Scholarships

Scholarships

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Opening the Door of Possibility for Students

Support the Scholarship Initiative

With your generous support, students will discover their full potential, inspire others, and lead in their families, in their careers, and in their communities.

More than just a mission to follow, it is also a philosophy that Saint Mary’s endeavors to carry forward. From campus ministries and other mission education and formation opportunities to accredited degrees through the Institute for Lasallian Studies, we seek to share the Lasallian message and strengthen the numbers who follow in these principles of leadership, knowledge, and faith.

Making education affordable and accessible is at the core of our mission at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Saint John Baptist de La Salle, the patron saint of educators and the founder of the De La Salle Christian Brothers, strongly believed that education is the key to equality and progress.

Scholarships open doors to opportunities, not only to attend college but to experience it at its fullest. We believe every student has a right to an excellent education; and when that education is centered in a collaborative and close community of learners, our students find success beyond even their expectations.

Students tell us their lives are truly transformed because of these incredible gifts. Without the generosity of our benefactors, many students would not be able to afford college, much less attend a private Lasallian Catholic university dedicated to helping students reach their fullest potential. With a quality, faith-based education, these students will be prepared for the challenges facing tomorrow’s leaders.

Not only do the student recipients—and the communities they go on to serve after graduation—benefit from these gifts, so does the university. Scholarship support strengthens Saint Mary’s by allowing us to attract and retain the most promising students, enhancing the college experience for everyone by creating a more robust and diverse academic atmosphere.

Academic and merit-based scholarships help Saint Mary’s to remain competitive in attracting gifted and talented students. Saint Mary’s offers a number of scholarships to reward academic success as well as to nurture student leadership, creativity, and artistic talent. We believe talent, hard work, and dedication should be rewarded.

More than 99 percent of Winona Campus undergraduate students receive some type of need-based or merit-based scholarship. Your support helps to bring a Saint Mary’s education within reach for students, regardless of their financial situation.

At Saint Mary’s, we’re proud that we are able to bring a personalized, private education in line with the cost of the best public institutions. But if we are to attract more students with exceptional academic and leadership potential, we must also bring our scholarship awards to be competitive with our peers.

These awards signal to students and their families that they are wanted and valued by Saint Mary’s and are often the deciding factor for families whose incomes just miss qualifying for need-based aid. With your support of academic scholarships, we can attract more high-achieving students whose presence invigorates our classrooms and inspires the entire Saint Mary’s community.

While here, we want our students to be able to concentrate on their studies, free from the worries of financial stress; and we want our students to graduate with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. Our goal is to eliminate financial barriers for promising students — tomorrow’s leaders.

Make an Impact

Our scholarship recipients have expressed gratitude in many ways. Many of these students go on to become scholarship donors, passing along the same opportunities they’ve had to new generations of learners. Named student scholarships can be established through an endowed or annual gift. These amazing legacies can perpetually honor loved ones by offering new life and new hope to tomorrow’s students. Make an impact today!

Benefactor Funded Scholarships

List as of 5/31/2025

A. E. Dick ’32 Memorial Scholarship

Alfred J. and Florence M. Bambenek Scholarship

Aloysius M. Mazig ’65 Annual Scholarship

Alpha Phi Omega- Sigma Theta Chapter Leadership, Friendship, and Service Scholarship

Anne K. Locher Memorial Scholarship

Anton and Mary Ledworowski Scholarship

Archbishop Binz Scholarship

Arthur N. Flodstrom ’64 Memorial Scholarship

B.J. Meixner Scholarship

Bachelor Completion Scholarship Fund

Bev and Phil Marek Endowed Scholarship

Bishop Patrick R. Heffron Scholarship

Br. Finbar McMullen Endowed First Generation Scholarship

Br. I Basil Rothweiler Scholarship

Br. Raphael Erler Scholarship

Brother Alphonsus Pluth ’39 Scholarship

Brother Ambrose Trusk ’43 Chemistry Scholarship

Brother Charles Severin Scholarship

Brother J. Francis Walsh FSC ’45 Memorial Scholarship

Brother J. Raymond Long ’43 Memorial Scholarship

Brother Julius Winkler ’36 Scholarship

Brother Laurence Walther Memorial Scholarship

Brother Leonard Courtney ’37 Scholarship

Brother Michael Collins, FSC First Generation Initiative Endowment Fund

Brother Urban Lucken ’35 Scholarship

Brother William Mann, FSC Endowed Scholarship for the First Generation Initiative

Captain Jack Schneider ’55 Scholarship

Catherine M. Ross Scholarship

Charles and Ellora Alliss Educational Foundation Scholarship

Charles J. Fiss Scholarship

Christian Brothers Scholarship

Christopher Anthony Van Horn Memorial Scholarship

Class of 1954 Anniversary Scholarship

Class of 1957 Billings-Hickey Scholarship

Class of 1959 Anniversary Scholarship

Class of 1960 Scholarship

Class of 1961 Scholarship

Clayton J. and Helen Dooley and Anthony and Irene Drvota Scholarship

Clifford-Hayes Endowed Scholarship

Cristo Rey Alumni Scholarship

Daniel E. ’47 and Veronica M. Lucas Legacy Scholarship

David Kuhn ’80 Memorial Scholarship

Delwiche Family Scholarship

Dominic and Rosina Polizzotto Memorial Scholarship

Dorothy Magnus Scholarship

Douglas and Ruth Robinson Scholarship

Dr. Christina D. Huck Scholarship

Dr. Jerome Speltz and Mrs. Laurine Speltz Scholarship

Dr. John Hoffman Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship

Dr. Samuel J. Cascio DDS B’48 Endowed Nursing Scholarship

Dr. William ’39 and Jean Hendrickson Scholarship

Drs. Michael and Patricia Sommerville Endowed Scholarship

Evert Scholarship

F. Walter and Mary Ann Riebenack Scholarship

Faculty/Staff Endowed Scholarship

Father Andrew Fabian Scholarship

Frank and Helen Walsh Memorial Scholarship Fund

Frankard Scholarship

Frederick Gardner Cottrell Ethical Leadership Scholarship

Fund for PsyD Dissertation Research (FPDR)

Gayle B. Goetzman Endowed Scholarship for Horsemanship

Gerald ’62 and Patricia Papenfuss Scholarship

Gerald ’63 and Lucia LaBonte Scholarship

Gostomski Family Foundation Scholarship

Greg Brosig ’81 Memorial Scholarship

Harry J. Welch, Jr. Scholarship

Helen C. Semler Scholarship

Herbert Garvin Scholarship

Hermano Santiago Miller, FSC, FGI Endowed Scholarship

Hon. Donald E. Rysavy ’70 and Jane (Lorang) Rysavy CST’72 First Generation Initiative Scholarship

IBM Scholarship Fund

Jack Nankivil Memorial Scholarship

James ’69 and Marianne Coogan First Generation Initiative Scholarship

James E. ’74 and Ann Hoey Endowed Scholarship

James E. Donovan ’66 Education Scholarship

James F. Bachmeier ’66 Memorial Scholarship

James M. ’51 and Sophia Yang Annual Scholarship

James R. ’60 and Judy Cramer CST’60 Cooney Endowed Scholarship

James R. Young ’73 Memorial Scholarship

Jelinek Family Scholarship

Jerome W. Clark Memorial Scholarship

John F. and Christine E. Parmer / John C. and Carolyn Noonan Parmer Scholarship

John F. O’Connell Jr. B’46 Family Scholarship

John J. Hoffman Memorial Scholarship

John Johnson Scholarship

John M. and Louise V. Healy Memorial Scholarship

Joseph C. and Marie F. Page Memorial Scholarship

Joseph E. Moss Annual Scholarship in the Ed.D. Program

Joyce-Regan Scholarship

Judson P. Letven Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Jul Gernes ’61 Memorial Scholarship

Julian and Dorothy Wera First Generation Endowed Scholarship

Katherine MacKinnon Fiss Endowed Scholarship in Nursing

Kelly Family Scholarship

Ken Wiltgen Scholarship

Kenneth R. Sirinek M.D., Ph.D. ’65 Endowed Scholarship

Kevin E. Kolis ’74 Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Klein Family Endowed Scholarship

Knights of Columbus Owatonna Council No. 945 Scholarship

Kristen A. Riebenack Memorial Scholarship

L. W. Mack ’66 Scholarship

Lanoga Corporation Scholarship

Laura Kulzer Memorial Scholarship

Lawrence A. ’66 and Rill Ann Reuter Endowed Scholarship

Lawrence E. Lisack ’70 Endowed Scholarship

Lawrence J. Wlazik ’73 Scholarship

Lillian Davis Hogan Scholarship

Lottia Murbach Scholarship

Lt. Thomas F. Meagher CPD Scholarship

Mabel Magnus Memorial Scholarship

Marian Scholarship

Marjorie and William Galvin ’50 Scholarship

Mark Carey ’67 Scholarship

Maurice Joseph Sullivan Memorial Scholarship

Max E. McGrath ’49 Scholarship

Merchants Bank Scholarship

Merrill Scholarship

MHS Diversity in Psychology Scholarship

Michael ’66, Susan (Haeny CST’66) and Lisa Whalen Endowed Scholarship

Michael M. Feeney ’64 Scholarship

Monsignor Julius C. Haun Scholarship

Msgr. Roy Literski Endowed Scholarship

Oberton First Generation Annual Scholarship

Ochrymowycz Family Foreign Language Scholarship

Officer Denis O’Leary, CPD Scholarship

Orris & Evelyn Johnson – Jerry & Delilah Keenan Families Scholarship

Paul ’50 and Elaine Drack Family Scholarship

Paul D. and Rita H. Oliaro First Generation Scholarship

Paul T. Madigan ’55 Scholarship

Peltier Hein Family Scholarship

Peter D. Pearson ’70 Endowed Scholarship

Peter F. Wentink ’68 Memorial Scholarship

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia / Kevin P. O’Connell ’73 Scholarship

Phil Cochran Memorial Undergraduate Faculty Scholarship

Philanthropy & Development Alumni Scholarship

Philip H. Corboy and Mary A. Dempsey Endowed Scholarship

Philip M. Morris ’42 Scholarship

Piscitiello Family FGI Endowed Scholarship

Raymond H. Groble, Jr. ’39 Scholarship

Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Scholarship

Richard T. Wojcik ’60 Ethics in Business Scholarship

Robert A. ’61 and Marilyn (Wolf CST ’61) Janka Annual Scholarship

Robert C. Skemp ’49 Endowed Scholarship

Robert Hough ’40 Memorial Scholarship

Robert J. and Lucille G. Stiever Scholarship Fund

Robert J. Reardon Memorial Scholarship

Robert M. Woods Memorial Scholarship

Rocco J. Corso ’67 Scholarship

Ryan Waddick Memorial Scholarship

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Legacy Endowed Scholarship

Sandra Lee Fox Sullivan CST’66 Elementary Education Endowed Scholarship

Sandy and Dick Pope Annual Scholarship in Business

Sauer Family Foundation Stipend

Scholarship Support

Schuler Family Endowed Scholarship

Sean and Julia (Edmunds) ’94 Farnan Family Endowed Scholarship

SGPP Faculty Staff Scholarship

Sieve Family Scholarship

Silchuck Family Scholarship

Sister Giovanni Scholarship

St. Jude Alumni Scholarship

Stanley J. Getch ’64 Endowed Scholarship

Stephen ’69 and Michelle Hujar Annual Scholarships

Stephen ’69 and Michelle Hujar Endowed Scholarship

Steve Kieselhorst, Jr. Scholarship

Susan Ann Wall ’97 Memorial Scholarship

T.R. Hennessy Scholarship

Terry and Margaret Meyers Scholarship

The Rotary Club of Winona Service Above Self Scholarship

The Wasie Foundation Scholarship

Thomas Etten Scholarship

Thomas J. Linder ’81 Memorial Scholarship

Tim Burchill Scholarship

Timothy L. Stapleton ’95 Memorial Scholarship

Tozer Scholarship

Wagnild Family Scholarship

Wells Fargo Scholarship

Wilde Family Annual Scholarship

Wilde Family Endowed Scholarship

William L. Hedrick Jr. ’81 Memorial Scholarship

William R. and Edna B. Ross Scholarship

William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholarship