Scholarships, Awards & Recognitions

Student Employee Scholarships

Current student employees at the Library can apply for all available Library scholarships by submitting a single form during the application period. Selection criteria for each award varies. Selection committees for each scholarship will filter applications accordingly and make a decision on each award. Applications open Dec. 1, 2024 and are due Jan. 31, 2025.

• Jessie Thatcher Bost Endowed Scholarship
• Tom Carson Library Scholarship
• Carson Mentorship Scholarship
• Class of 1942/Willham Library Scholarship
• W. Roy Holleman Memorial Scholarship
• Dean Sheila Grant Johnson and Dr. Johnny Johnson Library Scholarship
• Sheila Grant Johnson Library Scholarship
• Donald F. and Barbara Low Library Scholarship
• OSU Library Scholarship
• OSU Museum Scholarship
• Betty R. Roberts Library Scholarship
• Vere S. and Nina L. Shaklee Endowed Scholarship for the Library
• Mary Jane Smothers Library Memorial Assistantship
• Stefanie Stone Humphrey and Shellie Stone Scholarship

Library Student Ambassadors

OSU Library Student Ambassadors are recruited and hired as needed. Learn more and watch for application openings.

Student Employee Awards

• Dean's Excellence Award for Student Assistants
• James B. & Verena J. Wise Outstanding Student Employee Award
• Jim and Elizabeth Wise Distinguished Graduate Fellowship
• Huik Wunn "Catherine" See Outstanding Shelver Award (retired)

Full-Time Employee Awards

• Faculty Notable Achievement Award
• Outstanding Library Staff Award
• Mary Greenberg/Marguerite Howland Personnel Development Award
• OSU Library Outstanding Employee Award (retired)

Other Recognitions

• OSU Library Student Ambassadors
• Edna Mae Phelps Award
• H. Louise Cobb and Friends of the OSU Library Distinguished Author Award
• OSU Library Outstanding Former Library Assistants