Scholarship List & Descriptions by Categories
AA Transfer
Amity Vineyards Scholarship
Provides financial aid to students who are enrolled
in either a professional-technical program or a lower division transfer
program.
Dennis Romero Trio Scholarship
Provides assistance to male students participating
in the Trio Student Support Services Program.
Josh English Memorial Fund
Provides financial assistance to students who intend
to seek a B.A or B.S. Degree and participate in student government at
Chemeketa.
James G Myers Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to students pursuing a
degree in the Lower Division Transfer program.
Women's Scholarship
Provides assistance to students who are pursuing an
Oregon transfer degree.
Art, Architecture & Visual Communications
Art Glass Scholarship
For students pursuing course work in the Art Glass
program.
Crouser Family Scholarship
Assistance for students who wish to take art classes
to round out their education, but are not in an art program.
Gregory Wineland Scholarship
Provides assistance to students ineligible for other
financial aid source, and in a lower division transfer program with emphasis
in art or architecture.
Athletics
Adelman Scholarship
This fund is named in honor of Rick Adelman, former
head basketball coach for Chemeketa and the Portland Trailblazers.
Dennis Melcher Scholarship
Available to women athletes in any program, this
fund was established in the name of Dennis Melcher, Chemeketa women’s
basketball coach for 20 years.
Automotive Technology
Automotive Technology Scholarship
Provides assistance to students ineligible for other
financial aid source and enrolled in the Automotive Technology Program.
Capital City Corvettes Scholarship
For students in the automotive program.
Business
Barbara Cockrell Scholarship
Provides assistance
to a student graduate from
the Chemeketa high school district and enrolled in the Business and
Management Department or leading to a baccalaureate degree in a comparable
course of study.
Hospitality & Tourism Scholarship
Provides assistance to second-year students with a broad background in the hospitality
and tourism, and enrolled in the Chemeketa Hospitality and Tourism.
Management Program
Critieria Specific
Alex Blanco Memorial Scholarship
Provides assistance to students enrolled in the
Chemeketa Community College motorcycle safety class taught by Team Oregon.
Charlie Schuler Youth Opportunity Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to students from the
Youth Opportunity System Program and are pursuing a degree or certificate.
Dennis Romero Trio Scholarship
Provides assistance to male students participating
in the Trio Student Support Services Program.
Exempt Association Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to one or more
students who have completed 25 hours of voluntary service.
Harry D Haley Fund
Two awards: one for students pursuing math,
engineering or science; and another for students pursuing literature, English
or writing.
HEP Graduate Scholarship Fund
Provides financial assistance to students who have
completed the High School Equivalency Program at Chemeketa, and continuing
their education towards a degree or certificate.
Hope Scholarship
Provide assistance to ex-offenders or children of
current or former offenders who are enrolled in either Associate of Arts,
Associate of Applied Science, Associate of General Studies or a
professional-technical program
John G and Edith Canfield Scholarship
Provides financial support to students who received
a General Educational Development (GED) certificate and continue their
education towards a degree or certificate.
Jepsen Scholarship
Provides assistance to students who are recent (not
more than five years) graduates of Silverton High School, and pursuing a
degree or certificate.
McMinnville Director's Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to students pursuing a
degree or certificate and plans to attend the Chemeketa McMinnville Campus.
Ron Anderson Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to students enrolled
in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Education Development (GED)
classes.
C Richards-Kreitzberg Scholarship
For students who support the objectives of Charla
Richards-Kreitzberg: to protect a woman’s right to choose safe, legal
abortions; to provide for the general empowerment of women; and to save and
promote the environmental soundness of the planet.
Salem Rotary Foundation Duvall Scholarship
For graduates of North and South Salem High who show
commitment through non-profit organizations.
Student Resource Fee Fund
Provides financial assistance to students enrolled
in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Education Development (GED)
classes at Chemeketa Community College’s SESNA Community Center.
Trio Student Scholarship
Provides assistance to students participating in the
TRIO Student Support Services Program.
Diversity Based
English Language Opportunity Fund
The purpose of this fund is to assist
English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs.
ESL/ENL Student Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to English as a Second
Language (ESL) and English as a Non-Native Language (ENL) student pursuing a
degree or certificate.
Fund for Strength in Diversity
Provides assistance to diverse students.
George Puentes Jr Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to Hispanic / Latino
students who are bilingual/ bicultural in Spanish/ English, pursuing a B.A or
B.S. toward a career in business, science, education, engineering,
journalism, math law, medicine, computer science, or nursing/EMT degree/
certification.
Gretchen S Schuette Strength in Diversity
Scholarship
Assistance to underrepresented students in race or
ethnicity.
Hispanic Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to Hispanic/Latino
students ineligible for financial aid from other sources, and among the first
generation in their family to attend college, to obtain a degree or
certificate.
Latino Development Network
Provides financial assistance to Hispanic / Latino
students.
Early Childhood
Child Development Ctr Scholarship
For students pursuing degrees in Early Childhood
Education.
Eileen Simpson Memorial Scholarship
Formerly Early Childhood Education Student
Scholarship. For students pursuing degrees in Early Childhood Education.
John & Betty Gray ECE Scholarship
For students pursuing a degree in Early Childhood
Education.
Electronics
Industrial Electronics Scholarship
Provide financial aid for one or more Chemeketa
students who demonstrate strong aptitude for a career in industrial
electronics.
Emergency Funds
Blizzard Fund/Student Nurses Org
Provides emergency financial assistance to student
nurses.
Brian Bay Emergency Services Scholarship
Provides assistance for students pursuing a degree
in the Fire Protection Technology and Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic
Program.
Emeritus Emergency Assistance Fund
Provides emergency financial assistance to students.
Graduation Assistance Fund
For students needing financial help to pay for
graduation expenses.
Hot Spot Fund
Provides emergency financial assistance to
full-time students enrolled in the Fire Protection and Emergency Medical
Services programs.
International Student Emergency Fund
Provides emergency financial assistance to
international students attending Chemeketa Community College.
Non-Traditional Student Emergency Fund
Provides emergency financial assistance to
non-traditional students.
Pat Moore Helping Hands
Provides emergency financial assistance to New
Workforce students.
Student Emergency Assistance
Provides emergency financial assistance to students.
Visual Communications Emergency Fund
Provide emergency financial assistance to visual
communications students attending Chemeketa Community College.
Visual & Performing Arts Fund
Provide emergency financial assistance to Visual
Communications students
Fire Protection & EMT
Bill Toman Scholarship
For students in all programs, this fund was
established in the name of an EMT instructor in the Emergency Services
Program.
Rob & Chele Dickerson Scholarship
For students pursuing a degree in either fire
protection or emergency medical technology.
Funds for Departments & Programs
Art Gallery Endowment Fund
The purpose of this fund is to exclusively support
gallery activities.
Child Development Center
To assist the child development center programs and
student activities.
College Writing Center
Established to assist college writing center
activities.
Elaine Hermes Cram Scholarship
Provides assistance with the purchase of textbooks
to students who graduated from the alternative high school program at
Chemeketa.
Fresh Start Fund
To assist customers receiving services from the
Winema Job & Career Center at Chemeketa Community College by providing
essential personal hygiene items, laundry soap, diapers and other necessary
items to be successful in finding jobs and/or employment.
Hope Books and Materials
Provides assistance to ex-offenders who are enrolled
in either Associate of Arts, Associate of Applied Science, Associate of
General Studies or a professional-technical program.
Library Materials Fund
The purpose of this fund is to purchase books and
other materials to strengthen the collection of the Chemeketa Community
College Library.
Literacy Equipment Fund
Provide literary services and materials to adult
students in the Chemeketa service district.
Storm Athletic Fund
To support Chemeketa's athletic programs.
Student Resource Fee Fund
Provides financial assistance to students enrolled
in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Education Development (GED)
classes at Chemeketa Community College’s SESNA Community Center.
Trio Textbook Fund
To provide funding to purchase books for the TRIO
program.
Woodburn Center Fund
Provides emergency financial assistance to Visual
Communications students.
Winema School Fund
Established to assist Winema, Chemeketa’s High
School Completion program.
General & Miscellaneous
FB Corrick Memorial
For students in all programs. The fund was
established by Edna Corrick in memory of her late husband Fred Corrick.
Juan Young Memorial Scholarship
Provides assistance to students under 21 years of
age that are pursuing a degree or certificate. Preference is given to a
lineal descendant employed by Kienow's Food Store.
Marveen McCready Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to students pursuing a
degree or certificate.
Pat Galligan Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to students pursuing a
degree or certificate.
Student Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to students pursuing a
degree or certificate.
Unrestricted
General fund.
Young Family Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to students pursuing a
degree or certificate.
Human Resources & Social Sciences
George Buttles Memorial Scholarship
Provides assistance to students enrolled in the
Human Services Program.
Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice
OSSA Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to second-year student
in Law Enforcement or Criminal Justice Program.
Leadership
Berger Presidential Scholarship
For students exhibiting leadership traits or
leadership potential.
Gretchen Schuette Leadership Award
Assistance to students pursuing an associate’s who
show leadership through service and/or extracurricular activities.
Student Leadership Fund
To provide one tuition scholarship in each of the
following areas: Business, Social Science/Humanities, and Trades and
Technologies.
Non-traditional
Child Care Scholarship
Provides assistance with child care expense to
student-parents pursuing a degree or certificate.
College Inside Scholarship
Provides assistance to inmates for onsite classes leading to an AA Degree.
Elaine Hermes Cram Scholarship
Provides assistance with the purchase of textbooks
to students who graduated from the alternative high school program at
Chemeketa.
Mell & Eva Schwartz Scholarship
To supplement the aid given to child care
recipients.
Non-Traditional Student Emergency Fund
Provides emergency financial assistance to
non-traditional students.
Older Adults Scholarship
Provide tuition for one or more mature students.
Susan Gleason Scholarship
Provides assistance to single parents who are
second-year students pursuing a degree or certificate.
Chemeketa Seniors Scholarship Fund
Provides tuition for one or more students at least
62 years of age.
Nursing & Dental
Beatrice H Spralding Scholarship
For students pursuing a degree in the nursing
program.
Dental Assistance Scholarship
Provides assistance to students who have been
accepted in the dental assisting program.
Harriet Redford Nursing Scholarship
For students pursuing a degree in the nursing
program. Preference to those who will work at Willamette Valley Medical
Center.
Jill LeBlanc Memorial Scholarship
Provides assistance to students pursuing an
associate or baccalaureate degree in nursing.
Jeanette Rustin Scholarship Fund
For students pursuing a degree in the nursing
program.
Julie Tylosky Scholarship
Provides assistance to students in the Dental
Assisting Program. Vista Masonic Lodge Scholarship Provides financial
assistance to students enrolled in a trade or business curriculum.
Medical Assistant Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to students enrolled
in Chemeketa Community College who are pursuing careers in nursing.
Nursing Scholarship
To assist in alleviating the shortage of nurses and
to provide financial assistance to students enrolled in Chemeketa Community
College who are pursuing careers in nursing.
Sue West Scholarship
Provide financial assistance to students who seek a
career in health care specializing in either cancer research or treatment or
care of cancer patients.
Willamette Valley Med Center Scholarship
Provides assistance to students pursing an associate
degree in the nursing.
Professional-technical
Adams-Roberts Presidential Scholarship
Provides assistance to students pursuing a degree or
certificate in a professional-technical program.
Charlie & Loretta Isom Scholarship
Provides assistance to students pursuing a degree or
certificate in a professional-technical program.
David Swenson Memorial Scholarship
Provides assistance to students pursuing a degree or
certificate in a professional-technical program.
Executive & Governance Scholarship
Provides assistance to students pursuing a degree or
certificate in a professional-technical program.
Gwen VanDenBosch Scholarship
Provides assistance to students pursuing a degree or
certificate in a professional-technical program.
Leonard Rice Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to second-year
students enrolled in the technical drafting program.
Mfrg Engineering Tech Scholarship
For students in manufacturing engineering who show
certified competency in machine work.
Science & Mathmatics
AAUW Scholarship Fund
Provides assistance to second-year female students
enrolled in the science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM)
programs.
Women in Science Scholarship
Provides financial assistance to second-year female
student enrolled in life science, physical science, mathematics, or
engineering program.
Title III
Endowment for Advising & Learning
A matching endowment that provides ongoing financial
support for the student success initiatives.
Winemaking & Vineyard Management
Bryce Bagnall & SOB Scholarship
Provides assistance to students enrolled in the
Winemaking and/or Vineyard Management Programs.
Updated November 13, 2008 by Web Services.


