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The November 1st Priority Date is not applicable to the Smith-Hutson Scholarship.

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Award	Name	Actions
$2,000	Bearkat Abroad Ambassador Scholarship The Study Abroad Office offers a merit-based scholarship to assist...	Deadline08/01/2025
$1,600.00	Dr. John Holcombe Endowed Scholarship Dr. John W. Holcombe joined the faculty at SHSU in 1966. He taught at...	Deadline08/01/2025
Varies	LEAP LEADS/City Fellows Scholarship The LEAP LEADs program was created in 2020 to cultivate professional and...	Deadline08/01/2025
$500-$1,000	Faculty-Guided Global Exchange Scholarship The Study Abroad Office offers a merit-based scholarship to assist...	Deadline08/02/2025
Varies	Emmett Solomon Endowed Internship Scholarship Emmett Webster Solomon Jr. will be remembered as a man who made a...
$1,000.00	Marcus Luttrell Military Science Scholarship In June 2005, on a barren mountain high in the Taliban-infested Hindu...
$1,000.00	Jim Haggard Scholarship The Jim Haggard Scholarship was established by the Huntsville Bar...	Ended
$10,000.00	Academic Affairs Distance Learning This scholarship is to assist with educational expenses and awarded as...	Ended
$2,000	Micah P. Berry ROTC Memorial Scholarship The Micah P. Berry ROTC Memorial Scholarship was established by Darian...	Ended
Varies	Long-McRaven Endowed Scholarship The Long-McRaven Endowment Fund has been established in honor of...	Ended
$2,000	Arleigh B Templeton Endowed Graduate Fellow This endowment was established in honor of former SHSU President Arleigh...	Ended
$1,000	The Phoenix Commotion Fellowship, sponsored by the Dan & Marsha Phillips Endowment The Phoenix Commotion Fellowship will provide an opportunity for Sam...	Ended
$3,000	The Reba Bock Fellows Experience The Reba Bock Fellows Scholarship is awarded to support an innovative...	Ended
$1,000	Academic Affairs Generations Scholarship The Academic Affairs Generations Scholarship is awarded by Sam Houston...	Ended
$4,000	African-American Friends of SHSU Scholarship A group of SHSU Alumni decided to give back to “Their University” by...	Ended
$3,000	Amato Brothers Scholarship This scholarship honors the Amato brothers, A. J. Amato, Jr., Joseph A....	Ended
Varies	Andrew and Ila Martinez Memorial Scholarship in Public Service This scholarship is being established in memory of Andrew and Ila...	Ended
$500 Fall only	Anna Pennybacker Memorial Endowed Scholarship Anna Hardwicke (Mrs. Percy) Pennybacker, activist and author, was born...	Ended
$1000	Annual Fund Scholarship The Annual Fund Scholarship is a scholarship awarded by Sam Houston...	Ended
$1,000	Arleigh B. Templeton Endowed Scholarship The Texas Educational Foundation, Inc., (TEF) is one of the nation’s...	Ended
$1,000	Arthur Beverly and Mary Alice Mays Endowed Scholarship This scholarship was established in memory of Arthur Beverly Mays and...	Ended
$150.00	Assam Scholarship Honors Research The Assam Scholarship was established by Hiranya K. Nath in honor of his...	Ended
Varies	B.F. Slayton Endowed Scholarship LTC Barney F Slayton, US. Army, Retired, established this endowed...	Ended
$1,000	Baptist Women's Cecil M. Jones and Dorothy Ann Dixon Jones Memorial Endowed Scholarship The Baptist Women’s Cecil M. Jones and Dorothy Ann Dixon Jones Memorial...	Ended
Varies	Bearkat Paw It Forward Scholarship Trisha D. (Grayson) Atwater graduated from Sam Houston State University...	Ended
$1,000.00	Bentwater Endowed Scholarship The Donors established this endowment to provide financial assistance...	Ended
$1,000.00	Beulah Turner East/Bertha Turner AAUW Scholarship This scholarship is to assist with educational expenses and awarded as...	Ended
$1,000	Blalock-Cook Endowed Scholarship The Blalock-Cook Scholarship Endowment was established by B. Brian...	Ended
$5,000	Bobby Kees and Colleen Ann Marks Presidential Endowed Scholarship This endowment is being established in honor of Dr. Bobby K. Marks in...	Ended
$1,000	Bone Hill Foundation Scholarship The Bone Hill Foundation was established in 1967 by Will Bridges with...	Ended
$2,000	Bruce/Hillegeist Endowed Scholarship This endowment was established in memory of A.R. and Irene T. Bruce, and...	Ended
$1,000	Captain Rowdy J. Inman Memorial Endowed Scholarship This Agreement was established in memory of Capt. Rowdy J. Inman by the...	Ended
$1,000	Charles and Wanda Jones Community Service Endowed Scholarship Charles W Jones Jr. was the son of Charles W Jones Sr. and Vista Jones...	Ended
$1,500	Charles Egbert Henry and Mary Farrington Henry Endowed Scholarship The Charles Egbert Henry and Mary Farrington Henry President’s Endowed...	Ended
$1,000	Christopher Charles White Memorial Endowed Scholarship Christopher Charles White was born October 12, 1987, in Cleveland, Tenn....	Ended
$1,500	Claude H. and Alice M. Townsend Scholarship The Townsend Scholarship is awarded by Sam Houston State University in...	Ended
$1000 F/S F-$500/S-$500	Clay and Margaret B. Smith Memorial Scholarship The Clay & Margaret B. Smith Memorial Fund is awarded by Sam Houston...	Ended
$1,000.00	Colonel John A. and Geanie L. McManners ROTC Scholarship The Colonel John A. and Geanie L. McManners ROTC Scholarship was...	Ended
$500.00	Colonel William J. Blythe, Sr. Endowed Scholarship Colonel Blythe’s U.S. Army service extended over a 37-year period,...	Ended
Varies	Controller's Office Scholarship SHSU Controller’s Office is responsible for the financial and accounting...	Ended
$3,000	Dan and Jean Rather Endowed Scholarship The Dan and Jean Rather Endowed Scholarships are awarded to first-time,...	Ended
$1,000	Dan Rather/Horatio Alger Endowed Scholarship Dan Rather/Horatio Alger Endowed Scholarships are awarded to selected...	Ended
$2,000	Deborah Dailey Kincaid Memorial Elementary Education Endowed Scholarship The Deborah Dailey Kincaid Memorial Elementary Education Scholarship was...	Ended
Varies	Denise Gaertner Tippy Endowed Scholarship for Veterans James F. “Jim” Gaertner served as the 12th President of Sam Houston...	Ended
$1,000.00	Don and Janet McMillan Endowed Scholarship Scott McMillan established this scholarship in honor and memory of his...	Ended
$1,000	Dr. Keith Jenkins Memorial Endowed Scholarship Gerry Keith Jenkins whom everyone knows as Dr. Keith Jenkins was born in...	Ended
$1,000	Dr. Mary Lynn Deshazo Alpha Lambda Delta Scholarship Alpha Lambda Delta is a national society that honors academic excellence...	Ended
$1000	Drs. Wilfred and Bobbie Dietrich Endowed Scholarship Dr. Wilfred Dietrich earned his Bachelor of Arts in history in 1947 and...	Ended
$2,000.00	Ed Sandhop Endowed Scholarship for Veterans Edwin G. “Ed” Sandhop, Jr. was born in Trinity, Texas, on December 6,...	Ended
$20,000	Elliott T. Bowers Honors College Endowed Scholarship The Elliott T. Bowers Honors College offers two $20,000 academic...	Ended

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