List of UAS Scholarships
Academic Decathlon Scholarship
This scholarship is open to 2007 graduates of Alaska high schools who have participated in the Spring 2008 Academic Decathlon and who are entering any degree program at UAS. Proof of participation in this competition is required.
Beck Writing Award
Applicants must demonstrate exceptional skill and interest in writing, and must be either a full or part-time program student at the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan Campus for the semester the award is given. Preference will be given to students who have completed at least one semester of college level writing classes with an average grade of B or higher and who intend to continue to take English courses. Interested applicants must contact the Ketchikan campus directly for the required separate application form.
Bill & Nell Biggs Memorial Scholarship
Applicants must be graduates of Juneau-Douglas High School or be Juneau residents who have completed a high school equivalency program. Preference will be given to applicants majoring in Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, Science and Mathematics, related science subjects, or foreign languages such as Spanish, German or French. Applicants should demonstrate motivation, academic and leadership potential; preference will be given to applicants demonstrating financial need.
Roger Boyden Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is open to students admitted to the Bachelor of Science in Biology program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants should demonstrate motivation, academic achievement and leadership potential. Preference will be given to those applicants who have family responsibilities and who demonstrate financial need.
Verna Carrigan Scholarship
Applicants must be residents of Southeast Alaska, with preference given to students from the Juneau and Douglas areas, who are entering any degree program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants must demonstrate academic achievement, leadership potential, goal-oriented motivation and financial need.
Chancellor’s Tuition Scholarship
Applicants must be on the Fall 2006 Chancellor’s List, based on earned grade point average, and must demonstrate academic achievement, leadership potential and goal-oriented motivation. Applicants may be enrolled in any degree program at the Juneau, Ketchikan or Sitka campus of the University of Alaska Southeast.
Coeur d'AleneMines Environmental Leadership Award
Applicants must be full-time students majoring in Environmental Science at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants must have a minimum 2.5 grade point average, and should demonstrate motivation, and academic leadership potential.
Crimson Bear Spirit Scholarship
Applicants must be graduates of Juneau Douglas High School who will be entering freshmen at the UAS Juneau Campus in the Fall of 2008. Applicants must submit a 500-1000 word essay on the topic "What makes me proud to be a Juneau Douglas high school graduate?"
Dean’s Tuition Scholarship
Applicants must be on the Fall 2007 Dean’s List, based on earned grade point average, and must demonstrate academic achievement, leadership potential and goal-oriented motivation. Applicants may be enrolled in any degree program at the Juneau, Ketchikan or Sitka campus of the University of Alaska Southeast
Delta Kappa Gamma Carol Koski Memorial Scholarship
Applicants must be women pursuing a career in education at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus, and be in the last year of their education program with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Preference is given to Alaska residents who plan to remain in Alaska.
W. Lloyd Gallagher Memorial Scholarship
Applicants must be admitted to the Bachelor of Business Administration degree program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus with a minimum 3.0 GPA, or be admitted to the Masters of Public Administration degree program with a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA. Applicants must demonstrate motivation, academic achievement and leadership potential.
Gastineau Rotary Scholarship
This scholarship is open to 2007 graduates of Juneau high schools who are entering any degree program offered at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants will be judged on the basis of academic achievement, leadership potential, goal-oriented motivation and financial need.
Glacier Highway Electric Association Scholarship
This scholarship is open to students attending the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus who reside in the former service area of the Glacier Highway Electric Association (north of the Mendenhall Valley). Applicants must clearly describe the physical location of their residence (post office boxes are not sufficient). In addition, applicants must demonstrate high academic achievement, leadership potential, and goal-oriented motivation.
Heritage Coffee Scholarship
This scholarship is open to high school seniors and may be used for full-time attendance at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, Ketchikan or Sitka Campus. Applicants must have and maintain at least a 3.o cumulative GPA. Preference will be given to students majoring in business.
JDHS Student Recognition Scholarship
This scholarship is open to students who have been honored under the 2007-2008 Student Recognition Program at the Juneau-Douglas High School and who are entering any degree program offered at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants must demonstrate high academic achievement, leadership potential, and goal-oriented motivation.
J uneau Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
This scholarship is open to full-time, upper division students attending the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants must be committed to the development of business and commerce in Southeast Alaska, and must demonstrate motivation, and academic and leadership potential. Preference will be given to residents of Southeast Alaska with a 2.8 or higher cumulative GPA.
JuneauEmpire Scholarship
This scholarship is open to Juneau residents pursuing any major or field of study at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants must demonstrate motivation as well as academic and leadership potential. Preference will be given to minority students.
JuneauElks Lodge Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship is open to any student whose father or guardian is a member in good standing of an Elks Lodge in the State of Alaska, and who plans to attend the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Emphasis will be placed on school oriented extracurricular activities.
JuneauGardenClub Scholarship
Applicants must be graduates of Southeast Alaska high schools or residents of Southeast Alaska who are admitted to the Bachelor of Science in Biology degree program or the Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree program with an emphasis in science at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. The applicant’s intended career must involve horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, conservation, forestry, botany, agronomy, plant pathology, environmental control, city planning, land management, alternate energy, and/or an allied field. Each applicant must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA, and must demonstrate financial need and goal-oriented motivation.
KeyBank Scholarship for Business and Economics
This scholarship is open to Alaska residents who are full-time upper division business, economics or e-commerce students at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants must have a minimum 2.5 grade point average, and should demonstrate motivation, and academic and leadership potential.
Ketchikan Bridge Club
Applicants must have a minimum of 2.0 GPA, be attending the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan Campus as a full or part-time student, and demonstrate motivation towards employment potential in chosen field. Preference will be given to students who demonstrate motivation and hard work towards a higher education and display some level of financial need.
Corey King Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is open to students entering any vocational or technical program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Preference will be given to those students demonstrating financial need.
Jean Kline Memorial Scholarship
Applicants must be pursuing a Business degree at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus, and must demonstrate motivation, academic achievement and leadership potential. Undergraduate applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; graduate applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
Roger Lang Memorial Scholarship
Applicants must be Native Alaskan residents of Southeast Alaska and must demonstrate motivation, academic achievement and leadership potential. Undergraduate applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; graduate applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. Applicants must be admitted to any degree program at one of the three campuses of the University of Alaska Southeast.
Mike Miller Scholarship
Applicants must be pursuing a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree with an emphasis in communications at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus, and must demonstrate academic achievement, leadership potential and goal-oriented motivation. Undergraduate applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; graduate applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
John Rutherford Noyes Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is open to full-time students attending the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus who have a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA. Applicants should demonstrate motivation, as well as academic and leadership potential. Preference will be given to Education and Science majors and to members of the Alaska National Guard.
PEO Chapter D Career Education Scholarship
Applicants must be full-time female students who are admitted to a vocational or technical degree or certificate program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus and who demonstrate financial need, motivation and scholastic achievement.
PEO Chapter D Ethel Montgomery Memorial Scholarship
Applicants must be full-time female students who are admitted to any degree program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus and who demonstrate financial need, motivation and scholastic achievement.
PEO Chapter D Performing Arts Scholarship
Applicants must be full-time female students who are admitted to any degree at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus and who are have demonstrated an interest and involvement in the performing arts. In addition, applicants must demonstrate financial need, motivation and scholastic achievement.
PEO Chapter G Scholarship
Applicants must be female students who demonstrate motivation, academic achievement leadership potential and financial need. Preference will be given to applicants in the last year of an Education degree at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus who have dependent children
Preparing Indigenous Teachers for Alaska Schools (PITAS)
Applicants must be Alaska Natives pursuing an education degree at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus who intend to teach in rural Alaska school districts upon graduation.
A.D. ‘Al’ Robertson Memorial Scholarship
Applicants must be members of the graduating class of Ketchikan High School in the year the scholarship is awarded with a minimum GPA of 2.5, and may attend any of the University of Alaska two or four year campuses.
Rotary Club of Juneau Scholarship
Applicants must be Southeast Alaska residents who are entering any degree program offered at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants will be judged on the basis of academic achievement, excellence in the arts, leadership potential, goal-oriented motivation and financial need.
Ferge-Siemon Math, Science & Technology Scholarship
Recipient must attend the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan Campus either full or part-time, and be pursuing a math, science, pre-engineering, electronics or computer degree program
Phylis Smith Memorial Scholarship
Applicants must be full or part-time students at the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus, and must demonstrate motivation, and academic and leadership potential.
Southeast Conference Scholarship
Applicants must be Southeast Alaska residents who are full-time students at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, Ketchikan or Sitka Campus. Applicants should demonstrate motivation, academic and leadership potential, and must be in good academic standing with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Preference will be given to applicants from the same town as the immediate past President of the Southeast Conference. If no qualified applicants with this preference are available, then preference will be given to applicants from towns that are members of the Southeast Conference. Applicants must be committed to the development of business and commerce in Southeast Alaska. Finalists for this scholarship will be asked to complete a supplemental application.
Southeast Roundup Scholarship
This scholarship is open to students enrolled at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus, and will be awarded on the basis of academic achievement and extracurricular involvement. Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. This scholarship is renewable if the recipient continues to meet the minimum requirements.
Success Award
This scholarship was created to reward the successful efforts of continuing students (i.e., those who have had a break in their academic career) at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus who have demonstrated the ability to focus on goals and take action to realize those goals in the face of life’s challenges. Preference will be given to students with dependent children living at home. The scholarship is potentially renewable. Multiple awards may be made as funding permits.
Tuxedo Junction Scholarship
This scholarship is open to students enrolled at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus, and will be awarded on the basis of academic achievement and extracurricular involvement. Applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. The successful recipients may be asked to assist with University scholarship fund-raisers.
UAS Alumni Association Scholarship
This scholarship is open to all students regardless of age, with a preference for residents of Southeast Alaska. Students may be at any grade level and can be entering any degree program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, Ketchikan or Sitka Campus. Applicants must demonstrate goal-oriented motivation, academic achievement and leadership potential, and must intend to remain in Alaska after graduation.
UAS Talent Grant
Applicants must demonstrate academic achievement, leadership potential, goal-oriented motivation and financial need, and may be enrolled in any degree program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, Ketchikan or Sitka Campus.
UAS Tuition Scholarship
Applicants must demonstrate academic achievement, leadership potential, goal-oriented motivation and financial need, and may be enrolled in any degree program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, Ketchikan or Sitka Campus. Note: tuition scholarships may be used only for courses offered through the campus that awarded the scholarship.
UAS Vocational-Technical Scholarship
Applicants must be admitted to a vocational or technical program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, Ketchikan or Sitka Campus. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average and may attend full or part-time.
United Students of UAS - Juneau (US UAS-J) Full-Time Scholarship
This scholarship is open to full-time students who are admitted to any degree program at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants must demonstrate academic achievement, leadership potential, and goal-oriented motivation as demonstrated by involvement in curricular and extracurricular activities. Undergraduate applicants must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA; graduate applicants must have a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA.
United Students of UAS - Juneau (US UAS-J) Part-Time Scholarship
This scholarship is open to part-time students enrolled in 6-11 credit hours who are admitted to any degree program at University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants must demonstrate academic achievement, leadership potential, and goal-oriented motivation as demonstrated by involvement in curricular and extracurricular activities. Undergraduate applicants must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA); graduate applicants must have a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA.
Ward Cove Scholarship
This scholarship is open to residents of Southeast Alaska, or to those students who plan to make Southeast Alaska their permanent residence, and who are science majors at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau Campus. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average and should demonstrate motivation, academic and leadership potential
Wells Fargo Bank Scholarship
This scholarship is open to students admitted to a two- or four-year Business degree at the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau. Ketchikan or Sitka Campus and who demonstrate high academic achievement, leadership potential, and goal-oriented motivation.
Paul Wingren Memorial Vocational Scholarship
Applicants must be full or part-time students admitted to a vocational certificate or degree program, or in a course of study leading to industry certification or a university certificate of completion, at the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan campus. Applicants should demonstrate motivation, academic and employment potential in the area for which the scholarship is offered. Preference will be given to students who are currently employed at least part time, including those employed as student workers on campus. The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage students working their way through college.
Ralph Yetka Memorial Scholarship
Applicants must be graduates of Ketchikan or Revilla High School, and must have earned at least a 2.5 GPA while in high school and be enrolled in good academic standing at any University of Alaska campus. Students must be majoring in engineering, elementary or secondary education, computer science or aviation, and must have demonstrated motivation and leadership potential through either school sponsored extracurricular activities or community service organizations.
Gifts or Endowments
If you would like information on gifts or endowments to the University of Alaska Southeast, please contact the UAS Development Office.
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