A number of institutional scholarships are available to WPCC students through the Western Piedmont Foundation. The online scholarship application is available on WPCC's Scholarship webpage from February 1st until June 1st each year with the scholarships to be awarded for the following academic year. In addition, many local agencies, clubs, organizations, and businesses sponsor other scholarships. Contact the Financial Aid Office for additional information or visit WPCC's Scholarship webpage for current scholarship offerings.
Western Piedmont Community College Scholarships
BEEP Huffman-Cornwell, Richardson & Rostan Scholarships
Bob E. Benner/Ruby H. Pharr
Steve & Nadia Blahut
Ryan Bobo Memorial
Bowen Primary & Urgent Care Nursing Scholarship
R.T. Breeden Academic Merit
Breeden Family
Suzanne B. Bridges
Bright-Salvageot
Sam Brinkley
Heather Smith Brown
Iris "Tootsie" Browning
Building Construction Technology
Burke County Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Burke County Firefighters
Burke County Master Gardener Volunteer Association Scholarship
Burke County Medical Alliance
Carlton E. Caruso, Sr.
Paul & Mildred Cash
Catawba Valley Paralegal Association Lynn Price Memorial
Mary Ann Chou Achievement in Nursing Education Scholarship
K. Harold Clark
Larry R. and Patricia H. Clark
Doug Cline
Chad B. Cole Memorial
Continental Maintenance Technician
George T. Cornwell
William Pinkney Corpening Memorial
William Pinkney Corpening Merit
Gerald and Meilia Cox Family Foundation
Helen K. Craft
Elizabeth Irene Dale
Virginia Davis
Earl Duncan
East Burke AARP
James H. and Doris E. Edwards Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Jean C. Ervin Presbyterian
Sam J. Ervin, III
Fitzgerald Nursery
David Simmons Flom Memorial
Foothills Chapter NCRID
Foothills Chapter NC Society of Surveyors
Larry “Skip” Foxx, Jr.
Peggy Galloway Memorial
Raymond B. Goodfellow
Grace Hospital School of Nursing Alumni
Riley Thomas Greer
William Hall
Kenny Hemmings Memorial
Robert S. & Autumn Henson
Johnny & Abby Hildebrand
Connie Williams Hollar
Margaret H. Hoyle
Steve Hoyle
R. O. Huffman/Joe K. Byrd Sr.
Richard B. Hurst
Linwood & Harriet Inscoe
Ruth Coffey Isenhour
J. Iverson Riddle Employee
Elizabeth Hooper Jackson
Naomi & Oval Jaynes
Lola B. Keller
Lt. Kelly Kincaid Emergency Services
Adam Klutz BLET
Elizabeth D. Lefevers
Louis A. Lovelace
Dr. Robert C. McAdams
William McGalliard
JH McMurray
MHS Class of 1972
Morganton Men's Club
Morganton Service League
Michael J. Morse Memorial
Rebecca Ollis
Oxford Scholarship - Arts
Liz Oxford Memorial
Oxford-White Academic Merit
Palmer-Wrigglesworth Endowment Fund
Ann C. Patton
R. L. Patton
R. L. Patton Memorial
Kitty Petrie Alpha Delta Kappa
Jones-Pons Nursing
Raymond & Arlene Poteat
Clark Douglas Powell
Quaker Meadows Chapter NSDAR Scholarship
Ed Reading
William Lee Richardson
J.P. Rostan, Sr. and Irma Rostan
John P. Rostan, Jr.
Naomi B. Rostan
SGL Carbon Machining
Libby Setzer
M. E. Shell
Jo Bailey Sitton
J.C. and Smaro Black Sossoman
Jan Cashion Stuenkel
Sandra Sweazey
Othenia "Tina" Taylor
James "Bud" Toner Memorial
Margaret Cuthbertson Turner
VanNoppen Marketing Community Leaders Scholarship
Mary H. Warlick Workers Legacy Scholarship
Western Piedmont Foundation
Western Piedmont Woodcrafters
Michael Whalen
Carol Jean Williams
George & Wilma Williams
Lanie B. Winchester
Arthur and Nelle Young
North Carolina Scholarship
The NC Scholarship is new for 23-24 and consolidates need-based state grant funds and replaces the Education Lottery Scholarship, Community College Grant, and UNC Need-Based Grant. The NC Scholarship requires a minimum enrollment of 6 SHCs and only awards for the Fall and Spring terms. To be considered for the NC Scholarship, students must be a NC resident for tuition purposes, meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), and complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).