastern Standard Time. Please contact wufoundation@iie.org with any questions.

School/Area Eligibility For Scholarship: * Elk Grove High * Laguna Creek High * Sheldon High * Florin High * Monterey Trail High * Valley High * Franklin High * Pleasant Grove High * Calvine High * William Daylor High * Las Flores * Rio CazaderoMinimum Required Grade Point Average: 3.0Financial Need: Preference GivenPost Secondary Type of School: 4 Year College or UniversityCommunity CollegeSpecific Requirements for Applying: Business or Finance MajorAttendance Requirement: * Full-Time Student * Part-Time StudentRequired Participation In School Activities: YesRequired Letters of Recommendation: Required 2 - related to school or extracurricular activities

Recipient must be Financial Planning major who has completed nine hours of Finance classes numbered above 300 before applying for scholarship and must have at least a 3.5 GPA for all Finance classes.

1. Awarded on basis of financial need. 2. Sophomore, junior or senior Economics and Finance major. 3. Recipient must have taken Principles of Economics Micro 201 and Principles of Economics Macro 202. 4. Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. 5. Recipient must be of good character. 6. Contact the Department of Economics and Finance for application information.

Applicants must be full time students majoring in Finance with an emphasis in financial planning at Fort Hays State University. Criteria includes junior or senior status, minimum 3.0 GPA within their major field and the completion of an essay in response to a problem solving question prepared by The Meckenstock Group and Main Street Securities. Contact the Department of Economics and Finance for essay information.

Recipient must be a Finance major with a concentration in Economics who has completed ECFI 201 Principles of Economics: Micro and ECFI 202: Principles of Economics: Macro. Scholarship awarded based on academic excellence.

Eligibility: 1. Must be a finance major 2. Must have completed 9 hours of finance classes numbered above 300 before applying for this scholarship 3. Must have at least a 3.5 GPA for all finance classes 4. Preference will be given to students who have participated in the Financial Management Association and/or Tiger Investment Group.

Scholarships are awarded to students in the Accounting, Economic and Finance areas of study. These awards are for incoming freshmen only.

Recipient must be a junior or senior in the Department of Economics and Finance. Preference will be given to students who are members of a credit union.

Applicant must be a sophomore, junior or senior with a minimum 2.5 GPA. Preference given to students from western Kansas with a farm background. Two scholarships will be awarded. One for students enrolled in the Department of Agriculture and one for students majoring in Accounting, Finance, Management or Marketing.

Eligibility: 1. College of Business and Leadership majors in Management Information Systems, Accounting, and Finance classified as juniors or seniors. 2. 3.5 or above cumulative GPA (only FHSU GPA considered). 3. Declared College of Business and Leadership major.