Marietta Scholarships
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Eligibility:
Merit Based
Marietta High School
Current Senior
3.0 GPA
Bachelor’s Degree
Major: Education
Requirements:
Write an essay not to exceed one page discussing your involvement in your community, your volunteer work, and post-secondary educational plans.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Bob & Dora Jean Bumgarner Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based and Need Based
Washington County School
Current Senior
3.0 GPA
Bachelor’s Degree
Must attend Full Time
Requirements:
Write an essay, no more than 750 words, describing how you have demonstrated drive, determination, and resolve either in school, at home, or in your community.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Carol Christy Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based
Marietta High School
Current Senior
3.0 GPA
Associates or Bachelor’s Degree
Requirements:
Write an essay, not to exceed one page, discussing your involvement in your community, your volunteer work, and post-secondary educational plans.
Write an essay, no more than 350 words, double spaced, addressing one of the following topics:
a. Describe an accomplishment for which you have been recognized and its influence on you.
b. Who has been the most influential in your life and why?
c. What are your career aspirations and why?
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Carpe Diem Athletic and Academic Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based and Need Based
Washington County School and/or Descendent of Chapter Member
Current Senior
3.0 GPA
Associates, Bachelor’s or Certificate Program
Requirements:
Write a 500-word essay on a person who lived in America between 1600 and 1701 whose character traits you admire and explain how you could relate to them.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Edward Parrish Chapter Colonial Dames XVII Century Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Need Based
Washington County School
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
2.0 GPA
Associates, Bachelor’s or Certificate Program
Major: HVAC, Electrical, Pipefitting, Fabrication, Welding or any mechanical trade (Auto/Diesel)
Requirements:
Write an essay not to exceed one page discussing your work experience and describing your interest in pursuing a technical career.
Write an essay not to exceed one page discussing your involvement in your community, and your volunteer work.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Edwin “Jack” Haas Memorial Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Need Based
Washington County School
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
2.5 GPA
Associates, Bachelor’s or Certificate Program
Major: Health Care field
Requirements:
Why do you want to start a career in health care? What is (was) your favorite subject in school? Have you had a family member affected by cancer?
Write an essay not to exceed one-page discussing your involvement in your community, and your volunteer work.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Faustena “Frosty” Haas Health Care Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Need Based
Washington County High School
2.5 GPA
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
Associates or Bachelor’s Degree
Major: Music or career working with children
Requirements:
Write an essay not to exceed one page discussing your involvement in your community, your volunteer work, and post-secondary educational plans.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Garrett Scott Memorial Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based
Washington County School
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
3.5 GPA
Bachelor’s Degree
Requirements:
Write a 250-word essay describing a situation in which you demonstrated leadership within your school or community
Print and submit the following along with your master application: James S. and Brenda A. Measell Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based
Washington County or Wood County School
Current Senior
Must have participated in Marietta Soccer League Program
Must have earned a varsity letter in high school soccer
Associates, Bachelor’s or Certificate Program
3.0 GPA
Requirements:
A 500-word essay answering the following questions; How has soccer benefited you? What are your future plans after college (both soccer and outside of soccer)?
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Jim Roberts Marietta Soccer League Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based and Need Based
Washington County School
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
3.0 GPA
Bachelor’s Degree
Major: Journalism
Requirements:
Write an essay (not to exceed one page) about why you chose to major in journalism and what you plan to accomplish with that degree.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Jolene Craig Journalism Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based and Need Based
3.0 GPA
Current Senior
Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree
Major: Business, Finance, or Accounting
Requirements:
Write an essay (not to exceed one page) discussing the traits you possess that will enhance your education and future career.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: J. William Morris Memorial Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Need Based
Washington County School
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
2.5 GPA
Associates or Bachelor’s Degree
Must attend Ohio University
Requirements:
Write an essay, not to exceed one page, discussing your involvement in your community, your volunteer work, and post-secondary educational plans.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Kevin O’Brien Kelly Memorial Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based
Washington County or Noble County High Schools
2.5 GPA
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
Associates or Bachelor’s Degree
Requirements:
Write an essay not to exceed one page discussing your involvement in your community, your volunteer work, and post-secondary educational plans.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Magnum Manufacturing Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based
Washington County School
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
3.0 GPA
Associates, Bachelor’s or Certificate Program
Major: Engineering
Requirements:
Write a 500-word essay discussing your involvement in your community and your volunteer work.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Mark C. Studenic Memorial Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Need Based
Marietta High School
Current Senior
2.5 GPA
Associates or Bachelor’s Degree
Requirements:
A 750-word essay on how you plan to make a livelihood with your education.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Myra P. Berg Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based
Marietta or Frontier High Schools
2.5 GPA
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
Associates or Bachelor’s Degree
Preference given to students planning to study technology
Requirements:
In 500 words or less describe your most meaningful achievement and how that relates to your field of study and your future goals.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Penelope ‘Penny’ J. Passavant Academic Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based and Need Based
Washington County or Wood County School
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
Associates, Bachelor’s or Certificate Program
Major: Art, Graphic Design, art-related field
Requirements:
A 300-word essay on your interest in art and why you want to go to art school, and what you hope to do with an art education
Detail on experience and any signed teacher evaluations of your art abilities that you think would be supportive of your application.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Stanton Brock Art Discovery Fund Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Merit Based
Marietta High School
Current Senior or Nontraditional Student
3.0 GPA
Associates, Bachelor’s Degree or Certificate Program
Major: Business or Engineering
Requirements:
Write an essay not to exceed one-page discussing your involvement in your community, your volunteer work, and post-secondary educational plans.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Thomas C. Vadakin Memorial Scholarship
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Eligibility:
Need Based
2.0 GPA
Pursuing Associate’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, Certificate/Technical Program, Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential
Pursue Early Child Care, Education or Child Development curriculum
Requirements:
Write an essay (not to exceed one page) detailing how you would utilize your education to ensure that parents understand the need for, and the value of, early childhood education.
Print and submit the following along with your master application: Walter J. & Marjorie G. McCarthy Child Care Enrichment Scholarship
Timeline
January – March
Complete the FAFSA.
Complete the Master Application.
Obtain an Official Transcript from your most recent school.
Complete essays and other individual scholarship requirements.
Compile your application packet and submit it by Monday, March 18, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. to:
Marietta Community Foundation
100 Putnam Street
Marietta, OH 45750
April
Notify MCF if any application information changes.
Applications are processed and distributed to dedicated scholarship committees for extensive review and voting.
Selection notifications are emailed to recipients by April 21, one week before the Scholarship Awards Ceremony.
Recipients attend the Scholarship Awards Ceremony on Sunday, April 28, 2024.
May – June
Recipients submit Scholarship Contract(s) by July 1, 2024.