College of Arts & Letters | Idaho State University

Department	Name of Endowment/Scholarship	Description
Arts and Letters	College of Arts & Letters Graduate Student Scholarship Endowement	This fund is designed to promote and grow graduate student enrollment by providing scholarship money for a worthy graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences each year.
Arts and Letters	College of Arts & Letters Dean's Excellence Fund	This fund is designed to provide the Dean with some discretionary funds to enhance critical areas of the College. This money would support student, faculty and/or program needs.
Arts and Letters	The Jayson C. and Ruth R. Holladay Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for Junior or Seniors with a declared major in the College of Arts and Sciences. Students should have a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Arts and Letters	Dow Chemical Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to award scholarships for students in the College of Arts and Letters.
Early College Program	Idaho State University Federal Credit Union Early College Program Scholarship Fund	The Fund is designed to provide support in the form of 10 need-based scholarships for Southeastern Idaho students who are enrolled in Idaho State University's Early College Program (dual enrollment). Preference shall be given to those who belong to the Idaho State University Federal Credit Union or whose families belong to the Idaho State University Federal Credit Union.
Honors Program	Dr. Cynthia Hill Honors Program Endowment	This fund is designed to provide support for the ISU Honors Program.
Pre-Law	Peter A., Peter D., and Patricia McDermott Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide an annual scholarship award to a Pre-Law student who has achieved Junior or Senior status. To qualify, the student must have a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.5 and be a full-time student. Preference will be given to students from Bannock county.
Pre-Law	Yvonne Dial Memorial Scholarship	This fund is designed to provide scholarships to students planning to attend law school after graduation. Recipients must be married and have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Pre-Law	Carl K. Davis Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarship for married students in the Pre-law program.
Art and Pre-Architecture	John B. Davis Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide a scholarship to a student studying Art. Recipients should demonstrate an interest in the field of Art, as evidenced by seeking a major or minor in the ISU Department of Art, motivation and creative ability, planning and direction, and that have been accepted for matriculation at ISU.
Art and Pre-Architecture	Grace M. Garrett Memorial Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships to students majoring in the visual or performing arts.
Art and Pre-Architecture	Marky Hinson Art Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarship to a female art student who demonstrates artistic promise as evidenced by presentation of a portfolio of work; serious intent to continue working in art; and financial need. They should be students who have been accepted for matriculation at ISU. They must be intending to enroll in studio courses in the ISU Department of Art.
Art and Pre-Architecture	Robie Robison Visual Arts Endowment	This fund is designed to provide one full fee scholarship to be paid in the fall. Applicants must be interested in or majoring in Visual Arts, demonstrate motivation, academic and leadership potential, must be an Idaho high school senior or recent Idaho graduate and a citizen of the United States.
Communication and Rhetorical Studies	Drs. Legge, Loebs and DiSanza Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarship money for Communication and Rhetorical Studie students. Preference given to graduate students.
Communication and Rhetorical Studies	Ifft Speech/Communication Endowment	This fund is designed to provide ongoing support for equipment additions and upgrades to the G. Nicholas and Sara Ifft Speech Communication Laboratory facility. Expenditures shall be made at the discretion of the Chair of the Department of Speech Communication.
Communication and Rhetorical Studies	Wilma Curtis Jones Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for students enrolled in the Department of Speech and Drama or its successor Department at Idaho State University.
Communication and Rhetorical Studies/Journalism/Business	Karen Lea Smith Corrigan Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarship assistance with preference given to female students majoring in Communications, Journalism or Business/ 3.0 GPA Junior, Senior or Graduate student.
English and Philosophy	Charles H. Kegel Endowment	This fund is designed to provide a scholarship for a second semester Freshman or through first semester of Junior year in the Department of English. Minimum GPA of 3.00. Applicants must demonstrate interest and competence in English, literature, and writing.
English and Philosophy	Clifford & Lois Spreier Endowment	This fund is designed to support Black Rock & Sage, the student-run literary magazine. Can be used to cover publication, distribution, or other miscellaneous costs for the magazine.
English and Philosophy	Agnes Just Reid Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for a student majoring in journalism or creative writing with a minimum GPA of 2.50. Recipients should demonstrate notable potential in creative writing, poetry, short fiction, or personal essay and must reside in the U.S.
Languages and Literatures	Elizabeth W. Hoskyn Memorial Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships to be utilized for tuition, books, and fees. Awards shall be based upon scholarship and need and shall be awarded to students pursuing combined Education and Foreign Language studies.
Languages and Literatures	Foreign Language/Study Abroad Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to assist Junior or Senior students who wish to study abroad.
Languages and Literatures	Kitaj / Sievers Foreign Language Endowment	This fund is designed to provide Foreign Language scholarships.
Mass Communication/Journalism	Janet Billmeyer-Hanson Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for deserving Journalism students with a GPA that is deemed acceptable by the scholarship committee.
Mass Communication/Journalism	Juanita Rodriguez Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for Junior or Senior students studying Journalism with the intention of becoming a working journalist. Minimum GPA of 2.70. Preference shall be given to minority students or women.
Mass Communication/Journalism	Louis J. Wiener Endowment Fund	This fund is designed to provide Mass Communication support. This fund can be used by the Mass Communication program for programmatic support, endowed teaching position, visiting lectureships or scholars in residence, or scholarships or fellowships.
Mass Communication/Journalism	Robert Ogg Memorial Endowment	This fund is designed to provide one or more full fee scholarships to students attending Idaho State University.
Mass Communication/Journalism	Sunbelt Broadcasting Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for students attending Idaho State University who are majoring in Mass Communications.
Music	Brent Michael Holmes Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarship assistance to students in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Music. Students must be registered full-time at Idaho State University on the Pocatello Campus, must be a citizen of the United States of America, must pass all classes and maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA, and must accept this scholarship at the beginning of no more than four consecutive calendar years. Non-acceptance of this scholarship during any fall or spring semester during the four years constitutes forfeiture of this scholarship.
Music	Glarborg Family Music Endowment	This fund is designed to be used at the discretion of the Chair of the Department of Music.
Music	Grant and Marjorie Bickmore Endowment for the Idaho State Civic Symphony	This fund is designed to be used solely for the benefit of the Symphony.
Music	Helen L. Hayes Memorial Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide an annual award for a junior or senior student with a declared major in music or any of the performing arts with preference to a female student from Idaho. Student should provide information in application documenting community service and involvement in school activities. Student receiving award as a junior may re-apply and be considered for the award as a senior. This award will be made available each year for Fall semester.
Music	The Marching Band Scholarship Endowment at Idaho State University	This fund is designed to provide a scholarship for students in the Department of Music. Selection of candidates and recipients of this scholarship shall be made upon the discretion of the ISU Marching Band Director, according to the current policies and rulles of the Enrollment Planning Office or its successor in function. Each year $5,000 of the income generated will be remitted as payment on a loan (start-up equipment) from Idaho State University until such time as the loan is paid in full
Music	Idaho State Civic Symphony Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide a scholarship to student in the Music program. Recipients will be selected by the orchestra director and will play all services of the orchestra during the semester for which the scholarship is given.
Music	Josephine H. Berryman Music Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to assist students majoring in music.
Music	Mormon Tabernacle Choir Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide a scholarship for a music major studying voice in the Department of Music, College of Arts & Sciences at Idaho State University. Minimum GPA of 3.00 required.
Music	Music Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for students in the Department of Music. Recipients should demonstrate excellent academic achievement and superior potential in music. Recipients may receive awards for as many years as they are enrolled in the Department of Music.
Music	Patricia Griffith Kwiat Scholarship Endowment	Patricia Griffith Kwiat Scholarship Endowment
Music	Patrick John McKnight Memorial Music Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide funds annually, for scholarships with preference given to students who are Idaho residents from Pocatello, Chubbuck or the immediate surrounding area and are graduating from one of the local high schools, or have been home schooled, and have been accepted as incoming freshman at Idaho State University. Scholarships shall be awarded on an annual basis and may be restricted to incoming freshman only, but may be offered to upper class persons at the discretion of the McKnight Scholarship Committee.
Music	R. David Missal Band Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide a scholarship for a student in the Music Department. Recipient selection is by ISU Director of Bands, or the Chair of Department of Music. Recipients will play in the concert band each semester and marching band.
Music	Roger Williams Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide a scholarship to a student in the Music Department. The award shall be given to a student with first preference being for a piano scholarship, second preference is a student of music and then to the arts in general.
Music	Russell A. and Jeanette M. Anderson Musical Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide one or more scholarships to voice students.
Music	Ruth S. and E. Chilton Phoenix Memorial Music Scholarship	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for students who demonstrate an interest in music through participation in musical activities at ISU.
Music	Bob Pink Music Scholarship Fund	This fund is designed to provide non-renewable scholarships to students in the Music program, with preference given to those studying Jazz. Recipients of the award(s) shall have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA. The Donor will provide a minimum of three opportunities for students enrolled (full or part time) in the department of music at Idaho State University, to perform on stage at Portneuf Valley Brewing in Pocatello, Idaho. The Chair of the Department of Music, or designee, shall be responsible for coordinating and scheduling students to take advantage of this performance opportunity.
Music	Spaulding Foundation Scholarship	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for students attending Idaho State University and majoring in music.
Music	Alen E. Stanek Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide an annual scholarship award to a student enrolled in the Music Education program at Idaho State University.
Theatre and Dance	Allen Blomquist Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for students majoring in Theatre with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Theatre and Dance	Beverly B. Bistline Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarship awards to students in good standing enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters (formerly the College of Arts and Sciences) School of Performing Arts (which includes the former Department of Theatre and Dance) at Idaho State University. Recipients shall be studying in the academic programs of theater or dance.
Theatre and Dance	Sherri Dienstfrey Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships in the amount of no less the $1,000 each, the upper limit of which may be adjusted to cover increased tuition and fees in the future. Recipients must work in all areas of theater to be eligible, students involved in only one area of theater shall not be eligible.
Anthroplogy	Earl Swanson Memorial Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for undergraduates or graduates in the College of Arts and Sciences, maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.00.
Anthroplogy	Teri Hall Memorial Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for students in the Department of Anthropology at ISU.
Economics	Mahmoud Fouad Memorial Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for Economics majors at ISU.
Economics	Michihide Totoki Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for Juniors or Seniors attending Idaho State University who demonstrate financial need and who have worked to pay their educational expenses. Students majoring in the Department of Economics shall be awarded at least once every 4 years.
History	Dorothy W. Hargraves Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarship assistance to a History major at ISU.
History/American Studies	American Studies Founders Endowment	This fund is designed to provide support for the operations of the American Studies Program. Records of performance or use to be available to donors and/or public. Unused income is to be returned to Principal. Usage may include internships, lectureships, equipment, library, etc.
History/American Studies	Dr. Carol L. Bagley Endowment	This fund is designed to aid and assist deserving older students to obtain either undergraduate or graduate degrees in the field of the Humanities, generally, and in the field of American Studies, particularly, as they relate to American minority groups, espcecially American Indians.
History/Women's Studies	Women's Studies Program Endowment	This fund is designed to support female students who have declared a minor in Women's Studies and who are pursuing the arts. The "arts" are broadly defined to include, but are not limited to, visual and 3-D arts (e.g., painting, pottery, metal work, sculpture, etc.), folk-based fine arts (e.g., weaving, beading, book-making etc.), performing arts (e.g., voice, theater, dance, musical instrument, etc.), and creative writing (e.g., poetry, fiction, playwriting, etc.). The recipient need not be majoring in an arts field, but should have demonstrated commitment to her chosen craft.
Political Science	Beverly B. and F.M. Bistline Memorial Scholarship	This fund is designed to provide scholarships to one male and one female Senior-level student majoring in Political Science.
Political Science	Richard H. Foster Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships for students in Political Science who have maintained a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Political Science	Verda White Barnes Memorial Scholarship Endowment	This fund is designed to provide scholarships to Junior or Senior status students at Idaho State University who are activists/feminists, in recognition of the significant achievements of Mrs. Verda White Barnes.
Psychology	Psychology Scholarship	This fund is designed to provide a scholarship to a student majoring in Psychology.
Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice	Sarraf/Duncan Sociology Endowment	This fund is designed to assist undergraduate students majoring in Sociology.
Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice	Shanda Hart Resiliency Scholarship for Social Work Students	This fund is designed to provide scholarships in the amount of $500 per year, to be distributed $250 per semester, to students in good standing enrolled in the social work program in the department of sociology, social work and criminal justice at Idaho State University. The award(s) shall be granted to juniors or seniors in good standing who have demonstrated resiliency in meeting life's challenges. Recipients must also show promise in utilizing a strengths-based resiliency approach in the field of social work. A one page statement speaking to the requirements listed herein shall accompany candidate applications.
Scholarship office	Verda White Barnes Memorial Sholarship