Endowment Scholarships

Below is a list of SMC endowments with specific guidelines on how the funds can be awarded, such as supporting particular academic programs. We have streamlined the application process by allowing individuals to apply for multiple restricted endowments through the Endowment Scholarship application.

RESTRICTED
19th Century Club

Accoe Family

Adeline Bender Memorial

Al & Sue Pscholka

Aline Ahrens Memorial

Amersdorfer Memorial

Barbara Cook & Grafton

Bea & Jim Judd

Beardslee Family Memorial

Bitantis Memorial

Brenda Mast Memorial

Brian Michael Blazek Memorial

Bruce & Ada Springsteen & Family

Bruce Zech

Burt and Virginia Atkinson,

Captain Ivan Kincheloe Memorial

Cass County Pheasants Forever Conservation

Cass County Sheriffs Department & Cass City Policing

Cecil Kirby Memorial

Charles R. Smith Memorial

Community Grange #1675

Cordell & Kay Jones

Dale A. & Doris M. Lyons Memorial

Dan J. Brosnan Memorial

David & Darlene Carlton Memorial

David Behnke Memorial

Diamond Lake

Donald H. Miller Memorial

Dowagiac Art Guild

Dowagiac Business & Professional Women

Dowagiac Conservation Club

Dowagiac Rotary Foundation

Dowsett/Towe

Dr. Clarence Ott Memorial

Dr. Fred & Thelda Mathews

Edith Alice Sullivan

Edith and Duane Powell Memorial

Edward & Maria Jones Family

Erma Lilly Nursing

Father & Son (David & Steven) Briegel Memorial

Foster Daugherty

Francis "Butch" Bowsman Memorial

Frank Wysocki Memorial

Fred and Ann Dean

George Wuszke Agricultural Memorial

Gertrude Jurgensen Education

Glen I. Berry and Richard Meisterheim Drafting and Pre-Engineering

Gordon Robinson

Harold and Margaret Huff Memorial

Harold Franklin Memorial

Helen Behnke Memorial

Helen File and J. Whitman Memorial

Hope's Door

Hubert Pelham Memorial

I&M

Irene O. Berry and Dolores Meisterheim Fine Arts

Jack and Doris Ryder Memorial

Jack S. & Eleanor F. Paul Memorial

Jackie Powers Memorial

James A. Milne Memorial

James T. and Ann W. File Memorial

Janet Mathews Memorial

Jeanne Jourdan

Jenny L. Matthews Memorial

John L. and Dorothy Reed Memorial

Jourdan/Swartz Daughters

Joyce A. Hopkins Women's Business

Katherine Haas Memorial

Keith & Darlene McKenzie Family

Kenneth Dehring Memorial

Kevin Matthews Memorial

Lance Purkhiser Memorial

Latourette Family

Law Enforcement and Correction

Lila Carson Scholarship

Louise White Endowed Nursing

Lyell and Nita Wooster

M. Bostwick School of Business

Marian and Cecil Moyser

Marilyn Nave Memorial

McKnight Tarwacki Music

Michigan RC Chopper Club

Midwest Energy & Communication Technology

Mike and Shirley Dreher

Mr. & Mrs. William Hassinger

Newport Family

Orion H. Flowers

Pagoda Club

Paul Bakeman Memorial

Peninsular Lodge #10

Polli M. Ryder Memorial

Puppy Love Behnke Memorial

Renate Randall

Rev. Henry C. and Dr. Jean Smith

Richard G. Eisenbach

Richmond Kingman

Ruth Sarabyn Memorial

Ryan A Hartman Memorial

Southwestern Michigan Association of Realtors Scholarship

Southwestern Michigan College Nursing

Sparring for Success

St. Gabriel's Legacy

SW MI Landlord Association

Terry Randall Scholarship

The Ernie Kurdys & Jeff Mathis Nursing

The Mark A. Westrate

The McLoughlin Family

Twin Lakes Ambulance

VanBuren Sportsman Club

Virginia A. Rhynard Memorial

Wayne K. Stovern Memorial

Weaver Family

Wellington Jones Family

Wesley Muth Memorial

William & Mary Kelly Family

Woodhouse Family

In addition to the endowed scholarships offered through the endowment scholarship application, numerous additional endowments and scholarships totaling many thousands of dollars are provided by area residents, faculty and staff, and other sources. The money from these funds is administered by the financial aid office in a variety of ways to ensure access to Southwestern Michigan College.

 

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50231 Family

A.C. Kairis Memorial

Albert & Deana Lillie Arts

Anonymous Memorial

C. Wimberly

Cass County Association Retired School Personnel

Central Produce Sales, Inc.

Charlotte Bakeman

Clifford & Mary Poehlman Work Study

Cressy Family

Darrin Williams Memorial

David and Julie Cook

David Taylor and Mary A. Crete

David Wilson Memorial

Deneau Family

Diamond Lake Creative Writers

Dr. Jashu and Ila Patel Family

Dr. John and Sonja Smith

Dr. Robert Neff

Edna Daresh Memorial

Edna M. Carlson Memorial

Ethel Jones

Everett Freeland

Exchange Club

Farmers Co-op

Father William O'Leary Memorial

Fred B. Wells and Ina Hunter Memorial

Greg Bombrys Memorial

Gula Thatcher Estate

Guse Estate

Harry Gast

Helen M. Kezele Memorial

Henry & Mildred Shannon Memorial

Herbert Phillipson Memorial

Hrycko Family

Israel and Rae Oppenheim Memorial

James & Virginia Crawford Family

James and June Blue

Jeanette A. Kairis

Jena Ledman Memorial

John Gressell Memorial

John K. Gore Memorial

Juliann Newhouse Memorial

Keith and Betty Russom Memorial

Leslye and Bob Runkle

Low Family

Margaret Deats Nursing

Marhanka Family

Marion Snell Memorial

Marsh Bostwick Memorial

Martha Hale Memorial

Matt Weid Memorial

Max and Kate Pugsley Memorial

Michael J. and Vicki A. O'Neil Family

National Management Association of Cass County

Nora V. Pascoe Memorial

Pam and Don France

Patricia Randall Eustice

Patricia Riley-Shurte

Redner

Richard B. & Betty M. Merwin Memorial

Richard Kaiser Memorial

Robert Mater Memorial

Ruth I. Curtis Memorial

SMC Employee

SMC Professional Writing

Thomas L. and Jodi L. Jerdon

Winston Churchill