Sponsored by Allen, Gibbs, and Houlik, L.C.
to select the $50,000 Clay Barton Endowed Scholarship
The W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University invites graduating seniors to compete in the Allen, Gibbs, and Houlik Scholarship Competition. Scholarship awards will be given to the top finalist and the final selection will be awarded the $50,000 Clay Barton Scholarship.
To be eligible to compete, you must
- Be a May 2024 high school graduate and
- Have a minimum unweighted high school GPA of 3.50 OR
- Have a minimum of 27 composite ACT OR
- Have 1280 for SAT OR
- Rank in the top ten percent of your class at the end of your junior year
- Declare a Business Major in accounting, business administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, international business, management, management information systems, or marketing
- The application deadline for the competition is November 3, 2023.
Qualified students are welcome to attend and can submit their RSVP by clicking here or by visiting wichita.edu/scholarshipcompetitions.
Have questions? Attend our virtual AGH Information Session on October 4.
If you have questions regarding scholarships or your RSVP to the AGH Scholarship Competition, please email bsb.scholarships@wichita.edu.
Additional Scholarship Opportunities
Students are encouraged to seek out additional scholarship opportunities via ScholarshipUniverse. We have linked a guide below on how to set up your account.
Here's our friendly guide for setting up your Scholarship Universe account.
Information about the Professor Fran Jabara Endowed Scholarship Competition
Information about the Distinguished Scholarship Invitational (DSI)
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
- This year, we will be hosting two separate sessions. One in the morning and one in
the afternoon. Students are to pick ONE session to attend.
- Morning session: 8:00 – 11:00 a.m.
- Afternoon session: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
- Students who are interviewing for the Professor Fran Jabara Endowed Scholarship will interview between 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Further information will be provided in confirmation emails.
- The AGH scholarship competition will take place in person at Woolsey Hall, Wichita State University Main Campus
- Students will pick one session: the morning session from 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. or the afternoon session from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
- No, we will have everything you need that day.
- Yes, if you are selected as a finalist, you will be invited back to campus.
- The finalist round will be in January, the date and time TBD.
- Yes! The more the merrier!
- The Scholarship Committee will select six finalist to return to campus for a final round of interviewing prior to the selection of the $50,000 Clay Barton Scholar.
- You can send your questions via email to bsb.scholarships@wichita.edu.
- 2023 Isabella Kilman
- 2022 Ella Hough-Tucker
- 2021 Trinity Soderstrom
- 2020 Austin Rea
- 2019 Trevor Cumpston
- 2018 Joshua "Tate" Watts
- 2017 Anisia Brumley
- 2016 Caelan Dean
- 2015 Alyssa Ward
- 2014 Bailey Bryand
- 2013 Kiah Duggins
- 2012 David Berry
- 2011 Jessica Crumrine
- 2010 Blake Krier
- 2008 Rochel Groene
- 2007 David Friedberg
- 2006 Timothy Wilson
- 2005 Jeff Orr
- 2004 Katie Kontz
- 2003 Casey Woolfolk
- 2002 Lance Miller
- 2001 Kristen Munday
- 2000 Tiffany Pankratz
- 1999 Mary Rachel Hattrup
- 1998 Amanda Nelson
- 1997 Jennifer Morrow
- 1996 Collin Stieben
- 1995 Joseph Hand
- 1994 Joseph John Wawrzaszek Jr
- 1993 LaTisha Garner
- 1992 Gregory Richards
- 1991 Erika Plagge