Our Opportunities

Scholarship applications for Spring 2024 are closed. Notifications will be to your students.mchenry.edu email December 3, 2023. Please contact the Foundation with questions 815-455-8721.

FOUNDATION MAIN PAGE

Welcome to the Friends of McHenry County College Foundation scholarship application website!

To apply for scholarships, click the “Sign In” button located at the top right corner of this page and sign in with your myMCC credentials.

Start with completing the General Application. One Application for many scholarships! Once you submit the General Application, you will have automatically applied to any scholarship in which you qualify. If you choose, you may apply for additional recommended opportunities. Only students that apply to these additional opportunities have a chance to receive them. You may log back in and update the General Application until the deadline by clicking General Application in the upper left corner.

You will be notified whether you have been awarded a scholarship or not via the students.mchenry.edu email.

If you experience any difficulties or need assistance completing the application, please contact the Foundation at (815) 455-8721, foundation@mchenry.edu or visit A219.

• Other local scholarships (non-MCC) may be viewed by going to this link. https://www.mchenry.edu/scholarships/list.html

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Rachel Lee Bachman Memorial Culinary Scholarship Criteria: • Applicant must be enrolled in the Culinary...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	John and Kathy Young Automotive Award Criteria: Applicant pursuing a degree or certificate in Automotive...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees for any post secondary institution (MCC or beyond)	Joseph A Blanco Student Spirit Award The Joseph A. Blanco Spirit Award honors inspiring students at MCC. The...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Tri-Garden Clubs of Crystal Lake Horticulture Scholarship Members from Countryside, Garden Gate and Green Twig garden clubs host...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	AAWCC Scholarship American Association of Women in Community Colleges MCC Chapter supports...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Scholarship Criteria: Pursuing a Nursing degree or completing the Basic Nursing...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Amanda Fair Memorial Endowed Scholarship The Amanda Fair Memorial Scholarship was established May 26, 2004 by...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition only	Anne M. Stumpf, RN Nursing Scholarship of Excellence Criteria: Applicant must be pursuing a Nursing degree and be a second...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Black Student Union Scholarship Criteria includes: 2.0 GPA; Resident of McHenry County; Active...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	College Opportunity Scholarship Criteria includes: pursuing a degree or certificate; 2.5 GPA; FAFSA...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Cynthia K. Roth COTA Memorial Scholarship Criteria: • Applicant must be enrolled in OTA program. • Preference to...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Darla D. Trimble Memorial Scholarship This scholarship was established in memory of Darla Trimble, the former...	Ended
$500.00	Elizabeth Teetsov Accessibility Scholarship Criteria: Student must be registered with MCC’s Access and Disability...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Jane S. Erickson Scholarship Mrs. Erickson wanted to provide financial support for students who...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Jim Rohlwing Nursing Scholarship Criteria: • Applicant must be a returning student enrolled in...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition and books	Joe Blanco Benevolent Heart Scholarship Scholarship established in 2012 to support students with financial need...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Latino Educational Achievement Scholarship Criteria includes: Applicant must be enrolled in a degree or...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Louise Lundemo Memorial Music Scholarship Criteria includes: 2.5 GPA; pursuing a degree or transferring; 6+...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	MCC Staff Council Scholarship Since 2016 the McHenry County College Staff Council has organized an...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Nancy Mattison Memorial Scholarship Nancy was an MCC student who died of cancer. Her parents established...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Prairie Community Bank Established in 2006, this scholarship was created to improving the life...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	World Class Industries Scholarship Fund World Class Industries established this scholarship to support students...	Ended
60 (in-district) credit hours of tuition at MCC for incoming high school students	Board of Trustees Scholarship for Current Senior High School Students The Board of Trustees Scholarship is awarded to qualified individuals...	Ended
60 (in-district) credit hours of tuition, fees, and books at MCC for up to 5 incoming high school students	Presidential Talent Scholarship for Current Senior High School Students McHenry County College, along with the Friends of MCC Foundation, award...	Ended
$10,000 award to be used towards final semesters at MCC tuition, books, fees and the remainder towards the first year to a transfer university (must be accredited).	Education to Empowerment Criteria includes: Open to women; Full time enrollment; McHenry...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition Only	AAUW Crystal Lake Area Branch Scholarship American Association of University Women Crystal Lake Branch holds...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Amanda Williams Memorial Endowed Scholarship Criteria Includes: Applicant must be a current member of MCC Women’s...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Anginetti L. Urch Scholarship Criteria: • Applicant must live in-district. • Applicant must have a 2.0...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Anita U. Haughey Memorial Scholarship Criteria Includes: Applicant must be a current resident of McHenry...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	APTAR STEM Scholarship Aptar Group and Aptar Cary have depended on McHenry County College to...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, Books and fees	Brilliance Honda Ben Mennella Memorial Scholarship Criteria: • Applicant must maintain a 2.0 GPA. • Applicant must be a...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Christopher R. Schauer Memorial Scholarship Criteria includes: Applicant must be enrolled as a full-time...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition and fees and books from the MCC Bookstore	Coilcraft Scholarship Criteria: 2.5 + cumulative GPA 12 credit hours (Full time...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Countryside Garden Club Scholarship Criteria includes: Applicants must complete and submit the MCC...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Crystal Lake Bank & Trust (A Wintrust Community Bank) Scholarship Criteria includes: 2.5 GPA; Resident of McHenry County; Pursuing a...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	David T. Murphy Memorial Scholarship Criteria includes: Applicant must be enrolled in a minimum of 9 credit...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Deb Strout Memorial Scholarship Criteria includes: Applicant must provide proof of financial need by...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Diane L. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Criteria: Applicant must be studying the field of Finance, Accounting,...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Dolores E. Hall Memorial Scholarship Criteria: • Applicant must maintain a 2.5 GPA and provide proof of...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Dolores Schmidt, R. N., Nursing Scholarship Criteria includes: Applicant must be an MCC Student majoring in...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Entrepreneurial Agriculture Scholarship Criteria: 2.5 GPA McHenry County Resident Student must be working...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Fabian Scholarship “Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees and a second semester award based on continued criteria eligibility.	FIERF Forging Foundation Scholarship Criteria: Applicant must be enrolled in an Engineering or Manufacturing...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Fitness Instructor Training Scholarship Criteria: • Applicant must be enrolled in the F.I.T. program at MCC...	Ended
Full tuition for semester awarded, up to $1,500	Forge Ahead Scholarship Fund Criteria includes: Applicant must be pursuing an associate degree or...	Ended
Award may be applied to: tuition, books, fees	Gaye Boland Memorial Scholarship Criteria: • Applicant must be female. • Applicant must maintain a GPA of...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	GED Next Step Scholarship Criteria includes: Completed GED at MCC and scored 600 or higher on...	Ended
Tuition and Fees	General Kinematics Scholarship Criteria: • Applicant must be pursuing a Welding Technician...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, books, fees	Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois Scholarship Fund Goodwill Industries mission is to help individuals with barriers achieve...	Ended
Award may be applied to: Tuition, Fees and Books/supplies from MCC Bookstore	Graphic Arts Scholarship Criteria includes: Applicant must be enrolled in Graphic Arts...	Ended

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