The Office of Multicultural Affairs administers a healthy group of awards every year to both incoming freshman and returning students.  The scholarships include both institutional monies and private donor sources.  

Diversity related scholarships available at the
University of Idaho:

Scott, Shantelle Memorial Criteria Financial Need: Required Required Class Levels: FR SO JR SR Required Major(s): Open to all Majors Required Min. GPA: 2.50 Awarded to fulltime undergrads from diverse ethnicities. Must be persuing first Undergraduate Degree Preference to female students of Nez Perce or CDA Indian ancestry	CAMP (College Assistance Migrant Program) www.uidaho.edu/CAMP Criteria Financial Need: Required Required Class Levels: FR Required Major(s): Open to all Majors Required Min. GPA: 2.00 Other Requirements: Students must establish that they or their parents are seasonal/migrant farm workers. Call Yolanda Bisbee, CAMP Director, at (208) 885-5173 for more information.
Connie Christensen Criteria Financial Need: Secondary consideration Required Class Levels: FR SO JR SR GRAD Required Major(s): Open to all Majors Preference to: Journalism majors Other Requirements: Native-American any field or other ethnicity studying journalism or related.	Charles Decker Criteria Financial Need: Not Required Required Class Levels: FR SO JR SR Required Major(s): Open to all Majors Required Min. GPA: 2.50 Other Requirements: Awarded to students from diverse ethnic backgrounds- Good character
Diversity Award for New Students Criteria Financial Need: Not Required Required Class Levels: FR SO JR SR Required Major(s): Open to all Majors Required Min. GPA: Other Requirements: Awarded to new UI students from diverse ethnic backgrounds	Diversity Out-of-State Tuition Waiver Criteria Financial Need: Not Required Required Class Levels: FR SO JR SR GRAD Required Major(s): Open to all Majors Required Min. GPA: 2.50 Other Requirements: Awarded to non-resident students from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Diversity Scholars Crieria Financial Need: Not required Required Class Levels: FR SO JR SR GRAD Required Major(s) Open to all majors Required Min. GPA: Other Requirements: Available to all students with multicultural backgrounds who are full-time degree seeking students.	Drissen Criteria Financial Need: Not Required Required Class Levels: SO JR SR GRAD Required Major(s): Open to all Majors Required Min. GPA: 2.50 Preference to: Students in business, law, physical and biological sciences. Other Requirements: Members of recognized tribes of OR, ID, MT, WA and WY.
Irving, Ruth and Royal B. Criteria Financial Need: Not Required Required Class Levels: JR SR Required Major(s): Open to all Majors Required Min. GPA: 2.0 Other Requirements: Hispanic American students	Shawley, Stephen D. Scholarship Criteria Financial need: Required Required Class Levels: SO JR SR Other Requirements: This award benefits students of Nez Perce Indian ancestry.
Slade, Louise Criteria Financial Need: Not Required Required Class Levels: FR SO JR SR GRAD Preference to: Ag Bus; Ag Sci; Crops; Home Ec; Wildlife Resources; Vet Sci; Food Sci Other Requirements: Native American or Hispanic student	UI Hispanic Scholar Award Criteria Financial need: Not Required Required Class Levels: FR Required GPA: 2.50 Required Residency: ID Other Requirements: Participant in Idaho Youth Symposium.
Mari Indian Scholarship Watters Criteria Financial Need: Not Required Required Class Levels: FR SO JR SR GRAD Required Min. GPA: 2.00 Other Requirements: Renewable to one student for 4 years. Native-American with tribal affiliation.	State of Idaho Minority & At Risk Criteria Financial Need: Required Required Class Levels: FR SO JR SR Required Major(s): Open to all Majors Required Residency: ID Other Requirements: Must be a graduate of an Idaho high school. Must meet 3 of 5 criteria: first generation college student, have a disability, or have an ethnic background of Hispanic American, African-American, or Native-American, demonstrate substantial financial need, or be a son/daughter in a migrant farm family.
Multicultural Scholarship for Coeur d' Alene Tribe Criteria Financial Need: Not Required Required Class Levels: Fr So Jr Sr Required Min. GPA: 2.50 Open to All Majors Must be affiliated with the Coeur d' Alene Tribe
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_{Last Updated 04/01/08
by OMA
email: oma@uidaho.edu}