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Welcome to MCC’s Scholarships Online website! The scholarships listed below are made possible by supporters of the MCC Foundation as well as departments and programs throughout the College. Click on the scholarship name to learn more about each opportunity.

To apply to any of the MCC scholarships, click the gold “Sign In” button to begin. You must have an MCC email address to be able to sign in and begin your scholarship application. You should use Google Chrome as your web browser.

Please note: Once you complete the General Application, you may be matched to some scholarships for which you immediately qualify. Most scholarships, you must ‘Apply to’ and take additional steps. Scholarships that are currently “open” can also be recommended to you. To see a list of these scholarships, select “Recommended” under “Opportunities.” You must click on “Apply to” and complete any additional requirements in order to be considered for these scholarships.

Our Spring 2025 scholarship cycle is now in full swing. Apply now to over 100 scholarship opportunities for all types of students! Deadline to apply is March 15, 2025. If you are a new, incoming student for 2025-2026, please see our NEW STUDENT scholarships.

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Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
up to $8,000 per year	Mary Eliza Mahoney Nursing Scholarship (Corning Inc. ORESU Nursing Education Scholarship) The Corning Inc. ORESU Nursing Education Scholarship is a renewable,...	Deadline02/25/2025
$1,500	Alan B. Shaw Memorial Endowed Scholarship for English Established by friends and family in memory of Alan Shaw, a member of...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500	Andrew Pluta Endowed Scholarship Established in 2016 to honor the memory of Andrew Pluta and his legacy...	Deadline03/15/2025
Varies	Ann Laughren Memorial Endowed Scholarship Established through the will of Jack G. Lubelle in honor of Ann Laughren...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000	Anna C. Price Poetry Scholarship The Anna C. Price Poetry Scholarship is given each year to a student who...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500	Benarta "Bonnie" Glickman Memorial Endowed Scholarship Created in 2002 by Philip Glickman, brother of Bonnie Glickman, to...	Deadline03/15/2025
$2,500	Beverly & Dr. Henry Pierson "Pete" French, Jr. Endowed Award for Excellence in History Professor Emeritus Dr. Henry P. French, Jr. and his wife, Beverly,...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500	Carol Cloos Memorial Scholarship Endowment Established in 2001 by family and friends in memory of Carol Cloos, a...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500.00	Christine Smith Memorial Endowed Scholarship The Christine Smith Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established to...	Deadline03/15/2025
$500	Computer Information Systems Scholarship Established in 2011 by MCC Computer Information Systems faculty and...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500	Dawn and Jacques Lipson Award for Nursing Excellence Endowment Established in 2013 to recognize and award extraordinary student nurses...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000.00	Dilek Ogut Memorial Endowed Scholarship To provide a scholarship to honor the memory of Dilek Ogut ’00, a...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500.00 ($750 fall semester and $750 spring semester of the next academic year)	Donald B. & Kathleen R. Borbee Memorial Endowed Scholarship for Business The Donald B. and Kathleen R. Borbee Memorial Scholarship was...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500.00 ($750 fall semester and $750 spring semester of the next academic year)	Donald B. & Kathleen R. Borbee Memorial Endowed Scholarship for Human Services The Donald B. and Kathleen R. Borbee Memorial Scholarship was...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500	Dr. Alice Holloway Young Endowed Scholarship This scholarship focuses on students who are performing at or below an...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000	Dr. Raymond T. Ruff, Jr. Accounting Award Established in 1995 by the Ruff family and the Business Administration...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,800	Education Design Lab Scholarship Established in December 2021 to support single mom students through...	Deadline03/15/2025
$2,500	Educational Technology Services Endowed Scholarship Fund Established in 2001 by the staff members, friends and supporters of the...	Deadline03/15/2025
Up to $500/Year	Elisa Mlynar Scholarship for Sign Language Interpretation Established in 2010 to support and promote interest in sign language...	Deadline03/15/2025
up to $2,000 per year	Ellsworth M. Statler Scholarship Award Established in 1998 and funded annually by the Ellsworth M. Statler...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000	Epsilon Xi, University of Rochester School of Nursing Scholarship The Epsilon Xi, University of Rochester Scholarship of Nursing...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000	Finger Lakes Dental Care Scholarship To support future dental hygienists as they pursue their education and...	Deadline03/15/2025
Varies	Frontier Communications Endowed Scholarship Fund Established by Rochester Telephone Corp. in 1987 to provide financial...	Deadline03/15/2025
$2,000 ($500 first semester and $1,500 second semester)	Gene Haas Scholarship Established in 2015 to help close the middle skill gap that exists...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000	General Applied Technologies Department Scholarship General scholarship donations designated for the Applied Technologies...	Deadline03/15/2025
$3,000	Gilbert J. Hatch Endowed Scholarship Fund Established in 2004 in memory of Gilbert J. Hatch, a respected business...	Deadline03/15/2025
$2,500	Henry Pierson "Peter" French III Endowed Scholarship Established by Professor Emeritus Dr. Henry P. French, Jr. in 2003 to...	Deadline03/15/2025
$3,500	Hope Rising Scholarship Established in February 2022, to support the academic success of...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500	Irene Kelly Mason Dental Hygiene Endowed Scholarship Fund Established in 2010 through a bequest from Irene Kelly Mason who was a...	Deadline03/15/2025
Varies	Jack G. Lubelle Endowed Scholarship Established by the Jack G. Lubelle Foundation to honor the memory of...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500	Jane L. Garr Endowed Nursing Scholarship Established in 1998 by Jane L. Garr ’68, an MCC alumna who became a...	Deadline03/15/2025
$500	Jennifer Jaruzel Memorial Biology Department Scholarship In 1996 the Biology Department re-dedicated their department scholarship...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,250	John L. Dougherty Memorial Endowed Scholarship Established in 2012 in memory of John L. Dougherty to support deserving...	Deadline03/15/2025
$2,000 ($1,000 per semester)	John N. Warren Memorial Scholarship Fund Created in 2012, in memory of John Warren, an alumnus of MCC; funded by...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000	Johnson Family Endowed Surgical Technology Scholarship The Johnson Family Endowed Surgical Technology Scholarship was...	Deadline03/15/2025
up to $3,000.00	Joseph W. Galasso Jr. Memorial Scholarship for Army Veterans Established in October 2021 to honor the memory of MCC alumnus and...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000	Judith Gale Kowba Memorial Endowment Scholarship Established in 1984 by family and friends of Judith Gale Kowba...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,500 ($750/semester)	Jyoti and Mahendra Nanavati Endowed Scholarship Established in 2011 to recognize and celebrate the 75th birthday of Mrs....	Deadline03/15/2025
$2,000	Laura Jane (Murphy) Bryant Scholarship for Paralegal Studies Established in November 2021 to honor the memory and the life of Laura...	Deadline03/15/2025
Varies	Linda Curran '79 Memorial Student Aide Endowed Scholarship Established in 2013 to honor the memory of Linda Curran, an MCC alumna...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000	Marcia W. McDowell Hospitality Endowed Scholarship Marcia McDowell, a professor emerita of food, hotel and tourism...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000.00	Margaret Wall Memorial Scholarship Established in 2017 to support deserving adult students in Nursing and...	Deadline03/15/2025
Varies	Mark Bogdonoff Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund Established by the Bogdonoff family in 1976 in memory of their son,...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000.00	Mark S. Harris & Joanne Harris Endowed Scholarship for Student Clubs and Organizations Established by Associate Professor Emeritus, Mark S. Harris and his...	Deadline03/15/2025
Varies	Max Lubelle Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund Established through the will of Jack G. Lubelle in honor of Max Lubelle...	Deadline03/15/2025
$1,000	MG Car Club Western New York Centre, Inc. Endowed Scholarship Fund Established in 2003 by the MG Car Club of Western New York to assist...	Deadline03/15/2025
Varies	Native American Education Scholarship Established in 2012 to provide financial support to deserving Native...	Deadline03/15/2025
Up to $6,000	Patrick P. Lee Foundation Scholarship Fund The Patrick P. Lee Foundation, a private family foundation based in...	Deadline03/15/2025
$500	Phyllis M. Hazen Endowed Scholarship Fund Established by family and friends in 1990 in memory of Phyllis Hazen, an...	Deadline03/15/2025
$500	Professor Suzanne N. Adrion and Charles Adrion Jr. History Scholarship Established in October 2023 to support deserving history majors with...	Deadline03/15/2025

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