Deadline approaching for Independence Bank scholarships

Press release

Independence Bank is proud to offer scholarship opportunities for incoming first-year students planning to attend Montana State University-Northern. To be eligible, students must graduate from a high school in Hill, Blaine, Phillips, Valley, Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Liberty, Chouteau, Cascade, Pondera, or Toole Counties.

Independence Bank will award eight $1000 scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year. Recipients will receive $500 during fall semester and $500 during spring semester. Scholarship recipients must have at least a 2.5 GPA to be eligible for the spring award.

For more information on the Independence Bank scholarships, please contact the MSU-Northern Financial Aid Office at 406.265.3787. The deadline for scholarship applications is Feb. 1, 2025.

Our 2024-2025 IB scholarship recipients included:

Carson Ottinger (Malta High School), Craig Berg (Poplar High School), Hannah Richman (Turner High School), Lainey Terry (Big Sandy High School), Teagan Richman (Chinook High School), Rhett Wertheimer (Havre High School), Savannah Riggin (CJI High School).