
College of Liberal Arts Scholarships
The WSU Foundation will offer a number of scholarships to students majoring in the College of Liberal Arts and CLA departments. Apply through the WSU Foundation website or through the appropriate department website. Not all scholarships are awarded yearly; consult the appropriate department for guidelines.
General questions? Contact us at CLA@winona.edu.
College of Liberal Arts
Eric Barr Scholarship
This scholarship award is for any full-time senior undergraduate student with a major in the College of Liberal Arts with a minimum GPA of 2.75 who has demonstrated unmet financial need.
Connell-Christensen Scholarship
This scholarship award is for any full-time Senior undergraduate student with a major program of Criminal Justice, Psychology, or Sociology with a minimum GPA of 2.5 who has demonstrated unmet financial need.
Richard Coughlin Scholarship
This scholarship award is for any full-time undergraduate student with a major in the College of Liberal Arts with a minimum GPA of 3.5 who has demonstrated unmet financial need.
Gordon Elliott Scholarship
This scholarship award is for any full-time undergraduate student with a major in the College of Liberal Arts who has demonstrated unmet financial need.
Charles F. & Mary Jane Neal Scholarship
This scholarship award is for any full-time undergraduate student with a major in the College of Liberal Arts who has demonstrated unmet financial need.
Zamboni Family Scholarship
This scholarship award is for any full-time Sophomore, Junior, or Senior undergraduate student with a major program of Communication Studies, Criminal Justice, Individualized Studies, Paralegal, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology or Women’s Studies and a minimum GPA of 2.5 who has demonstrated unmet financial need.
Art
Apply through WSU Foundation website.
- Ruth Severud Fish Scholarship
- E.L. King Scholarship
- Leone J. & Thomas E. Mauszycki Art Scholarship
- Floretta M. Murray Scholarship
- Max Weber Scholarship
- Maynard & Dorothy Weber Scholarship
- Winona National Bank Scholarship
Communication Studies
English
Apply through WSU Foundation website; more information available on the English Scholarships website.
- Sylvia Bremer Memorial Scholarship
- Cornwell Family Scholarship
- Marion J. Dereen Scholarship
- Thomas Leuchtenberg Scholarship (alternates yearly with THAD major award)
- Augusta Nelson Memorial Scholarship
- James W. Nichols & Ann Eljenholm Nichols Scholarship
- Darlene Radsek Scholarship
- Leslie & Gladys Sanford (King) Scholarship
History
Apply through WSU Foundation website; more information available on the History Scholarships website.
- Dean Emanuel Scholarship in History & Legal Studies
- Isaac Bera Memorial Scholarship
- Frederick A. and Marie Jederman Scholarship
- Marvin & Muriel Palecek Scholarship
- Norman & Clare Sobiesk History Scholarship
Legal Studies
Mass Communication
Apply through WSU Foundation website.
- Adolph Bremer Scholarship
- Courtney Colton Family Mass Communication Scholarship
- Todd Copeman Memorial Scholarship
- Paul Corrigan Scholarship
- John & Jacquelyn Gosse Scholarship
- Thomas E. Grier Scholarship
- Journalism Faculty Award
- Brian Krans Scholarship
- Dean Allyn Lanz Award
- Jane Vivian Madsen Scholarship
- Mass Communication Scholarship Endowment
- The Slug Award
- Elaine Vivian Scholarship
- Harold Vivian Scholarship
- John Vivian Scholarship for parents
- John N. Weis Scholarship
- Winona Daily News Scholarship
- Don Cramer Scholarship
Music
Apply directly through the Music Department; more information available on the Music Scholarships website.
- Carlis M. Anderson Scholarship
- Agnes Bard Scholarship
- Barbara & Bob DuFresne Music Education Scholarship
- Emil Guenther Scholarship
- Hal Leonard Corporation Scholarship in honor of Edstroms, Busdickers & families
- Fred & Mary Heyer Scholarship
- Bob Hungerford Music Scholarship
- Sharon & Howard Kaste Music Scholarship
- Gertrude Kohner Scholarship
- Bill & Brother William Koutsky Music Scholarship
- Richmond McCluer Violin Scholarship
- Music Department Scholarship
- Music Honor Band Scholarship
- Jim & Clara Ramsdell Scholarship
- Joshua Carl Rumpca, Memorial Scholarship
- Helen (Wadewitz) Sonneman Memorial Scholarship
- Don & Gladys Stedman Scholarship
- Erich Stumpf Memorial Community Service Scholarship in Music/Art
- Rita Zbylicki Sullivan Music Scholarship
- David R. & Vivian A. Sunleaf Scholarship
- US Bank Scholarship
- Winona National Bank Fine Arts Scholarship
- Linda A. Wood Scholarship
Political Science/Public Administration
Psychology
Apply directly through the Psychology Department; more information available on the Psychology Scholarship website.
- Ardis Serafin Psychology/Biology Scholarship (award alternates yearly between these two departments)
- Connell-Christensen Sociology & Psychology Scholarship is available to senior Psychology majors, based on financial need.
- The Gutierrez Community Mental Health Scholarship is available to students interested in mental health, specifically suicide prevention and veteran's mental health issues.
- Kerry Williams Memorial Scholarship
Sociology/Criminal Justice
Apply through WSU Foundation website.
- Anna & John Bowers Scholarship (Criminal Justice/Corrections)
- Ervin G. & John D. Bublitz Scholarship for Sociology/Criminal Justice
- Lorraine N. Cieminski Scholarship
- Connell-Christensen Sociology & Psychology Scholarship
- Ted Foss Scholarship (Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement)
- Friends of Ted Foss Memorial Scholarship (Criminal Justice)
- George A. Hajicek Scholarship
- John & Lorraine Lombardi Scholarship
- James W. & Mildred K. McCabe Scholarship (Criminal Justice)
- Jennifer Nesler/ACJA Scholarship (Criminal Justice)
- James & Celine Norman Memorial Scholarship (Criminal Justice)
- Hosea Perry Scholarship
- James R. & Nancy M. Reynolds Scholarship (Sociology or Criminal Justice)
- Sociology Endowed Scholarship
- Windsor Financial Group Scholarship
Theatre & Dance
Apply directly through the Theatre and Dance Department:
- Bill and Brother William Koutsky Theatre & Dance Scholarship (one for THAD majors or minors; one for dance minors)
- Thomas Leuchtenberg Theatre & Dance Scholarship (alternates yearly with English major award)
- Henry A. Marsh Scholarship
- Jacque Reidelberger Scholarship
- Winona National Bank Fine Arts Scholarship