Harry and Kathern Lovejoy Scholarship Grant

Harry and Kathern Lovejoy Scholarship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Community Foundation of North Central Washington
Last Updated: January 14, 2026

Summary

The Harry and Kathern Lovejoy Scholarship, managed by the Community Foundation of North Central Washington, supports WSU students in agriculture-related studies who demonstrate financial need and academic commitment. Ideal candidates are third-year or graduate students from Central Washington, particularly those from Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan, Ferry, and Grant counties. This scholarship honors Jane Lovejoy's dedication to education and her father's legacy, aiming to empower students striving for agricultural advancements.

Overview

About Us The Community Foundation of NCW is a tax-exempt philanthropic organization that helps individuals, families, businesses, and agencies support charitable causes throughout Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan counties. Harry and Kathern Lovejoy Scholarship Jane Lovejoy desired to assist WSU students further their studies in advancement of agriculture; the unfinished goal of her father, Harry Lovejoy, who had to withdraw from his studies at WSU during the Great Depression to assist with the family farm in Waterville. He was never able to return to his studies but was able to send his only child, Jane Lovejoy to WSU where she diligently completed a degree in education and became a premiere high school English teacher and librarian for more than three decades. As a farmer’s daughter, an educator for more than three decades and a devout Christian, Jane Lovejoy encountered many hard working students with the desire to further their education but without the means to do so and wanted to assist them. The ideal recipient of the Lovejoy Scholarship would be a studious young person from Central Washington who is proud to be a Cougar and is actively striving to make an agricultural contribution that would cause for greater yields from the world’s fertile lands. This scholarship supports transfer students, nontraditional students and graduate students seeking education at WSU. The committee seeks to award students who demonstrate financial need, commitment to their studies and any direct work experience in an agriculture related industry.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Eligibility: Will have completed the minimum credit hours to be a third year student at Washington State University (can be transfer students, non-traditional students, or entering as a third-year because of Running Start); the scholarship is also open to graduate studentsAttending WSU as a full-time student majoring in studies that directly relate to agriculture issues (may include majors outside the College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences)Demonstrates potential to impact agricultural advancements as evidenced by professor recommendationsDemonstrates commitment to their studies (minimum 3.0 GPA)Demonstrates financial needRenewal is possible for recipients; must reapply and compete with new applicants