Foundation Scholarships
Through the generosity of individuals, corporations, and civic organizations, scholarships are available through the Northwest Mississippi Community College Foundation. There are two types of Foundation scholarships: endowed and annual. In an endowed scholarship, the endowed principal is held in sacred trust in perpetuity (forever) with scholarships being awarded from the interest earned. In an annual scholarship, the funds are contributed to the Northwest Foundation, and those same funds are disbursed in the school year in which they are received.
Students must submit a Foundation Scholarship Application Form, available from the Foundation Office, the Recruiting Office or online. Each application must be accompanied by a resume and one letter of recommendation. The application must be received by the Foundation Office no later than 5 p.m. on April 1. Unless otherwise noted, only Mississippi residents may receive Foundation scholarships.
The selection is made by the Northwest Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee, which includes members of the Northwest faculty and administration and at least one member of the Northwest Foundation Board of Directors. Scholarship recipients will receive notification by May 15. After notification, the scholarship recipient must meet with the Executive Director for Institutional Advancement prior to registration to complete necessary acceptance forms. For additional information, write the NWCC Foundation Office, NWCC Box 7015, 4975 Highway 51 North, Senatobia, MS, 38668, call (662) 560-1103 or email pgordon@northwestms.edu.
Foundation scholarships are awarded according to the criteria designated by those who contributed the funds to establish the scholarships. Additional criteria, in addition to the primary criteria, are listed in parentheses. Students must be full-time students and maintain specified grade point averages, which range from 2.0 to 3.25, according to the criteria of the individual scholarships.
Scholarships by Requirements
Subject Area
Criteria by Subject Area
- Accountancy
- Adult Education Graduates
- Agriculture
- Agricultural Technology
- Automotive Technology
- Art
- Aviation Maintenance Technology
- Business Administration
- Business Pathways
- Career-Technical Pathways
- Computer Information Systems
- Criminal Justice, EMT-Paramedic, EMT-Basic/First Responder, and Forensic Chemistry (DeSoto County Resident)
- Criminal Justice
- Disability Support Services Student
- Early Childhood Education Technology
- Economics
- Education
- Electronics Engineering Technology
- EMT-Paramedic
- Engineering
- Fine Arts
- Forestry
- Funeral Service Technology
- Graphic Design Technology
- History
- Hotel and Restaurant Management Technology
- Humanities
- Library Science
- Mathematics
- Medical Office Technology
- Medical, Pharmacy, Associate Degree Nursing
- Associate Degree Nursing
- Paralegal Technology
- Physical Education
- Practical Nursing
- Precision Manufacturing and Machining Technology
- Pre-Pharmacy
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Respiratory Therapy
- School of Health Sciences
- Science
- Special Education
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)
- Veterinary Medicine
- Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology
Accountancy
The Louis Johnson and Martha Jones Blanchard Endowment (Tate and Quitman Counties)
The James P. and Nelda McCormick Endowment
The William H. Polk Endowment (North Delta Academy)
The Charles Murray and Lois Veazey Endowment (Lafayette or Quitman Counties)
The Wesley and Alice Williams Family Endowment
Adult Education Graduates
Agriculture
Agricultural Technology
The Greene Blythe Endowment
The Jack O. Blanchard Endowment
The John Deere Corp. Scholarship
The Raiford Lindsey Fancher Endowment
The Elizabeth Carter Fatherree Endowment
The Cecil Gene Howell Endowment
The Carl and Charlene Hyde Endowment
The Bill Lipscomb Endowment
The Panola-Tate Livestock Association Endowment (Panola and Tate Counties)
The Scott Potts Endowment
The J.E. Spurlock Endowment
The Steve Everette Watson Endowment (Ranger Rodeo Team participant)
The C. Chad Williams Endowment
The Ronald D. Williams Endowment
Automotive Technology
Art
Aviation Maintenance Technology
Business Administration
Business Pathways
The BancorpSouth Endowment
The John L. Basinger, Sr. Endowment
The Carl H. and Mattie Sue Johnson Blanchard Endowment
The Dr. Jack Butts Endowment
The Earline Cocke Endowment
The Marie Stewart Gray Endowment
The Dent Jackson Memorial Endowment
The Sycamore Bank Endowment (Tate County)
The Toyota-Haley Barbour Scholarship
The Kathleen (Kitty) Wait Endowment
Career-Technical Pathways
The Delta Trauma Care Region Endowment (EMT, Paramedic)
The Bill and Marthola Smith Allen Endowment (EMT, Paramedic)
The Tim Charlton Industrial Maintenance Technology Annual Scholarship (IEET Program)
The N.C. and Charlotte Ferguson Endowment
The Bishop Elvage M. Fondren, Sr Endowment (Construction Trade)
The Barry Meier Endowment
The Jeffrey and Jonathan Nichols Endowment
The DeSoto Rifle and Pistol Club Endowment
The Charlie and Laura Reed Endowment
The Norma Shuford Riser Endowment
The Walter E. “Sonny” and Wanda F. Ruby Endowment
The Storage Plus Endowment
The Jane Waldrop Williamson Endowment (Business)
Computer Information Systems
Criminal Justice, EMT-Paramedic, EMT-Basic/First Responder, and Forensic Chemistry (DeSoto County Resident)
The DeSoto County Fallen Hero Endowment
The Larry Cox Fallen Hero Endowment
The Robert Dodson Fallen Hero Endowment
The William P. Harris Fallen Hero Endowment
The Rory Welch Key Fallen Hero Endowment
The James William (Billy) Lance, Jr. Fallen Hero Endowment
The Gregory Floyd Medlin Fallen Hero Endowment
The Larkin V. Pettit Fallen Hero Endowment
The Bobby L. Wells, Jr. Fallen Hero Endowment
Criminal Justice
Disability Support Services Student
Early Childhood Education Technology
Economics
Education
The Mary Louise Wynne Broadway Endowment (Horn Lake High School)
The Robbie Harrison Butts Endowment (Elementary Education, Panola County)
The Don Clanton Endowment
The Shirley Clanton Endowment (Tate or DeSoto County)
The Pete and Pauline Harris Endowment (DeSoto County)
The Carl and Charlene Hyde Endowment
The Elizabeth Wynne Lewis Endowment
The Mariglyn Mayfield Meacham Endowment
The North Mississippi Education Consortium Endowment
The Joan Harris Pierce Endowment
The Mildred and Robert Redding Endowment (Lafayette, Marshall or Yalobusha Counties)
The B. Joan Robertson Endowment (DeSoto County)
The Raymond H. and Margaret N. Rogers Endowment (emphasis in History)
The Joan Teasler Rose Endowment
The Dr. Gary Lee Spears Endowment (Tate or DeSoto County)
The Delores Sanders Stewart Endowment (Tate County)
The Jerry and Carol Stigler Endowment
The Charles D. Taylor Endowment (speciality in Mathematics)
The Edna Teasler Endowment (single-parent family)
The C.B. and Marjorie Norton Walker Endowment
The R.T. Ward Endowment
The Marjorie Sowell Williams Endowment (Elementary or Secondary Education)
The Jane Waldrop Williamson Endowment
The Mary Frances Jaudon Woolfolk Endowment (Senatobia High School or South Panola High School)
Electronics Engineering Technology
EMT-Paramedic
Engineering
Fine Arts
The Martha Key Fite Endowment (Art)
The Sherman Hardin Endowment (Choral Music participant)
The Jo Ellen Logan Endowment
The Thomas W. O’Briant Endowment
The David, Michael, and Lee Ross Endowment
The Clifton and Jessie Sipley Endowment
The Sledge Family Endowment
The Marty Stuart Endowment
The Lauren Elizabeth Tallo Endowment (band member, Senatobia High School)
The Glenn Triplett Jr Endowment
The Susanne Spencer VanDyke Endowment
The John Garrett (Spec) and Elise Cocke Veazey Endowment
The Jane Waldrop Williamson Endowment (Theatre)
The Wesley Waldrop Williamson Theatre Scholarship Endowment
The Thomas P. and Virginia Moore Wilson Endowment (Tate County)
The Ben and Alma Wynne Endowment (Tate County)
Forestry
Funeral Service Technology
Graphic Design Technology
History
Hotel and Restaurant Management Technology
Humanities
Library Science
Mathematics
Medical Office Technology
Medical, Pharmacy, Associate Degree Nursing
Associate Degree Nursing
The Bill and Marthola Smith Allen Endowment (DeSoto County)
The Samuel M. and Ruth Ann Allison Endowment
The John and Stelloise Basinger Nursing Endowment
The Diane Biffle Endowment
The Estelle H. Bobo Endowment
The Lt. Col. John W. Caldwell III Endowment (Tate County)
The Carrie Jane Belyeu Davis Endowment
The Diane Biffle Endowment
The Dr. Denise Bynum Endowment
The Frances Marie Dean Endowment
The Holli Pond Day Endowment
The Delta Trauma Care Region Endowment
The Rachel Ann and Landon Scott Etheridge Endowment
The First Tennessee Bank (formerly Peoples Bank) Endowment (non-traditional)
The Forty and Eight Endowment (veteran or active duty military personnel or the children or grandchildren of active or inactive military personnel)
The Deanna Patterson Grant Memorial Nursing Endowment
The Jessica Gresham Memorial Endowment
The Victoria Parker Hale Endowment
The Kimberly Webb Hollis “New Beginning” Endowment (sophomores only)
The Lucille Tidwell Hollister Endowment (non-traditional Licensed Practical Nurse)
The Marcia Louise Kreunen Endowment
The Barbra Welch Manning Nursing Endowment
The Pennie Pullen McKinney Memorial Endowment
The Edna Mae Wright Miles Endowment
The Mississippi Organization of Associate Degree Nursing (M-OADN) Endowment
The Sam Meacham Endowment
The Paper Packers Endowment
The Jennifer Leigh Davis Parris Endowment
The Dr. Purnima R. Purohit Endowment (DeSoto, Panola, Tate, or Yalobusha counties)
The Charisse Hastings Reed Endowment
The Rebecca Dianne Scott Endowment
The Michael E. Shaheen, M.D. Memorial Nursing Endowment
The Shoot for the Heart Scholarship Endowment (six scholarships)
The Beverly Skipper Endowment
The Amy Dempsey Tidwell Endowment
The Gail Wilborn Endowment
The Dr. Ellen Williams Endowment
The Baxter H. Murphree and Virginia Murphree Willis Endowment
The Keith Wilson Endowment
Paralegal Technology
Physical Education
Practical Nursing
Precision Manufacturing and Machining Technology
Pre-Pharmacy
Psychology
Religious Studies
Respiratory Therapy
School of Health Sciences
Science
The Sarah Garner Ainsworth Endowment (must be in top 25% of class)
The Marcus L. and Sue C. Burks Endowment
The Rita Carol Chance Endowment (Physical Science)
The Dr. Ray Cox Endowment
The Dr. Jerry Hollis Endowment
The Linda McGonagill Hollis Endowment (Natural Science-sophomore)
The Paul W. Lawrence, Jr. Endowment (Physics)
The Patricia Miller Endowment
The Newly Weds (Flavorite Laboratories) Endowment (DeSoto and Tunica Counties)
The J.D., Gladys, David, Michael and Lee Ross Endowment
The Students Honoring Bobby King Endowment
The Ella Wilbourn Endowment
The C. Chad and Cara Reba Caldwell Williams Endowment
The Charles Richard Winters, Sr. Endowment (Social Science, non-traditional student)
Special Education
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)
Veterinary Medicine
Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology
Residency/High School
Criteria by Residency and/or Graduating High School
- Ashland High School
- Baptist Children’s Homes (Reedy Acres or Farrow Manor)
- Benton County
- Calhoun County
- Charleston High School
- Coffeeville School District
- Delta Academy
- DeSoto Central High School
- DeSoto County and/or DeSoto Center Campus
- Hickory Flat Attendance Center
- Independence High School
- Horn Lake High School
- Lafayette County
- Lake Cormorant High School
- Magnolia Heights School
- Marshall County
- Mississippi Youth Challenge Academy
- North Delta School
- North Panola High School
- Olive Branch High School
- Oxford Center Campus
- Palmer Home for Children
- Panola County
- Potts Camp High School
- Quitman County
- Rosa Fort High School
- Senatobia and Surrounding Area
- Senatobia High School
- South Panola High School
- Southaven High School
- Strayhorn Community
- Tallahatchie County
- Tate County
- Thyatira Community
- Tunica County
- Water Valley High School
- Yalobusha County
Ashland High School
Baptist Children’s Homes (Reedy Acres or Farrow Manor)
Benton County
Calhoun County
Charleston High School
Coffeeville School District
Delta Academy
DeSoto Central High School
DeSoto County and/or DeSoto Center Campus
The Jimmy Neal Andrews Endowment
The William Hoytte Austin, Jr. Endowment
The BancorpSouth Share the Future Scholarship
The Ethan Eric Bayless Endowment
The Joey Boldreghini Endowment
The A.W. and LaNelle S. Bouchillon Endowment
The Albert Broadway 2+2 Endowment (graduates of a DeSoto County high school)
The Fay B. Brower Endowment (non-traditional student)
The Dr. Bonnie Patridge Buntin 2+2 Endowment
The Elizabeth Hilliard Burns Endowment
The William H. Burton Confederate Memorial Scholarship (requires essay)
The Frank and Marilyn Canada Endowment
The Bob and Ann Darnell Endowment
The DeSoto Civic Garden Club Scholarship
The DeSoto County Business Women Living Legacy Endowment (non-traditional female student)
The DeSoto County Economic Development Council Endowment
The DeSoto County Shrine Club Endowment
The Larry Dhority Endowment
The First Security Bank / Larry Joe Pratt, Sr. Endowment
The Keith S. Godbold / DeSoto Center Endowment
The City of Hernando 2+2 Endowment (resident of Hernando)
The Clay and Elinor Herrington 2+2 Endowment
The Indomitable Spirit Endowment (student with a catastrophic illness and/or disability; may be awarded to a part-time student)
The Dr. Gloria Dodwell Kellum 2+2 Endowment
The Kathryn Anne Kreunen 2+2 Endowment
The Richie E. Lawson Endowment
The Maddox Foundation 2+2 Scholarship Endowment
The Jeanette Martin Endowment
The Catherine Robertson Newman Endowment (non-traditional students)
The City of Olive Branch 2+2 Endowment (resident of Olive Branch)
The Linda Owen Endowment
The Stephen Purdy Endowment (Ranger Golf Team participant)
The Renasant Bank 2+2 Endowment
The Valeria B. Robertson Endowment (traditional and non-traditional students)
The Ross and Lucile Robison Endowment
The SecurTrust Scholarship (Accountancy, Business, Banking & Finance)
The Al Simmons Adult Education Endowment
The City of Southaven 2+2 Endowment (resident of Southaven)
The Dr. Gary Lee Spears Endowment
The Two Plus Two Endowment
The Windstone Dental Scholarship (Pre-Dentistry)
Hickory Flat Attendance Center
Independence High School
Horn Lake High School
Lafayette County
Lake Cormorant High School
Magnolia Heights School
Marshall County
Mississippi Youth Challenge Academy
North Delta School
North Panola High School
Olive Branch High School
The Alice Runge and Walter Carter Endowment
The Bela J. and Ruby Black Chain Endowment
The Maury and Jane Haraway Endowment
The Olive Branch Civitan Club Scholarship
The Olive Branch Lions Club Endowment (relatives of active Lions Club members)
The Olive Twigs Humanitarian Club Endowment
The Olive Twigs Philanthropic Group Endowment
The Kim Umberger Endowment
Oxford Center Campus
The Dr. Michael Butts Endowment
The Brenda Gentry Holmes Endowment
The Bon Hughes and Lillian McElreath Annual Scholarship
The Oxford Center Endowments (two separate endowments)
The Oxford Center Practical Nursing Endowment
The Jayne E. River Endowment (Practical Nursing program)
The Tim Shorter Endowment
Palmer Home for Children
Panola County
The C. Gaines Baker Family Endowment
The Sheriff David Bryan Endowment (children of law enforcement personnel)
The Frank and Marilyn Canada Endowment
The Deputy Sheriff Joe K. Cosby Endowment (Criminal Justice pathway)
The Price and Bobbie Darby Endowment
The Richard Howard Darby Endowment
The Inez Carter Fancher Endowment
The First Security Bank / John Meacham, Jr. Endowment
The Robert A. and Cathryn M. Hyde Endowment
The Katherine (Kitty) Lee Jenkins Endowment
The Jones-Pointer Endowment
The Donald Lee Key Endowment (Ranger Football)
The J. Gary and Annette Kornegay Endowment
The Max and Evelyn Lee Family Endowment
The George Max Lee, Jr. Endowment
The Leonard Morris Endowment
The W.P. (Bill) and Nannette Sissell Endowment
The Springs Industries Endowment (children and/or grandchildren of Springs Industries employees)
The Storage Plus Endowment (Career Technical)
Potts Camp High School
Quitman County
Rosa Fort High School
Senatobia and Surrounding Area
The Perrin and Eone Caldwell Endowment (single-parent or no-parent households)
The James Jackson Endowment
The Mississippi Land Bank Scholarship (Agriculture, Forestry, Business and Business Administration pathways)
The Kirk and Carole Moore Endowment
The Dennis and Janie Paulk Endowment
The Lucy B. Whitwell Endowment
The Sue Wilson Endowment (ABE Graduates)
Senatobia High School
South Panola High School
Southaven High School
Strayhorn Community
Tallahatchie County
The Parthenia Dunbar Blackmon Endowment
The Jim Blackwood Endowment
The Deward and Pauline Bloodworth Endowment
The Eva M. Covington Endowment
The Sheriff Jimmy and Mary Fly Endowment
The Mary Elizabeth Houston Fedric Endowment
The William O. Hickey Endowment
The Carson Hughes, Jr. and Morella Kuykendall Hughes Endowment
The Foman and Nita Musselwhite Endowment
The C.W. Parker Endowment
The Reverend Upton Reynolds Endowment
The Ross Family Endowment
The Venable-Cummings Endowment
Tate County
The Charlotte Alexander Tate County Endowment
The Frank and Marilyn Canada Endowment
The Bob and Ann Darnell Endowment
The Larry Dhority Endowment
The Joe and Carolyn Floyd Scholarship
The William David Fly Endowment (Independence High School)
The Goodwin Family Endowment
The Emmette and Evelyn Hale Memorial Endowment
The W. C. (Firpo) and Josephine Miller Endowment
The William T. (Jack) Norfleet Endowment
The SecurTrust Scholarship (Accountancy, Business, Banking & Finance)
The Senatobia Optimist Club Endowment
The Senatobia Lions Club Endowment (children or grandchildren of Lions Club Members)
The Senatobia Rotary Club Endowment
The Dr. Gary Lee Spears Endowment
The Lt. Marlin Stanford Endowment (East Tate and Independence High Schools)
The Delores Sanders Stewart Endowment
The Storage Plus Endowment (Career Technical)
The Tate County Fair Association Endowment (active in 4-H Club)
Thyatira Community
Tunica County
Water Valley High School
Yalobusha County
The Parthenia Dunbar Blackmon Endowment
The Deward and Pauline Bloodworth Endowment
The Eva M. Covington Endowment
The Sammy Higdon Endowment
The Mary Elizabeth Houston Fedric Endowment
The Butler and Daliah McLeod Endowment
The Mechanics Bank Endowment
The Mary Alice Moorman Endowment
The C.W. Parker Endowment
The Reverend Upton Reynolds Endowment
The Ross Family Endowment
The Venable-Cummings Endowment
General Criteria
General Criteria
- Academic Achievement/Extracurricular Activity Involvement
- Adult Student
- Alumni of Northwest Mississippi Community College
- Catastrophic Illness and/or Disability
- Attending The Concourse Campus (Batesville)
- Female Students in the Project Gateway Program
- DeSoto County Farm Bureau
- Financial Need
- Members of Hinds Chapel or Horn Lake United Methodist Church
- Members of Batesville Presbyterian Church
- Members of Independence Presbyterian Church, Batesville
- Members of First Baptist Church, Senatobia
- Descendants of Joe W. Longest, Jr.
- Family Members of Active-Duty Military Personnel or Veterans
- Family Members of Law Enforcement or Firefighter
- Military Student / Veterans Affairs
- Northcentral Electric Power Association (must be family’s electrical provider)
- Ranger Rodeo Team
- RR. Donnelley and Sons
- Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association (must be family’s electrical provider)
- ThyssenKrupp Elevator Manufacturing
Academic Achievement/Extracurricular Activity Involvement
The Michael E. Byrd Endowment (must have 3.5 GPA in high school)
The Sybil Reynolds Canon Endowment (single-parent or no-parent households)
The Robert L. “Mr. C” Carter III Endowment (reside in 11-county district/ must have 3.0 GPA in high school)
The Wilson Edmondson Endowment
The Loretta Hentz Hanks Endowment (non-traditional student 25 years and older)
The Dr. Susan Avery Mitchell Endowment
The Willie B. and Polly Perkins Endowment (Tate County)
The Thomas A. Poff, Jr. and Carolyn P. Poff Endowment
The James and Jewel Wilborn Endowment
Adult Student
Alumni of Northwest Mississippi Community College
Catastrophic Illness and/or Disability
Attending The Concourse Campus (Batesville)
Female Students in the Project Gateway Program
DeSoto County Farm Bureau
Financial Need
The AT&T of Mississippi Endowment
The Sarah Garner Ainsworth Endowment
The Charles Alan (Charlie) Baldwin, Jr. Endowment
The Susan Avery Endowment
The Joe Beckum Endowment
The Howard Carpenter Endowment
The Robert L. “Mr. C” Carter III Endowment (from any of the 11 counties we serve)
The Henry I. and Westelle M. Copeland Endowment
The Couch Family Endowment
The Alan Clayton Crockett Endowment
The Pamela Joyce Day Endowment
The Kristie Duncan Endowment
The Entergy of Mississippi Scholarship (must have 2.5 GPA in high school)
The Faust Farms Endowment
The Faust, Hall, and Douglas Families Endowment
The First Financial Bank Scholarship
The First Security Bank/Larry Joe Pratt, Sr. Endowment (counties where First Security Bank is located)
The Coach Bobby R. Franklin and Ranger Coaching Staff Endowment
The Gateway Tire Endowment
The Aaron German Endowment (interest in rodeo competition)
The Goodwin Family Endowment (Tate County)
The Billie Bob Gray Endowment
The Matt Gregory Endowment
The Russell Hadskey Endowment
The W.C. Haley, Sr. and Lawson Wood Haley Endowment
The Judge Leon E. Hannaford Endowment
The David M. Haraway Endowment
The Ann Eliza Allison Harris Endowment
The Leslie, Paula, and Hal Herring Endowment
The Allen and Macelle Holliday Endowment
The Charlie and Viola Holliday Endowment
The Carson Holloman Endowment
The Robert L. King Endowment
The Henry B. Koon Endowment
The Dr. William D. and Catherine Taylor Longest Endowment
The Jim and Angelé McClure Endowment
The Reese D. and Corinne McLendon Endowment
The W.C. (Firpo) and Josephine Miller Endowment
The Heinz H. Molsen, Jr. Endowment
The Kenneth M. Murphree Endowment
The Thomas (Tom) and Jane Murphy Endowment
The Ronnie and Melody Musgrove Endowment
The Northwest District Workforce Development Council Endowment
The Coach Bill Oakley and Family Endowment
The W.P. and Frances Perkins Endowment
The J.P. (Blue) and Virginia Varner Phillips Endowment
The Lena Rivers Harris Riley Endowment
The Attorney Robert Thomas Riser Endowment
The Ross and Lucile Robison Endowment
Students Honoring Robert L. King Endowment
The W.P. (Bill) and Nannette Sissell Endowment
The Trustmark National Bank Scholarship
The Lois F. Veazey Endowment
The Roe Alma Weeks Endowment
The Garnett B. West, Sr. Endowment
The Joe R. and Mary Dunn Williams Endowment
The Dolores Beckum Wooten Endowment
The Robert L. and Mary Ellen Williams Endowment
The Lawrence “Bud” Young Endowment (Ranger rodeo team participant)