Helping students achieve their dream of a college education is extremely rewarding to students, donors, and staff alike. In its over 30-year history, the Polk State College Foundation has awarded more than 5,000 scholarships and loans to Polk State College students representing over $2,000,000 in awards. Listed on this page are the endowed scholarships that donors have established over the years which have left a legacy at the College and Foundation that will benefit students and the future of our community in perpetuity.
- James A. Abernethy Memorial Nursing
- Adams Family
- Alva Addkison Memorial
- Edward T. Adlam Memorial
- Allied Health
- Fred W. Allsopp Memorial
- Alpha Delta Kappa Judy
- Elizabeth Anderson Memorial
- Anonymous
- Athletics
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- Betty H. Ayers Nursing
- W.S. Badcock
- Bank of America
- The Ledger/Susan Barbosa Journalism
- John A. Bard Nursing
- Barnhart Family
- Robert Becker
- Howard & Cheryl Beckert
- Bell-Barnett Community-Engaged Leader Award within the GiveWell Community Foundation
- Dr. Phillip Benjamin
- Lorin T. & Ruth C. Bice
- Bruce Black
- Edward M. Bodler, Jr. Memorial Artist
- Robert W. & Griffin A. Bond Educational
- Boring
- Boswell & Dunlap
- Roger Bowman Memorial
- Bright House Networks
- Beach A. Brooks, Sr., M.D. & Nancy K. Brooks Nursing
- Albert Leroy Brown
- Charlie Brown — Lake Region — Dundee Rotarian
- Dion K. Brown Memorial
- W.D. Brown Estate
- Walter Dent Brown & Alice Lorraine Brown
- David Michael Buck
- Sergeant Mary Campbell
- Sylvia & A.L. Campbell
- John & Helen Cannon
- Lisa Rubush Chamlee Memorial
- Joel Chastain Memorial
- Citizens Bank & Trust
- Citrus Belt Chapter — A.N.N.A. Nursing
- Club Hispano de Lakeland
- Palma & Allen Cole Distinguished Academic Achievement Award
- Colonial Bank/Michael W. Crews Memorial
- Edward J. Costello Memorial Athlete Award
- Edward H. & Grace A. Curtis
- Davidson of Dundee
- Joyce B. Davis Business
- Melanie Davis Memorial
- Frances W. DeMott
- Jim Dowdy
- Garnet Dubuc Engineering
- Larry Durrence Allied Health/Nursing
- Earth Angel Nursing
- East Area Adult School
- Emergency Medical Services
- Dakota Evans Memorial
- Florida First Bank
- Florida’s Natural Growers
- Andrew Glenn France Memorial
- Gary Freeman Memorial Science
- Mamie Nelle Frisbie Memorial Nursing
- William Hanscom Fuller, Jr.
- William Hanscom Fuller, Sr.
- Robert & Nancy Georges (CRUT)
- Priscilla Gerber by the Polk County Medical Association Alliance
- Bob & Melea Gernert
- GFWC United Women’s Club of Lakeland – Vera Sligh
- Jean & Robin Gibson
- Josh Giles
- “The Force” Girls’ Fastpitch
- Wes Gordon Memorial
- Ruth C. Gould-Mohr
- Carmon Green
- Ben Hill Griffin, Jr.
- Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. Memorial — Frostproof
- Hazel Haley
- Walt Hall
- John & Pauline Hanna Boys & Girls Club
- Bill Harrison
- Heart of Florida Education Foundation
- Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center — Medical Staff
- Harold B. Hertzig
- Devon M. & Louise B. Hizer Trust
- Dr. Eileen Holden
- Evelyn Hughes
- Hunt Brothers
- Lori Hylan-Augustin Memorial Nursing
- Larry W. Jackson
- Elizabeth Jacobs
- Jahna Foundation
- Joe & Lisa Jensen
- U.J. Johnson, Sr. & Hattie Johnson Memorial Minority – Academic Improvement Trust
- U.J. Johnson, Sr. & Hattie Johnson Memorial Minority – Challenge Grant
- Sheriff Grady Judd
- Edna Kelly
- Kendall Family
- Katherine E. Kersey Nursing
- Kincart/Jonsson Family
- Ruth E. King Memorial
- Krieger Family
- Greater Lake Wales
- Lakeland Habitat for Humanity
- Benjamin Lang – Bond Clinic
- Drs. Walter & Isabella Laude Nursing
- Law Enforcement
- Dr. Fred T. Lenfestey
- James Luffman
- Dean Charles N. Lyle II – Student Involvement Memorial
- Maffett Endowed Nursing
- Ray and Anna Martin – Academic Merit and STEM
- Clark Maxwell
- Kenyon Janeen McCoy Memorial
- Jan McDougal
- Sarah D. McKay
- Kathleen Merkert Endowed Nursing
- Mervis Family
- MIDFLORIDA Federal Credit Union
- Alice & George J. Moore Trust
- S. Anthony & Bickley K. Moore Memorial
- Glenn W. & Hazelle Paxson Morrison Foundation
- Mountain Lake Charter Schools — Allied Health
- Mountain Lake Community Service
- Mountain Lake Community Service — Lake Wales Adult
- Mountain Lake Farmworker
- Mountain Lake Farmworker — Mr. & Mrs. C. Edward Acker
- Mountain Lake Farmworker — Paul J. Collins
- Mountain Lake Farmworker — Thomas R. Cox, Jr.
- Mountain Lake Farmworker — Merchant’s Fund
- Mountain Lake Farmworker — John B. Moore
- Mountain Lake Farmworker — Mariamne Rublee
- Mountain Lake Farmworker — The Philanthropic Collaborative
- Bartow Senior High School David Mundy Memorial
- David Mundy Memorial
- Adam Myers
- New Beginnings Women in Transition
- Georgia A. Newman & Arthur J. Powell
- Nissen Advertising
- Skip Nissen Memorial
- Nursing
- Oakley Schwenk Family
- Dale Olinger Memorial Nursing
- Part-Time Working Adult
- Johnnie N. Patterson, Jr. — Bradenton
- Johnnie Patterson, Jr. — Winter Haven Law Enforcement
- PAYC Early Childhood
- Joseph R. Peck
- Dr. Maryly VanLeer Peck
- Maryly VanLeer Peck Engineering
- “She Knows Where She’s Going” by Dr. Maryly VanLeer Peck
- Eugene & Louise Pennell Memorial
- Curtis Peterson
- Phoenix Industries
- Annie B. Phyall
- Pilot Club of Winter Haven — Rotha Douglas & Vera Oehlberg
- Pilot Club of Winter Haven — Eleanor B. Smith Memorial
- Pilot Club of Winter Haven — Susan Hull Van Duyne
- Julius S. Pinkston
- Polk City Woman’s Club — Criminal Justice
- Polk City Woman’s Club — PTA/Nursing
- Polk County
- Polk County Cup Tennis Tournament
- Polk State College Alumni Association
- Polk State College Foundation Board of Directors
- Polk State College Foundation Emergency/Book
- Dick & Julie Pope Memorial
- Price Family
- Bruce Prince
- Ron Puckett Memorial
- Radiography
- Rainbow Emergency
- Republican Women’s Club of Lakeland
- Charles R. Richardson Memorial
- James M. Rigterink
- Dr. Carolyn S. Rome Memorial Nursing
- Dennis & Cindy Hartley Ross
- Loyola Kerekes Ross
- Rotary Club of Auburndale
- Rotary Club of Haines City
- Joe P. Ruthven
- William N. Ryan First Class Emergency
- Alex and Martha Santiago
- Cynthia Saterbo
- Edith D. Saterbo
- R.D. Saterbo
- Marion M. Schmidt/San Antonio Boys Village
- Marion Steffey Schmidt Athletic
- Scott & Kim Short Family
- Lucille & Sidney I. Smith
- Robert “Smitty” Smith Memorial
- Allison Sousa Memorial
- S.S. Designs
- State Farm Insurance Business
- State Farm Insurance Education
- Mitchell Stiles
- A. Ernest Straughn
- Jack Straughn
- SunTrust Bank
- William R. Swinford & Friends
- Tarver Family
- Peggy Thomas Memorial
- Eloise H. Troxel Memorial for Health Care Professionals
- Tucker Construction & Engineering
- Larry D. Tucker
- Bing Tyus Athletic Director’s
- General James A. Van Fleet
- Votum Foundation/Lawrence Maxwell
- Wells Fargo
- Watson Clinic Foundation
- Nat & Jane West
- James White Banking — CenterState Bank
- John Dwight Whitney
- Mark and Cori Williams — Pay It Forward
- Winter Haven Hospital
- Winter Haven Lions Club
- Winter Haven Optimist Club
- Winter Haven Orchestra Association
- Winter Haven Women’s Club Music
- Women’s Fund
- George A. & Bada E. Young Memorial
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