Foundation Endowed Scholarships
The funding for all endowed scholarships is dependent upon the general appreciation of the fund and the interest that the original contribution earns annually. There may be years in which some scholarships will not be given until the economy improves and interest accumulates sufficiently to fund the scholarship. Scholarship award amounts may also vary as the donor builds the endowment or chooses to change the award.
Scholarship recipients of endowed or other scholarships are responsible for writing to the donor of the scholarship, representatives of the donors, or to the Highlands Foundation Board of Directors to express their appreciation for these scholarship awards. Address and contact names are available at the Financial Aid Office and the Office of Development.
Bank of Las Vegas Scholarship Squire Barker Family Memorial Scholarship Bernd Albers Memorial Scholarship Dale Basler Memorial Scholarship Rosalie Madison Bibb Scholarship Larry Brooks Patron or Geoscience Excellence Scholarship Ken and Sue Crimmin Scholarship Endowment Parker-Daves Endowed Scholarship Victoria D. DeSanchez Scholarship Dean Ray Farmer Endowment Franken Companies Scholarship Gil-Men Electric Co. INC Scholarship The Groth Family Endowed Scholarship Marsha Jo Hannah Endowed Scholarship Ivan Hilton Memorial Endowed Scholarship Harry Lancaster Scholarship Las Vegas Connection Employee Scholarship Las Vegas Golf Memorial Scholarship John Loehr Scholarship Sally G. Maez Memorial Endowed Scholarship Eisabel Mares Memorial Scholarship Merrill Stoneham Endowed Scholarship J.M. Metcalf Endowment for the Art Department Thomas Mishler Music Scholarship Sandy Bason Mortimer Memorial Scholarship PNM Endowed Scholarship Gordon Clark Powers Endowed Scholarship Rotary Club of Las Vegas Scholarship Tom Rutherford Scholarship Leveo V. Sanchez Family Scholarship James A. Schein Endowed Scholarship Dr. Lora Mangum Shields Endowed Scholarship Lillian Smith Endowed Scholarship Lillian D. & Alan R. Stephens Scholarship J.D. Trujillo Memorial Book Scholarship Jose Benito Trujillo Memorial Book Scholarship Charles Anthony Vigil Scholarship Zia Natural Gas Scholarship
Arko-Pabst Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: New Mexico residents (except Albuquerque and Santa Fe residents); elementary education or instrumental music majors; 2.25 GPA.
Amount: Variable, depending on funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by March 1
Bank of Las Vegas Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: New Mexico residents; business and economic majors; 3.0 GPA required; FAFSA required.
Amount: Varies pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by March 1
Squire Barker Family Memorial Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: New Mexico resident; senior education majors; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Varies pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Bernd Albers Memorial Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Entering freshmen, full time students; 2.5 GPA; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by March 1
Dale Basler Memorial Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Freshman, sophomore, and juniors or transfer students majoring in media arts, theater; full time students; 3.0 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Rosalie Madison Bibb Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: Resident of Northeastern N.M.; 3.0 GPA; humanities or fine arts major; preference to English major; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Larry Brooks Patron of Geoscience Excellence Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Environmental geology majors; 3.0 GPA; reference letter from the department head; nonrenewable one year scholarship.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Ken and Sue Crimmin Scholarship Endowment
Qualifications/ Requirements: West Las Vegas/Robertson High school graduates; freshman; FAFSA form required; 3.0 GPA; essay and two letters of reference.
Amount: Tuition and fees for first semester. Second semester freshmen through seniors: Lottery Success covers tuition, and Crimmin pays fees and book award.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by March 1
Parker-Daves Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: Resident of counties of Union, Harding, Roosevelt, Guadalupe, and Otero counties; FAFSA required; 3.0 GPA.
Amount: Approximately one half of the value of tuition, fees, room, and board, pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Dean Ray Farmer Endowment
Qualifications/ Requirements: New Mexico resident or out of state student freshman; 3.25 GPA; FAFSA required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by March 1
Franken Companies Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Northern New Mexico residents; full time students; 3.0 GPA; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Gil-Men Electric Co. INC Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Engineering preferred or science majors; full time students; 3.0 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
The Groth Family Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: Annual alternating recipients majoring in business and arts & sciences; 3.0 GPA; FAFSA required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Marsha Jo Hannah Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: Female math/computer science majors or graduate students; 3.0 GPA; in state or out of state residents; FAFSA Required.
Amount: Variable pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Ivan Hilton Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: Residents of San Miguel, Mora, or Guadalupe counties. Science and technology majors; 3.0 GPA; 14 or more hrs; FAFSA required.
Amount: Variable pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Harry Lancaster Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Journalism or mass communications majors; full time students; 2.5 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
The Las Vegas Connection Employee Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Students must be an employee of, or immediate relative of someone who works for the Connection; can be full or part time student; 2.5 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Las Vegas Memorial Golf Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Entering freshman; residents of Mora or San Miguel counties; full time students; 2.5 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by March 1
John Loehr Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Full time students; 2.5 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Sally Maez Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: Graduate of Robertson, West Las Vegas, or Mora high schools; 3.2 GPA; 23 ACT; Science Fair participation; three reference letters required; FAFSA required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Eisabel Mares Memorial Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Full time students; 3.0 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Varies, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship application by May 1
Merrill Stoneham Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: New Mexico resident. Education major; 2.0 GPA; FAFSA required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
J.M. Metcalf Endowment for the Art Department
Qualifications/ Requirements: Out of state and New Mexico residents art majors – any class; 3.0 GPA; FAFSA required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Thomas Mishler Music Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: U.S. or International student graduate or undergraduate; 2.0 GPA; any major; statement of the role of music in your life.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Sandy Bason Mortimer Memorial Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Junior or senior mathematics education majors; must be a graduate of Robertson, Tucumcari, Rio Grande, or La Cueva high schools; full time students; 3.0 GPA; renewable one year scholarship upon committee approval; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Gordon Clark Powers Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: MSW student in social work with strong commitment to the profession; three letters of reference as well as personal statement; FAFSA required.
Amount: Variable pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Rotary Club of Las Vegas Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Junior, senior, graduate nontraditional or returning students; goal statement submitted to the Rotary Club; full time students; renewable one year scholarship upon committee approval; 3.0 GPA; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Tom Rutherford Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Business majors; full time student; 2.5 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
PNM Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: Northern New Mexico residents; 2.8 GPA; 14 or more hrs; demonstrated leadership qualities; freshman through graduate year (graduate year – 3.0 GPA, 9 hrs.); FAFSA required.
Amount: Variable pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Victoria D. de Sanchez Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: New Mexico resident; Hispanic; preference for residents of rural communities and graduates of Northern New Mexico high schools; FAFSA required.
Amount: Tuition and fees, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Leveo V. Sanchez Family Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: New Mexico Native American freshman or sophomore; financial need considered; FAFSA required.
Amount: Tuition and fees, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
James A. Schein Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: International student and citizen of Indonesia; employee or child of employee of Holland America Line for five or more years; sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student; three letters of reference – one from the cruise line.
Amount: Pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Dr. Lora Mangum Shields Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: New Mexico residents; biology majors, sophomore, junior, or senior; 2.75 GPA; 14 or more hrs; FAFSA required.
Amount: Variable pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Lillian Smith Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications/ Requirements: New Mexico residents; Hispanic graduates of Peñasco High School; education majors with plans to teach; 3.0 GPA; three references required; FAFSA required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Lillian D. & Alan R. Stephens Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Engineering majors preferred or science majors; full time students; 3.0 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Variable, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
J.D. Trujillo Memorial Book Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Mass communications majors; full time students; 3.0 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Varies, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Jose Benito Trujillo Memorial Book Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Graduates of Mesa Vista High School; freshman, sophomore, junior, and seniors; full time students; 2.0 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Varies, pending funding
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Charles Anthony Vigil Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Residents of Mora County; music, Spanish, and mass communications and design majors; full time students; 2.5 GPA; nonrenewable one year scholarship; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Varies, pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1
Zia Natural Gas Scholarship
Qualifications/Requirements: Residents of Colfax, Mora or San Miguel counties; engineering, business and science majors; full time students; 3.0 GPA; one year award renewable upon committee approval; FAFSA form required.
Amount: Varies, pending funding.
Application & Deadline: Highlands Scholarship Application by May 1