College of Business and Economics

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Awards and Scholarships

One of the ways that the College of Business and Economics moves mountains for students (B&E) is by helping them fund their education. The College provides more than $100,000 in financial assistance to B&E Juniors for use in the senior year of study. In addition, West Virginia University offers a substantial amount of scholarship aid through various departments and agencies of the University. See SCHOLARS' OFFICE website for additional information.

Awards vary widely and are based on criteria such as: grade point average, legal residency, class (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior), financial need, and other factors.To be eligible for consideration for B&E awards and scholarships, the student must be formally admitted to the College of Business & Economics through the B&E application and admittance process.

Academic Departmental Awards' Representatives (see list below) provide award applications upon request to students. The completed application may require a current resume. In addition, since many awards require demonstration of financial need, the College of Business and Economics recommends that the student file a FAFSA during both the sophomore and the junior years.

Two exceptions, which require specific applications, are:

  1. R. Emmett and Edna Lynch Scholarship - These scholarships are available to incoming freshmen who intend to major in Business and who are graduates of Morgantown High, University High or Clay-Battelle High Schools. Interested students should contact their high school guidance counselors during January of the senior year in high school.
  2. Terry and Francis Seelinger Scholarship - This is awarded to a West Virginia resident who is either a sophomore or a junior who is planning to major in business. Applications are available in December and January through the Undergraduate Advising Office in the College of Business and Economics.
    - Seelinger Scholarship Award Application
    - College of B&E Scholarship and Awards Application

The following is a contact list for each academic department:

For more detailed information regarding scholarships click here.