Southeast Michigan Businesses Offer Scholarships

We all know how important it is to get a college degree if you want to stand out in the job market - and in these economic times, making employers take notice is more important than ever.

Of course, the lingering question on any college student’s mind is an oft-repeated one: “how am I going to pay for all this?”

A common solution is to apply for scholarships, but even that can become a process all on its own. There’s a seemingly endless amount of scholarships out there, but in many cases things like current location, enrollment status, and even your high school can be a factor in whether or not you qualify to receive these scholarships, and it can get pretty confusing after long.

Luckily, for students in Southeast Michigan, there’s been a large number of companies and organizations stepping up to help students with the financial burden of paying for their higher education through scholarships. These scholarships are available to nearly any student residing in Southeast Michigan or the Metro-Detroit area and are provided by various businesses and organizations from throughout the area.

To help get any potential student started, here’s a few of the newest and/or most popular scholarships for Michigan residents:

Detroit Economic Club Scholarship
Who offers it: Detroit Economic Club
Who qualifies: Residents of Michigan who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate program, or students who will be enrolling in the next semester (8 students chosen)
More information: http://www.econclub.org/student-program/

2018 Shelving.com Business Scholarship
Who offers it: Shelving, Inc
Who qualifies: Residents of Michigan who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate program relating to business studies, or students who will be enrolling in the next semester with a 2.8 minimum cumulative GPA
More information: https://www.shelving.com/Shelving-com-Business-Scholarship-Application-s/2053.htm

Detroit Tigers Willie Horton Scholarship
Who offers it: Detroit Tigers/The Willie Horton Foundation
Who qualifies: Graduating seniors of Detroit College Preparatory High School at Northwestern
More information: http://thewilliehortonfoundation.org/about/

Amway Free Enterprise Scholarship
Who offers it: Amway
Who qualifies: Michigan high school students (sophomore-senior) majoring in business, finance, supply chain management, communications/public relations, engineering, or R&D with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
More information: http://www.michigancolleges.org/about-amway

Amway Free Enterprise Scholarship
Who offers it: Amway
Who qualifies: Michigan high school students (sophomore-senior) majoring in business, finance, supply chain management, communications/public relations, engineering, or R&D with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
More information: http://www.michigancolleges.org/about-amway

Gordon Food Service Scholarship
Who offers it: Gordon Food Service (GFS)
Who qualifies: Michigan college students in the first year of a minimum two-year degree program or in the second year of any degree program
More information: http://www.michigancolleges.org/current-scholarships

For more information on these and even more southeast Michigan-based scholarships, check out https://cfsem.org/scholarships/scholarship-opportunities/. Good luck to all you students out there!