Marketing Scholarships

Vern McGinnis American Marketing Association Scholarship

Outstanding Junior in Marketing Foundation Award

For a junior or first semester senior majoring in Marketing with a 3.5 GPA or higher and less than 90 hours completed, must have outstanding qualities in leadership, service, and citizenship; $300. Candidates meeting the minimum GPA requirements are formally invited to apply each spring; the entire Marketing faculty votes to select the recipient.

Delta Nu Alpha-James Katschke Scholarship

For a junior or first semester senior majoring in Marketing with a 3.2 GPA or higher, strong qualities in leadership, service and citizenship, and less than 90 hours completed; $350. Candidates must have finished high school as a resident of a town in Central Illinois. Candidates meeting the GPA and residence criteria are formally invited to apply. The Central Illinois Chapter of Delta Nu Alpha (a professional organization focusing on marketing, distribution, and transportation), with help from the Marketing faculty, selects the recipient. [DONATE to DNA James Katschke Scholarship]

Outstanding Marketing Student, St. Louis Chapter of A.M.A.

For a junior or senior majoring in Marketing with a 3.0 GPA or higher and who has provided the ISU Collegiate Chapter of the American Marketing Association with outstanding leadership and service; candidates must have earned at least 75 hours and be a dues paying member of the ISU Collegiate Chapter of the AMA; $200. The faculty advisor to the ISU-AMA Chapter selects the recipient.

E.V. Jones Service Scholar Award

Open to a member of the ISU Delta Omega Chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon with a 3.5 GPA or higher; $200. The award celebrates salesmanship and helping society. Award winners are determined based on service to the Delta Omega Chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon and/or service to the community. Marketing department faculty will choose the recipient of this award.

Vern McGinnis American Marketing Association Scholarship

For a junior or senior interested in a Marketing career with at least a 3.0 GPA and an active member of AMA. Other criteria are demonstrated leadership in campus and/or community activities along with commitment to civic engagement through meaningful involvement in community service and civic activities. This award is for $1000 and is to be given each year through the 2012-2013 academic year. Marketing department faculty will select the scholarship winner.

Marketing Program Scholar

For the graduating senior majoring in Marketing with at least 100 hours completed who has earned the highest grade point average among his/her peer group; $250. The recipient is identified and contacted by the Marketing Department chairperson; in case of a tie, the student with the superior service activity profile is selected.

Outstanding Marketing Student, Central Illinois Chapter of A.M.A.

For a graduating senior majoring in Marketing with at least 100 hours completed, who is a dues paying member of the ISU Collegiate Chapter of the American Marketing Association and has a 3.33 GPA or higher; $200. Candidates meeting the minimum criteria are identified by the Marketing chairperson who formally invites each to apply. The entire Illinois State University Marketing faculty votes to select the recipient.

Outstanding Senior in Marketing

For a senior majoring in Marketing with at least a 3.5 GPA and at least 90 hours completed; $500. Senior candidates meeting the minimum GPA requirement are formally invited to apply for this award each spring; the entire Marketing faculty votes to select the recipient.