Winners are selected from the pool of students presented with that year's Dean’s Excellence Award for Student Assistants.

Dr. James B. and Verena Wise established the Wise scholarship in 1990 to encourage outstanding performance by student workers in the OSU Library and to provide some assistance to students supporting themselves through school. Dr. Wise, an ophthalmologic surgeon in Oklahoma City, worked as a library student assistant when he attended OSU.

Recipients are selected each Spring Semester by a committee appointed by the Dean of Libraries. They must be full-time students at OSU and employees of the OSU Library . Academic achievement may be a consideration and those under consideration may be interviewed by the selection committee. See criteria and nomination letters for more information.

Recipients are invited to an awards lunch, receive $500 scholarships and are honored at the Edmon Low Library Staff Association's Spring Meeting.

Past Award Winners include:

• 2009 Darron Lamkin, Rachel Pittman, Kelsey Tipton & Gina Taylor
• 2008 Casey England, Jeremy Lovekamp, Kelly Morris & Bethany Stone
• 2007Andy Kuehn, Courtney Kroutter, Alisonn Phelps & Stacie Storts
• 2006 Andrea Gagan, Hurst, TX, Bethany Morris, Morris, Sara Sherman, and Natalie West, Choctaw
• 2005 Katie Corzette, Lawton, Jennifer Davis, Mannford, Katy Peters, Plano, TX, Jennifer Ryan,
• 2004 Beth Morris, Okmulgee, Jerid Patterson,Woodward, Heather Roberts, Kristen Stacey
• 2003 Heather Dunback, Checotah, Dusti Hoffman, Stillwater, Dan Mason, Randyn Miller, Mannford
• 2002 Kyle Brooks, Morris, Tara Hix, Stillwater, Sandino Thompson, Arcadia Chris Westbrook, Oklahoma City
• 2001 Carla Lowe, Tulsa, Teresa Moss, Coyle, Misty Smith, Coyle, Charles Thompson, Broken Arrow
• 2000 Pascal Rwezaula, Tanzania, Allan Troung, Oklahoma City & Michelle Rauh Scovill, Edmond
• 1999 Roshani Jayasekara, Colombo, Sri Lanka & Elizabeth Worthan, Hennessey
• 1998 Tom Marshall, Stillwater & Bryan Taylor, Carnegie
• 1997 Matthew Geary, Broken Arrow & Candace Steffen, Arnett
• 1996 Gala McNaught, Tulsa & Steve Nickles, Duncan
• 1995 Shawn Chen, Stillwater & Tau Chyn Cham, Malaysia
• 1994 Athlea Wood Adkisson, Devol & Melanie Stinson, Thomas
• 1993 Amanda Barnett, Shawnee & Brad Bollinger, McAlester
• 1992 Philip Berkeley, Trinidad
• 1991 Ann Roberts, Stillwater & Cory Rock, Alva
• 1990 Elizabeth A. Kilgore, Tulsa