Scholarships & Awards

This award was established in 2001 by members of the Business Board of Visitors (regional business leaders who serve as an advisory board to the President and the Board of Trustees of the university). The Board name was changed to Business Leadership Council in 2006. Members of this Board established this endowed scholarship to help make a first rate interdisciplinary business education available to all Puget Sound students who demonstrate academic merit and/or have demonstrated financial need.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: Declared majors in SBL whose class standing on the application due date is freshman, sophomore, junior, or first semester senior and demonstrated financial need.

• Essay: Include how you have demonstrated academic merit at Puget Sound.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This award was established in 2002 by Mr. and Mrs. Alvord.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: Declared major in SBL; class standing on the application due date is freshman, sophomore, junior, or first semester senior; and demonstrated financial need.

• Info: Prepare to note current financial aid sources on application.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This scholarship was established in 1978 to honor a former Puget Sound professor's commitment to international business. Students submit an essay on their interest in international management and are selected based on academic and co-curricular involvement with internationalism.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: SBL major; class standing on the application due date is sophomore, junior or first semester senior; academic ability; likelihood of making a contribution to the international management community.

• Essay: Include an explanation of your interest in international business. How will your business education allow you to make contributions to the global community?

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This award was in 1998 to honor a junior or senior business major demonstrating financial need and merit.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: A business major who exemplifies the mission and values of the School.

• Essay: Reflect on your commitment to maintain a high grade point average.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This scholarship honors an undergraduate business major with demonstrated financial need.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: SBL major; class standing on the application due date is freshman, sophomore, junior, or first semester senior; and financial need.

• Info: Prepare to note current financial sources on application.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This award was established to honor students with an interest in foreign language, study abroad, and community service.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: A business major in good academic standing with the University (3.0 or greater GPA) and an interest in foreign language, study abroad, and community service.

• Essay: Include info on your foreign language, study abroad, and community service.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

The Anne E. Waltman '80 endowed scholarship fund was established by William Wege through a bequest in his estate plan in honor of Anne who is his daughter. William's name was added in 2006 after his death.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: Declared majors in SBL whose class standing on the application due date is freshman, sophomore, junior, or first semester senior and demonstrated financial need.

• Info: Prepare to note current financial aid sources on application.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This scholarship was established to recognize entrepreneurial spirit and endeavors.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: SBL major; class standing on the application due date is second semester sophomore, junior, or first semester senior; demonstrated commitment to entrepreneurial interests.

• Essay: Include your entrepreneurial interests and experience(s). What are your plans after graduation, and how do they reflect or demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit?

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This scholarship was established in 1963 to recognize men going into the field of business.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance.

• Eligibility: Identify as male, major in SBL, and involved in business activities; junior or senior standing in the current academic year.

• Essay: Describe the ways in which you are currently involved in business.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

Named for one of the founders of the School of Business and Leadership who taught accounting from 1932 to 1969, the funds support outstanding business and leadership majors with an accounting or finance emphasis.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: Students majoring in business and/or economics; class standing on the application due date is second semester sophomore, junior, or first semester senior; demonstrated interest in accounting is preferred (others encouraged to apply).

• Essay: Include an explanation of your interest in accounting. Consider how you will incorporate accounting into your professional endeavors.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This scholarship was established in 2004 with a gift from the James F. Morris estate.
 

• Amount: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: Business majors (with no regard to financial need) whose class standing on the application due date is second semester sophomore, junior, or first semester senior.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarships and Awards Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Awards Ceremony.

This award was established in 2004 by John P. Dickson through a charitable gift from John's estate to recognize business majors involved in University and community volunteer work.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: Declared majors in SBL whose class standing on the application due date is junior, or first semester senior and has a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.20. Good citizenship is a critical factor for scholarship candidacy.

• Essay: Describe the contributions you have made to society through volunteer work. Please specify your involvement in both the university community and the surrounding community.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This scholarship honors business majors who demonstrates excellence in the classroom and in the application of their learning through activities and employment.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: SBL major; class standing on the application due date is sophomore, junior, or first semester senior.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This award was established in 2006 from the Bainard estate to fund scholarships for business majors demonstrating merit.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: Declared majors in SBL whose class standing on the application due date is freshman, sophomore, junior, or first semester senior.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This scholarship was established in 1987 to recognize women business majors who exhibit active involvement in business related endeavors. It was established in honor of Mary Curran's many years of committed service to the university.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance.

• Eligibility: Identify as female, major in SBL, and involved in business activities; junior or senior standing in the current academic year.

• Essay: Describe the ways in which you are currently involved in business.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.

This scholarship was established through a gift from the friends and loved ones of Matthew "Rick" Pratt.
 

• Amount: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: Business majors from underrepresented groups (as defined by the university's diversity strategic plan) with a class standing on application due date of second semester sophomore, junior, or first semester senior; demonstrated financial need and high grade point average.

• Essay: Include a response as to how you define your own diversity. Explain the importance/value of diversity in enhancing your education.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarships and Awards Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Awards Ceremony.

This award was established by a merger of the Richard Wasson Memorial Fund and the Ida Wasson Memorial Fund, and gifts from friends and family of Richard K. Wasson.
 

• Award: Varies with fund balance and number of recipients awarded.

• Eligibility: SBL major who exemplifies the mission and values of the School; class standing on the application due date is freshman, sophomore, junior, or first semester senior.

• Essay: Reflect on how you think your education in SBL will enable you to contribute to an organization and society. Maximum characters: 2,000.

• Due Date: March 24, midnight.

• Evaluation By: SBL Scholarship and Award Committee. Recipients will be announced at the Scholarship and Award Ceremony.