Foundation Scholarships
Improving educational opportunities

Scholarships improve the educational opportunities available to new and returning Bay College students. Approximately two-thirds of Bay students qualify for financial aid, making scholarships vitally important to their future. Together, we can remove barriers to success and make a positive difference in people’s lives with scholarship support. Gifts of any amount, at any time, are greatly appreciated and are added to the general scholarship fund. Or create your own scholarship legacy to support student success, paying dividends year after year. Our Advancement office will help you identify your preferences and customize your scholarship to meet your desires. The Financial Aid office will award deserving students based on your criteria.
"Dear donor, thank you so much for the scholarship you've given me. I cried I was so happy. I couldn’t believe it. I’ve been dreaming of going back to school. I wanted the chance to do better and this has been amazing! I can’t wait to continue to work hard and make a difference wherever I go or whatever I do."
- Nursing Student
Annual Scholarships
Create an annual scholarship award honoring a special someone, family, alumni, organization or business. Funds are update annually and scholarships awarded to students the upcoming academic year.
Criteria: Delta, Dickinson, Alger, Schoolcraft, Marquette, Menominee, Marinette or Florence County Students; Financial Need; Completion-Based; Renewable
Criteria: Female; Delta County; Financial Need; Transfer Program
Criteria: Female; Delta County; Non-Traditional Student
Criteria: Female; Delta County; Non-Traditional Student; 12 Credits or More
Criteria: Sophomore; Accounting Field; 3.0 Minimum GPA; Financial Need
Criteria: Escanaba High School Graduate; Delta County Resident
Criteria:Escanaba Campus Students
Criteria: 24 or More Credits; Faculty Recommended
Criteria:Financial Need; Textbook Purchases
Criteria:Pursuing Mechatronics / Robotics Systems Degree; Letter of Recommendation Required from FIRST Advisor
Criteria: Dickinson County Resident; Students from Iron Mountain, Kingsford, Norway and North Dickinson High School Preferred; Pre-Engineering Student
Criteria: Dickinson County Resident; 35+ Years of Age; 8+ Credit Hours
Criteria: Academically Deserving; Delta County Residents; Financial Need
Criteria: Financial Need; Preference to Mid Pen High School Graduates Active in Church Congregation; Gladstone and Rapid River High School also Considered
Criteria: Faculty / Staff Recommendation for Students with Barriers to Success; Financial Need; at Least 12 Credits
Criteria: Nursing Student; 3.0 GPA
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Education or Nursing Student
Criteria: Delta County Resident; High Academic Achiever
Criteria: Scholarships
Criteria: Dickinson County Resident Attending West Campus; Full Time; Financial Need; Graduate of Iron Mountain, Kingsford or Norway High School
Criteria: 2.5 GPA; Nursing Student; Rotate Scholarship Recipient Between a Gladstone High School Graduate & a Non-Traditional Student from Delta County; Enrolled on the Escanaba Campus
Criteria: Pre-law, Criminal Justice or a Degree with a Legal Connection; Delta County Resident; Merit Based; Letter of Recommendation Required
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Non-Traditional Student; Age Range 21 - 39; Taking 6 or More Credits; Financial Need; GPA >3.0
Criteria: Delta or Dickinson County Resident; Non-Traditional Student (26+ years of age); Financial Need; Pursuing a Degree in Vocational or Trades Program; Letter of Recommendation from Faculty Member Required
Criteria: Escanaba Student
Criteria: Escanaba Student
Criteria: 2nd Year Student; Financial Need; Must have 24 Credits; Delta County Resident
Criteria: Female; Delta County Resident; 3.0 GPA or Above; Financial Need
Criteria: Scandinavian Descent
Criteria: Delta County Resident; 2nd Year Nursing; Single Parent
Criteria: Full-Time Student; Delta County; Financial Need; Renewable
Criteria: Automotive Students
Criteria: Outstanding Sophomore Student (25+ Credits); Faculty Recommended; Board of Trustees Scholarship
Criteria: Sophomore; Nursing Student; Delta County Resident
Criteria: Delta County Resident
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Full Time; Sophomore; Financial Need
Criteria: Nursing Student; Graduate of North Central or Escanaba High School
Criteria: Delta or Dickinson County Resident; Pursuing a Degree in Education; Financial Need
Criteria: Dickinson County Resident attending Bay West; Pursuing a Degree in Business, Finance or Banking
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Nursing Student; Financial Need
Criteria: Water Resource Management Student; Financial Need
Criteria: Financial Need; Merit Based; Freshman and Sophomore
Criteria: Full-Time; Accounting; 3.5 GPA
Criteria: Non-Traditional; Delta County Resident; Nursing Program (ADN Final Year)
Criteria: Financial Need; Former Delta County 4-H Club; Sophomore; Full-Time
Criteria: Business Oriented; One Delta County Resident; One Dickinson County Resident
Criteria: Automotive Students
Criteria: Emergency Need
Criteria: Water Resource Management Student; Financial Need; GPA 2.0 or Higher; Written Letter of Acceptance Required
Criteria: Wells Township Student; Renewable for 2nd Year
Criteria: Full-Time; Freshman; Upper Peninsula Resident pursuing a degree in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Math, Pre-Med or a High School Science Educator. This scholarship is donor-advised.
Endowed Scholarships
Leave a lasting legacy with your own scholarship in perpetuity, funding student scholarships or programs year after year. A $10,000 donation paying 5% creates a $500 scholarship forever.
Criteria: Female; Delta County; Non-Traditional Student
Criteria: Member Post 82 Including Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion Members; Spouse of Post 82 and /or Auxiliary; Extended Family Post 82 and/or Auxiliary
Criteria: Delta County; Art and Design; Financial Need
Criteria: Delta County; Academic Merit
While living, Art and Lois Anderson initiated the Anderson Funeral Home/Passageways Travel Scholarship endowment fund to honor the community that supported them and their local businesses. “Our community has been instrumental in our success and we wanted to share this gift educating others. We thought about creating a scholarship for a long time and feel honored we could make it happen through the Bay College Foundation.”
Criteria: Academically Deserving; Dickinson County Resident
Criteria: Escanaba or Gladstone High School Graduate; GPA 2.5 or Above
Criteria: Financial Need
Criteria: West Iron County Graduate
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Nursing Students; Pursuing Associate Degree and Employment in Delta County; Demonstrated Ability to Provide Quality Care through Clinical Experience
Criteria: Academic Merit
Criteria: Top Student at Gladstone High School; Strong Academic Achievement
Criteria: Sophomore
Criteria: Sophomore Student (25+ Credits); Merit Based
Criteria: Science/Engineering Program; Sophomore
Criteria: Delta County Resident; 50-59 Years Old; Enrolled in More than 8 Credit Hours
Criteria: Dickinson County Resident; Students from Iron Mountain, Kingsford, Norway and North Dickinson High School Preferred
- Nursing Program Preference
- Non-Traditional Student
- Part-Time
- Financial Need Based
- Renewable
Diane is a retired nursing instructor, teaching heath care courses at Bay College over a 29 year span, working in the field for 45 years, and a graduate of the first Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) class at Bay de Noc Community College. “Practicing healthcare and teaching nursing has been a very rewarding and enjoyable career. I feel I have been able to positively assist so many patients and students through the years” quoted Diane. Bill was also an educator, teaching middle school math for 36 years. Both are excited to give back to students who start their education a little later in life.
Criteria: Nursing Student; Financial Need; Delta or Menominee County Resident
Escanaba native, Bob Bero, developed a scholarship as a memory of his wife Shirley and to give back to the local communities where he ran successful auto dealership businesses for many years.
Criteria: Financial Need
Criteria: Financial Need Based; Grants to Help Students with Financial Barriers to Success and Emergency Needs
Criteria: Faculty/Staff Recommendation for Student with Barriers to Success; Financial Need; at Least 12 credits
Criteria: Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Schoolcraft, or Menominee County
Criteria: Delta County Resident
Criteria: Nursing Students
Criteria: Dickinson, Iron or Florence County Resident; Full-Time; Academic Merit
Criteria: Dickinson County; Nursing Student
Criteria: Student in Creative Arts; Sophomore Preferred
Criteria: Technology Program; Freshman
Criteria: Non-Traditional Student; Financial Need
Criteria: Nursing Students and Vocational Tech
Criteria: Students Pursuing a Career in K-12 Education; Financial Need; Academic Merit
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Nursing Student
Criteria: High School Graduate; Good Character; Academics; Leadership; Financial Need
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Veteran
Criteria: Sophomore; Delta County Resident; Criminal Justice or Law Enforcement
Criteria: Delta County Resident; 1st year in Liberal Arts, Journalism, or English; 2nd Year Criminal Justice / Law Enforcement
Criteria: High School Graduate from Cornell Area/Mid Pen
Criteria: Nursing Student; Delta County Resident; Financial Need
Criteria: Nursing Student Pursuing RN
Criteria: Welding or Other Trades; First Generation College Students
Criteria: Financial Need; Pursuing High Demand Career in Delta County
Criteria: 1/2 to Delta County Students, 1/2 to Delta County Students Transferring to a University
Criteria: Female; Delta County; Sophomore Preferred
Criteria: Dickinson County Students (West Campus)
Criteria: Disabled Veteran or their Families or other Veterans Enrolled Full-Time
Criteria: Nursing Student; Delta County
Criteria: U.P. Residents; Education Field
Criteria: Water/Wastewater Program; Sophomore
Criteria: Preference to Special Education Major, 2nd Choice Early Childhood Development
Criteria: Delta County Students
Criteria: (2) Key Club Members from Escanaba High School, Mid Pen, or North Central; (1) Special Needs Student from Delta County
Criteria: Full-Time; Delta County Resident; Freshman
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Final Year Nursing Student; Financial Need; Merit
Criteria: Outstanding Female; Transfer Student from Delta County; Preferable to Pursue a Bachelor's Degree in the Arts; 2nd Year Student
Criteria: Student with Special Needs
Criteria: West Campus Students
Criteria: Dickinson County Resident; Enrolled at West Campus; 25+ Credits; Financial Need
Criteria: CWB&I Student (Career Programs)
Criteria: Student Emergency Needs
Criteria: Nursing
Criteria: Past or Present Involvement in Scouting
Criteria: Academically Deserving Students; Dickinson County
Criteria: Financial Need
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Non-Traditional Student
Criteria: Gladstone Resident; Financial Need; >2.5 GPA
Criteria: Financial Need; Academic Merit (3.0 GPA min); Returning Adult Student; Pursuing a Career as a Registered Nurse
Criteria: Career Programs Student (CWB&I)
Criteria: Handicapped Student with Financial Need
Criteria: Single Parent and Primary Caregiver of Minor Children; Financial Need; Good Character; Renewable; Transferable; Delta County Resident
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Financial Need
Criteria: Financial Need; Escanaba High School Graduate; Not Eligible for Other Scholarships because of GPA; Business Student
Criteria: Nursing Students
Criteria: Water Tech or Engineering Student
Criteria: Delta County; Business Major; >3.0 GPA; Financial Need
Criteria: Full-Time; Financial Need; Single Head of Household
Criteria: Health-Related Field (Prefer Nursing)
Criteria: Delta County Resident; 2nd Year Student; Preferably a Single Parent; RN Program
Criteria: Dickinson County Students; Financial Need; Demonstrated Hardship or Emergency Need to Obtain Assistance
Criteria: Financial Need; Good Character; Academic Merit
Criteria: Financial Need; Good Character; Academic Merit
Criteria: Expanding the Arts and Art Education
Criteria: Nursing Student
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Program of Study: Home Healthcare, CNA, PN, RN
Criteria: Average GPA Student; Financial Need
Criteria: Broadcasting, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, TV, Film Production; 2.33 GPA or Above
Criteria: Nursing Student
Criteria: Outstanding Sophomore Student
Criteria: Students with Learning Disabilities (not required); Financial Need; Renewable
Criteria: Escanaba High School Graduate; Pursuing a Career in Elementary Education; Accounting or Business; Financial Need
Criteria: Member or Family Member from Delta, Marquette, Alger, or Schoolcraft County; 12 Credits or More Earned
Criteria: Graduate from Bark River-Harris High School
Criteria: Dickinson County Student; Renewable for Second Year; Based on Financial and Academic Merit
Criteria: 2 Year Tuition Scholarship (renewable); Delta County Farm Children; IRS Schedule F Required
Criteria: Freshman; Engineering; Delta County
Criteria: 2nd Year Nursing Students; Delta County Resident; Financial Need
Criteria: High School Graduate; Pursuing Health-Related Field
Criteria: Potawatomi or Native American with ID Card; Returning Student
Criteria: Award to Student that Successfully Completed A&P I and Enrolled in A&P II; Prefer Delta or Schoolcraft County
Criteria: Students in Health-Care Field
Criteria: Delta County High School Graduate; Financial Need; Academic Ability
Criteria: Escanaba High School Graduate; Nursing Program; Financial Need; Academic Merit
Criteria: Financial Need; Second Year Voc-Tech Students
Criteria: Sophomore; Vocational Tech
Criteria: Vocational Tech Student; Delta County
Criteria: Non-Traditional Student; Nursing LPN or RN; >3.0 GPA; Prefer Previous Health-Care Experience
Criteria: Freshman; Automotive Program; Graduate of Escanaba High School
Criteria: Nursing Student; PN/ADN Program; Dickinson or Delta County; Good Academic Standing; Faculty Recommended
Criteria: Full Time; Delta County Resident; RN Program
Criteria: Nursing Student; Delta or Schoolcraft County; Full-Time; Sophomore; Merit Based; Financial Need Based
Criteria: Automotive Students
Criteria: Business Student
Criteria: International Student
Criteria: Nursing Student Pursuing RN; Delta County Student Preferred; Person with Compassion
Criteria: Debate Student; Outstanding Speaking Skills; Faculty Recommended
Criteria: Skills USA Competition Awards
Criteria: Sophomore Transfer Student; Prefer Music Major
Criteria: Financial Need
Criteria: Full-Time Student Nearing Degree Completion; Financial Need; Merit Based
Criteria: Students from Bark River Harris or North Central High School; Financial Need and Merit Based; Preference to Technical / Occupational Program
Criteria: Delta County Students
Criteria: Nursing Student
Criteria: Student from Escanaba Success Center; Awarded No Other Scholarships from High School
Criteria: Freshman; CWB&I Program or Voc Tech
Criteria: Nursing Student; North Central or Escanaba High School
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Education Field
Criteria: CWB&I Student (Career Programs)
Criteria: Water Tech or Wastewater Management Student from the U.P.
Criteria: Michigan or Wisconsin Resident; Full Time or Part Time; Freshman, Sophomore or Non-Traditional Student; Financial Need; Pursing a Technical Degree or Degree Curriculum on Campus or Online; Letter of Recommendation Required by Faculty or Native Community Elder, Tribal Registration or Parent with Federally Recognized, including Brothertown Nation of WI; Participation in Community / Cultural Service or Education
Criteria: Financial Need; Delta County Student
Criteria: Nursing Student; Financial Need
Criteria: Student Emergency Needs
Criteria: Financial Need; Delta County Resident; Renewable in Associate Degree Program
Criteria: Renewable; RN Program; Financial Need; Residency Preference in this Order - Marquette County, Dickinson County, Alger County, Schoolcraft County, Delta County
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Non-Traditional Student; Financial Need; 3/4 of Award to Student in Natural Resources / Renewable Energy; 1/4 of Award to Student in Automotive Technology
Criteria: Financial Need Preferred
Criteria: Voc-Tech Student
Criteria: Academically Deserving; Gladstone Resident; Financial Need; Nursing
Criteria: Social Work Students
Criteria: Art Major, Art Education or Related Field
Criteria: Presidential Award Winners
Criteria: Pre-Professional Health Student, Preference to Pharmacy
Criteria: Single Parent and Primary Caregiver of Minor Children; Financial Need; Good Character; Renewable; Delta County Area
Criteria: Single Parent & Primary Caregiver of Minor Children; Financial Need; Good Character; Renewable; Delta County Area
Criteria: U.P. High School; Financial Need; Education or Engineering Student Preferred; GPA 3.5 or Higher
Criteria: Members of Elks 354 or their Families
Criteria: Sophomore; GPA of 3.0 or Above; Financial Need; Career in Oral Communications, Theater or Speech
Criteria: Student Must be a Former Senior Varsity Volleyball Player; Traditional Student; Full-Time; Female; Freshman Student at Bay College; 1st Choice is Escanaba; 2nd Choice is Gladstone; 3rd Choice is Delta County / Senior Home School; 4th Choice is Upper Peninsula
Criteria: 1/2 to Students Attending Bay College; 1/2 to Graduates of Bay College Attending Other Schools of Higher Education
Criteria: Students Pursuing Business Career; Financial Need Preferred
Criteria: Art/Graphic Students or Funds may be used for Art Work
Criteria: Computer Design or Engineering Student
Criteria: Delta County Residents Studying Agriculture or Related Field
Criteria: Art Work or Cultural Events
Criteria: Student in Speech; Physical Therapy; or Education
Criteria: Financial Need; Delta County Resident Preferred
Criteria:Financial Need; Delta County Resident Preferred
Criteria: Delta County; Financial Need; Nursing Student (prefer RN) or Automotive Student; Motivated Student
Criteria: Student in the Legal Profession; Career Program Preferred
Criteria: Education Students
Criteria: Academically Achieving; GPA >3.5
Criteria: Student in Special Education or Related Field; Renewable for 2nd Year
Criteria: U.P. Student in Wildlife Management; Biology, Forestry, Natural Resources, Ecology or Conservation; 2nd Year Student Preferred
Criteria: Student from Dickinson County; Pursing a Technical Certificate
Criteria: Spouse or Dependent Children of the Escanaba Verso Mill Employees; Minimum 2.5 GPA and 8 Credit Hours
Criteria: Student Emergency Fund
Criteria: Freshman; Business Student
Criteria: Mid Pen Student; Freshman
Criteria: Delta County Resident; Pursing Associate of Science Degree with Preference to Wildlife Management, Fisheries, Biology, Forestry, Natural Resources, Ecology, Water Tech, Conservation, DNR Officer or other Appropriate Degree; 2nd Year Student Preferred
Criteria: Financial Need; Pursuing an Associates Degree; 3.0 GPA; Sophomore
Criteria: Career Programs; Prefer Broadcasting, Journalism, Film Production, Graphics
Criteria: Financial Need
Criteria: Leadership Scholarships
Criteria: Business or Management Student
Criteria: Financial Need; Resides in Rural Areas; Non-Traditional Students
Criteria: Student Studying in Fine Arts (music, theater, dance, creative writing, art and film); or Honor Award Student Completing Studies at Bay, Transferring to a University
Criteria: Students Studying Biology, Microbiology or Nursing
Criteria: Nursing Student; Delta County Preferred
Sally Zimmer created a nursing scholarship endowment at Bay College in celebration of her 30+ year nursing career. “I want to help others create the opportunity I experienced caring for others. Achieving an education is critical to our future, and nursing is very rewarding.” Others continue to add to this fund to honor Sally’s commitment to community, education, and healthcare.
Trusts
Criteria: Delta County Resident; 1/2 to Freshman; 1/2 to Sophomore; Art Student Preferred; Academic Merit; Financial Need
Being a true philanthropist, Betsy Wickman Addison, via her estate, gifted art assets to the college as well as a trust fund to support student scholarships. Robert and Betsy Addison were Chicago Art Institute graduates whom dedicated their lives to creating and collecting art. The Addison’s passion and generous gifts of art live forever at Bay College and within our community where Betsy grew up. It is the largest Addison Collection in the world, and growing. As a result of this generous gift, the community arts are heightened, other collectors are inspired to contribute, and many lives impacted.
Criteria: Financial Need
Criteria: Delta County Residents; Associate Degree Program
Criteria: Financial Need; Student Completion Agenda
Criteria: Bay West Students; Two Letters of Recommendation Required; Maintain 2.5 GPA; Hard Working
Criteria: Bay West Students; High School Graduate of Iron Mountain, North Dickinson, Norway, Kingsford, Florence, or Niagara; Valedictorian & Salutatorian are NOT Eligible; Must be Within Two Years of High School Graduation; One Letter of Recommendation Required; High School GPA 2.5 or Higher; Maintain 2.5 GPA; Hard Working
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