Each year, the Middle TN Chapter of the Penn State Alumni association collects donations to award one or more unrestricted scholarships (generally $250 - $1,500) to deserving students from the Middle TN area. Scholarship monies come directly from local alumni, friends and supporters through online donations, the sale of products in our Nashville Penn Stater's store and donations collected at our football viewing parties.  In 2025 we awarded scholarships in the amounts of $1,000, $500 and $250.

Scholarship candidates must be from the Middle TN area, a current/accepted Penn State student, and attend any physical Penn State Campus - sorry, the World Campus does not qualify.  Applications consist of a brief questionaire and 3 essay questions.  Local NEW student lists are obtained from the university.  The chapter sends emails to all prospective new students. Check your spam or promotions folders!

RETURNING STUDENTS: The University will not share your names or contact information. Any local returning Middle TN PSU student who would like to apply should email nashvillepennstate@gmail.com directly.

The winner(s) are announced at our summer Student Send-off event.  In 2026, that event will be held on July 11th at 1pm at a location Live Oak Nashville located at 1522 Demonbreun St, Nashville.  The winning student(s) does not need to attend the event to win.  All members of the Nashville Nittany Nation are encouraged to come to the event and meet any local students who can attend. Light snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. Students and their parents are welcome to attend - if you can attend, please email nashvillepennstate@gmail.com with how many will attend so we can have plenty of food on hand.

Please consider donating to our scholarship fund by using the form below. Your contributions are tax deductible and help grow our fund to one day provide larger or more scholarship awards to deserving students. Help us spread PSU pride through Middle TN! 

WAYS TO DONATE

• Fill out the form below to donate online. 
• Venmo @NashvillePSU
• See our treasurer or event point-person at one of our events to donate with cash, credit card or check. 
• Mail checks (payable to MTN-PSU) to: 

MTN-PSU
c/o Paul Anderson

8129 Maryland Lane

Brentwood, TN 37027

 

NOTE: To ensure your funds are allocated to our scholarship fund, please be sure to write "scholarship" on the memo line of your check. Thank you.