At the departmental level, we administer 15 annual, merit-based scholarships and awards, ranging from $150.00 to $1000.00, all awarded at the end of spring semester, by faculty nomination and consensus.   These usually go to students who have impressed the faculty with a consistently high level of quality involvement in production. (You should also know that we often split some of the larger awards listed below between 2-3 deserving students.)

Theatre and Dance Departmental Student Awards
T. C. Cherry (CASH)    $200
O. V. Clark Scholarship  $225
Col Oscar Payne Cleaver (CASH)   $1,000
D. Whitney Combs Schol   $300
Jackson Kesler Costuming Schol   $350
Mildred Howard (grad-GPA) 
William E. Leonard Schol  $500     
Joseph Levinoff Dance Schol  $250 
Jack E. Lunt Dance Schol   $2,000 
Jeffrey Mildenstein Dance Schol   $150
Russell H. Miller Schol    $700
Doris Owens Dance Schol    $150
Beverly Veenker Dance Schol    $800

In addition to these departmental awards, every fall Potter College awards full tuition scholarships to 10 alumni of the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts who have decided to attend WKU to further their study of the arts. These are very competitive scholarships, awarded on artistic/academic merit to incoming WKU Art, Music and Creative Writing majors, as well as Theatre and Dance majors.  In order to be eligible to apply for one of these scholarships, you must first apply for and be accepted as a WKU student.  These are annual, renewable full tuition scholarships, meaning that if you do land one of them you need to keep your GPA up to retain it from one year to the next.  If you would like more information and/or an application, please get in touch with Rita McGuire in the Potter College Dean's office via email at rita.mcguire@wku.edu  or by phone @ 270-745-2345.

And finally, the University awards several academic and need-based scholarships.  For information about those you should contact our admissions office scholarship division at (270) 745-5422, or via the web at http://www.wku.edu/Info/Admissions/ You should also contact them for up to date information about tuition and other costs.