Special scholarships and awards

Each year students enrolled are considered for different scholarships and awards, granted on the basis of one or more of the following criteria: academic excellence, citizenship, contribution to campus life, and financial need. Application deadline is early in the month of March for the following academic year and scholarships are announced at Awards Chapel at the end of May each year. The following is a current list of scholarships and awards that are given:

Dortha G. Airey Endowment Scholarship
Wilfred J. Airey Pre-law Scholarship
Alumni Challenge Endowment Scholarship
American Freedoms Endowment
Alonzo L. Baker Scholarship
Hilmer Besel Award for Excellence in Math and Computing
Herbert Blomstedt Music Scholarship
Legislative Internship
Grace Hansen Buell Memorial Endowment
Burkhardt Scholarship
Cafferky String Scholarship Endowment
California Retired Teachers Association Scholarship Riverside Division 21
Chan Music Scholarship
Chemistry Faculty Appreciation Award
Lester H. Cushman Endowed Scholarship
Dean's Award (each school)
Dennis-Roehr Endowed Scholarship
Farmers Insurance Group Scholarship
Fober Greater Yucaipa Area Music Scholarship
Graduate Assistantships
Leonard Gregory Scholarship
Richard G. Guy Memorial Scholarship
Nellie Haddad Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Hamerslough Family Endowed Scholarship
John T. Hamilton Scholarship
History Scholarship
Edward and Mona Ho Endowed Scholarship
Honors Program Award
Frederick G. Hoyt Endowed Scholarship
Frederick G. Hoyt Writing Award
Luther & Pearl Hughes Scholarship
Willard J. and Irene Humpal Endowed Scholarship
Irvine Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Edmund C. Jaeger Award
Maybel V. Jensen Scholarship
Frank & Beverly Jobe Scholarship
Clarence & Ellen Judd-Peterson Endowed Scholarship
Judson Memorial Award
Katchamakoff Art Scholarship
Tommy F. Kofoed Endowed Scholarship
Kwai-Choi Lam Scholarship
La Sierra University Golf Scholarship
Landeen, Airey, Hilde Scholarship
Eliza L. Landeen Scholarship
Thomas A. & Helen Little Endowed Scholarship
Helma Christina Magnussen Memorial Scholarship
Marie Barber Marchus Scholarship
George H. Mayr Foundation Scholarship
Lois McKee Endowed Scholarship
Thomas E. Merritt Memorial Scholarship
C. and S. Mitchell Scholarship
Carmen and Rafael C. Morales Spanish Language Scholarship
Music Faculty Scholarship
Neff-Lewis Endowed Scholarship
Richard Christian Nies Endowed Scholarship
Lavina A. Northrop Scholarship
Anita N. Olsen Scholarship (Music)
V. N. Olsen Scholarship
I. G. Ortner Scholarship Physics Endowment Scholarship
President's Award
Raymond E. Ryckman Biology Research Honorarium
Rickard Scholarship (Pre-Nursing)
Riverside Foundation Heseman Scholarship
Ross/Latin American Studies Scholarship
Royal Sage Memorial Endowment
Royal Sage Writing Award
School of Business and Management Scholarship
Harry Schrillo Scholarship Secondary Teaching Scholarship
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Shogi Golden Rule Scholarship
George True Simpson Scholarship Endowment
Specht Memorial Scholarship
Stahl Scholarship
Tracy Teele Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Jenny Phek Sim Teoh Endowed Scholarship
Emanuel E. Trefz and Jane Bresse-Trefz Scholarship Endowment
Ellen M. Vogel, M.D., Memorial Scholarship
Alfred Walters Music Scholarship
Howard O. Welty Loyal Daughters and Sons Scholarship
Welebir and McCune Law Firm Endowed Education Scholarship
Robert L. Wheatley Endowed Scholarship
Paul & Evelyn Wickman Endowed Scholarship
Ivan & Erma Williams Endowed Scholarship
Roy & Gladys Williams Scholarship