Marion and Wayland H Cato Jr Endowed Scholarship Fund
This fund shall be used to make scholarship grants to full-time and part-time students who have financial need. It is the intent of the Grantor that, given the availability of funds, at least one member of each class shall be awarded a Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Scholarship.
Among students who have financial need, preference will be given to students under consideration for a Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Scholarship who show evidence of
- having worked for pay prior to their enrollment in the University and/or who are working for pay at the present time and
- having worked without pay in some form of community service prior to their enrollment in the University and/or who are working without pay in some form of community service at the present time.
Among scholarship applicants who meet the above criteria, preference shall be given to transfers from Sheridan College, with preference among those transfers from Sheridan College being given to those students who have been Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Scholars at Sheridan College.
Those students who have already received a Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. Scholarship will be considered for renewal of the scholarship so long as the student remains in good standing (academic and otherwise). Students will need to apply for renewal through this application for consideration in subsequent years.
- Award
- Varies
- College/Department
- Scholarships and Financial Aid
- Deadline
- 03/15/2025
- Supplemental Questions
- Have you worked for pay prior to enrollment in the University and/or are you working for pay at the present time?
- Have you worked without pay in some form of community service prior to enrollment in the University and/or are you working without pay in some form of community service at the present time?
- If you have received the Marion and Wayland H. Cato Jr. scholarship in the past, please select the institution(s) from which you received the award:
- Please attach a 500-word essay addressing the following items:
- Describe your educational goal and why it is meaningful to you;
- Describe how you have paid for your education up to the present time;
- State if you are a transfer student from Sheridan College;
- Describe what type of community service have you have performed or participated in.