Other Scholarships

  1. All scholarship awards are contingent upon available funding.
  2. All scholarships require that students obtain a written recommendation from a faculty advisor, teacher, or recognized professional person such as an employer
  3. Students must be a Tennessee resident

Administrative Council
Amount of scholarship: $1,500 ($750 fall/$750 spring)
Requirements:

  1. Must have completed 30 credit hours (college credit and/or developmental) at Pellissippi State
  2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
  3. Demonstrate financial need

Alcoa Engineering
Amount of scholarship: Tuition and Fees
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status
  2. Be enrolled in an engineering-related major
  3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
  4. Be an East Tennessee resident

Jean Allington Memorial
Amount of Scholarship:  $500
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status
  2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
  3. Demonstrate financial need, but not required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

Altrusa (Sarah Ketron) International, Inc.
Amount of scholarship: $1,000 ($500 fall and $500 spring)
Requirements:

  1. Be a female student
  2. Be 25 years of age or older
  3. Be enrolled in at least nine credit hours
  4. Must have completed at least one semester of college credit
  5. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
  6. Complete the Altrusa scholarship application and be interviewed by the Altrusa Scholarship Committee
  7. Attend an Altrusa meeting

 

Altrusa (Pat Rush) International, Inc.
Amount of scholarship: $500 ($250 fall and $250 spring)
Requirements:

  1. Be a female student
  2. Be enrolled in at least nine (9) credit hours
  3. Must provide an official transcript from the academic institution most recently attended with the application
  4. Demonstrate financial need
  5. Complete the Altrusa scholarship application and be interviewed by the Altrusa Scholarship Committee  
  6. Attend an Altrusa meeting

American Association of University Women of Knoxville
Amount of scholarship$300 Fall
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full- or part-time student status
  2. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
  3. Be a non-traditional (25 or older) female student

American Business Women’s Association
Amount of scholarship:  $1,000 ($500 fall/$500spring)
Requirements:

  1. Live within 100 miles of Knoxville
  2. Be seeking a degree or taking career-related classes
  3. Maintain full- or part-time student status
  4. Have completed one semester of college courses
  5. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA

American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians (ASCET)
Amount of scholarship:  Varies
Requirements:

  1. Demonstrate financial need
  2. Be enrolled in an Engineering Technology program

American Society for Quality Control
Amount of scholarship: $500
Requirements:

  1. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
  2. Be enrolled in a course of study leading to a career in a technical field which encompasses quality principles  
  3. Have completed his/her college freshman year  
  4. Be enrolled as a full- or part-time student

Art
Amount of scholarship: Varies
Requirements:

  1. Be a student beginning his/her second year of college (must have completed two semesters)  
  2. Be enrolled as an art major carrying a minimum of nine (9) hours per semester (12 preferred)  
  3. Maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA

Associated Construction Women/Carol Meade
Amount of scholarship: $1,500 ($750 fall and $750 spring)
Requirements:

  1. Be a female student enrolled in a Construction Industry Program and/or Interior Design
  2. Maintain a cumulative 2.75 GPA
  3. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines
  4. Recipient of award must attend one meeting of Associated Construction Women, Knoxville, TN

BarberMcMurry architects
Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
Requirements:

  1. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
  2. Preference given to a student in an architecture-related major such as Computer Integrated Drafting and Design or Civil Engineering Technology.

Mary Anne Beall/KARM
Amount of scholarship: $850 ($425 fall and $425 spring)
Requirements:

  1. Demonstrate financial need  
  2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA  
  3. Preference given to a client or former client of Knox Area Rescue Ministries (KARM) program

Bechtel Women of Oak Ridge Books   
Amount of scholarship: To be determined
Requirements:

  1. Preference given to a female student who is a single parent re-entering the job market  
  2. Be enrolled in an Engineering Technologies program
  3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA  

David and Marty Black
Amount of scholarship:  $500
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status
  2. Live in Blount County or take the majority of courses at the Blount County Campus
  3. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
  4. Demonstrate financial need, but not required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

Blount Memorial Hospital Nursing   
Amount of scholarship: $1,000 ($500 fall/$500 spring)
Requirements:

  1. Enrolled in the pre-nursing program of study with the intention of pursuing a B.S. in Nursing from East Tennessee State University  
  2. Be a resident of Blount County, TN  
  3. Maintain a cumulative 3.0  GPA
  4. Maintain full-time student status

Jennifer Bohlken
Amount of scholarship:  $500
Requirements:

  1. Be a single parent over 25 years of age
  2. Be enrolled in six (6)hours or more
  3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
  4. Demonstrate financial need, but not required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines
  5.  

Earl and Bette Bunney   
Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
Requirements:

  1. Preference given to a full-time student in an Engineering Technology program (If none available, scholarship may be awarded to any worthy student, full-time or part-time)
  2. Demonstrate financial need, but not required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

Sue Carter Memorial
Amount of Scholarship:  $500
Requirements:

  1. Major in English
  2. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA

Jane and Michael Casey  
Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
Requirements:

  1. Preference given to a full-time student majoring in math or a math-related major (physics, engineering, computer science)  (If none available, scholarship may be awarded to any worthy student, full-time or part-time)
  2. Demonstrate financial need, but not required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

Child of Support Staff Employee  
Amount of scholarship: Varies
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status  
  2. Be a child of a support staff employee at Pellissippi State  

Construction Financial Management Association   
Amount of scholarship: $1,500 ($750 fall and $750 spring)
Requirements:

  1. Be enrolled as an accounting major
  2. Demonstrate financial need  
  3. Maintain full-time student status
  4. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
  5. Attend at least one meeting of the Construction Financial Management Association

DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee  
Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
Requirements:

  1. Preference given to a full-time student  
  2. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines  
  3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
  4. Be a graduate of a public Blount County High School

Division Street  
Amount of scholarship:  Varies
Requirements:

  1. Be a student taking classes at the Division Street Campus
  2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

Lana Doncaster Scholarship
Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status
  2. Major in an Education program
  3. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines  
  4. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA

East Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
Requirements:

  1. Major in print or electronic journalism

EdScholar
Amount of Scholarship:  $3,000 ($1,500 fall/$1,500 spring)
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status
  2. Maintain a cumulative 3.25 GPA
  3. Demonstrate financial need
  4. Complete an essay of 250 words or less and elaborate on your involvement in community service or leadership roles
  5. Students who have received this scholarship at Pellissippi State can continue to receive it if they transfer to a state university and continue to meet the eligibility requirements

Allen and Polly Edwards  
Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
Requirements:

  1. Demonstrate financial need  
  2. Maintain full-time student status
  3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

Executive Women International
Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
Requirements:

  1. Demonstrate financial need  
  2. Be enrolled full- or part-time in a degree seeking program
  3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
  4. Have completed at least one semester (12 hours) of college-level courses  
  5. Preference given to female students, displaced homemakers, and head of household with a small child or children

Faculty Senate
Amount of scholarship: Tuition and Fees
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status  
  2. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
  3. Have completed two full-time college-level semesters (current semester enrollment may count as the second full-time semester)  
  4. Two scholarships for students in the College Transfer program
  5. One scholarship for student in a Business Technology program
  6. One scholarship for student in the Engineering Technologies program.

Farragut Lions Club/John C. Morgan and John Cross       
Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
Requirements:

  1. Be a Farragut High School graduate  
  2. Maintain full-time student status  
  3. Demonstrate financial need  
  4. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

First Tennessee Bank Foundation   
Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status
  2. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal aid guidelines  
  3. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
  4. Preference given to a child of an employee or an employee of the First Horizon National Corporation, formerly First Tennessee Bank (If none are available, the scholarship may be awarded to another worthy student)

Gene and Jackie Fout
Amount of Scholarship:  Varies
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status
  2. Preference given to single parent, students 25 and older, military veteran or child of military veteran
  3. Demonstrate financial need, but not required to comply with state or federal guidelines

GNOSIS
Amount of Scholarship:  $500
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status
  2. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
  3. Must not qualify for any other financial aid

Freightliner of Knoxville
Amount of scholarship:  $1,500 ($750 fall/$750 spring)
Requirements:

  1. Maintain full-time student status
  2. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
  3. Demonstrate financial need, but not required to comply with state or federal guidelines
  4. Preference given to a child or grandchild of an employee of Freightliner  (If none available, award to worthy student)

Future Teachers  
Amount of scholarship: $250 fall
Requirements:

    • Maintain full-time student status
    • Major in Teacher Education
    • Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    Joshua Adrian Garland Memorial       
    Amount of scholarship: $1000 ($500 fall and $500 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Be a full-time or part-time student
    2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
    3. Major in Education or English
    4. Preference given to a student who is attending the Blount County Campus
    5. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    Valorie Hall Memorial Biology  
    Amount of scholarship: $350
    Requirements:

    1. Major in a biology or health professions program
    2. Maintain a cumulative 3.4 GPA
    3. Maintain full-time student status  
    4. Have completed 24 hours of college-level coursework, including eight semester hours of science coursework

    IAAP Maryville
    Amount of scholarship:  $500
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Be a Blount County Resident
    3. Major in Office Systems Technology
    4. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
    5. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    Insurance Professionals of Greater Knoxville
    Amount of scholarship: $500 ($250 fall and $250 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Major in a Management or one of the Business Technology programs
    2. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA  
    3. Demonstrate financial need

    George R. Jasny Memorial  
    Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

    George R. Jasny/PAI Corporation
    Amount of scholarship: $500 ($250 fall and $250 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Demonstrate financial need
    2. Be enrolled full-time (12 hours or more) or part-time (minimum of six (6) hours)
    3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5GPA

    Jefferson Federal Bank
    Amount of scholarship:  $500
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
    3. Major in Business or Finance program
    4. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    William K. Jones Memorial  
    Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
    Requirements:

    1. Demonstrate financial need  
    2. Maintain full-time student status
    3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

    KAWANIS of Maryville
    Amount of scholarship:  $500
    Requirements:

    1. Preference given to a Blount County Resident
    2. May be full- or part-time
    3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
    4. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    Knoxville Association of Legal Administrators  
    Amount of scholarship: $500 fall and $500 spring
    Requirements:

    1. Be a full- or part-time student
    2. Major in Paralegal Studies  
    3. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    Esther Carlson Lowe
    Amount of scholarship:  $500
    Requirements:

    1. Preference given to a single parent from Blount County
    2. May be full- or part-time
    3. Preference given to person attending Blount County Campus
    4. Major in Nursing
    5. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
    6. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    Mathematics  
    Amount of scholarship: $1,000 ($500 fall and $500 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Maintain a cumulative 3.5 math GPA and 3.0 overall GPA  
    3. Have completed pre/co-requisite second semester calculus
    4. Demonstrate financial need, but will not require compliance with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    David and Sandy Martin
    Amount of Scholarship:  $350
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA
    3. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    William Keith McCord
    Amount of Scholarship:  $500
    Requirements:

    1. Be a resident of Blount County Tennessee
    2. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    Stephanie Morris Scholars
    Amount of Scholarship:  $500
    Requirements: 

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Major in chemistry or a pre-professional science, medical or engineering program such as pre-medical, pre-veterinary, pre-pharmacy, pre-dental, pre-nursing or pre-engineering
    3. Maintain a cumulative 3.25 GPA
    4. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state and federal financial aid guidelines
    5. Preference given to a student who has completed General Chemistry I and II or a student planning to take Organic Chemistry I and II

    Mount Rest Home Foundation
    Amount of scholarship: $500 ($250 fall and $250 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Preference given to a single female  
    2. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines  
    3. Be enrolled full-time (12 hours or more) or part-time (minimum of six (6) hours)
    4. Maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA

    National Association of Women in Construction/Jane Ellen Chance      
    Amount of scholarship: $1,000 ($500 fall and $500 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Major in a construction-related program
    2. Preference given to a female student  
    3. Maintain a  cumulative 3.0 GPA
    4. Be an East Tennessee resident  
    5. Demonstrate financial need  
    6. Attend an association meeting as determined by the donor

    Glen Nicely  
    Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
    Requirements:

    1. Demonstrate financial need  
    2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

    C. Norton
    Amount of scholarship:  $500
    Requirements:

    1. Be a resident of Blount County
    2. Be a single parent or working adult 25 years of age or older
    3. Maintain full-time student status
    4. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    Shannondale
    Amount of scholarship:  $2,500 ($1,250 fall/$1,250 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Major in Nursing Program
    2. May be enrolled full- or part-time
    3. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
    4. Be from Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier, or Union County
    5. Preference given to an employee of the donor’s company If none available, may be awarded to another worthy student)
    6. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    Staffing Solutions  
    Amount of scholarship: $350 fall
    Requirements:

    1. Demonstrate financial need  
    2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

    Nancy Stricklin Memorial
    Amount of scholarship:  Varies
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

    Kesha Sullins Memorial  
    Amount of scholarship: $240 fall
    Requirements:

    1. Demonstrate financial need, but will not require compliance with state or federal financial aid guidelines  
    2. Maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA
    3. Be enrolled as a full- or part-time student  
    4. Preference given to a single parent  
    5. Preference given to a student who has a GED diploma

    SunCoke Energy General
    Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
    Requirements:

    1. Enrolled for at least six (6) hours   
    2. Maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA

    Swing Big for Students
    Amount of scholarship: $1,000 annually
    Requirements:

    1. Enrolled for at least twelve (12) hours   
    2. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
    3. Preference given to a student majoring in Exercise Science or Sport Management

    Tennessee Valley Human Resources Association
    Amount of scholarship: $2,000 ($1,000 fall and $1,000 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Major in human resources, business or management  
    3. Maintain cumulative 3.0 GPA
    4. Attend at least one meeting of the association

    Theatre
    Amount of Scholarship:  $1,000 ($500/$500)
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Major in Theatre
    3. Maintain cumulative 2.75 GPA
    4. Demonstrate financial need, but will not require compliance with state or federal financial aid guidelines  

    Lucille S. Thompson Family Foundation (I)
    Amount of scholarship: $350 fall
    Requirements:

    1. Demonstrate financial need  
    2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

    Lucille S. Thompson Family Foundation (II)
    Amount of scholarship: $500 fall
    Requirements:

    1. Demonstrate financial need  
    2. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

    Tucket  
    Amount of scholarship: Tuition and books up to $1,500
    Requirements:

    1. Demonstrate financial need  
    2. Maintain full time student status
    3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA  
    4. Preference given to an employee or a child of an employee of the Donor's companies (If none available, scholarship may be awarded to another worthy student)

    UT Federal Credit Union
    Amount of Scholarship:  $1,000 ($500 fall/$500 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
    3. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    Scott Webb Memorial
    Amount of Scholarship:  $500
    Requirements:

    1. Major in a program that encompasses quality principles
    2. Demonstrate financial need, but will not be required to comply with state or federal financial aid guidelines

    West Chevrolet Endowment    
    Amount of scholarship: $500 ($250 fall and $250 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Demonstrate financial need
    2. Be enrolled full-time (12 hours) or part-time (minimum of six (6) hours)
    3. Maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA
    4. Be a resident of Blount County, TN

    Jack Wilson International
    Amount of scholarship: To be determined
    Requirements:

    1. Be a student whose native country is not the United States  
    2. Demonstrate financial need by letter from the student with supporting documentation and approval by the International Admissions Coordinator  
    3. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA
    4. Have completed at least one semester
    5. Be enrolled as a full time student

    Peggy and Joe Wilson
    Amount of scholarship:  Varies
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Major in a college transfer program
    3. Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA

    Martin Winfrey Memorial  
    Amount of scholarship: $1,000 ($500 fall and $500 spring)
    Requirements:

    1. Maintain full-time student status
    2. Major in an engineering-related program  
    3. Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA

    Fred Young Memorial
    Amount of scholarship: $500 ($250 fall and $250 spring)
    Requirements:

      • Demonstrate financial need, but will not require compliance with state or federal financial aid guidelines  
      • Maintain full-time student status
      • Maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA