The College of Arts and Sciences provides students with an active learning environment for degree programs in the humanities, social and natural sciences and the fine arts. Our 34 majors and 28 minors prepare students for a variety of careers, graduate and post-baccalaureate professional study, and life in an ever-changing global context.
Many programs within the college are highly integrative, interdisciplinary and closely linked with professional studies in other colleges. These linkages strengthen skills valued by employers, including critical thinking, writing and ethical reasoning. There are many scholarship opportunities within the College of Arts & Sciences.
Aquatic Biology Scholarship
Caroline Czarnecki Biology Scholarship
Charles S. Holt Memorial Scholarship
Ed Nordheim Scholarship
Evan Hazard Scholarship
Fishing for Fun Emeriti Scholarship
Gurnee Bridgman Biology Scholarship
Harold Borchers Scholarship
Harold T. Peters Scholarship
Julie Wegner Scholarship in Aquatic Biology
Patrick T. Trihey Science Teachers Scholarship
Rhonda Syverson Levinski Memorial Scholarship
Robert Kramer Scholarship
Ernest and Victoria Baker Science and Music Scholarship
Mary Helen Tartar Scholarship
Noel Clay Science Abroad Scholarship
Ruth Lane Memorial Scholarship
Sidney Melby Memorial Scholarship
Enbridge Energy Scholarship
Harry Melby Science Scholarship
Henderson, Patton, Jones Memorial Scholarship
Ruth Warde Research Scholarship
Spry Environmental Science Scholarship
Norm & Linda Baer Scholarship
N.A. Welle Memorial Scholarship
MDU Resources Scholarship
Charles Fuchsman Scholarship
Harold T. Peters Scholarship
KDAL-KDAH Fishing Fund Scholarship
Enbridge Energy Scholarship
Harry Melby Science Scholarship
Henderson, Patton, Jones Memorial Scholarship
Spry Environmental Science Scholarship
Sociology and Anthropology Professors Emeriti Scholarship
Bemidji Area Retention Scholarship
Ray Breen Scholarship
Drs. Dick & Eleanore Edwards Scholarship
Dr. Tom Boates Chemistry Scholarship
Harold T. Peters Scholarship
Iverson Corner Drug Pre-Pharmacy Scholarship
Jack Quistgard Pre-Pharmacy Scholarship
Richard E. Beitzel Scholarship
William Britton Scholarship
Fishing for Fun Emeriti Scholarship
Mary Helen Tartar Scholarship
Noel Clay Science Abroad Scholarship
Ruth Lane Memorial Scholarship
Sidney Melby Memorial Scholarship
Enbridge Energy Scholarship
Harry Melby Science Scholarship
Henderson, Patton, Jones Memorial Scholarship
Ruth Warde Research Scholarship
Dr. Ann Moore Flowers Scholarship
Elaine Hazard Scholarship
Kathryn, Fred & Mabel Hamm Scholarship
Margaret Shepard-Thorbeck Scholarship
Phillip Sauer Scholarship
Ruth Stenerson Scholarship Fund
Sadie Rosenthal Jackson Melby English Scholarship
William D. Elliott Creative Writing Scholarship
Andi and Mike Garrett Geographic Education Scholarship
Jeffrey Busse Geography Scholarship
Margaret H. Harlow Geography Scholarship
Roy P. Meyer Scholarship Fund
James and Marilyn Heltzer Political Science Scholarship
League of Women Voters Bemidji Area-Hazel Shimmin Memorial Scholarship
League of Women Voters Bemidji Area-M Parker/R Brune Mangelsdorf Memorial Scholarship
Jim Cecil Political Science Scholarship
BSU Capitol Internship Scholarship
Gerald M. Schnabel History Scholarship
Harold Hagg History Scholarship
Theatre Faculty & Alumni Scholarship
Ken Masse Memorial Scholarship
Rosselet-Hickey Scholarship
Marvin Windows and Doors Scholarship
Caroline Czarnecki Mathematics Scholarship
Wag Collins Scholarship Fund
Ray Breen Scholarship
Harold T. Peters Scholarship
Mathematics & Computer Science Emeriti Faculty Schlrshp
Tom and Sandy Richard Elementary Math Scholarship
MDU Resources Scholarship
Federated Insurance Information Services Scholarship
Bemidji Area Retention Scholarship
Carl O. Thompson Music Scholarship
Cowhick Scholarship
David J. Marchand/Edgar B. Gangware Music Education Scholarship
Dorothy L. Moore String Scholarship
Dyrhaug Scholarship
Elks Vocal Scholarship
Ernest and Victoria Baker Science and Music Scholarship
Fulton Gallagher Music Award
Hypatia Spangler Music
Instrumental Music Scholarship
Ione DeKrey Memorial Scholarship
James and Marilyn Heltzer Music Scholarship
Jerome D. Upton Scholarship
Joe Plumer Jazz Scholarship
John and Dana Yourd Endowment
M. Fern Birnstihl Scholarship
Mary E. Driessen Memorial Scholarship in Vocal Music
Meredith Brown Music Scholarship
Music Department Endowment
Music Department Piano Endowment
P. Bradley Logan Choral Scholarship
Paul Brandvick Choral Scholarship
Ray Breen Scholarship
Roberta Sellon Award
Ronald A. Gearman Piano Scholarship
Sam and Peggy Johnson Scholarship
Sidney Melby Memorial Scholarship
Ted Thorson Band Scholarship
Tom Swanson Brass Quintet Endowment
Bruce Gordon/Gordon Lindgren/Marathon Oil Physics Schlrshp
G.S. Droba Engineering Physics Scholarship
Harold T. Peters Scholarship
Otter Tail Power Engineering Physics Scholarship
Physics Emeriti Faculty-Andrew Brown Scholarship
Wes Winter Scholarship
LeRoy Erickson Scholarship
Sidney Melby Memorial Scholarship
Enbridge Energy Scholarship
Harry Melby Science Scholarship
Henderson, Patton, Jones Memorial Scholarship
Leonard D. Melville Memorial Scholarship
Lillie Kleven Print Scholarship
M. Fern Birnstihl Scholarship
Margaret Harlow Ceramics Scholarship
Patty Jean Wilson Persell Scholarship
Rick and Marcella Sherman Scholarship
Roy and Eva Lind Scholarship (for Visual Arts)
Stephen/Lois Sorenson Endow for Visual Arts
Westy James Scholarship
Patty Jean Wilson Persell Scholarship
BSU Capital Internship Scholarship
Robert and Jacqueline Decker Scholarship
McKnight Foundation Scholarship
Sullivan International Student Scholarship
Henriques International Fund
Marshall China Studies
Harry F. Bangsberg Memorial Scholarship for Asian Studies
Walter John Schuiling Scholarship
Ruth Brune Mangelsdorf Memorial Scholarship
John Henry Cardinal Newman Scholarship and Service Award
Raymond and Carol Milowski Scholarship
College of Arts/Letter Emeriti Retired Scholarship
View the BSU Insider for specific information pertaining to the Scholarship Award Recipients for the 2009/2010 academic year.
If you would like to make a gift or receive information about scholarships for the College of Arts & Sciences, please contact:
English
Communication Arts
Humanities
History & Art History
Philosophy
Theatre
Languages and Ethnic Studies
Mathematics & Computer Science
Visual Arts
Integrated Studies
Biology
Aquatic Biology
Center for Environmental, Earth & Space Studies, Economics, and Sociology
Economics
Environmental, Earth & Space Studies
Sociology
Chemistry
Geography and Political Science
Geography
Political Science
Music
Physics

Contact Dr. Elizabeth Dunn
Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences