Special scholarship opportunities: 
Foundation for IUP Volunteer Service Award
IUP Alumni Association Harrisburg Chapter Scholarship
IUP Alumni Association Indiana County Alumni Chapter Scholarship
Westmoreland County Chapter Scholarship
IUP Ambassadors Scholarship

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Foundation for IUP
Community Volunteer Service Award, 2005-06
The Community Volunteer Service Award recognizes the volunteer spirit demonstrated by IUP students who give their time and talents toward the betterment of the local Indiana community and society as a whole. The award acknowledges the volunteer commitment of the Foundation's Board of Directors throughout the years, and was established in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the Foundation for IUP in June, 1998. Individual awards range up to $500.  Candidates for the scholarship must meet the following guidelines: Must be enrolled as a full-time student in good academic standing at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, must have earned a minimum of 24 credit hours, and must be engaged in volunteer community service that exceeds any volunteer service required as part of a class project, membership, scholarship, or other obligatory circumstance in order to be eligible. Deadline to apply is April 15.  Contact Pamela Fetterman, 330 Sutton, for more information.   Follow this link to print an application form (PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

IUP Alumni Association Harrisburg Chapter Scholarship
The Harrisburg Alumni Chapter of IUP Scholarship was established by the membership of the alumni chapter to provide annual scholarship awards to talented and deserving students enrolled at Indiana University of Pennsylvania who best meet the designated criteria. Students must be a permanent resident of the Harrisburg area, primarily Cumberland, Dauphin or northern York counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Consideration also will be given to other counties included in the Harrisburg Alumni Chapter membership such as Adams, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and Perry counties. Students must be enrolled as a full-time student in good academic standing at IUP with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better. Students must have successfully completed between 26 and 90 credits and be a sophomore or junior according the to University’s classification, and they must demonstrate financial need in pursing educational goals. Preference will be given to children or grandchildren of IUP alumni who are dues-paying members of the Harrisburg Alumni Chapter. Application deadline for awards is April 30. Contact the Office of Alumni Relations, Breezedale, for more information.  Follow this link to print an application form (PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

IUP Alumni Association Indiana County Alumni Chapter Scholarship
The Indiana County Alumni Chapter Scholarship was established by the membership of the alumni chapter to provide annual scholarship awards to talented and deserving students enrolled at Indiana University of Pennsylvania who best meet the designated criteria Successful applicants must be a permanent resident of Indiana County and be a graduate from a high school in Indiana County, must be enrolled as a full-time student in good academic standing at IUP, must have successfully completed at least 24 credit hours and no more than 56 credit hours, and must demonstrate financial need in pursing educational goals. Preference will be given to children or grandchildren of IUP alumni and member of the Indiana County Alumni Chapter. Application deadline for awards is May 1. Contact the Office of Alumni Relations, Breezedale, for more information.  Follow this link to print an application form (PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

The Westmoreland County Alumni Chapter Scholarship
The Westmoreland County Alumni Chapter Scholarship has been established to provide scholarship support to a student from Westmoreland County, PA who demonstrates academic achievement at IUP and a sincere commitment to pursuit of the professional field they have chosen.  This is a one-time scholarship award of $1,000 available to students enrolled at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) for the 2008-09 academic year.  The application and required documentation should be submitted to Alumni Relations, IUP, Breezedale Alumni Center, no later than 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 30, 2008.  Follow this link to print an application form (PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

IUP Ambassadors Scholarship
The IUP Ambassadors Scholarship was established by the membership of the IUP Ambassadors, the university’s award-winning student alumni association, to provide annual scholarship awards to students who have distinguished themselves through service and loyalty to their future alma mater and who best meet the designated criteria. Applicants must have successfully earned at least 57 credits and be in good academic standing at the university, have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or greater, and have demonstrated a strong commitment of service and loyalty to IUP and the community through involvement and participation in campus activities. Application deadline for awards is April 15. Contact the Office of Alumni Relations, Breezedale, for more information.  Follow this link to print an application form (PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).