Scholarships | Education | SIU (2024)

The Business and Professional Women’s Organization of Carbondale Scholarship will be awarded to an applicant based upon the following criteria:

1. Undergraduate student(s) with sophom*ore or junior status
2. Declared major in Workforce Education Development
3. Applicants must be enrolled for at least six or more hours
4. GPA of 2.5 or higher

Preference is given to:

1. Women who are non-traditional students
2. Residents of Illinois including those studying at off-campus sites, located in Illinois
3. Those with financial need
4. Applicants with a GPA of 2.5 to 3.5.

A recipient of the scholarship may apply for renewal of the scholarship, but no special preference shall be given to such an applicant. Renewal applications shall be considered equal with all other applications.

The Frank Cluck, Sr. Technology Education Scholarship offers an award to a student from a community college transferring into SIU Carbondale with a junior credit status.

• The student must be from Illinois or be from a state qualified for in-state tuition rates
• Must be majoring in Workforce Education and Development
• Must have a financial need
• Must be in academic good standing
• The student must be registered each semester for the scholarship to credit their bursar account.

Proud graduate of SIU Carbondale and accomplished teacher and mentor, Marita A. Weaver is delighted to pay forward the financial assistance she received as a student.

Applicant must be a graduate student in the Department of Workforce Education and Development in the School of Education.

Preference given to applicants that are:

• U.S. residents
• Applicants who reside in Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, or Williamson counties in Southern Illinois
• Those with financial need

Open to all applicants with the following qualifications, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.

1. Recipients must be majoring in Workforce Education and Development
2. Must have 3.0 or higher cumulative undergraduate GPA
3. Shall have been accepted in the WED Master’s degree program.

The Summer Incentive Scholarship opportunity is available for the Summer semester at SIU Carbondale. If you are interested in taking courses this summer through SIU Carbondale, complete the scholarship application before May 31, 2023. The award is valued at $642.50.

You must meet the following requirements

1. Be an SIU Undergraduate student
2. Applicants must be enrolled for at least 3 or more summer credit hours (online, on-campus or off-campus) before May 31.
3. Apply by May 31

We are pleased to announce our SIU Extended Campus Scholarships for fall, spring and summer semesters! We will award two $250 scholarships at each SIU off-campus location during each semester who meet the qualification below.

• Hours currently enrolled must be greater than or equal to 6
• Gross need must be greater than 0
• Fafsa must include Y
• Cumulative GPA must be greater than or equal to 2.0
• Site must not include Carbondale Campus, Off Campus, Springfield, IL or Web-based distance learning

The deadline to apply for the Spring semester is April 9, 2023

• Community College of the Air Force Scholarship

One award of $250.00 will be available at each of the following off-campus military locations for a student who is:

• Enrolled at Dover Air Force Base, Joint Base Charleston, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, or Scott Air Force Base
• Admissible to the University or in good standing with a 2.0 or higher transfer GPA
• Registered for at least 6 off-campus or online credit hour courses at SIUC
• Must have received a Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) degree within the most recent calendar year

The scholarship can only be received during the student’s original term of entry or during the initial term of additional degrees.