With multiple scholarship endowments, the Guild provides funds annually to deserving students. Scholarships are awarded to children or grandchildren of current Guild members who demonstrate financial need, academic accomplishment, and extracurricular involvement.
Priority consideration is given to applications received by December 1 for the following academic year. Scholarships are forfeited if the student's grade point average (GPA) falls below 2.75, they withdraw from Valparaiso University, or the relative's membership in the Guild lapses.
Click the button below to apply for a Guild scholarship. Students need only apply once to be considered for all scholarships for which they are eligible.
The VU Guild Scholarship Fund
The VU Guild Scholarship Fund was established in 1974, funded by Guild cookbook sales. The awards are given to the children and grandchildren of Guild members and are renewable each year.
The Valparaiso University Guild Past National Officers Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Valparaiso University Guild Past National Officers Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in 1980 by Guild members. Awards are given to junior students with a GPA of 3.0 who are children of Guild members. The fund was established to honor the women who have served as Guild officers or directors.
The Shirley Ayers Jud Guild Scholarship Fund
The Shirley Ayers Jud Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund was established in 1990. Scholarships are awarded to sons or daughters of Guild members.
The San Diego Guild Endowed Scholarship Fund
The San Diego Guild Endowed Scholarship Fund was established to provide scholarship support to a child or grandchild of a Guild member for San Diego County, Calif.
The Bud Keller Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Bud Keller Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund gives preference to children and grandchildren of Guild members, relatives of Bud Keller, or Lutheran students from Orange County, Calif.
The Duane & Audrey Nuechterlein Scholarship PACT
The Duane & Audrey Nuechterlein Scholarship PACT gives preference to children of Guild members from Saginaw Valley, Mich., and to Lutheran students from the Saginaw Valley.