Our Opportunities

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 2023 Scholarship cycle begins accepting applications on February 1, 2023. Please complete/update your General Application for the 2022-2023 academic year and don’t forget to apply for MCC scholarships!!

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Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
Varies	Ronald McDonald House Charities Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Ronald L. Bittner Made possible through a grant from the Ronald McDonald House Charities...	Deadline03/01/2023
minimum of $1,000	The William H. Lagerway and Faith Prather Endowed Scholarship for Students in Photography Established in 2011 in memory of William H. Lagerway and support...	Deadline03/01/2023
$400	"A Fund for Student Success" provided by The Wegman Family Charitable Foundation Funded by The Wegman Family Charitable Foundation, MCC students who face...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	"Beyond the Formula" Endowed Scholarship for Elementary Education or Business Established in 2007 by the Mathematics Department to recognize and honor...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	"Beyond the Formula" Endowed Scholarship for Mathematics Established in 2007 by the Mathematics Department to recognize and honor...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	"Beyond the Formula" Endowed Scholarship for Statistics Established in 2007 by the Mathematics Department to recognize and honor...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,250	Alan B. Shaw Memorial Endowed Scholarship for English Established by friends and family in memory of Alan Shaw, a member of...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Andrew Pluta Endowed Scholarship Established in 2016 to honor the memory of Andrew Pluta and his legacy...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Anna C. Price Poetry Scholarship The Anna C. Price Poetry Scholarship is given each year to a student who...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Battalion Chief William J. Robertson Memorial Endowed Scholarship Established in 1998 to provide assistance for dependents of New York...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Benarta "Bonnie" Glickman Memorial Endowed Scholarship Created in 2002 by Philip Glickman, brother of Bonnie Glickman, to...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,500	Beverly & Dr. Henry Pierson "Pete" French, Jr. Endowed Award for Excellence in History Professor Emeritus Dr. Henry P. French, Jr. and his wife, Beverly,...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,500	Carol Cloos Memorial Scholarship Endowment Established in 2001 by family and friends in memory of Carol Cloos, a...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000.00	Christine Smith Memorial Endowed Scholarship The Christine Smith Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established to...	Deadline03/15/2023
$450	Citizens Bank Future Optics Scholarship Established in 2010 as a partnership between MCC, Rochester Business...	Deadline03/15/2023
$500	Computer Information Systems Scholarship Established in 2011 by MCC Computer Information Systems faculty and...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Dawn and Jacques Lipson Award for Nursing Excellence Endowment Established in 2013 to recognize and award extraordinary student nurses...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000.00	Dilek Ogut Memorial Endowed Scholarship To provide a scholarship to honor the memory of Dilek Ogut ’00, a...	Deadline03/15/2023
$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...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000.00 ($500 fall semester and $500 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...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Dr. Raymond T. Ruff, Jr. Accounting Award Established in 1995 by the Ruff family and the Business Administration...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,500	Education Design Lab Scholarship Established in December 2021 to support single mom students through...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,500.00	Educational Technology Services Endowed Scholarship Fund Established in 2001 by the staff members, friends and supporters of the...	Deadline03/15/2023
Up to $500/Year	Elisa Mlynar Scholarship for Sign Language Interpretation Established in 2010 to support and promote interest in sign language...	Deadline03/15/2023
up to $2,000 per year	Ellsworth M. Statler Scholarship Award Established in 1998 and funded annually by the Ellsworth M. Statler...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Epsilon Xi, University of Rochester School of Nursing Scholarship The Epsilon Xi, University of Rochester Scholarship of Nursing...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Finger Lakes Dental Care Scholarship To support future dental hygienists as they pursue their education and...	Deadline03/15/2023
$3,000	Gilbert J. Hatch Endowed Scholarship Fund Established in 2004 in memory of Gilbert J. Hatch, a respected business...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,500	Henry Pierson "Peter" French III Endowed Scholarship Established by Professor Emeritus Dr. Henry P. French, Jr. in 2003 to...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Irene Kelly Mason Dental Hygiene Endowed Scholarship Fund Established in 2010 through a bequest from Irene Kelly Mason who was a...	Deadline03/15/2023
Varies	Jan Wiranowski Renaissance Endowed Scholarship (Non-Traditional) Established in 2007 by Jan Z. Wiranowski, distinguished professor of...	Deadline03/15/2023
Varies	Jan Wiranowski Endowed Scholarship (Math or Math-Based Science) Established in 2006 by Jan Z. Wiranowski, distinguished professor of...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,500	Jane L. Garr Endowed Nursing Scholarship Established in 1998 by Jane L. Garr ’68, an MCC alumna who became a...	Deadline03/15/2023
$500	Jennifer Jaruzel Memorial Biology Department Scholarship In 1996 the Biology Department re-dedicated their department scholarship...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	John Gmitter Scholarship Established in 2007. A 1992 alumnus, John dedicated his $30,000 in...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,250	John L. Dougherty Memorial Endowed Scholarship Established in 2012 in memory of John L. Dougherty to support deserving...	Deadline03/15/2023
$2,000/Year ($1,000/semester)	John N. Warren Memorial Scholarship Fund Created in 2012, in memory of John Warren, an alumnus of MCC; funded by...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000.00	Joseph W. Galasso Jr. Memorial Scholarship for Army Veterans Established in October 2021 to honor the memory of MCC alumnus and...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Judith Gale Kowba Memorial Endowment Scholarship Established in 1984 by family and friends of Judith Gale Kowba...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,500 ($750/semester)	Jyoti and Mahendra Nanavati Endowed Scholarship Established in 2011 to recognize and celebrate the 75th birthday of Mrs....	Deadline03/15/2023
$2,000	Laura Jane (Murphy) Bryant Scholarship for Paralegal Studies Established in November 2021 to honor the memory and the life of Laura...	Deadline03/15/2023
Varies	LeChase Construction Services, LLC Scholarship Fund Established in 2012 to support and promote interest in the field of...	Deadline03/15/2023
Variable	Linda Curran '79 Memorial Student Aide Endowed Scholarship Established in 2013 to honor the memory of Linda Curran, an MCC alumna...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000	Lt. Michael J. Chiapperini & Tomasz M. Kaczowka Memorial Scholarship Established in 2013 to support the next generation of firefighters as...	Deadline03/15/2023
$3,000	Lucien A. and Elizabeth S. Morin Endowed Scholarship This fund was established at the MCC Foundation’s 1992 Salute to...	Deadline03/15/2023
Varies	Marcia W. McDowell Hospitality Endowed Scholarship Marcia McDowell, a professor emerita of food, hotel and tourism...	Deadline03/15/2023
$1,000.00	Margaret Wall Memorial Scholarship Established in 2017 to support deserving adult students in Nursing and...	Deadline03/15/2023
$500	Men of Excellence Scholarship Men of Excellence (MOE) is an experience that is guaranteed to be like...	Deadline03/15/2023
$500	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...	Deadline03/15/2023
$500	O'Hanlon Family First Responders Endowment Scholarship Established in 2007 in memory of Cecelia N. O’Hanlon and to support...	Deadline03/15/2023

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