Oklahoma Hall of Fame offers scholarships

The Oklahoma Scholarship Competition provides an opportunity for Oklahoma high school students to earn cash scholarships and tuition grants for college. With at least eight scholarships in each county available, students compete based on their knowledge of Oklahoma history, its people and geography.

“This program is designed to reward Oklahoma students who have taken an interest in the rich history of our great state,” said Shannon L. Rich, Oklahoma Hall of Fame and Gaylord-Pick-ens Museum president and CEO. “We hope that it also encourages our students to stay in state to attend college and remain here to live and work after receiving their degrees.”

Individual donors and Oklahoma colleges and universities provide the cash scholarships and tuition grants in the counties of their choice.

In addition to schools statewide offering tuition grants to students in various counties, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma Christian University, Bacone College, Southern Nazarene University, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Rose State College, Tulsa Community College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma have made tuition waivers available in all 77 counties.  

The test will be given Saturday, March 2, at locations statewide, including Oklahoma City, Fairview, Stillwater, Tulsa, Bartlesville, Edmond, Altus, Ada, Ardmore, McAlester, Durant, Lawton and Enid.  

Students in grades 9-12 are eligible to sit for the examination, and all students must pre-register by Friday, Feb. 15.

To see a list of scholarships available in each county, to register for the test, see full list of testing sites and to download a study guide visit www.oklahomahof.com/scholarships or call 405.235.4458.  For information about becoming a scholarship donor call Gini Moore Campbell, vice president, at 405.523.3202, or at gmc@oklahomahof.com.