2026-2027 Catalog

Scholarships

 

Western Piedmont Community College Scholarships

A number of institutional scholarships are available to WPCC students through the Western Piedmont Foundation. The online scholarship application is available on WPCC's Scholarship webpage from February 1st until July 15th each year with the scholarships to be awarded for the following academic year. In addition, many local agencies, clubs, organizations, and businesses sponsor other scholarships. Contact the Financial Aid Office for additional information or visit WPCC's Scholarship webpage for current scholarship offerings.

Ann Cornwell Patton Scholarship

Appalachian Naturescapes Scholarship

Arthur and Nelle Young Scholarship

Benner-Pharr Scholarship

Betty and Don Stuart Education Scholarship

Bowen Primary & Urgent Care (BPUC) Nursing Scholarship

Breeden Family Collegiate Scholarship

Bright-Salvageot Scholarship

Building Construction Technology Scholarship

Burke County Extension Master Gardner Volunteer Association Scholarship

Burke County Firefighters Association Scholarship

Burke County Medical Alliance Scholarship

Burke Education Endowment Program (BEEP) Scholarship

Carlton E. Caruso, Sr. Scholarship

Carol Jean Williams Scholarship

Catawba Valley Paralegal Association (CVPA) Lynn Price Memorial Scholarship

Clark Douglas Powell Scholarship

Connie Williams Hollar Scholarship

Continental Maintenance Technician Scholarship

Corpening Memorial Need-Based Scholarship

David Simmons Flom Memorial Scholarship

Doug Cline Memorial Scholarship

Dr. Edward W. Phifer, Jr., Scholarship

Dr. Jean C. Ervin Presbyterian Scholarship

Dr. Robert C. McAdams Scholarship

Earl Duncan Scholarship

East Burke AARP Scholarship

Ed Reading Scholarship

Elizabeth (Beth) Hooper Jackson, M.D. Memorial Scholarship

Elizabeth D. Lefevers Scholarship

Elizabeth Irene Dale Perpetual Nursing Scholarship

First Citizens Bank Scholarship

Fitzgerald Nursery Scholarship

Foothills Chapter North Carolina Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (NCRID) Scholarship

Freedom High School Scholarship

George and Wilma Williams Scholarship

George T. Cornwell Scholarship

Gerald & Meilia Cox Family Foundation Scholarship

Grace Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Scholarship

Heather Smith Brown Scholarship

Helen Carswell and James Patrick Hennessee Scholarship

Helen Kincaid Craft Scholarship

Honorable Sam J. Ervin, III Scholarship

Iris June “Tootsie” Browning Scholarship

J. Iverson Riddle Professional Development Scholarship

J.C. & Smaro Black Sossoman Scholarship

J.P. Rostan, Sr. and Irma G. Rostan Scholarship

James “Bud” Toner Scholarship

James H. and Doris E. Edwards Scholarship

Jan Cashion Stuenkel Scholarship

Jo Bailey Sitton Scholarship

John and Janice Rostan Skilled Trades Scholarship

John H. McMurray Scholarship

John P. Rostan, Jr. Scholarship

Johny & Abby Hildebrand Scholarship

Jones-Pons Nursing Scholarship

K Harold Clark Scholarship

Kenny Hemmings Memorial Scholarship

Lanie Winchester Scholarship

Larry “Skip” Foxx, Jr. Scholarship

Larry R. and Patricia H. Clark Scholarship

Laughridge/Pyatt Scholarship

Léger Annual Scholarship

Libby Setzer Memorial Scholarship

Lieutenant Kelly Kincaid Emergency Services Scholarship

Liz Oxford Memorial Scholarship

Louis A. Lovelace Scholarship

M.E. Shell Scholarship

Mabel S. Franklin Nursing Scholarship

Margaret C. Turner Scholarship

Margaret Hoyle Scholarship

Mary H. Warlick Workers Legacy Foundation Scholarship

Michael J. Morse Memorial Scholarship

Michael Whalen Memorial Scholarship

Michaels Family Scholarship

Morganton Civitan Club Scholarship

Morganton High School Class of 1972 Memorial Scholarship

Morganton Men’s Club Scholarship

Morganton Service League Scholarship

Nadia and Steve Blahut Scholarship

Naomi B. and Oval Jaynes, Sr. Nursing Scholarship in memory of Naomi Brandon Jaynes

Naomi B. Rostan Scholarship

Neil Bowen Watts Skilled Trades Scholarship

Othenia “Tina” Taylor Scholarship

Oxford Scholarship for the Arts

Oxford-White Academic Merit Scholarship

Palmer-Wrigglesworth Scholarship

Patsy Aileen Carswell Scholarship

Paul and Mildred Cash Scholarship

Peggy Galloway Memorial Scholarship

Quaker Meadows Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Scholarship

R.L. Patton Memorial Scholarship

Raymond and Arlene Poteat Scholarship

Raymond B. Goodfellow Scholarship

Rebecca Ollis Scholarship

Richard and Sara Hurst Scholarship

Richard Thomas Breeden, Sr., Academic Merit Scholarship

Riley Thomas Greer Scholarship

Robert L. Patton Scholarship

Robert S. & Autumn Henson Scholarship

Roy and Jan Walters Nursing Scholarship

Ruth Coffey Isenhour Nursing Scholarship by E.C. Isenhour

Sam Brinkley Scholarship

Sandra Easterly Sweazey Scholarship

SGL Carbon Machining Scholarship

Steve M. Hoyle Scholarship

Suzanne Bleynat Bridges Scholarship

VanNoppen Marketing Community Leaders Scholarship

Virginia Davis Scholarship

Western Piedmont Foundation General Scholarship

William Hall Scholarship

William McGalliard Scholarship

William Pinkney Corpening Merit Scholarship (New)

William Pinkney Corpening Merit Scholarship (Returning)