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Undergraduate Scholarships

Eligibility for each award is listed below. Awards for fall and spring will be made before the end of the previous spring semester. Monies for the awards will be disbursed with half of the award credited to the student's account at the start of the fall and the spring semesters.

To be considered for scholarships with financial need criteria, you must have submitted a FAFSA application- The federal school code for WMU is 002330.

List of Scholarships

Margaret Isobel Black Scholarship

• Award limited to incoming first-year students, community college transfer students, or current WMU students who are graduates of Warren Consolidated School District
• Must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Full tuition, fees and books per academic year (fall/spring) WMU only.
• If studying abroad, tuition to another college or agency to be paid by awardee. Remission of WMU credits still apply.
• Renewal of award available upon reapplication.

Jane Blackburn Memorial Scholarship for Undergraduates in Elementary Education

• Enrolled in the Early Elementary Education curriculum

Agnes Robb Bouyoucos International Internship Fund for the College of Education and Human Development

• Enrolled full-time in the College of Education with the intention of a study abroad internship
• Enrolled in the teacher preparation curriculum within the College of Education and Human Development
• Preference is given to students who demonstrate financial need     

Lofton Burge Educational Scholarship

• Junior or senior status
• Enrolled in the Elementary Education curriculum

Lofton and Georgiann Burge Scholarship for Undergraduates in Elementary Education

• Junior or senior status
• Enrolled in Early Elementary Education curriculum

Carolyn L. Burnett Endowment for Teacher Training

• Awarded to full-time undergraduate students enrolled in a teaching internship
• Students shall demonstrate financial need

Katherine Pratt Burrell Education Scholarship

• Junior or senior status
• Automatic renewal for Junior status
• Enrolled full-time in a program leading to teacher certification
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Must hold and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Preference given to female students    

Kelly Carman Memorial Scholarship

• Junior, senior or graduate student
• Enrolled full-time majoring in Early Childhood Education and/or Elementary Education
• Preference given to non-traditional students
• Renewable depending on student year

Dorothy H. and Cora Hurd Charles Scholarship

• All students enrolled in a College of Education and Human Development curriculum are eligible

Patricia A. Chisholm Endowment for Theatre Education

• Must be a U.S. citizen, resident of Michigan
• Preferance to Southwest Michigan residents
• Preference to junior or senior
• Preference to students who have a teaching emphasis in speech and/or social studies
• Must display “ideal” teacher qualities

Herman and Erna Muhle Christof Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship

• Preference to community college transfers with at least 30 hours accumulated at community college
• Enrolled full time in teacher training curricula
• Preference to underrepresented populations
• Preference for demonstrated financial need
• Minimum 2.75 GPA
• May be renewable

College of Education and Human Development Scholarship for Kalkaska County

• First year, full time student
• Enrolled in teacher training curricula
• Preference for graduates of Kalkaska County public high school (Kalkaska and Forest Area High)
• Academic merit is primary consideration
• May be renewed

College of Education Undergraduate Scholarship

• Cannot hold WMU merit-based renewable scholarship concurrently (i.e., WMU Academic, HEIS, Medallion, etc.)
• Incoming freshmen, community college transfer students and current WMU students are eligible

College of Education Scholarship in Teacher Education

• Full-time student pursuing teacher training
• Preference giving to non-traditional students 25 years of age or older
• Must hold a minimum of 3.0 GPA at the time of application
• Preference given to students with financial need
• Renewal of award available upon reapplication and available funds

Velma and Harry Cotterill Endowment for the College of Education and Human Development

• Awarded to students in their student teaching internship semester
• Preference given to students that demonstrate financial need
• Preference given to students who plan to make K-12 teaching their primary, full-time profession
• Preference given to candidates who are US citizens and intend to teach in the USA after graduation

Robert and Elizabeth Cutler Endowment Scholarship

• Full-time junior
• Must hold a 2.5 GPA
• Must be pursuing a teaching career in math or science
• Preference to non-traditional students
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Renewable up to one year

Delia M. and Dora D. DeMaso Scholarship

• First year, full time student
• Pursuing degree in teacher training
• Preference for demonstrated financial need
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Current recipients may reapply in the next academic year provided they have demonstrated satisfactory academic progress

Zora and Frank Ellsworth Scholarship

• Junior or senior status, enrolled full-time
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Must be enrolled in Elementary Education curriculum
• Must demonstrate a career purpose in education
• Must have and maintain a 3.0 GPA
• Preference given to Latin majors
• May be renewed up to one year

Forgrave-Anderson Scholarship

• Enrolled in the College of Education and Human Development with an interest in teaching K-12 science and math
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Renewal of award available upon reapplication

John W. and Evelyn M. Fry English Scholarship Fund

• Available to all College of Education and Human Development students

Fund for the Advancement of Minorities in Education (FAME)

• May be incoming first-year students, community college transfer students, or current WMU students
• Enrolled full-time
• Incoming freshmen must be enrolled in Pre-Education (PED) curriculum
• Transfer students or current WMU students must be enrolled in program leading to teacher certification
• Special consideration given to students of under-represented populations
• Full tuition and fees for fall and spring only.  Total of eight semesters. Tuition provided at WMU rates for classes taken at WMU. If studying abroad, tuition to another college or agency to be paid by awardee. Remission of WMU credits still apply.

The John G. and Bertha D. Goodman Scholarship

• Awarded to a full time undergraduate student in the College of Education and Human Development in even years (i.e. fall 2012, fall 2014)
• Preference shall be given to students who enhance WMU's diversity and multiculturalism
• 2.5 GPA minimum at time of application
• Awarded based on financial need

Alfred Griffin Scholarship

• Senior status
• Enrolled full-time in Elementary Education curriculum
• Resident of the State of Michigan
• Preference given to African American and Native American students

Lucille J. Haines Education Scholarship

• Enrolled in Early Childhood Education

Marion I. Hall Endowment Scholarship

• Full or part-time student
• Undergraduate or graduate student
• Must hold and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Preference given to students preparing for careers in elementary or secondary education (teacher certification programs)

Everett L. and Marian Holden Endowed Scholarship

• Full time student in their teaching internship semester
• Demonstrated financial need
• Academic merit is secondary consideration

Leon M. and Johanna Bolte Hopkins Endowed Scholarship in Education

• Full time student majoring in Elementary Education
• Minimum of 3.0 GPA
• Preference for demonstrated financial need
• May be renewable

E. Fern Hudson Scholarship

• Junior or senior status
• Enrolled full-time in a College of Education and Human Development curriculum
• Applicant must demonstrate financial need
• Must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA    

Rose M. Iciek Memorial Scholarship for Elementary and Secondary Education

• First-year undergraduate student majoring in Pre-Education, planning to teach either at the Elementary or Secondary level
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Renewable of award available upon reapplication

Janet M. Jones

• Must be enrolled full-time
• Major in Elementary Education and a minor of Early Childhood
• Renewal of award available upon reapplication
• Must demonstrate financial need

Doris A. Lance Scholarship

• Awarded to a full-time or part-time student
• Must be enrolled in Secondary Education in Business (Business Education) in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
• Must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Recipients selected on the basis of academic achievement and/or financial need and must not have been censured for a major violation of University regulations
• Renewal of award available upon reapplication

Sylvia Jean Lovat Endowed Scholarship for EarlyChildhood Education

• Enrolled full-time
• Early Childhood Professional Education Program
• Must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Special consideration given to students that have overcome socioeconomic or educational disadvantages or first generation college student
• Renewal of award available upon reapplication

Lucille Abbott Nobbs/ABE Endowed Scholarship

• Members of, or a direct descendent of a member of the Alpha Beta Epsilon (ABE) WMU Sorority will receive first preference for this scholarship. Applicants are responsible for indicating membership and/or familial relationship on the application and providing verification if necessary.
• Junior or senior status undergraduate student or graduate student
• Enrolled full-time in a teacher education program
• Must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Award is solely for WMU tuition, fees and book expenses only.
• Renewal of award available up reapplication (two consecutive years)

Florence E. and Vernon A. Martin Prestigious Education Scholarship

• Preference to College of Education and Human Development students who graduated from Pentwater High School

Beulah and Harold McKee Scholarship in Early Childhood Education

• Must be enrolled full-time in the Early Childhood Education program
• Must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Preference will be given to Kalamazoo County, and particularly greater Kalamazoo, high school graduates (Loy Norrix, Kalamazoo Central, Hackett Catholic Central, Kalamazoo Christian, Comstock, Parchment, Portage Northern, Portage Central)
• Primary consideration will be given to graduates of Parchment High School
• Renewal of award available upon reapplication until recipient graduates

McKinley Financial Foundation Endowed Scholarship

• Awarded to full-time incoming freshman student
• Preference given to African American students
• Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
• Renewal of award available upon reapplication
• Awarded in the College of Education and Human Development in odd years (i.e. Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2015)

Howard and Mary Pendell Endowed Scholarship

• Must be a graduate of the Muskegon, Michigan public schools
• Enrolled in the College of Education and Human Development and intending to pursue a career in Elementary Education
• Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
• Must have demonstrated financial need

E. Arthur and Lorna Pierre Scholarship

• Enrolled full-time, first-year student
• Preference given to graduates of Waterford Public Schools
• Special consideration for graduates of Muskegon Senior High School
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Awarded in the College of Education and Human Development in even years (i.e., fall 2008, fall 2010)

Marcia Vincent and Avis Leo “Mike” Sebaly Scholarship

• Full-time student
• Majoring in elementary education
• Preference given to student who demonstrates financial need
• Minimum of 2.5 GPA
• Renewable up to four years provided the student remains in elementary education and funds are available

Samuel Kenneth Smart, Jr. Scholarship

• Enrolled full-time in the Elementary or Secondary Education curriculum which will prepare them to become school instructors of Science and/or Mathematics
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA

Merze Tate Scholarship

• Enrolled full-time or part-time, graduate or undergraduate
• Preference will be given to students who can demonstrate financial need (including, but not limited to, deserving foreign students who are in need of financial assistance)

Mabel Blough Thompson Endowed Scholarship

• Full-time student
• Incoming freshman from rural area preferred
• Majoring in elementary education
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Renewal of award available upon reapplication

Ronald and Kathleen Wagner Scholarship

• Awarded to a first year full time undergraduate
• Preference given to minority high school graduates of Wayne County public schools
• Preference given to students who demonstrate financial need
• Must have a minimum 3.0 GPA at time of application
• Scholarship is renewable depending on student year and provided the recipient remains a full-time undergraduate student in the College of Education and Human Development and has demonstrated satisfactory academic progress

Family and Consumer Sciences Scholarships

For additional information on scholarships award by the FCS department please check on the FCS department’s website for criteria and application:

Criteria and application

Human Performance and Health Education Scholarships

Criteria and application

WMU Office of Student Financial Aid Scholarships

Criteria and application

Non-WMU Scholarships

Gail and Hilda Oster Scholarship - Must be a Van Buren County Resident or graduate of a high school within Van Buren County, MI; enrolled or planning to enroll full time in a bachelor's degree program at the University of Michigan or WMU in education or mathematics; minimum 2.75 gpa.

MI Teach – Early Childhood Scholarship

Kalamazoo Rotary Scholarship - Deadline: Postmark by Mar. 31

Horace Mann Educator Scholarship Program

The Jackson Legacy Program and Other Scholarships

Education scholarships including the Antonia Dellas Memorial Scholarship and Martha and Oliver Hansen Memorial Scholarship

Scholarships for current high school students including the June Danby and Pat Pearse Education Scholarship and the Eleanor A. Ernest Scholarship

Women's Education Coalition Grant Program - This grant is a cooperative venture of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Kalamazoo Network and the YWCA of Kalamazoo. Grants are available to women residing in Kalamazoo, Barry, Calhoun, Allegan, St. Joseph and VanBuren counties who are U.S. Citizens or Permanent Resident Aliens (green card holders). Priority is given to underemployed, working mothers. Applicants must be adult women who have had a significant break in their formal education and can demonstrate how post-high school education will help them reach their goals of increased financial independence. Applications are available in the Office of Teacher/Administrator Certification, 2217 Sangren and are due May 15.