This scholarship is for high school seniors and college students who are not eligible for federal/state financial aid; it is preferred that applicants have DACA status. Students must graduate from Berks County, PA, high schools and reside in Berks County; students must also have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and a family income that is 187 percent of the federal poverty level or less.
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Elizabeth Horvath Swimming Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors who attend high schools in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and swam on a high school or club swim team in at least their senior year of high school and are intending to swim on the college team or the college club team. Students must have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher (or 80 percent or higher).
Byron F. “Corky” Knoll Memorial Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors who attend a public or parochial high school in Berks County, Penn. and have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher (or 85 percent or higher). Students must be accepted into a program in professional turfgrass management or professional golf management.
Community General Hospital Foundation June A. Roedel Healthcare Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is open to U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who are residents of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Students must be pursuing a degree in the field of healthcare, with a career goal of fulfilling a local community need.
Berks County Scholastic Athletic Trainer’s Association Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors who attend a high school in Berks County, Penn., that employs or contracts with an athletic trainer. Students must have participated in student training in at least one sport for two or more years and must intend to pursue a four-year degree in sports medicine; first preference will be given to students who intend to become certified athletic trainers.
Battle of the Badges Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors who are children of active police officers or firefighters serving in the City of Reading (PA) or retired or deceased police officers or firefighters who served in the City of Reading (PA). Students must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Berks County Association of School Retirees Scholarship
This scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors who attend a public high school in Berks County, Pennsylvania and plan to major in elementary or secondary education with the intent of becoming a school teacher. Students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher (or 90 percent or higher).
Arrow International Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors who are residents of Berks County, Pennsylvania, and have a grade point average of 3.5 (or 90) or higher. Strong preference will be given to applicants who are children, step-children, grandchildren, or step-grandchildren of former or current Arrow International employees who were employed by Arrow International as of the date of the sale of Arrow International to Teleflex on Oct. 1, 2007.
Evelyn & Bernard J. Zucker Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors and adult students entering their freshman year who reside in the Connecticut Community Foundation’s 21-town service area. Students must have a grade point average of B- or higher and must major in the humanities.
Post University Malcolm Baldrige School of Business Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is open to entering first-year or transfer students pursuing a full-time undergraduate degree offered through the School of Business at Post University’s main campus in Waterbury, CT. Students must have a grade point average of 2.75 or higher.