New Diana High School

Purpose: Established by San Patricio and Aransas County to encourage students to complete high school and attend college.Amount: $4,000 over 4 years/several availableEligibility: Applicants must:be a graduating high school senior in San Patricio or Aransas County;be an active participant in San Patricio and Aransas County FFA or FCCLA chapter of 4-H Club;have actively participated in the San Patricio and Aransas...

First President of the Texas Federation of Business & Professional Women: Dr. Minnie Lee Maffett (1882-1964) Minnie Lee Maffett spent her entire life serving others. After years teaching and serving as principal of several schools, she graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1914 as a physician and surgeon. She founded and directed Southern Methodist University’s...

Established in 1995, this scholarship is to be awarded to women of academic achievement who wish to enter the professions of law, public service, government, political science, or women’s history.Scholarship Amount: $3,000.00 per yearScholarship RequirementsApplicant must be a female.Scholarship monies must be used at an accredited Texas college or university.Applicant must have completed at least two semesters of studies.Scholarship monies...

The mission of the Good Samaritan Foundation (GSF) is to promote nursing as a career by providing scholarship funds directly to student nurses for their clinical nursing courses. The foundation’s goal is to alleviate the current severe shortage of nurses in Texas. For most of its existence, the Foundation has concentrated on the support of the nursing profession. This support...

Each Spring, the George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation awards seventy (70) scholarships to Houston area high school seniors for undergraduate study. The award is $25,000, disbursed over four years (or until the student graduates, if earlier), provided the recipient conforms to the requirements set forth in the award. The recipient may select any major at any four-year college or...

The Josie Washington Memorial Scholarship is in memory of a very devoted member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Kappa Zeta Chapter.  Josie Washington was an educator in the Dallas public schools, who taught much of her career at Lincoln High School.  During her life she belonged to many organizations and volunteered her services wherever needed.  Upon her death, Josie Washington...