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Willie and Raymond Acevedo Memorial Scholarship

Code: 12000 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year.

American Association of University Women SM Bay Area: Local Scholarship Fund Inc.

Code: 11100-A Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Female graduate from a Santa Monica Bay Area high school preferred.

American Association of University Women SM Bay Area: Local Scholarship Fund Inc. - In Honor of Dr. Clara Cohen

Code: 11100-B Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Female graduate from a Santa Monica Bay Area high school preferred. Education major.

Professor Jim Apostolos Endowed Scholarship Fund

Code: 13585 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Volunteerism in Greek-American cultural causes given special consideration.

Associated Students International Scholarship

Code: 14640 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; F-1 student visa; SMC related extracurricular actives; all majors.

Lenore and John Elmer Bergmann Scholarship Fund

Code: 18510 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; 35 Awards per Fiscal Year.

Black Collegians Program Scholarship

Code: 19200 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Participation in Black Collegians; demonstrated academic achievement; one-page essay describing educational and career goals, steps taken to achieve these goals.

Prof. Esperanza Bolivar-Owen Scholarship In Honor of King And Gandhi

Code: 61500 Ammount: $750 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; African-American and African students preferred; enrolled in 12+units if not working or 9+ units if working; completion of 15 hours of community or charity service; employer recommendation if working and department recommendation.

Kelley Brayton Global Citizen Leadership Award

Code: 21725 Ammount: $1,000 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transfer Students.

Michael Briere Memorial Scholarship

Code: 21900 Ammount: $1,000 2.00 GPA All Incoming H.S., Continuing, and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need.

California School Employees Association Scholarship: SMC #36

Code: 24600 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; California Resident; preferred working student.

Joseph Drown Foundation

Code: 35700 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Scholars program.

Jay H. Feldhorn Memorial Scholarship

Code: 39600 Ammount: $1,000 3.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; involved in extra-curricular activities; working part-time preferred.

Folklorico de Santa Monica Scholarship

Code: 41100 Ammount: $300 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Frank Memorial Scholarship

Code: 42000 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Juan Franco & Serratos Memorial Scholarship

Code: 75000 Ammount: $250 3.20 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Hispanic descent preferred.

Kermit & Elinore Greene Endowment High School Award

Code: 43480 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; Financial Need; First generation college student preferred.

Richard A. Gross Memorial Scholarship

Code: 43460-A Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 22 Awards per Fiscal Year; Must be enrolled in Black Collegians.

Richard A. Gross Memorial Scholarship

Code: 43460-B Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Must be enrolled in Adelante Program; Community service.

Lloyd Handel Memorial Scholarship

Code: 44700 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Working student preferred.

David Hendler Scholarship

Code: 45600 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Educational goals.

Frank Louis Hendler Scholarship

Code: 45600 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Educational goals.

Iris Hendler Memorial Scholarship

Code: 45600 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Educational goals.

Freya and Mark Ivener High School Award

Code: 46600 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 6 Awards per Fiscal Year Financial Need.

Mike Jeffs Paddle Tennis Award

Code: 46950 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Working student preferred.

Gerald M. Jennings Memorial Scholarship

Code: 47100 Ammount: $750 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Dennis Kipperman Community Service Scholarship

Code: 49900 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S., Continuing, and Transferring Students.

Maggie Le Duc: Women In Transition Award

Code: 88200 Ammount: $500 2.70 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Completion of 24 SMC units; women between 25-65 years old returning to education preferred.

William D. Lippman High School Scholarship Award

Code: 53125 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA Full-time Incoming H.S., Continuing, and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Enrolled in Guardian Scholars program.

Catherine (Kay) Louthan Scholarship

Code: 53250 Ammount: $400 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students.

The Pamela Nemeth Memorial Scholarship

Code: 59950 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; Financial Need; Female Student Preferred.

Sally Jean Newman Memorial

Code: 60100 Ammount: $100 3.00 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Working Student Preferred.

Genoveva Nieto-Escobar Memorial Scholarship

Code: 60475 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Undocumented Latino/a Student Preferred.

Non-Traditional Student Scholarship

Code: 60610 Ammount: $250 3.20 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Currently enrolled in 6+ units and successfully completed 12+ transferable units; students working 35-40 hours per week preferred.

Nancy & Joseph Owens Opportunity Fund Plus Award

Code: 62460 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; African American student preferred.

Nancy & Joseph Owens Opportunity Fund High School Award

Code: 62450 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; African American student preferred.

Raizes Scholarship

Code: 68450 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Enrolled in Adelante or Black Collegians Program.

Santa Monica College Foundation Memorial Scholarships

Code: 57500 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need.

Kathy Seidman Memorial Scholarship

Code: 74680 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Completed or enrolled in ESL classes.

The Kevin & Carol Sharer Education Foundation & SMC Scholars Scholarship

Code: 75100 Ammount: $30,000 2.50 GPA 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Transferring Students; Must be accepted to one of the California four-year public universities. The scholarship will be awarded to assist students with tuition cost for completion of their bachelor's degree. Up to $30k over 2 years paid out each semester.

David Simon Scholarship for Osher Scholars

Code: 75350 Ammount: $1,100 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; 91 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Promise Fee Waiver; completion of 24 units of degree-applicable study prior to disbursement; enrolled towards a degree; must maintain 6 units; students enrolled in less than full-time will be pro-rated.

Wilma & Clyde Stieb Memorial High School Scholarship

Code: 80580 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Must attend two concurrent semesters.

Hilding A. & Carl E. Tegner Memorial Scholarship

Code: 81600 Ammount: $1,100 3.50 GPA All Continuing Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Well-defined educational and career goals.

Hilding A. & Carl E. Tegner Memorial High School Scholarship

Code: 81600 Ammount: $1,000 3.50 GPA All Incoming H.S Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year; well-defined educational and career goals.

Jim and Jane Urmston Scholarship

Code: 83700 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Latino/x student preferred.

Helen Whitaker Scholarship

Code: 86600 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; 6 units completed in 1st semester; students who have taken English literature classes preferred.

Augustus B. & Juanita H. Yancey Scholarship Fund

Code: 88850 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Anthropology

Crystal Ann Griffiths Memorial Scholarship

Code: 43800 Ammount: $750 3.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Accounting / Business / Computer Science

Bernard E. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

Code: 47350 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Female student preferred.

Architecture Business

Rocky & Diane Young Scholarship

Code: 90010 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; 24 units completed/or transfer.

Architecture / Design Technology

The Wilson Brothers Builders

Code: 87000 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Completed 9+ units in Architecture; planning a career in architecture preferred; department recommendation.

Art

Lucille Brown-Greene Memorial Scholarship Scholarship

Code: 43500 Ammount: $300 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Portfolio required.

Ronn Davis Award

Code: 32600 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Volunteerism.

Gerome de Rollin Painting Scholarship

Code: 33300 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Portfolio required.

Jason Meiojas Art Scholarship

Code: 57400 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Outstanding Potter Scholarship

Code: 61450 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Must be enrolled in 6+ units including Ceramics.

Benjamin Raj Sugar Memorial Scholarship

Code: 18500 Ammount: $2,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Portfolio required of three pieces of artwork.

Santa Monica College Foundation Art Scholarship

Code: 77100 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Susan Smith-Terrell Memorial Scholarship

Code: 78825 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

The Stiefel/Dockweiler Fund - Art Scholarship

Code: 80620 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Portfolio required.

Lois A. Stolaroff Memorial Scholarship

Code: 80700 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Portfolio required.

The Clinton & Margo Ternstrom Family Art Endowment Scholarship

Code: 81700 Ammount: $1000/$750 3.00 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; Financial Need; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year, 1 @ $1000, 1 @ $750.

Art History

Mario G. Semere Scholarship

Code: 74700 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Astronomy / CSIS / Math / Physics

F. Don Miller Memorial Scholarship

Code: 57900 Ammount: $750 3.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Kyle Esgate Memorial Scholarship

Code: 38100 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Psychology major; planning a career in Behavioral Science preferred.

Judge David B. Finkel Social Justice Scholarship

Code: 40700 Ammount: TBD 2.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; 4 Awards per Fiscal Year; Member of Black Collegians, Adelante or undocumented students preferred; volunteerism in a social justice cause.

Nancy Greenstein Public Policy Fellow(s)

Code: 43700 Ammount: $750 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; First generation college student preferred.

Ron Hadian Memorial Scholarship

Code: 44100 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Completed Political Science 1 and 2; Plus six additional Political Science units.

Dr. Anne K. Peters Memorial Scholarship

Code: 63600 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Enrolled or completed 6+ units in Political Science; minority and returning student preferred; demonstrated leadership or community involvement.

Dr. James Stramel Ethical Scholar Award

Code: 80325 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Enrolled or completed 6+ units in Political Science; minority and returning student preferred; demonstrated leadership or community involvement.

Biological & Physical Sciences

Penny and Richard Adamson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 12600 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Completion of 9 units in Biology; preparing for a career in Life Sciences or related field.

Merle Arnold Physical Science Scholarship

Code: 13590 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; Demonstrated academic achievement in Chemistry, Physics or Engineering.

Dr. Harry L. & May P. Bauer Memorial

Code: 17700 Ammount: $750 3.50 GPA Full-time Transferring Students; Completion of 20 units in science including 10 units in Biological Sciences; preparing for a career in Life Science or related field including medical and dental.

J. Stanley Brode Memorial Scholarship

Code: 22500 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Roman Colbert Medical Research Scholarship

Code: 30160 Ammount: $1,250 3.25 GPA All Transferring Students; Preparing for a career in medical research preferred.

Dot Gelvin Memorial Scholarship

Code: 42535 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Science major, community service.

Bruce Hass Memorial Scholarship

Code: 45000 Ammount: $750 3.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Demonstrated academic achievement in Geology or Chemistry; Earth Science major or related field.

Harvey Kirk Memorial Scholarship

Code: 50100 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Demonstrated academic achievement in Life Science; Biology or Ecology major preferred.

Harry Markowitz Memorial Scholarship

Code: 55500 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Science major.

George M. & Veronica Pride Memorial Scholarship

Code: 68100 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Completed 9 units in Biology; preparing for a career in Life Science for related field.

Richard Austin Roche Memorial Scholarship

Code: 71100 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Physics or science major.

Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society / Norma Foster Fund

Code: 15700 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Biology major preferred or Environmental Science major; demonstrated interest in Policy studies impacting birds in LA County. Preference to student who has engaged in field work.

Santa Monica College Foundation Tribute Award

Code: 77080 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 9 Awards per Fiscal Year; Emphasis with Center for Environmental Studies.

Shore Hotel Sustainability Scholarship Award

Code: 75280 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Emphasis with Center for Environmental Studies.

Ed Tarvyd Memorial Scholarship in Marine Studies

Code: 81500 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Earth Science major; completion of any 3 biology courses 15, 21, 22 or 23.

Business

Margaret M. Blenkhorn Memorial Scholarship

Code: 20700 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Donald & Edna Brunson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 22800 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Eagle Bugg Youth Achievement Scholarship

Code: 23700 Ammount: $250 3.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Demonstrated leadership; African-American students preferred; involved in SMC student activities.

Ruth A. Clark Memorial Scholarship

Code: 28800 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 10 Awards per Fiscal Year; Women preferred.

Bill Dreifus Memorial Scholarship

Code: 35100 Ammount: $1,250 3.50 GPA Full-time Transferring Students.

Margaret Floyd Baird Memorial Scholarship

Code: 17200 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Bill T. Lanahan Memorial Scholarship

Code: 50700 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Must have completed at least half of the transfer requirements to a four-year institution.

Marketing Research Award

Code: 30450 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Completed Business or Consumer Research courses for marketing.

Business/Engineering

Mark G. & Florence M. Simpson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 75600 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Career Education

Prof. Esperanza Bolivar-Owen Scholarships for Hispanics

Code: 61800 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Hispanic students preferred; enrolled in 12+ units if not working or 9+ units if working; completion of 15 hours of community or charity service; employer recommendation if working and department recommendation.

Prof. Esperanza Bolivar-Owen Scholarship in Honor of Ulysses King

Code: 62100 Ammount: $700 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing Students; Financial Need; vocational students enrolled in 12+ units if not working or 9+ units if working; completion of 15 hours of community or charitable service; employer recommendation if working; department recommendation.

Gonzalo Garcia & Yolanda Spencer Memorial Scholarship

Code: 42340 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing Students; Financial Need; First generation AB 540 student or member of Adelante; full-time student; active participant in the SMC Law Pathways program.

Sue and Bill Gross CTE Scholars Program

Code: 43465 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 60 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Must be enrolled in career education courses; available students not eligible for full Pell Grant or other government assistance supporting total cost of attendance; must provide a comprehesive educational plan by the second semester.

Sue and Bill Gross CTE Scholars Program

Code: 43465 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 19 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Incoming freshman must be enrolled in career education courses; available students not eligible for full Pell Grant or other government assistance supporting total cost of attendance; must provide a comprehesive educational plan by the second semester.

Darrell D. Marks Scholarship - LULAC

Code: 53350-A Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; 15 Awards per Fiscal Year; Latino student preferred; demonstrated community service; Career education major.

Darrell D. Marks Scholarship - LULAC

Code: 53350-B Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 4 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Latino student preferred; demonstrated community service; career education major.

Peter Perkins Award

Code: 63300 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Career education student.

Edmund & Emma Slama Memorial Career Education Scholarship

Code: 75900 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Career Education Student.

Glenn B. Young Memorial Scholarship

Code: 89400 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Communications/Computer Science

Pete Barrett Memorial

Code: 17500 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need.

Computer Science/Math

Roland Waco Memorial Scholarship

Code: 84300 Ammount: $750 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

CSIS

Russell Black Jr. Christian Scholarship Fund

Code: 72400 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Volunteerism required.

Dance

Ann Donaldson Memorial

Code: 34200 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Planning a career in dance; Demonstrated talent in dance.

Ola Hudson Scholarship for Modern Dance Choreography

Code: 61000 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

David Simon Performing Arts Scholarship

Code: 75300 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need.

The Simon Trust Scholarship for the Performing Arts

Code: 75400 Ammount: Various 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing Students; Financial Need; 16 Awards per Fiscal Year; demonstrated talent in dance, acting or voice preferred.

Dance/Music/Kinesiology

Crawford's Coronettes Memorial Scholarship

Code: 31200 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Dance, music or kinesiology major; Female student preferred; active in extra-curricular activities; demonstrated leadership.

Education

American Association of University Women SM Bay Area: Local Scholarship Fund Inc. - In Honor of Dr. Clara Cohen

Code: 11100-B Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Female graduate from a Santa Monica Bay Area high school preferred. Education major.

Ben A. & Helen T. Barnard Scholarship

Code: 17400 Ammount: $750 3.50 GPA All Transferring Students; 30 units or more completed.

Donald Blemker Memorial Scholarship

Code: 20400 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Seeking a career in counseling.

California Retired Teachers Assoc. - Santa Monica Bay Division

Code: 24300 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Ann Carroll Scholarship

Code: 25350 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Interest in teaching math or science.

Art Chesluk Scholarship Fund

Code: 27600 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Diversity student; community service.

Stewart Ferguson Scholarship

Code: 40200 Ammount: $1,250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Seeking education career.

Izeyl & Robert Goodrich Memorial Scholarship

Code: 43350 Ammount: $300 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Seeking career in education; Female student preferred.

Charles & Dorothy Green Memorial Scholarship

Code: 43600 Ammount: $500 2.75 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Hispanic/Latino/a student preferred.

Enid Lang Memorial Scholarship

Code: 51070 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; 8 Awards per Fiscal Year.

Michael Frederick Reukema Scholarship

Code: 69600 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year; Completion of 45 units or more.

Mildred & Edward Rylands Scholarship

Code: 72600 Ammount: $1,250 3.00 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students.

Harold Salter Memorial Scholarship

Code: 72900 Ammount: $200 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Early Childhood Education Preferred.

Fanette Wallace Memorial Scholarship

Code: 84750 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Demonstrated leadership and volunteer work; planning a career in elementary education preferred.

C.R. Watts Memorial Scholarship

Code: 85200 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; First generation college student preferred.

Youth Empowerment Scholarship (Y.E.S.)

Code: 89000 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; 7 Awards per Fiscal Year; Students planning a career in teaching or mentoring young people; Education, Psychology or Sociology major preferred.

Engineering

The Marina Pasternak Memorial Scholarship

Code: 62520 Ammount: $300 3.00 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Female student.

Freida T. & Frank S. Weilding Memorial Scholarship

Code: 85500 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

English

Edna Page Ackerman Memorial Scholarship

Code: 12300 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Minority student preferred; completion of English 1 plus two literature courses with a 3.0 GPA; graded essay from English 1 required.

Theo Boll & Norma Nyquist Memorial

Code: 21000 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need.

Anthony Boxer Memorial

Code: 21600 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; English major with interest in writing.

Shirley Sharp & Nancy Yeung English Scholarship

Code: 75250 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; English major.

English/Journalism

Greg Fagen Memorial Scholarship

Code: 38400 Ammount: $500 2.80 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Entertainment Technology

Mary Pickford Foundation Scholarship

Code: 65400 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need; Enrolled in Entertainment Technology; completed minimum of 9 units; demonstrated commitment to the program.

Environmental Studies/Sustainability

Eva and Tom Ivener Sustainability Scholarship

Code: 46610 Ammount: $2,500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need.

Film

Christopher Emory Scholarship

Code: 37200 Ammount: $200 3.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Transfering to LMU preferred.

Movie Magic Academic Award

Code: 58200 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

The Stiefel/Dockweiler Fund - Film Scholarship

Code: 80630 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

French

Roman Colbert French Scholarship

Code: 30150 Ammount: $1,000/$750 3.25 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year, 1 @ $1,000 and 1 @ $750; Seeking a career as French educator.

Geology

Santa Monica Gemological Society Scholarship

Code: 73500 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Geology major or related field.

Global Studies

The Art Verge Study Abroad Scholarship

Code: 80910 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Enrolled in global studies and participating in SMC study abroad program.

Graphic Design

Armando Amaro Memorial Scholarship

Code: 13550 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Latino student preferred.

DAG Design Scholarship

Code: 32100 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; California Resident.

Health

Edmund & Emma Slama Memorial Respiratory Therapy Scholarship

Code: 75900 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Career Education Student.

History

Jim Prickett Memorial Scholarship

Code: 67800 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Warner History Essay Contest

Code: 84900 Ammount: $750/$500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year, 1 @ $750, 2 @ $500; Completion of 3 SMC History units with a total of 12 SMC units; minimum 3.0 GPA in all History courses; 5 to 8 page essay on historical topic of your choice (see History Department for additional essay guidelines and requirements).

Interaction Design (IxD)

Dr. Richard Moore Memorial Scholarship Fund

Code: 58160 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; IxD undergrad; preference to returning/older adults.

Journalism

Charlie Donaldson Award Scholarship

Code: 34500 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Robert McClure & J.D. Funk Memorial Scholarship

Code: 57000 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Florence J. Vlach Memorial Scholarship

Code: 83900 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; 22 Awards per Fiscal Year.

Dorothy Wood Journalism Scholarship

Code: 88600 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Corsair student staff.

Math/Computer Science

Lawrence Flaws Memorial Scholarship

Code: 40800 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students.

W. Felix Werner Scholarship

Code: 86100 Ammount: $650 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need.

Music

Frank Beal Memorial

Code: 18000 Ammount: $250 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

E.B. Brockett Memorial Scholarship

Code: 22200 Ammount: $250 2.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Gordon T. Durfee & E.R. Coulson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 36300 Ammount: $750 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Pearl M. Follmer Memorial Scholarship

Code: 41400 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Esther Landon Scholarship

Code: 51000 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Randal Lawson Memorial Scholarship: Music

Code: 51600 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Preferrably piano.

Marc G. Markeson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 55200 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Demonstrated talent in guitar or voice preferred.

William T. and Gertrude V. Powell Memorial Scholarship

Code: 67500 Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Marilyn Ross-Alamshah Scholarship

Code: 13200 Ammount: $750 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Stratton-Petit Music Scholarship

Code: 80820 Ammount: $600 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Emily Winestock Memorial Scholarship

Code: 87300 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Voice major preferred.

Music/Theater Arts

The Simon Trust Scholarship for the Performing Arts

Code: 75400 Ammount: Various 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing Students; Financial Need; 16 Awards per Fiscal Year; demonstrated talent in dance, acting or voice preferred.

Stratton-Petit Performing Arts Scholarship

Code: 80810-A Ammount: $500 2.00 GPA All Incoming H.S. Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need;

Stratton-Petit Performing Arts Scholarship

Code: 80810-B Ammount: $500 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need;

Nursing

American Association of University Women SM Bay Area: Local Scholarship Fund Inc. - In Honor of Phyllis McKenna

Code: 11100-C Ammount: $1,000 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Female graduate from a Santa Monica Bay Area high school preferred. Nursing major.

Pattie Bischoff-Broome Nursing Scholarship

Code: 22600 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Incoming H.S., Continuing, and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

James E. Bowers Memorial

Code: 21300 Ammount: $250 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Eva Mae Kasper Memorial Scholarship

Code: 48600 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students.

Ilona Jo Katz Nursing Memorial Scholarship

Code: 60750 Ammount: $250 3.00 GPA All Continuing Students; Completing nursing program.

Shirley Leventhal Memorial Scholarship

Code: 51900 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Outstanding potential.

Mrs. Caryl Marmor Outstanding Graduating Nurse Scholarship

Code: 55800 Ammount: $250 2.00 GPA All Continuing Students; RN completion, dept. rec., outstanding clinical performance.

Dr. Leonard Marmor Potential Nurse Scholarship

Code: 56100 Ammount: $500 3.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Outstanding potential.

The Barbara Roque Nursing Scholarship

Code: 71350 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need.

Edmund & Emma Slama Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Code: 75900 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Robyn Sorokin Memorial Scholarship

Code: 79550 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Santa Monica High School graduate.

Valerie Jeanne Svec Scholarship

Code: 81000 Ammount: $1,000 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Elena Terwilliger Memorial Scholarship

Code: 81900 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; Outstanding contribution to the nursing program.

Trueno Andrew Vellos Scholarship

Code: 83910 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Latino/x student preferred.

Performing Arts

Randy & Linda Bellous Scholarship

Code: 18400 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students.

Photo Journalism

The Bryan McLellan Memorial Fund

Code: 57300 Ammount: $1,500 2.50 GPA Must be enrolled in Corsair program (Campus newspaper: Req to take specific classes to be involved with Cosair). Photo journalism students only (photographers shooting for Cosair newspaper).

Photography

Ford Lowcock Photography Scholarship

Code: 53200 Ammount: $500 2.00 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Must be enrolled in photog. Or other related fields. Complete at least six (6) units.

Dennis Pierce Memorial Scholarship

Code: 66300 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Demonstrated talent, leadership and community service; presentation of portfolio to department.

Jacob Rubel Memorial Scholarship

Code: 84000-A Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Photography or Vocational Trade major; completed 7+ vocational or trade units.

Morton Anderson, Perry R. Davis & Jacob Rubel Vocational Scholarship

Code: 84000-B Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA Full-time Continuing and Transferring Students; Completed at least 7 units.

The Stiefel/Dockweiler Fund - Photography Scholarship

Code: 80610 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Financial Need.

Physical Education

Athletic Department

Code: 15300 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Outstanding athlete.

Medora & Kit Colberg Memorial Scholarship

Code: 30000 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Outstanding athlete.

James D'Angelo Scholarship

Code: 32400 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Outstanding athlete.

Davy Fortson Memorial Scholarship

Code: 41700 Ammount: $500 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Basketball athlete.

John Joseph Scholarship Fund

Code: 48000 Ammount: $1,500 2.50 GPA All Transferring Students; 2 Awards per Fiscal Year; Recreation or Physical Education major; demonstrated academic achievement.

Masonic Lodge No. 307: Kidd Family & C. Lee Smith Scholarship

Code: 56700 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Financial Need; Recreation or Physical Education major; demonstrated academic achievement.

Physical Sciences

David B. Hendricks II Foundation Scholarship

Code: 45610 Ammount: $1,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; 3 Awards per Fiscal Year.

Pre-Law Path

The Daniel L. Stewart Pre-Law Pathways Scholarship

Code: 80530 Ammount: $750 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; 6 Awards per Fiscal Year; Active participant in the SMC Law Pathways program.

Public Policy

Nancy Greenstein Public Policy Fellow(s)

Code: 43700 Ammount: $750 2.50 GPA All Continuing Students; Financial Need; First generation college student preferred.

STEM

The Virginia Dickey Memorial Scholarship Fund

Code: 33450 Ammount: $500 3.00 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; Female preferred; STEM related field.

Southern California Edison S.T.E.M. Scholarship

Code: 36350 Ammount: TBD 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Enrolled in STEM program; Academic excellence.

Robert R. Sprague Foundation Scholarships for STEM

Code: 80275 Ammount: $2,000 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; 5 Awards per Fiscal Year; STEM Related Major.

Sarah Stegman-Wise Memorial Scholarship STEM

Code: 80475 Ammount: $1,000 3.50 GPA All Transferring Students; Financial Need; STEM Related Major; Female preferred.

Theater

Gene N. Owen Theater Guild Scholarship

Code: 62400 Ammount: $250 2.50 GPA All Continuing and Transferring Students; Demonstrated talent, achievement and contribution in theater arts; department recommendation.

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