Application and required documentation must be postmarked by February 15th. Late or incomplete applications cannot be accepted by the Foundation so please follow all instructions carefully.

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1. These scholarships are from a portion of the money that remained after the closing of Westmar College, which was affiliated with the Iowa Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. To honor the memory of those making gifts to Westmar College and the alumni, these funds will be used as an endowment to assist students with their educational needs at United Methodist colleges in Iowa.
   
   
2. Amount of scholarship: $2,000 Application
   
   
3. Selection criteria:
   1. Must be attending or planning to enroll in a United Methodist affiliated college in Iowa.
   2. Must show evidence that applicant is active in high school or college activities.
   3. Minimum grade point average for high school applicant is 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) and for college applicant 2.5. Transcripts must be provided. ACT/SAT scores must be provided by high school seniors.
   4. Two letters of recommendation are required. The letters should be from a teacher or school counselor, pastor, and community leader.
   5. Financial need may be considered; therefore, copies of all financial documents used to secure financial aid through the college should be attached to application.
   6. If all criteria are equal, preference will be given to students from the following northwest Iowa counties: Lyon, Sioux, Osceola, O'Brien, Plymouth, Cherokee, Woodbury and Ida.
   
   
4. Deadline: February 15

The following funds comprise the trust:

Lydia Gertrude Adler Schol. James J. Ballensky Schol. Mary Mutch Cain Award Collegiate Loan Fund Dakotas Area Schol. Azell & Grace Deever Schol. Orlando & Dora Deever Schol. English Writing Award Wayne Farrer Mem. Schol. Mary Gulde Christian Service Grant Marie Hershberger Award Elmer Holzapfel Award Frank Jewett Grant John Kraft Mem. Schol. Clayton Koth Schol. Donald Ladenberger Award Verda Kintigh Lawrence Schol. McBride Missionary Schol. J.C. Morgan Schol. Frank J. Nolte Mr. & Mrs. Henry Osterland Philomath College Schol. Jane Riggs Mem. Schol. Clyde R. Sanborn Schol. Wesley & Huldah Schneider Jack Scott Football Schol. Lois Scott Mem. Award Roberta Sohl Mem. Schol. Samuel & Mary Streyffeler Grant Enoch Swanson Mem. Schol. Helen M. Thalman Schol. Ferne & Steve Thomson Mem. Edward & Esther Walters Mem Westmar Unrestricted Endow. Westmar Mem. Schol. Stanley B. Williams Mem.

Mercy Aylesworth Schol. Vivian Beutler Schol. Clark & Norman Bolser Mem. Raymond & Lenora Cook Sch. Merrill C. Davis Award Maude Deever Mem. Fund Rudolph & Amanda Dubs Schol. Neil "Doc" Ersland Athletic Schol. H.C. & Emma Feemster Mem. Arlan Hershberger Mem. Schol. Paul Holmes Mem. Schol. H.H. Kalas Honor Award Mabel Thorpe Jones Fund Elva Lillian King Schol. Edward & Pearle Kurtz Schol. Arthur Lage Mem. Schol. Donald & Leonard Marks Schol. J.C. & Pearl Foulk Morgan Carroll Myers Clarence Oelfke Mem. Schol. Otterbein & Vermillion-Star Clare L. Priem Mem. Schol. Edith Robison Mem. Schol. Ruben Schneider Schol. Ervin & Eleanore Z. Schultz Schol. Leon Scott Scientific Equipment Challenge Sierra Leone Schol. C.H. Stauffacher Mem. Schol. Stilson United Methodist Church Ward B. Tarr Mem. Grant G.O. Thompson Fund Raymond & Helen Veh Schol. Deleth Weidler Mem. Western Union Mem. Schol. Williams Lay Service Schol. Bucky Wolter Athletic Award Mrs. Rosella Davis Brian Proctor

Friends and alumni of Westmar College are invited to add to this endowment.