
Scholarships
WVU Parkersburg offers a variety of scholarships for new, continuing, transfer and adult students. By submitting one online scholarship application, you can be considered for multiple donor-based scholarships funded through the West Virginia University at Parkersburg Foundation. For more details, use the scholarship directory below.
Students need only to complete one application each academic year to be considered for most scholarships.
Note: The WVAFCS $500 Higher Education Undergraduate Scholarship for the Child Development program requires a separate application, which can be downloaded here.
Business/Business Technology
Bell Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
Bell Family Scholarship Fund In memory of Carol Bell Withum, Hortence Bell-Butler, H. Paige Bell & Dr. David & Bobbie Bell
Charles W. & Barbara S. Morgan Memorial Scholarship Fund
Computer Science & Mathematics
Computer Science Student Scholarship
Education
Abels Memorial Scholarship
Harrisville Lions Club Scholarship
Wayne- Meador-Elliot S. Memorial Ritchie County
English/History
Allan F. and Doris B. Gates Scholarship
Nancy Hickel Memorial Scholarship Journalism/Graphic Arts
Nursing
Irene Conaway Nursing Scholarship Ritchie County
Robert & Susan St. Jean Nursing Endowment
Minnie B. Hamilton Memorial Scholarship Calhoun County
Minnie Keller Nursing Endowment
Debra Law McIntosh Memorial Scholarship
Virginia McGarr McIntosh Scholarship PCHS Graduates
Penny Ayers Moellendick Nursing Scholarship
Bernice Pickens Parsons Scholarship Jackson County
Political Science/Law
William P.A. Nicely Memorial Scholarship Parkersburg Area High School Graduates
Social Work
Betsy Adams Memorial Scholarship
Technical or Science
Abels Memorial Scholarship Pleasants County
Technology (Industrial, Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Welding)
A+ Construction and Remodeling Scholarship
Tri-State Roofing and Sheet Metal Company Scholarship
Welding
Kilian Conlon Memorial Scholarship Tyler, Wetzel, surrounding Co.
Mark Davis Memorial Scholarship
Welding Educator Honorarium
Demonstration of High Civic Involvement
American Legion Post 15
Parkersburg Rotary Club Scholarship
Parkersburg Rotary Club “Sour Mash” Scholarship
Veterinary Medicine
Ruth Hornbrook Memorial Scholarship
Scholarships with other specific criteria
Arthur & Judy Campbell Scholarship Residents/ Grads of WV High Schools in the Mid-Ohio Valley
Mary M. “Mickey” Welch Scholarship Under 21 or parent of young child
WVU at Parkersburg Alumni Association Scholarship Children/ Grandchildren of WVU-P/PCC Alumni
Eramet Scholarship Children of Employees
Jackson County Developmental Center Scholarship Endowment
Douglass Adams Memorial Scholarship United Bank Employees and Families
Wayne-Meador-Elliot Memorial Music, Geology, Petroleum, Engineering
Wendy’s Foster and Adopted Children Scholarship
General Academic Scholarships based on academic performance (most require full-time enrollment)
American Association of University Women
J. Douglas Ayers and Beatrice Pennybacker Ayers Memorial Scholarship Non-Traditional- Aged Man with Children
Birdie DeVaughn Scholarship
GE College Bound Scholarship PSHS
Carol H. Hamill Memorial Scholarship
Tom and Iowana Brady Hillyard Scholarship
Harrisville Lions Club Scholarship Non-Traditional Aged Students Ritchie County
Edna D. Hamilton Pleasant County
Thomas and Betty Harris Memorial Scholarship
Neva and Charles M. Harrison Memorial Scholarship Wood County
Little Kanawha Regional Council Perm. Education Endowment
Loretta G. Miller Memorial Fund
Louise and Frank Culina Memorial Scholarship
James & Rebecca McCutcheon Scholarship Married/Working
Ruth Melton Memorial Scholarship
Parkersburg Automobile and Truck Dealers Association
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship Members
Ritchie Family Endowment
Harry A. Ross Scholarship
Simonton Window Scholarship Employees
Shanti Memorial Scholarship
Trinity Episcopal Church/Nancy Frye Memorial Scholarship
Lloyd Vandale Memorial Scholarship
Vienna VFW – Post 8127 Scholarship
Mrs. Delsie Sinclair Mellinger/Walter Scholarship
Sarah Jane (Mrs. Roy) Way Memorial Scholarship
Frank R. Yoke, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Parkersburg Area Community Foundation Scholarships
The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation (PACF) manages over 160 scholarship funds which are available to high school graduates, students whose undergraduate degree program is already underway, returning students and those pursuing graduate-level education.