Office of Financial Aid
1201 Locust Avenue
Fairmont, WV 26554
Tel: (800) 641-5678, Opt. 3
(304) 367-4213
Fax: (304) 367-4584
Email: FinancialAid@pierpont.edu
Office Hours: MONDAY – FRIDAY
8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Counselors available 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
or by appointment
School Code: 040385
NOW AVAILABLE:
NEW AND EXCITING NET PRICE CALULATOR
Pierpont Community & Technical College is pleased to provide this student aid calculator to assist you in estimating your costs to attend Fairmont State. Results are based on 2011-12 Cost of Attendance figures and student aid eligibility requirements which are subject to change. These results should assist you in determining an estimate of your out-of-pocket expense to attend Pierpont.
Through the fundraising efforts of the Fairmont State Foundation, Inc., Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College are able to offer generous scholarship support to students. Potential and current students may apply for any and all of the following scholarship opportunities by completing the application here.
|
Scholarship/Award Name Awarding Criteria |
Department |
| Nancy Marie Duling Memorial Teacher Education Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, WV Resident, 3.0 GPA, 58 hrs completed | Education |
| Harold S. “Deacon” Duvall Football | |
| FSU football, Marion Co. HS Grad, NCAA nad WVIAC eligible | Athletics |
| Faculty Textbook Scholarship | |
| FSU Provost | |
| Fairmont Coca-Cola Scholarship | |
| Financial need | Financial Aid |
| Fairmont Concert Association Music Endowed Scholarship | |
| Music, 3.0 GPA | Fine Arts |
| Fairmont Moose Lodge #9, Loyal Order of Moose, Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Fairmont State Alumni Association Scholarship | |
| Child of FSU or Pierpont Alumna, incoming freshman, 3.5 GPA | Alumni Associaton |
| Fairmont State Alumni Association Strengthening Institutions Phase I Scholarship | |
| Financial Need, 2.5 GPA, Renewable | Alumni Association |
| Fairmont State University/Pierpont Classified Staff Council Scholarship | |
| Classified Staff Employee/spouse/dependent | FS Classified Staff Scholarship Committee |
| Nicola Fantasia Family Fund | |
| East Fairmont High School Grad, 2.75 GPA, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Martha Flesher Endowed Scholarship | |
| Teacher Education Major | Education |
| Eleanor M. Ford Outstanding Junior Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, 3.4 GPA, 58 hrs completed in a college of Science & Tech degree | Science and Tech |
| Eleanor M. Ford Outstanding Senior Award | |
| Senior, Full-time, 4 yr degree within College of Science & Tech | Science and Tech |
| Joe and Bill Ford Scholarship | |
| Men’s basketball, NCAA and WVIAC eligible | Athletics |
| Freshman Speech Communication Scholarship (Neely) | |
| Enrolled in Freshman speech communications program | Fine Arts |
| The Ernest W. Frye Outstanding Student in Computer Science Award | |
| Computer Science Jr/Sr | Computer Science |
| Gamma Chi Chi Alumnae | |
| Full-time, female, 3.0 GPA | Financial Aid |
| Harry J. Hadley Award for Teaching Excellence | |
| Education | |
| Ruby and Harold Halfin Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, Technology Ed, 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | Technology |
| Wendell G. Hardway Award for Excellence in Teacher Education | |
| Teacher Education 3.5 GPA, 96 hrs completed | Education |
| Wendell G. Hardway Distinguished Scholarship | |
| WV resident, 3.0 GPA, FSU Student | Financial Aid |
| Glenn A. Harman Accounting Excellence Scholarship | |
| Full-time, Accounting Jr, 3.5 GPA | Accounting |
| Howard E. and Mary A. Haught Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, 3.4 GPA | Financial Aid |
| The A. and L. Hawkins Graduates Student in English Award | |
| Grad program, Secondary Teacher Education, 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | School of Education |
| The Heaney Family Descendants Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, 3.0 GPA, not eligible for federal or state grant aid | Financial Aid |
| Hermits Hollow, Inc. Endowed Scholarship | |
| Pierpont C&TC student | Pierpont C&TC |
| A. Brooks & Margaret Higinbotham Endowed Scholarship Fund in Memory of Dorothy Quintrell | |
| Vet Tech Major, 3.0 GPA, WV resident | Pierpont C&TC |
| J. T. Honce Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| Health careers, 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | Pierpont C&TC |
| Donald F. Hoyt Distinguished Scholarship | |
| WV resident, 3.0 GPA, Pierpont C&TC student | Financial Aid |
| Benjamin Harrison and Kathryn Guthrie Ice Scholarship | |
| FSU Student, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| American Assoc. of University Women-Fairmont Branch | |
| Sophomore, 2.75 GPA, WV resident | Financial Aid |
| James J. Arcure Endowed Scholarship | |
| FSU baseball, NCAA and WVIAC eligible | Athletics |
| Ashton, Football Scholarship, James & Debbie | |
| Freshmen football, from Western PA, WVIAC and NCAA eligible | Athletics |
| Athletic Scholarship Fund | |
| Student athlete, NCAA eligible | Athletics |
| Rodney Baird Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| Women’s volleyball, NCAA eligible | Athletics |
| William & Doretha Clayton Barns Prize in History Award | |
| History/Social Studies, 3.0 GPA | Social Science |
| Eddie & Betty Barrett Endowed Scholarship | |
| Teacher Education w/64 hrs, 3.4 GPA, Financial Need | Education |
| Eddie Barrett Athletic Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, Athletic participant, 2.5 GPA | Athletics |
| Stanley & Mary Beafore Scholarship | |
| Business, 3.0 GPA, paper required | Business |
| Geraldine & Horace Belmear Outstanding Academic Award | |
| Full-time sophomore, 3.0 GPA | Student Affairs |
| Bruce F. Betts Endowed Scholarship | |
| Sophomore, Art, 2.5 college average and 3.0 art average | Fine Arts |
| L. O. Bickel Endowed Scholarship | |
| Student athlete, NCAA/WVIAC eligible | Athletics |
| Grace O. and Kenneth (Mike) Birmingham Endowed Football Scholarship | |
| Football | Athletics |
| Russell F. Bonasso Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, 2.5 GPA, Financial need | Financial Aid |
| Russell F. Bonasso Endowed Family Scholarship | |
| Full-time, 2.5 GPA, Financial need | Financial Aid |
| George W. Bowers Family Charitable Trust | |
| Full-time, 2.5 GPA | Financial Aid |
| Dorothea Poling Brand Endowment | |
| Full-time, 3.0 GPA, Elementary Ed Major | Education |
| Bridgeport Rotary Club Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, 2.75 GPA, Financial need | Financial Aid |
| James David Brooks Memorial Art Endowed Scholarship Fund | |
| Junior/senior Art Ed major | Fine Arts |
| Robert C. Byrd Distinguished Scholarship | |
| WV resident, 3.0 GPA | Financial Aid |
| Gaston Caperton Distinguished Scholarship | |
| WV resident, 3.0 GPA | Financial Aid |
| James O. Carpenter, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| Women’s basketball | Athletics |
| Robert L. Carroll Annual Scientific Lecture Series Fund | |
| Math or Physics, 2.5 GPA, Financial need | Science and Tech |
| Gregory Cecchinelli Memorial Scholarship | |
| Basketball | Athletics |
| Carolyn Coakley-Hicherson Memorial Scholarship | |
| Language & Literature, Financial need | Language and Lit |
| Coleman-Cobb-Postawa Award | |
| Science and Tech | |
| Kenneth Colebank Endowed Scholarship | |
| 2.5 GPA, Financial need | Financial Aid |
| Dr. James E. Coleman/Dr. Elizabeth D. Swiger Endowed Chemistry Scholarship | |
| Second year chemistry, 3.0 GPA | Chemistry |
| A. Joyce H. Coleman Memorial Scholarship | |
| Math Major, 3.0 GPA | Science and Tech |
| Conley CPA Group Accounting Excellence Award | |
| Accounting major | Business |
| Consol, Inc. Scholarship | |
| Technology major | Science and Tech |
| Timothy Cook Memorial Athletic Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, Student athletic trainer | Athletics |
| Crystal-Miller-Morris Scholarship Endowment Fund | |
| Completed 24 hrs w/2.75 GPA | Education |
| Matthew S. DeVito Memorial Scholarship | |
| Chemistry/Environment Engineering, Financial need | Financial Aid |
| Daniel Dicken Memorial Scholarship | |
| Technology, 2.5 GPA, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Robert J. Dillman Distinguished Scholarship | |
| WV resident, 3.0 GPA, | Financial Aid |
| Robert and Roseann. Dillman Endowed Scholarship | |
| 3.0 GPA | Financial Aid |
| Dream, Succeed & Lead | |
| Non-traditional Business | Business |
| Janet Dudley-Eshbach Book Award | |
| First-time Freshman, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Mary Esther and Dr. Byron Jackson Endowed Scholarship | |
| Language and Lit | |
| Stonewall Jackson Civic Club of Clarksburg - S. J. Birshtein Non-Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Mary B. and Edgar N. Jaynes Endowed Scholarship | |
| Commerce, Financial Need | Business |
| Margaret H. Robinson Kalb Class of 1931, Endowed Scholarship Fund | |
| Full-time student, 3.5 GPA, 27 ACT/1200 SAT, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| L. Roger Kennedy Endowed Scholarship | |
| High academic ability, Financial need | Financial Aid |
| Blanche Kinney Fine Arts Endowed Scholarship | |
| Drama/speech/music/art major | Fine Arts |
| S. M. Kisner Family Endowed Scholarship | |
| Non-traditional, FSU Nursing, 3.0 GPA | Nursing |
| Harry and Margaret Lamb Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time nursing, 3.0 GPA | Nursing |
| George E. Lambert Family Endowed Fund for Education | |
| Full-time, accounting, 2.0 GPA | Business |
| William C. Larew Sr | |
| Math or Science, 2.5 GPA | Math and Science |
| James A. LaRue Mathematics Award | |
| Math major, Graduating SR | Science and Tech |
| Mary Reitz Leeming Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| Nursing major | Nursing |
| Mont and Edith Levine & Jack and Clara Stern Endowed Scholarship | |
| 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Life Long Learner Scholarships | |
| Age 35 or older, 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | Pierpont C&TC |
| Lockheed Martin ‘Leaders in Criminal Justice” Scholarship | |
| Criminal Justice major | Liberal Arts |
| Marjorie R. Hoult Lough Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, Teacher Education, 3.4 GPA | Education |
| Margaret MacLuckie Scholarship | |
| Math Education, applicant to M.A.T. program | Education |
| Jo S. Mallamo Memorial Scholarship | |
| 2 yr Nursing, completed 1st yr, 3.0 GPA | Nursing |
| Manchin Family Endowed Scholarship | |
| NMHS graduate, 2.5 GPA | Financial Aid |
| Joe & Gayle Manchin Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, from Marion County HS, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Frank Mangano New Student Orientation Counselor Endowed Scholarship | |
| 2nd yr counselor, 2.5 GPA, Full-time | Financial Aid |
| Marco’s Can-Am Endowed Scholarship | |
| Golf team member, NCAA eligible | Athletics |
| Marion County Little Theatre Endowed Scholarship | |
| Theatre purposes only | Dramatics Dept |
| The Gilbert & Lenora Martin and James & Lena Dabato Athletic Endowed Scholarship | |
| Student athlete, NCAA/WVIAC eligible, Financial Need | Athletics |
| Nola A. Matthew Endowed Scholarship | |
| WV resident, 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Nola A. Matthew Nursing & Allied Health Admin Endowed Scholarship | |
| TBD School of Nursing & Allied Health Admin | Nursing and AHA |
| Robert W. McCollum Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| General athletic scholarship | Athletics |
| McCutcheon & Raikes Tennis Scholarship | |
| WV resident, male/female tennis, NCAA eligible | Athletics (Tennis Coaching Staff) |
| The Meredith Family Scholarship | |
| Full-time, Financial Need | Financial Aid (Meredith Family Scholarship Committee) |
| Sharon Weaver Messmore Endowed Scholarship | |
| Preference to Education major, Fairmont Sr High Graduate | Education |
| Dr. David and Sharon Moffa Endowed Scholarship | |
| 2.5 GPA, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Alan B. Mollohan Distinguished Scholarship | |
| WV resident, 3.0 GPA, Pierpont C&TC student | Pierpont C&TC, Financial Aid, |
| Robert and Helen Mollohan Endowed Scholarship | |
| Financial need | Financial Aid |
| Shari Roberts Muriale Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| Mens Basketball, NCAA/WVIAC eligible | Athletics |
| Mildred Haney Murray Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time health/physical education major, Woman athlete, NCAA eligible | Athletics |
| Mathew M. & Alberta R. Neely Endowed Scholarship | |
| Fine Arts Major | Fine Arts |
| Neighbourhood Investment Program | |
| Household income below 125% of national poverty level | Foundation and Financial Aid |
| Nepal Endowed Scholarship Fund | |
| Being developed | FSU President/Provost and Nepalese Coordinator |
| Joanna Violet Nesselroad Scholarship | |
| Full-time student, Early Childhood, 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | Pierpont C&TC |
| Mildred Mason Newcome Endowed Scholarship | |
| English, WV resident, 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | Language and Lit |
| Emily Leaf Nichols Alumni Scholarship | |
| Business major, 2.5 GPA, Financial Need | Business, Financial Aid and FSU Alumni Association |
| Len Nossokoff & Sons Athletic Endowed Scholarship | |
| Student athlete, NCAA eligible, Financial Need | Athletics |
| Myles O’Dell Achievement Scholarship | |
| Fine Arts/Music | Fine Arts |
| Vince Palmer Endowed Scholarship | |
| Criminal Justice, Mon County resident, 2.5 GPA | Liberal Arts |
| T.J. & Madge Herndon Pearse Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, WV native, Elementary or science education, 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | Education |
| Juanita “Fletch” Pearson Memorial Scholarship | |
| Non-traditional WV student, Nursing major, 3.0 GPA | Nursing |
| Salvatore, Anne, Thomas, James, and Giovanni Peluso Scholarhip | |
| Language & Literature major, 3.0 GPA, paper may be required | Language and Lit |
| The PEO Endowed Scholarship | |
| Non-traditional, Health Science major, Financial Need | Health Sciences |
| Pepsi Bottling Group Scholarship | |
| Admissions & Recruitment | |
| The Walter F. Phillips, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund | |
| Engineering major, 3.0 GPA | Science and Tech |
| Dr. William E. Phillips – Leadership Marion Scholarship | |
| FSU sophomore, 3.0 GPA, Essay required | Financial Aid (Leadership Marion Committee) |
| The Anthony J. and Josephine Pitrolo Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time Business & Economics | Business |
| Andee Pollastrini Scholarship | |
| Non-traditional Nursing major | Nursing |
| Woodrow A. Potesta Scholarship of Accounting | |
| Accounting major, 2.0 GPA | Business |
| Frank Pulice, Jr., Endowed Scholarship Fund | |
| Member of Theta Delta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Milan Puskar Distinguished Scholarship | |
| WV Resident, 3.0 GPA, Pierpont C&TC Student | Financial Aid |
| Quota International of Fairmont Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time sophomore or junior, 3.0 GPA, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Claude and Stacie Morris Rader Nursing Endowed Scholarship | |
| Health Careers, 3.0 GPA | Nursing |
| The Victor and Mary Carr Rancinger Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time Elementary Education, Financial Need | Education |
| R & E Electric Endowed Scholarship | |
| Graduate of East/West Fairmont or NMHS, 2.0 GPA | Financial Aid |
| Joseph “Jo Jo” Retton Endowed Scholarship | |
| Mens basketball, NCAA eligible | Athletics |
| Rhodes Culinary Arts Scholarship | |
| Full-time, Culinary Arts, 2.0 GPA, Financial Need | Culinary Arts |
| Rhodes Dietary Management | |
| Dietary Management sophomore, 2.0 GPA | Culinary Arts |
| The Haddon and Nettie Morgan Rhodes Endowed Scholarship | |
| Elementary/Secondary Education, 3.0 GPA, 21 ACT/990 SAT | Education |
| Alva J. Rice Endowed Scholarship | |
| Successful completion of 94 hours toward Baccalaurete Degree, 3.4 GPA | Financial Aid |
| Charles L. & Ethel W. Righter Endowed Scholarship | |
| Lincoln High School graduate, 2.0 GPA, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| John D. Rockefeller IV Distinguished Scholarship | |
| WV Resident, 3.0 GPA, Pierpont C&TC student | Financial Aid |
| Madge Rogers Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| Sophomore Nursing major, 3.5 GPA | Nursing |
| The William C. Ruoff Outstanding Senior Chemistry Award | |
| Senior Chemistry major | Chemistry |
| Frank and Florence Sansalone Scholarship | |
| Business major, 3.0 GPA, paper may be required | Business |
| Vincent & Catherine Sansalone Scholarship | |
| Science or Math major, 3.0 GPA, paper may be required | Science and Mathematics |
| Lundix & Angela Saverino Scholarship | |
| Fine Arts or Education major, 3.0 GPA, paper may be required | Fine Arts or Educatin |
| Louis Schoolnic Endowed Scholarship | |
| Junior, Commerce major, WV Resident, 3.0 GPA, Full-time | Business |
| John Shaw Award | |
| Must agree to not use tobacco and alcoholic beverages while receiving the award | Financial Aid |
| B. J. O’Dell Sherman Endowed Scholarship | |
| Theatre/dramatic arts major, 2.0 GPA, NMHS graduate | Financial Aid |
| Shurtleff-Toothman Endowed Scholarship | |
| NMHS graduate | Financial Aid |
| Ruth M. Skaggs Award | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences major, 26 hrs completed, 3.0 GPA | Education |
| Datha Gene Smith Foundation Scholarship | |
| Full-time, Marion County resident, 2.0 GPA | Financial Aid |
| Delbert Smith Endowed Scholarship | |
| No restrictions | Delbert Smith Scholarship Committee |
| Rev. Donal “Jack” Squires Endowed Scholarship | |
| Football team, NCAA/WVIAC eligible, Financial Need | Athletics |
| Leah and Franc Stern Women’s Athletic Scholarship | |
| Female Athlete, NCAA/WVIAC eligible | Athletics |
| Michael Stonestreet Endowed Scholarship | |
| Robert C. Byrd NAC student(s) | NAC director and senior faculty |
| Harold and Roselyn Williamson Straight (Faculty Development) Award | |
| To honor outstanding/innovative/distinctive teaching in 4 or 2 year programs. | Faculty Dev. Comm. |
| Christiane Buck Sweeney | |
| French or French Education major, 3.0 GPA | Language and Lit |
| J. Lyle Tatterson Charitable Trust | |
| WV high school graduate, 2.5 GPA, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| TBI Turley-Wallman Endowed Scholarship | |
| TBI fraternity member, 3.0 GPA, Full-time student | Financial Aid (TBI sholarship committee) |
| John Teahan Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| English (literature), 3.0 GPA | Language and Lit |
| Adna Thomas Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time student, 3.0 GPA | Financial Aid |
| Robert (Buck) Thompson Family Scholarship | |
| Business, 3.0 GPA, Mens basketball, Financial Need | Athletics |
| Beatrice Trotto Endowed Scholarship | |
| EFHS graduate, 2.0 GPA, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| William and Linda Ullom Music Education Scholarship in Memory of Susan Ullom | |
| Fine Arts pursuing B. A. in Education w/(K-12) Music | Fine Arts |
| William and Linda Ullom Nursing Scholarship in Memory of Susan Ullom | |
| BSN Nursing Student | Nursing |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Post 629 Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time incoming freshman, 2.0 GPA, or combat veteran with GED, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Helen Romano Viggiano Elementary Education Endowed Scholarship | |
| Full-time, Elementary Education major, 3.0 GPA | Education |
| Julius “Julie” Viglianco Memorial Athletic Endowed Scholarship | |
| Mens basketball team, NCAA eligible | Athletics |
| Virginia P. & Richard P. Wellock Music Endowed Scholarship | |
| Music major | Fine Arts |
| WesBanco Bank Fairmont, Inc. Endowed Scholarship Award | |
| Business & Economics major, 3.0 GPA, Full-time, Financial Need | Business |
| WesBanco Business Graduate Degree Endowed Scholarship | |
| MBA program, 3.0 GPA | Business (MBA Director) |
| West Virginia Society of Washington, DC Book Scholarship Fund | |
| Incoming freshmen, WV resident, Financial Need | Financial Aid |
| Stark A Wilmoth Outstanding Student Teacher Award | |
| Teacher education major | Education |
| Eric and Jennifer Wilson Basketball Scholarship | |
| WV resident, NCAA/WVIAC eligible, Womens basketball, Financial Need | Athletics |
| W. R. “Squibb” Wilson Athletic Endowed Scholarship | |
| Men’s baseball, NCAA eligible, Financial Need | Athletics |
| Women of Fairmont State University and Pierpont C&TC | |
| To be decided by the Committee | |
| Betty Jo Wright (class of 1941) Social Work Scholarship | |
| Sociology/Psychology Junior, 3.0 GPA, desire to obtain MSW | Liberal Arts |
| Joe & Louise Zasloff Memorial Endowed Scholarship | |
| Marion County HS grad joining football, NCAA eligible | Athletics |
