Entrance Awards F. W. Walsh Memorial Scholarship
Frederick Waldemar (Waldo) Walsh (1897-1984) was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, and spent his boyhood in Coverdale, New Brunswick, on the family farm. He attended the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (now Dalhousie University, Faculty of Agriculture) (Class of ’17) and O.A.C. (Class of ’22) and worked as Superintendent of Agriculture for the C.N.R. until 1934 when he became senior agriculturalist with the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, until his retirement as Deputy Minister in 1962. After his passing, his three sons Robert, Jack, and Fred set aside money, the interest of which would provide a memorial scholarship for a deserving young man or women entering the degree course at the Faculty of Agriculture.

Eligibility: Available to students entering first year of any undergraduate degree program at the Faculty of Agriculture. Selection is based primarily on academic performance. Financial need and participation in school and community affairs will also be considered.
Application Type: General Entrance Award Application
Application Deadline: March 1
Value: $500
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Weinkauf Family Scholarship in Dental Hygiene
To provide an entrance scholarship in the School of Dental Hygiene.

Eligibility: First preference will be given to a student from Western Canada. If there are no suitable candidates, all first-year students will be considered. Financial need may also be considered in the selection of the recipient.
Application Type: Contact the Faculty for more information
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F. Hume Wells Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded on the basis of performance excellence to a student entering university for the first time directly from high school into a course of study leading to an undergraduate degree in music performance. It was established by Judith Wells and Karen Woolhouse in memory of F. Hume Wells, a businessman in Halifax, who was interested in music and thought university education was important.

Eligibility: Available to students entering first year of the Bachelor of Music program at Dalhousie.
Application Type: Contact the Department, School, or College for more information
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The Women’s Division of the Dalhousie Alumni Association Scholarships
This fund provides two entrance scholarships; one is named the Margaret Florence Newcombe Scholarship, which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the graduation of the first woman graduate of Dalhousie University in 1885. The second scholarship is named the Ruth Skaling Murray Scholarship, in memory of a dedicated alumna of the Dalhousie Women’s Division.

Eligibility: Available to entering undergraduate students (excluding the Faculty of Agriculture).
Application Type: Automatic Consideration – No Application Required
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Don Wright Scholarship of Excellence
This annual scholarship funded by the Lillian and Don Wright Foundation, supports outstanding students who are entering the Fountain School of Performing Arts in a Music degree program. While preference shall be given to awarding the scholarship to one student per year, if no one student merits the awarding of the scholarship, the awarding committee has the authority to award two scholarships to students who have applied and been accepted to study Music within the School. Where there is more than one eligible candidate, first preference shall be given to the candidate deemed to have the most merit as judged by a majority of the Fountain School of Performing Arts scholarships committee.

Eligibility: Available to students entering first year of the Bachelor of Music program at Dalhousie.
Application Type: Contact the Department, School, or College for more information
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Sir William Young Scholarship
This fund was left by Sir William Young for the purpose of endowing scholarships.

Eligibility: Available to entering and current undergraduate students (excluding the Faculty of Agriculture).
Application Type: Automatic Consideration – No Application Required
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Christine Zinck Scholarships
Four scholarships awarded annually in each of the four streams of Theatre: Acting, Costume Studies, Scenography and Technical Theatre and Stage Design and Theatre Studies.

Application Type: Automatic Consideration – No Application Required
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