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College of Business Scholarships

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These scholarships are for College of Business students only. The application process for these scholarships is available each year during the month of February. Awards for each scholarship are contingent on availability of funding  and are made for the following academic year.

Learn more about the application process.

Alex Scholes Memorial

  • Major: General Business, Marketing or Management
  • GPA: High Merit
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate (minimum 6 hours enrollment)
    • Graduate (minimum 5 hours enrollment)

Brown & Root/Halliburton

  • Major: Environmental Management
  • GPA:Minimum 3.25 GPA
  • Status: Graduate (minimum 5 hours enrollment)
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )

Christian Burke DRDA

  • Major: Management (BS), Human Resource Management (MS) or Accounting (BS or MS)
  • GPA: Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate (minimum 6 hours enrollment)
    • Graduate (minimum 5 hours enrollment)
    • Full-time enrollment preferred
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )
  • Additional Documentation:  Applicant must submit essay describing career goals and leadership service activities.

Don and Beverly Kyle Accounting

  • Major: Any degree in the College of Business
  • GPA: Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate - minimum 9 hours enrollment
    • Graduate - minimum 6 hours enrollment
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )
  • Additional Documentation: Preference given to first time in college students, single parents and officers in accounting student organizations.

Columbia Healthcare

  • Major: Declared Accounting Major
  • GPA: No specific requirement, but will be a factor
  • Status: Undergraduate (minimum 6 hours enrollment) - Graduate (minimum 5 hours enrollment)
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )

Donna Bobbitt McCall

  • Major: Legal Studies
  • GPA: Minimum 2.5
  • Status: Undergraduate;  Demonstrated academic merit and/or financial need.
  • Financial Need: May be a factor. Having a FASFA on file not required, but suggested to submit a FAFSA to UHCL

Donald F. Callaghan Distinguished Scholar

Major: MHA or MHA/MBA Healthcare Program

  1. The annual distributed income shall be spent for student scholarship(s) based on the following criteria:
    1. Graduate applicant is nominated to apply by UHCL HADM program and/or graduate applicant applies and provides list of leadership activities within and outside of undergraduate studies, within healthcare interest, and/or student organization.
    2. Graduate applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
    3. Graduate applicant is required to submit an essay or business plan conveying leadership goals within healthcare.
    4. Graduate applicant must have a minimum GPA of 3.5.
    5. Graduate recipient must maintain or exceed GPA of 3.5 in order to receive the award in year two.
    6. Scholarship award shall be $5,000 per recipient.
2. The recipient(s) of the scholarship will be determined by a selection committee comprised of graduate healthcare program faculty and presided by the chair of the healthcare administration program.

Michelle and Tom Dotter Accounting

  • Major: Accounting
  • GPA: 2.75 minimum cumulative GPA
  • Status: Undergraduate, full-time enrollment of at least 12 credit hours
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )

Dr. Harold & Dorothy Elden

  • Major: Human Resources, Government or Public & Private Management
  • GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate (minimum 6 hours enrollment)
    • Graduate (minimum 5 hours enrollment)
    • Demonstrated leadership
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )
  • Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community

Environmental Management

  • Major: Concentration in Environmental Management
  • GPA: No specific requirement, but will be a factor
  • Status: Undergraduate (minimum 6 hours enrollment) - Graduate (minimum 5 hours enrollment)
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )

Fellman Family Environmental Management

  • Major: Environmental Management
  • GPA: minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Status: Undergraduate
  • Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor

Business General / MBA

  • Major: MBA
  • GPA: high merit
  • Status: Graduate with minimum enrollment of 5 hours
  • Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor

Healthcare Associates

  • Major: MHA or MHA/MBA Healthcare Administration Program
  • GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
  • Status: Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment and Demonstrated service to UHCL and healthcare community
  • Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
  • Additional Documentation: Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community

Houston Area Association Certified Fraud Examiners

  • Major: Any program within the College of Business
  • GPA: 3.0 min GPA
  • Status: Full-time undergraduate (12 hours) graduate (9 hours) hours required each semester of award. Must be in good academic standing with the university.
  • Additional Documentation: Essay providing comments about your interest relating to the anti-fraud profession. (1-2 pages)

The Honorable Russell P. Austin

  • Major: Legal Studies
  • GPA: Minimum 3.0
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
    • Must have completed at least 9 hours of required Legal Studies courses within the core curriculum at the time of this application
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )

ISACA

  • Major: Applicant must be an undergraduate or graduate student in the College of Business, with a preference given to students majoring in accounting or management information systems
  • GPA: Minimum 2.5 GPA or better on a 4.0 scale
  • Status: Preference is given to students enrolled in a minimum of 9 undergraduate or 5 graduate hours per semester
  • Financial need is not a factor
  • Recipient name will be shared with ISACA for professional recognition and networking invitations.
  • Additional Documentation: Submit an essay, 1 page minimum - 2 page maximum, 12 pt. font, describing your degree and career goals that fit ISACA goals.

InfraGard

  • Major: Management Information Systems or computer related security programs with an expressed interest in information system security
  • GPA: minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Status:
    • Full time undergraduate (12 hours enrollment)
    • Full time graduate (9 hours enrollment)
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )
    Preference to students NOT receiving outside financial support or other UHCL scholarships already in place
  • Additional Documentation: Essay describing career and degree goals that fit with InfraGard's mission (1 page minimum - 2 page maximum - 12 pt. font)

James Benson

  • Major: Legal Studies/American Jurisprudence
  • GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate (minimum 6 hours enrollment) - Graduate (minimum 5 hours enrollment)
    • Must have completed at least 9 hours of required Legal Studies courses within the core curriculum at the time of this application
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )

Joe & Lou Taylor Healthcare

  • Major: MHA or MHA/MBA Healthcare Administration Program
  • GPA: Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Status:
    • Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
    • Must show current and potential leadership skills
  • Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
  • Additional Documentation: Submit a brief statement on why you should be awarded and how you meet the criteria AND Achievement List - Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community.

Tom T. Williams

  • Major: Business Administration
  • GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
  • Status: Undergraduate enrolled full-time (at least 12 credit hours)
  • Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor

Judy Vandagriff - Parents Fund

  • Major: Accounting
  • GPA: Minimum GPA 3.0
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours
    • Must be a parent with children living at home
  • Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor
  • Additional Documentation: Brief paragraph about your children

Kamlesh and Satish Agarwal MIS Scholarship Endowment

A scholarship for students in the Management Information Systems program for $1,000 per year.

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Lubrizol Accounting

  • Major: Accounting
  • GPA: High academic merit and academic potential
  • Status: Undergraduate enrolled in a minimum of 6 hours
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )

Harold & Debra McCracken

  • Major: Any degree in the College of Business
  • GPA: Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
    • Preference given to single parents or children of single parents
  • Financial Need:Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )
  • Additional Documentation:Brief essay describing you and your educational goals and life aspirations

Mattie C. Porter Accounting

  • Major: Declared accounting major
  • GPA: High academic merit and academic potential
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
    • Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
    • Must have successfully completed Accounting II
  • Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor

Mae Snowden Bruce

  • Major:
    • Any degree in the College of Business
    • Applicant should be interested in pursuing a career in business administration, business education or communication
  • GPA:
    • Undergraduate minimum GPA 2.7
    • Graduate minimum GPA 3.0
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment / Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment / Preference to single parents
    • Applicant must show outstanding leadership and scholastic achievements
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )
  • Additional Documentation: Submit a list of honors, awards, achievements, volunteer services for UHCL and or your community AND Submit a personal statement describing career goals (minimum 1 page - maximum 2 pages)

Dr. Richard & Ann Trask

  • Major: Finance
  • GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
    • Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
  • Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor

R. J. Thonus MBA

  • Major: MBA
  • GPA: No specific GPA requirement, but will be a factor
  • Status: Graduate with minimum enrollment of 5 hours
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )

Shelby Morton Memorial

  • Major:
    • Any degree in the College of Business
    • Must have an approved CPS (Candidate Plan of Study) on file
  • GPA: No specific requirement but will be a factor
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
    • Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
  • Financial Need: Financial need will not be a factor

Space City - Houston Chapter of NCMA

  • Major: Any degree in the College of Business
  • GPA: Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
    • Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )

Texas Association of Environmental Professionals

  • Major: A degree program relating to the environmental field such as Environmental Management, an MBA with a concentration in Environmental Management or Environmental Science
  • GPA:
    • Undergraduate 2.5 minimum GPA
    • Graduate 3.0 minimum GPA
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate minimum 6 hours enrollment
    • Graduate minimum 5 hours enrollment
    • Considered, but not a requirement: Participation in the UHCL student chapter of the National Association of Environmental Professionals
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL ) 

William Shallberg

  • Major: MBA Student
  • GPA: Minimum 3.o cumulative GPA
  • Status:
    • Graduate, enrolled in a minimum of 5 credit hours
    • Preference given to applicants with a concentration in international business. Applicants studying domestic business may also apply.
  • Financial Need: Will not be a factor.
  • Additional Documentation:  Statement of goals and work experience.

William E. Shock

  • Major: Any degree in the College of Business
  • GPA: minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Status: Undergraduate enrolled in a minimum of 6 hours
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )

Wells Fargo

  • Major: A degree program relating to the environmental field such as Environmental Management, an MBA with a concentration in Environmental Management or Environmental Science
  • GPA: Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Status:
    • Undergraduate enrolled in a minimum of 6 hours
    • Preference given to first generation students who attended one the following high schools: Austin, Chavez, Davis, Milby, Reagan, Sam Houston, Waltrip or Washington
  • Financial Need: Will be a factor (you must submit a FAFSA to UHCL )
  • Additional Documentation: List the high school from which you graduated.

Contact

  • Student Financial Aid

    Phone: 281-283-2480
    Fax: 281-283-2502
    Email: uhcl_fao@uhcl.edu

    SSCB 1.105
    2700 Bay Area Blvd, Box 05
    Houston, TX 77058-1002

    Office hours:
    Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

    School Code:
    011711