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Duncan and Lillian McGregor Scholarships

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$2,000

deadline Due: March 15, 2027
pencil No essay
graduates No min. GPA required

Eligibility

Duncan and Lillian McGregor Scholarships, with an application deadline in March, offers numerous awards of $2000 each. Location restrictions exist. Restricted to those with financial need.

Description

The Duncan E. McGregor & Lillian M. McGregor Scholarships were established at the Lincoln Community Foundation to benefit students from six communities in central Nebraska. Duncan E. and Lillian McGregor worked and prospered in central Nebraska. D.E. spent his life in the telecommunications business. Their wish is to contribute to the community where they lived and prospered lives on in the hundreds of students who have benefited from this most generous scholarship. Applicants must be a current graduating senior or former graduate of Ansley, Arcadia, Gibbon, Ord, Sargent, or Shelton High Schools in Nebraska. They must demonstrate scholastic application and achievement in high school and/or college studies. Applicants must have resided in a community once served and maintained by the Nebraska Central Telephone Company during his/her high school education. Those communities include Ansley, Arcadia, Ashton, Boelus, Burwell, Comstock, Dannebrog, Elba, Ericson, Gibbon, Litchfield, Mason City, North Loup, Ravenna, Rockville, Sargent, Scotia, Shelton, and Taylor. Those who receive scholarships are eligible to reapply for additional scholarships in subsequent academic years, however preference will be given to current graduating seniors of the six high schools mentioned. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Lincoln Community Foundation for more information.