Current Opportunities for Wartburg College

The Loret Ruppe International Student Scholarship

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: The scholarship program honors the late Loret Miller Ruppe, former director of the Peace Corps and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, whose conviction was that "peace work needs to be everybody's work." Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, Ruppe headed the Peace Corps for eight years, the longest tenure of any director in its history.

Under Ruppe's direction, the Peace Corps budget allocation consistently increased, and the number of volunteers grew by 20 percent. Ruppe traveled extensively during her years as Peace Corps director, visiting volunteers in more than 60 countries in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, and South and Central America. In 1989, President George Bush appointed her ambassador to Norway, a position she held until 1993. In recognition of her ambassadorial work, she received the Grand Cross of the Norwegian Order of Merit. Loret Ruppe died in 1996 at the age of 60. In addition to her husband, Philip, she is survived by four daughters. Her daughter Loret, who served in Nepal, was the first director's child to join the Peace Corps.

Education Partners in Covenant (EPIC)

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: For members of participating congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. A matching funds program between the congregation and the college. Not based on financial need. Wartburg matches up to $750 per academic year. Renewable with continued church participation.

Legacy Grant

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: For full-time students with alumni parent(s) and/or grandparents, and students with a sibling who currently attends or has graduated from Wartburg. Applicable toward tuition. Not based on financial need. Renewable.

Wartburg College Grant

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: For students with academic potential who demonstrate financial need AND for first-year students with no other scholarship support from Wartburg College. Amounts are determined by financial need and academic achievement. Renewable.

Out-of-State Grant

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: For students residing outside Iowa who demonstrate academic potential. Based on financial need. Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) must be submitted to the processor by July 1 of the award year.

Diversity Grant

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: For under-represented students with academic potential. Free Application for Federal Aid (FAFSA) must be completed. Renewable.

Transfer Scholarship

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: Scholarship amount is calculated based on a transfer grade point average of 2.5 or higher. The longevity of all institutional funding will be prorated based on status upon enrollment. Renewal of this scholarship requires maintaining a 2.7 GPA.

Transfer Grant

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: For transfer students who demonstrate financial need. Amount is determined by need and grade point average. The longevity of all institutional funding will be prorated based on status upon enrollment.

State Pageant Award

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: Awarded to Iowa, Colorado, and Missouri State Pageant participants. Winner of each pageant will receive a $2000 scholarship. First runner-up will be awarded a $1500 scholarship. Renewable.

John Deere Credit Scholarship

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: Awarded to ethnic minority students from Des Moines public schools with a minimum ACT composite score of 19, rank in top half of graduating class and GPA of 3.0. Students who meet the criteria for the scholarship need to submit the scholarship application and complete an interview.

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: Awarded to transfer students who are active members of Phi Theta Kappa at a two-year institution. You must be accepted for admission and complete a scholarship application, have a minimum 3.3 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale, and have completed at least 30 semester hours of transfer credit by March 1.

McElroy Scholarship/Slife Scholarship

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: For first-year underrepresented students, based on recommendation and grade point average. Preference to students from the Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa, area. Renewable based on academic performance.

Communication Arts Scholarship

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: Offered to prospective students on the basis of participation in the Communications Arts visit day and/or summer camp. The communication area of emphasis may change from year to year. Attendance at the visit day and camp must be prior to enrollment. Not based on financial need. Renewable.

Cedar Valley Science Symposium Scholarship

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: Offered each fall as a part of the Cedar Valley Science Symposium at Wartburg. For first-year students on the basis of participation in the Cedar Valley Science Symposium. Not based on financial need. Contact the college by the end of September for information. Renewable.

All-State and/or Lutheran Summer Music Academy Recognition

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: A $2,500 minimum Meistersinger Music Scholarship is awarded to a student who is an All State participant and/or an alumnus of the Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival. Students have the opportunity to increase their Meistersinger scholarship by auditioning. Please see Meistersinger Music Scholarship description.

Meistersinger Music Scholarship

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Application Deadline: Various (2014-15 Audition Dates: January 17; February 6; February 21)
Description: To qualify, you must respond to an audition invitation and be accepted for admission. Competition is open to music and non-music majors. To maintain the scholarship, you must participate in an ensemble. If your scholarship is for $2500 or above you must enroll in music lessons each term.

Regents and Presidential Scholarships

Opportunity Type: Scholarship
Description: Wartburg evaluates merit based scholarships on a combination of a student's high school grade point average, class rank, and ACT/SAT score. Typically, students who have a high school minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 and rank in the top 25 percent of their high school class AND have an ACT composite score of 23 (1080 SAT) or higher will receive a Regents or Presidential Scholarship. Students who qualify and choose to participate in one of Wartburg's Scholarship Days have the opportunity to increase their Regents or Presidential Scholarship.

Contact Information

Wartburg College
100 Wartburg Blvd.
Waverly, IA 50677
www.wartburg.edu