Scholarships - College of Education
Overview of all Scholarships
Future Teachers
- Bonnie Giese Scholarship
- Darrell and Gladys (Chaffin) Memorial Scholarship
- Dr. Jackie Wilcox Scholarship
- Inspired to Teach Scholarship
- I Want to be a Teacher Stipend
- Phi Delta Kappa Scholarships for Prospective Educators
- TEACH Grant (Redirects to Financial Aid - Scroll to bottom)
- Teacher Student Loan Forgiveness
All Majors
NSU General Scholarships
The NSU Office of Scholarships is ready to assist students in learning more about applying and earning scholarships at NSU.
Contact the NSU Scholarship Office
Scholarships for Future Teachers
Darrell and Gladys (Chaffin) Gosnell Memorial Scholarship
Qualified Applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Full-time
- Declared major in Early Childhood or Elementary Education
- GPA: 3.0
- Primarily taking classes on the Tahlequah campus
- Graduated from a high school in one of the following counties: Adair, Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Tulsa, or Sequoyah
- Demonstrate financial need
Must attach an essay on why you are seeking an education degree. Include any extracurricular or other activities you are participating in that relate to your degree.
1 award of $1,000
Inspired to Teach Scholarship
The “Inspired to Teach” is a program to support the teacher pipeline and the preparation
of public-school teachers for prekindergarten through 12th
grade, and to encourage the preparation of teachers in critical shortage areas in
the public schools of Oklahoma.
Eligibility:
- The student must be a graduate from an Oklahoma high school
- Meet higher education admission standards
- Declare a major in a teacher education program with a degree leading to a standard teaching certificate
- Be enrolled as a full-time (12 credit hours per semester) undergraduate student each semester of scholarship eligibility until degree is obtained
- Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) and a minimum 2.5 GPA throughout matriculation
- Agree to complete the Oklahoma teacher preparation education program
AND agree to teach in an Oklahoma public prekindergarten through 12th grade (PK-12) school for a minimum of five (5) consecutive years upon graduation and certification as a teacher
All final application approval/decisions are made by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE).
See Scholarship Application for full details.
Deadline for Spring 2023 semester:
Applications must be *received* by February 3, 2023
*Applications received after the above date may be considered but are not guaranteed*
How to submit your application:
1. Submit electronically via Drop Box (click here)
- Log in with your NSU username and password
- Click "Drop-off"
- Add your recipient: Kelli Carney, email: carneyka@nsuok.edu
- Upload your document
- Click "Drop-off" Files
**APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL**
2. Drop off a physical copy
- Tahlequah: Dr. Kelli Carney, Bagley Hall Room 222
- Broken Arrow: Dr. Lisa Bisogno, BA Education Building Room 265
3. Mail a copy to:
- Dr. Kelli Carney
NSU College of Education
717 N Grand Ave
Tahlequah, OK 74464
I Want to Be a Teacher Stipend
The stipend is for first time, full time incoming freshmen or new transfers enrolled at NSU in one of our teaching degrees, and is for Oklahoma and non-Oklahoma residents in the amount of a one-time award of $1,000 ($500 for fall, $500 for spring) and can be used for any educational expense.
**Application is now closed for Fall 2022**
For questions, contact Dr. Meagan Moreland at morela02@nsuok.edu or Dr. Kelli Carney at carneyka@nsuok.edu.
All Majors
SNAG Scholarship
Applicants must meet ALL of the following requirements:
- Must be enrolled in a degree-seeking course of study within the NSU College of Education.
- Both undergraduate and graduate students may apply
- Full-time
- GPA: 2.75
Please attach a resume and/or list of extracurricular activities you are involved in.
Preference will be given to students involved in major-related extracurricular activities or who have great financial need.
Dan Hobbs Prize for Research in Oklahoma Higher Education
The Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society has created the Dan Hobbs Prize, to be awarded to an undergraduate and/or graduate student for research done on any aspect of the history of Oklahoma higher education.
The $500 prize is named in honor of Dan S. Hobbs, a longtime and prominent figure in Oklahoma higher education, a distinguished historian of the system, and a founding member of the Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society.
Entries can be of wide-ranging interest in serious research scholarship or scholarly projects relating to any aspect of Oklahoma higher education, to include institutional histories or aspects of those histories; about a particular faculty member or administrator; groups or types of institutions and their development or contributions; the higher education system’s relationship to/or impact on social, political, cultural or economic trends and circumstances; state, national, global, etc.
Entries should reflect recent production during the last three years. If presented as a traditional research paper it should not exceed ten (10) double spaced pages in length including documentation. If entered as a project, an abstract narrative description of no more than two (2) pages will suffice for further consideration. Works will be judged on the basis of the quality of research and the skill in conveying its findings.
We expect evidence of the supervising instructor’s clear oversight reflected in the scholarly priorities and format of the submission and the supervisor’s endorsement that it is worthy of special recognition. Those receiving the Hobbs prize (undergraduate and/or graduate) will receive an award of $500.00. Award recipients and their supervising instructors will be recognized at the Society’s annual Hall of Fame Banquet in Oklahoma City.
Deadline: September 12, 2022
Submit by mail or email.
Mail (must be postmarked by 9/12) to:
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
President’s Office
1727 W. Alabama Avenue
Chickasha, OK 73108
Email to Diane Carroll at dcarroll@usao.edu
$48,195,863
Total Aid Disbursed in 2020-2021
light the way emergency fund
In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Seminary Hall, President Steve Turner issued
a challenge to the Northeastern State University Centurions and President’s Circle
donors to establish an emergency fund for NSU students in need. This new funding source
is designed to assist students (undergraduate and graduate) during times of crisis
in order for them to maintain their enrollment. It is designed to enable a student
to meet a short-term financial hardship and is maintained by the Northeastern State
University Foundation.
See the application and instructions here in PDF format.
