College of Nursing West River Nursing Program Scholarships and Loans

Scholarships:
There are sources of scholarship and loan money available to students other than those specifically listed. Examples of types of organizations which students are encouraged to explore independently are hospitals, fraternal organizations, community groups, and professional associations.
http://learn.sdstate.edu/nursing/ScholarshipApp.html

New Scholarships

2006 Shaver-Nielsen Nursing Grant from the First Congregational United Church of Church, Rapid City, SD
The Shaver-Nielsen Nursing Grant is a program funded by the Inez L. Shaver Charitable Trust #3, Peggy Nielsen Trustee in partnership with the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Rapid City, SD. Grant recipients must be residents of the State of South Dakota and enrolled in an accredited nursing degree program located in the State of South Dakota. Awards will be made directly to the school of nursing to be applied to the account of the grant recipients. The number of $1,000 grants will be determined by the Grant Committee upon review of the applications. Deadline for application for 2006 grants is May 1, 2006. An application can be obtained from the Rapid City Campus, College of Nursing.  For additional information, please contact Dr. Ted Huffman at 605/342-5787 or email at firstucc@rushmore.com
 

Arthur Davis Scholarship Fund
Criteria: Students of Butte, Harding, and Lawrence counties who have shown academic excellence and have been active in community and High School. All applicants are required to write a personal statement on: "What the scholarship will enable me to do and why a scholarship is important to me" Two West River students should be awarded. Renewable.

Cindy Miller Scholarship Fund in Nursing
Criteria: Student in his/her senior year in the West River baccalaureate Nursing Program. Student must have a "B" average or better and demonstrate financial need.

Dr. Jerome and Ann Karmiol Scholarship

St John's/Rapid City Regional School of Nursing Scholarship
Criteria: Attending the SDSU West River program and be in good standing and have cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0.
 

The Eight and Forty Lung and Respiratory Nursing Scholarship Fund

Established to assist registered nurses (RN) with advanced preparation for positions in supervision, administration or teaching. Students are to have prospects of being employed in specific positions in hospitals, clinics or health departments on completion of their education and the position must have a full-time and direct relationship to lung and respiratory control. Scholarship awards are $2,500 each.

 Full details may be secured from the local Eight and Forty Scholarship Chairman or The American Legion Education Program, Attn: Eight and Forty Scholarships, PO Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206. Deadline: May 15 and awards announced on July 1.

John and Alice B. Travers Scholarship
Criteria: Preference will be given to students who are residents of Harding County. Freshmen and Upperclassmen are eligible for this award. This award is renewable.

Scholarships available to students enrolled on the West River Campus in Rapid City only:
1. Sturgis Community Health Care Center

American Association of Colleges of Nursing
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/financialaid.htm

FastWeb
http://fastweb.com
There are many internet sites for performing scholarship searches that match your criteria. Students seem to like FastWeb the best, but we encourage you to use others as well. In addition to doing an initial scholarship search, FastWeb will email you as more scholarships are added that match your criteria.

Your favorite Internet Search Engine
For example: www.google.com
Type in keywords to search for additional websites and resources. Sometimes the results can be overwhelmingly long, so try to focus your search as much as possible.

Federal Financial Aid

• http://www.pin.ed.gov
  Register to get your PIN (Personal Identification Number) at this site.
   
• http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
  This is the online site for completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Apply immediately after January 1 of each year.
   
• http://www.studentaid.ed.gov
  This site contains additional information about financial aid programs and procedures.

http://www.discovernursing.com/scholarship_search.aspx
Johnson & Johnson

 http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/kidscareers/appendixC.htm
Link from National Student Nurses’ Association

 http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/aid.htm
US Department of Health & Human Services – Bureau of Health Professions

 http://www.nsna.org/foundation/index.asp
National Student Nurses’ Association

 http://www.minoritynurse.com/financial/scholarships.html
MinorityNurse.com

http://www.apna.org/awards/janssenprogram.html
American Psychiatric Nurses Association – opportunity to attend a national conference.

 Association on American Indian Affairs
www.indian-affairs.org/
This site provides information on several scholarships created to help Native American students achieve their educational goals.

A Better Chance
www.abetterchance.org
This organization provides support to help increase the number of well-educated minority youth.

Catching the Dream
www.catchingthedream.org
These scholarships are awarded to enrolled members of any U.S. tribe attending or planning to attend a college or university full time. Awards range from $500 to $5,000 per academic year.

Financial Aid for Native American Students
www.finaid.org/otheraid/natamind.phtml
This resource lists a number of links with detailed information on additional sources of funding specifically for Native American students.

Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program
www.ihs.gov/jobscareerdevelop/dhps/sp/sp103p.asp
This scholarship program provides financial assistance for American Indian and Alaska Native students to enroll in courses to prepare them for health professions.

The Gates Millennium Scholars
www.gmsp.org
This merit-based scholarship covers the remaining college costs for minority students after universities award financial aid packages.

Indian Health Service Scholarship
www.ihs.gov/JobsCareerDevelop/DHPS/Scholarships/Scholarship_index.asp
This web site provides information on scholarship programs that help train health personnel to staff Indian Health Services programs.

Mapping Your Future
http://mapping-your-future.org
This site provides information on career planning, college selection, and financial aid. Visitors may “click” on any of the topics to retrieve more information about the topic, including a guided tour that walks you through the steps to choosing a career, selecting a school, and planning to pay for education. This site is a public service project, sponsored in part by Education Assistance Corporation (EAC).

Native American Education Grant
www.pcusa.org/financialaid/programs/nativeamericanedugrant.htm
This grant is awarded to Alaska Natives and Native Americans pursuing full-time post-secondary education.

Native Vision Scholarships
www.nativevision.org/scholarships.html
Three $1,000 scholarships are given away each year by this organization.

Native Web
www.nativeweb.org
This web site provides resources for indigenous cultures around the world.

Native Workplace
www.NativeWorkplace.com
This site lists resources for Native American job seekers.

Office of Indian Education Program
www.oiep.bia.edu/
This is the web site of an organization dedicated to lifelong education for Native Americans