Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Scholarship
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The Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Scholarship is Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College’s highest award for academic excellence, service and faith. The College awards four full tuition scholarships and an iPad for each recipient.
- Use your good academic standing to help you pay for college. If you have a minimum high school GPA of 3.2, you could apply for this award
- It’s renewable up to eight semesters
- This scholarship rewards students that embody our foundress’s qualities. The scholarship committee will be looking for students who demonstrate unique experiences, aptitudes and abilities to make a difference in their local communities and beyond
- You have the opportunity to study at the oldest Catholic College in Indiana and immerse yourself in these holy grounds
- We are true to our promise. We’ve been educating for 180 years and our education is touted as one of the best in the region by “U.S. News & World Report”
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We educate the whole person. Our identity as a Catholic institution guides learning that occurs inside and outside the classroom. You can feel the influence of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and the Sisters of Providence on our campus.
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180 years later
For generations, SMWC has been empowering students to make a difference in their lives and in their world. It all started with a holy woman’s faith in divine Providence.
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Choose from more than 30 majors and benefit from an academic environment enhanced by service, mentorship, leadership and community. The education you will receive will prepare you to take on the world as promised by our College motto, Virtus cum Scientia, which means virtue with knowledge united, a signature of Catholic education. We follow in the footsteps of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in all that we do as we work to live out values of social justice, spirituality, sustainability and gender equality.