Undergraduate Scholarships

Academic Year 2006-2007

The Scholarship Application, which is due at Alpha Chi Omega Headquarters by March 15, 2007, can be accessed by clicking here.

Contact Betsy Retherford, Foundation Funds Coordinator, with questions.
5939 Castle Creek Parkway North Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46250-4343
Phone 317-579-5050, Fax 317-579-5051, E-mail
Betsy Retherford


Awards are usually based on these four areas:

1.) Academic Achievement
2.) Financial Need
3.) Chapter Involvement
4.) Community/Campus Involvement

Alice Lohrman Andrews Michigan Scholarship

  • Year in school: F, S, J, Sr
  • Priority Chapters: ONLY living in/attending school in MI

Alpha Chi Chapter Fund

  • Year in school: S, J, Sr, G
  • Priority Chapters: AX, or any chapter in IN
  • Other Criteria: Financial need, good standing with chapter and/or Fraternity, academic record

Alpha Delta Chapter Scholarship

  • Year in school: S, J, Sr
  • Priority Chapters: AΔ
  • Other Criteria: Minimum 3.0 GPA (cumulative); one year active status

Alpha Gamma Alpha Georgia Scholarship

  • Year in school: J, Sr
  • Priority Chapters: T , BΣ , EΦ , or any chapter in GA

Annabelle Grant Parsons Scholarship

  • Year in school: S, J, Sr
  • Priority Chapter: Χ (previous recipients not eligible again)

Anne Peel Hopkins Fund

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapters: All
  • Other Criteria: Priority given to education majors

Barbara Egerton Brady Tillery Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY EX

Bel LaRue Neal Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY A
  • Other Criteria: Priority given to undergraduates and music majors

Beta Chi House Corporation Scholarship in Memory of Katherine Redmond

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY BX

Bonnie House Andrews Fund

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: AB

Burnette Grimes Jones Scholarship

  • Year in school: J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: Ω
  • Other Criteria: Priority in this order: (1) Academic Achievement, (2) Leadership, (3) Chapter/Campus Service, (4) Financial Need

Claudia Steele Baker Fellowship

  • Year in school: Sr, G
  • Priority Chapters: All

Darline Reiley Cooley Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY BX
  • Other Criteria: M inimum 3.4 GPA

Denslow Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: All

Donna Smith Chereck Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: AΦ or any chapter in TX
  • Other Criteria: Academic interest, leadership skills, strong chapter, financial need/responsibility, and personal development

Dorothea DeKay Schick Scholarship

  • Year in school: S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: Ξ , BH

Dorothy Knauss Uehling Fund

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY K
  • Other Criteria: Priority to English, drama, speech, and journalism majors

Edna Hoffman Bowman Fund

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapters: Living in/attending school in OK

Epsilon Kappa Scholarship in Memory of Christian Neil Behle

  • Year in school: F, S, J, Sr
  • Priority Chapter: EK
  • Other Criteria: Academic achievement, financial need, chapter involvement, community/campus involvement

Epsilon Omicron Fund

  • Year in school: F, S, J, Sr
  • Priority Chapter: EO

Erica Lyn Bowden Memorial Scholarship

  • Year in school: S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY

Florence Armstrong Scholarship

  • Year in school: S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: BΔ, BΠ, BΡ, ΓΘ, EΡ, ET, ZΛ, IM, IO, or living in/attending school in DE, DC, MD, or VA

Florida Scholarship

  • Year in school: F, S , J , Sr
  • Other Criteria: Legal resident of FL

Founders Fellowship

  • Year in school: Sr , G
  • Priority Chapters: All

Frances Patton Wilson Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: A

Gamma Mu Fund in Memory of Kathleen Rowland

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ΓM

Genevieve M. Rasco Scholarship

  • Year in school: S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: B , or living in/attending school in MI

Gertrude Galbraith Wiegman Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: AΠ; legal resident of ND

Hannah Keenan Scholarship

  • Year in school: J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: All

Harriet Thwing Holden Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: AΛ , ΔT , or any chapter in MN
  • Other Criteria: Priority in order of Sr, J, S, F; recipient urged to make donation to fund in future

Helen B. Steg Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ΔZ, then anyone living in/attending school in MI, KS, or NM

Helen Leytze Radcliffe Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: N, AΔ
  • Other Criteria: Service, leadership, academic achievement

Honorable Harrison W. Ewing Scholarship

  • Year in school: Sr , G
  • Priority Chapters: All
  • Other Criteria: Priority to law students

Hortense Osmun Miller and Hortense Miller Adams Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: Θ , then any chapter in MI

Iota Iota Alumnae Chapter Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY P

Jane Bird Lohse Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: Ξ , Φ
  • Other Criteria: Prefer upperclassman; award based on academic achievement & financial need

Jeannetta Land Fund

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY EZ
  • Other Criteria: Minimum 3.5 GPA (cumulative)

Jessie Fanyo Payne Fund

  • Year in school: J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapters: All
  • Other Criteria: Priority to communications majors with emphasis on journalism and public relations and to include international programs

John Edward Hurley, Jr. Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: Π , Φ

Jones Memorial Scholarship

  • Year in school: S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY A

Judith Thomas Vigor Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ΔΣ

Julie Cain Burkhard / Beta Sigma Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr ,G
  • Priority Chapter: BΣ

Karen E. Weir Memorial Scholarship

  • Year in school: J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: Ω

LaRetta Matthews Garland Scholarship

  • Year in school: J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: BΣ , ΓI, ΔI
  • Other Criteria: Nursing major

Lina Baum Van Roy Scholarship

  • Year in school: S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: B
  • Other Criteria: Prefer Voice, Music Education, or Music Performance major

Margaret Coates Sawyer Memorial Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY X

Marian McKee Smith - Rosalie McKinney Jackson Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: All
  • Other Criteria: Academic achievement, leadership, & chapter/campus activity

Marion Moritz Fund

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY Ξ

Marjorie Carter Breckner Memorial Scholarship

  • Year in school: S , J
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY AH

Mary Emma Griffith Marshall Fellowship

  • Year in school: Sr , G
  • Priority Chapters: All

Mary Lee Thomas Marshall - Betty Jo Thomas Van Patten Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: ONLY AB , ΔN (alternating years)
  • Other Criteria: Engineering, Phsyical Education, or Diatetics major

Mary Starkweather Faust Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapter: AΩ

MerLynn Harris Pitcher (Beta Nu/Beta Xi) Fund

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: BN, BΞ

Nu Nu Alumnae Chapter Fund

  • Year in school: F, S, J, Sr , G
  • Priority Chapters: Living in/attending school in CO
  • Other Criteria: Academic achievement, leadership/chapter involvement, community involvement, financial need

Omicron Centennial Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: O, then any chapter in KS

Ruth Paddock Mauger Fund

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: AM

Shawn Margaret Donnelley Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: ΖΨ
  • Other Criteria: Academic excellence, leadership, campus/community involvement, financial need

Texas Scholarship

  • Year in school: F , S , J , Sr
  • Priority Chapters: ONLY living in/attending school in TX

Virginia Kelly Karnes Scholarship

  • Year in school: F, S, J, Sr
  • Priority Chapter: ONLY AB
  • Other Criteria: Current student at Purdue University, financial need, and academic achievement

Zeta Lambda Chapter University of Virginia 25th Anniversary Scholarship

  • Year in school: F, S, J, Sr , G
  • Priority Chapter: ZΛ