Departmental Scholarships

Art

$500-1,500 per scholarship, based on portfolio review

  • Art or graphic design major
  • Must maintain full-time status at the University of Mount Olive
  • Must maintain a 2.5 cumulative GPA
  • Must participate in departmental events

Education

Homegrown Teacher Academy Scholarship

  • Must live in Duplin County
  • April 1 priority deadline
  • $3000 freshmen and sophomore years
  • $6000 junior and senior years
  • Must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA for admission; must keep a 3.2 cumulative GPA to keep the scholarship -Must participate in weekly scholarship meetings and other activities
  • Must teach in Duplin County for 4 years after graduation to meet funding requirements
  • Click here to apply.

Music

University of Mount Olive Music Merit Awards

  • Must be a full-time UMO student
  • Audition is required
  • Amount of award determined by music faculty based on audition
  • Award dependent on the need of the music program
  • Student must register for and actively participate in a UMO ensemble
  • Student must demonstrate exceptional musicianship skills
  • Student is expected to be responsible, have a positive attitude and display excellent professional promise

Ensemble Scholarships

  • Must be a full-time UMO student
  • Audition is required
  • Amount of award determined by music faculty based on audition
  • Award dependent on the need of the ensemble
  • Student must register for and actively participate in a UMO ensemble
  • Take an applied course during the semester(s) of the award
  • Awards range from $500 to $2,500 for the academic year

Charles and Margenette A. Hinnant Music Scholarship

  • Must be a full-time UMO student
  • Audition is required
  • Up to $3,000 renewable annually up to four years
  • Demonstrate outstanding talent, academic ability, and good character
  • Letter of recommendation
  • Maintain a 3.0 GPA in music courses overall

Warren Vocal Scholarship

  • Must be a full-time UMO student
  • $500 per year
  • Maintain a 5 GPA in music courses overall

McRae Trumpet Scholarship

  • Must be a full-time UMO student
  • $500 per year
  • Maintain a 5 GPA in music courses overall

Warren Instrumental Scholarship

  • Must be a full-time UMO student
  • $200 per year
  • Maintain a 5 GPA in music courses overall

Agriculture

All University of Mount Olive Agriculture scholarships are available to full-time UMO students studying agriculture.  Each scholarship applicant is evaluated on personal, scholastic, and extra-curricular achievements.  Each scholarship recipient is expected to maintain active UMO Collegiate FFA membership and participate in at least two community service projects and one fundraiser each semester in addition to other scholarship conditions listed in the agreement. Apply through UMO-Connect.

New and Current Students: March 1 Application Deadline

Apply through UMO-Connect.

AgCarolina Farm Credit Scholarship

  • Reside of one of the following counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, North Hampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrell, Vance, Wake, Washington, Warren, Wayne, and Wilson
  • Must be a child or grandchild of an AgCarolina Farm Credit Customer
  • Graduating High School Senior who will enroll in a four-year Agricultural program at the University of Mount Olive or a current student enrolled in the program
  • Possess a GPA of 3.0 or better
  • Recipients will be selected based on academic achievement, leadership characteristics and future plans for enhancing the quality of life for Eastern North Carolina rural residents and their communities.

Carolina Farm Credit Scholarship

  • Reside in one of the following North Carolina counties: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Gaston, Graham, Guilford, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Union, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey.
  • Be a graduating High School Senior enrolling in a four-year agriculture program at the University of Mount Olive, or a current student enrolled in the program.
  • Possess a GPA of 2.5 or better.
  • Recipients will be selected based on academic achievement, leadership characteristics, and future plans for enhancing the quality of life for North Carolina rural residents and their communities.
  • In order to be considered for this scholarship, three individual letters of recommendation and a high school or college transcript must also be submitted.

NC Peanut Growers Scholarship

  • Recipients must demonstrate strong evidence of personal integrity, moral character, good citizenship, academic promise and a sincere commitment to attaining an education.
  • Priority preference for qualification include:
  • Student from a farming background
  • Family engaged in peanut production or processing

Collegiate FFA Scholarship

  • $500/year
  • Minimum 2.5 GPA
  • Active involvement in FFA

Incoming Freshmen: March 1 Application Deadline

Apply through UMO-Connect.

Barbara Ross Kornegay Scholarship

  • $1,100/year
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Selected candidates will be interviewed by the Kornegay scholarship committee

UMO Sophomores – Seniors: March 1 Application Deadline

Apply through UMO-Connect.

Lois G. Britt Scholarship

  • $1,200/year Minimum 3.0 GPA

Hubert and Mozelle Scott/Don Scott Scholarship

  • $1,000/year
  • Minimum 2.5 GPA

Other Scholarship Opportunities

Golden LEAF Foundation Scholarship

  • High school seniors are eligible for a 4-year scholarship totaling $12,000 ($3,000 a year over 4 years)
  • Community college transfer students are eligible for $3,000 a year for up to 3 years
  • Scholarships are available to students from qualifying counties who demonstrate financial aid

Lois Britt Memorial Pork Industry Scholarship

  • Amount: $2,500
  • Eligible students: Agriculture students with an emphasis in swine production

North Carolina Cattleman’s Foundation Scholarship

  • Amount: $3,000
  • Eligible students: Agriculture students with an emphasis on beef cattle production

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) Cares Foundation Scholarship Program

  • Amount: varies
  • Eligible students: Agriculture students with an emphasis on dairy cattle production

National FFA Organization

  • Amount: varies
  • Eligible student: Must be a member of a high school FFA chapter or collegiate FFA

Agriculture Future of America (AFA) Scholarship

  • Amount: Varies
  • Eligible students: Must be attending a four-year institution in the US or plans to obtain a four-year degree with a passion for food, agriculture and/or natural resources

AgCareers.com Feed Your Future Scholarship

  • Amount: $1,000
  • Eligible Students: Must be studying agriculture or intend to pursue a career in agriculture

Larry D. Edwards Scholarship – North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association

  • Amount: $1,000
  • Eligible students: Full-time students enrolled in horticulture programs in North Carolina

CME Beef Industry Scholarship

  • Amount: $1,500
  • Eligible students: Agriculture student with an emphasis on beef cattle production

Perennial Plant Association Scholarship

  • Amount: $1,000 + Travel to National Symposium
  • Eligible Students: Students in horticulture field of higher education for pursuit of degrees in horticulture or closely related areas

Irrigation Foundation Scholarship

  • Amount: $1,000- $2,500
  • Eligible Students: Pursuing irrigation-related degrees

National Association of Landscape Professionals Scholarship

  • Amount: $500-3000
  • Eligible Students: NALP Student Member (You can join for free if you have not attended NALP previously), students who are enrolled plant science program

American Floral Endownment

  • Amount: $300-$4000
  • Eligible Students: Pursuing degrees in floriculture or horticulture fields only; sophomore through graduate levels

National Compost Council Scholarship

  • Amount: $4,000
  • Eligible Students: The scholarship is available for undergraduate through PhD students studying at a college or university in the United States

Ted Rollins Eco Scholarship

  • Amount: $1,000
  • Eligible Students: High school seniors and college undergraduate students who major/plan to major in a field related to sustainability

Arborjet Taking Root Scholarship

  • Amount: 1,000
  • Eligible Students: Students looking to pursue full-time studies in forestry, plant sciences, horticulture, entomology, environmental science or a related major at an accredited two or four year college or university of the student’s choice

National Eagle Scout Association STEM Scholarship

  • Amount: $50,000
  • Eligible Students: The NESA STEM scholarship is awarded to one Eagle Scout annually who plans to major in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field (STEM)

Soil and Water Stewardship Scholarship

  • Amount: Varies
  • Eligible Students: Students must be studying a natural resource field such as fish or wildlife biology, conservation or management, air quality, botany, conservation education, ecology, forestry, hydrology, soils, pollution control or water quality

MetLife Foundation Scholarship

  • Amount: $2,000
  • Eligible Students: Open to high school seniors pursuing a four-year degree in select areas of agriculture, agribusiness management, communications, education, journalism, extension, public relations, finance, economics, sales, marketing, engineering, mechanization, technology, plant pathology, plant/animal breeding and genetics, range/soil science or public service and administration in agriculture. Residents of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin or Wyoming require. No more than one scholarship per state. Ten non-renewable scholarships at $2,000 each will be awarded

North Carolina FFA Scholarships

  • Eligible Student: Students must be a North Carolina FFA Member. The eligibility for each scholarship must be limited to location where the FFA member attended high school or the area of study for the student

R. Flake Shaw Scholarship

  • Amount: $4,000 Per year, for 4 years
  • Eligible Student: Incoming freshmen with the intention to pursue a career in agriculture or an agriculturally-related field. The student needs to display financial need, satisfactory grades, an evident understanding of the agricultural and/or agribusiness community, and has displayed leadership potential. Preference is given to Farm-Bureau members

National Dairy Shrine

  • Amount: Varies
  • Eligible Student: Students who are pursuing careers in the dairy industry

Securities and Insurance Licensing Association Foundation

  • Amount: $2,500
  • Eligible Student: Students who are pursuing careers in business administration, education, finance or accounting, insurance studies, marketing or mathematics

American Indian Scholarship

  • Amount: $5,000 annually
  • Eligible Student: Enrolled tribal member that plans to work with a tribe or nation in the field of education or social service. Must maintain a 3.0 GPA.

NC Wildlife Federation Scholarship

  • Amount: $2,500
  • Eligible Student: Students who are enrolled in and attending an accredited NC College or university, including 2-year programs. Eligible students must be majoring in environmental and natural resources conservation and management including the areas of wildlife, fisheries, forestry, conservation or the environment

Anthony "Tony" W. LaFetra Scholarship

  • Amount: $1,000 – $2,500
  • Eligible Student: Students must be a graduating high school senior or full-time undergraduate student who will be enrolled in a two- or four-year institution for the 2024-2025 school year

Cumberland Community Foundation Scholarships

  • Amount: Varies
  • Deadline: March 23
  • Eligible Student: Students must be a graduating high school senior or full-time undergraduate student who will be enrolled in a two- or four-year institution

Wayne County Extension master Gardener Volunteer Association Scholarships

  • Amount: $500 – $1,000
  • Eligible Student: Student must be a resident of Wayne County, NC. Students must be a graduating high school senior or full-time undergraduate student who will be enrolled in a two- or four-year institution for the 2022-2023 school year

Precision Agriculture Scholarship Contest

  • Amount: $2,000
  • Eligible Student: Student can be studying in any field, not just agriculture, including robotics, AI, engineering, environmental science

Robert H. Short Scholarship

  • Amount: $7,500
  • Eligible Student: Students who are graduating from a high school in Cumberland County, NC the spring after the application deadline (includes all high schools, early colleges, and home schools). Eligible students must enter a nonprofit college or university within six months of high school graduation as a full time, matriculating student

Careers in Conservation Scholarship

  • Amount:$2,000.00
  • Eligible Student: Agriculture student with a declared major in agronomy, agricultural or civil engineering, sustainable land management, agriculture education, animal science, forestry, natural resource conservation or management, plant science, soil science, water management, water quality, wildlife management or other closely related degree programs

Garden Club of America Scholarships

  • Amount: Varies
  • Eligible Student: Varies among scholarships

Commerical Cattlemen's Scholarship

  • Amount: $1,500
  • Eligible Student: Students using registered Angus bulls in their family’s commercial cattle operation. The commercial cattlemen scholarship program is only for students with a commercial background