Financial Aid & Scholarships

Undergraduate Scholarships

Information and application forms forthcoming

GENERAL

Special HR&E Scholarships

For the past several years, the Dean of the College of Human Resources & Education has made additional funds available for scholarships for students. The amount and number of these scholarships has varied.

Thomas L. & Mary M. Biery Scholarship

This scholarship provides financial assistance to students enrolled in the School of Pharmacy, the School of Nursing, and the College of Human Resources & Education. First consideration is given to students from Ohio County, WV. Students must demonstrate financial need and academic promise. Currently, the scholarship rotates among the three schools.

Woodrow & Virginia Bonds Endowed Scholarship

Funds will be used for students enrolled in the College of Human Resources & Education.

Kathryn Cramer Morgan Scholarship

Funds will be used for students enrolled in the College of Human Resources & Education.

John Albert Kasuba & Walter L. Klas HRE Scholarship

Funds will provide graduate or undergraduate scholarships for students who are enrolled at WVU as pre-majors or majors in the College of Human Resources & Education. Recipients shall demonstrate academic promise and financial need. A student who is a recipient one year is eligible for consideration in any other year.

SPEECH PATHOLOGY & AUDIOLOGY

Kathryn Cottrill Vecellio HR&E Scholarship

The Kathryn Cottrill Vecellio Human Resources & Education Scholarship was established in honor of a former graduate of the College who is now an active member of the College’s Visiting Committee. Recipients must be students who are enrolled either in the College’s Speech Pathology and Audiology Program or the Teacher Education Program. Recipients must be West Virginia residents, and they must demonstrate academic merit and financial need. The recipient must also have demonstrated volunteer/service involvement.

TEACHER EDUCATION

Carter Family Foundation Teacher Education Scholarship

The Carter Family Foundation Teacher Education Scholarship assists students attending WVU in the College of Human Resources & Education who are preparing to become teachers. First consideration is given to a student from Raleigh County, WV. Second consideration is for a student from the southern part of West Virginia, and third consideration is for a student from West Virginia. Recipients must demonstrate academic ability and financial need.

Casteel-Clarke Special Education Scholarship

This scholarship was established by David and Debra Clarke to provide support for students seeking a specialization in the field of Special Education while enrolled in the Benedum Collaborative Teacher Education Program in the College of Human Resources & Education. Recipients shall have demonstrated academic achievement and financial need.

Clarke Special Education Scholarship

Holmes-Casteel Special Education Scholarship

General Federation of Women’s Clubs Scholarship

This scholarship was established by the West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs to assist students who are preparing to become special education teachers.

Lester H. Kincaid Memorial Scholarship

The Lester H. Kincaid Memorial Scholarship was established to provide scholarships to students majoring in Chemical Engineering or in Education. Preference for the scholarship is given to West Virginia residents of Wayne and Fayette counties. Emphasis is placed on financial need in the awarding of this scholarship.

Jessee Frances Brown Lilly Scholarship

This scholarship fund was established by the family of Jessee Frances Brown Lilly, a former educator, to provide support for graduates of a Wyoming County, West Virginia high school who are preparing to become teachers. Applicants must have a 3.0 grade point average. Preference is given to freshmen, but any Wyoming County student who is preparing for a career in education may apply.

Leon & Mae Newell McKown Scholarship

This scholarship fund was established to honor Leon and Mae Newell McKown. It provides an annual award to students who are pre-majors or majors in education in the College of Human Resources & Education. First preference is given to students from Calhoun County. If no student from Calhoun County qualifies, then any West Virginia resident is eligible. Recipients must have demonstrated academic promise and show financial need.

Delmas Miller Scholarship

This scholarship fund was established to honor Delmas F. Miller, a former Dean of the College of Human Resources & Education who also had been a teacher and a principal. It provides an annual award to a secondary education major who has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills and financial need. This scholarship is awarded to students who are entering their full-time internship semester in the public schools.

Kathryn Cramer Morgan Scholarship

This scholarship was established in honor of Kathryn Cramer Morgan to provide opportunities for capable students to prepare for the field of education.

Alex and Betty Schoenbaum Scholarship

Funded by the Schoenbaum Family Foundation, this scholarship is designed to increase the opportunities for capable students who are preparing to enter the teaching profession and who plan to teach in West Virginia. Recipients must match each year of scholarship support with a year of teaching in the State of West Virginia. If a recipient chooses not to teach in West Virginia, the scholarship must be fully repaid.

William J. Sturgis Scholarship

The William J. Sturgis Scholarship fund provides opportunities for capable students who demonstrate financial need to prepare for the professional field of teaching.

WVU Teacher Leadership Award

The WVU Teacher Leadership Award was established by Patricia Lindgren to provide scholarships for students during their final year of the five-year teacher education program. Recipients must demonstrate successful clinical performance as well as academic achievement and financial need. One student from the elementary program and one student from the secondary program are selected each year to receive awards.

Kathryn Cottrill Vecellio HR&E Scholarship

Verizon Teacher Education Presidential Scholarship

A minimum of three Verizon Teacher Education Presidential Scholarships at $5,000 each will be awarded each academic year to students in their fifth year of the Five Year Program who continue to meet the eligibility requirements. Candidates must be a legal resident of West Virginia, have a high school GPA of 3.5, have a minimum A.C.T. score of 26 (or 1000 S.A.T.), have demonstrated academic excellence both in general studies and in the discipline in which he/she plans to teach, show promise in the field of teaching, and show intent to teach in WV Public Schools.

Paula Jan Barber Muscatello Scholarship

This fund provides undergraduate scholarships for McDowell or Nicholas County residents who are students enrolled at WVU as pre-majors or majors in Special Education in the College of Human Resources & Education. Recipients shall demonstrate academic promise and financial need. If there are no recipients available from either specified WV county, any student from the state of Tennessee may receive the scholarship. After that, any student from WV may receive the scholarship.

Arland Imlay, Ph.D. Scholarship

This endowment shall provide undergraduate scholarships for students enrolled at West Virginia University in the College of Human Resources & Education in a course of study leading to certification as an elementary or secondary teacher. Recipients shall demonstrate academic promise. A student who is a recipient one year is eligible for consideration in any other year.

Graduate Scholarships

GENERAL

Fred D. and Juanita R. Dooley Award

This fund was established by Dr. Elizabeth Dooley to support annual awards to African-American students enrolled in the College of Human Resources & Education at West Virginia University for the purchase of books and supplies. The recipients must be full time students with first preference for doctoral students and second preference for master’s students. Multiple students may receive the award each year and the minimum award must be at least $250. A student who is a recipient in one year is eligible for consideration in any other year by reapplying for the award.

Robert E. Stitzel Graduate Student Support Fund

Funds will be used for Ph.D. and Ed.D. students in the College of Human Resources & Education to further one or more student’s progress toward a Doctor of Philosophy degree or Doctor of Education degree at West Virginia University. The award may be used for, but is not limited to, travel, training, research, and professional development.

Thomas L. & Mary M. Biery Scholarship

John Albert Kasuba & Walter L. Klas HRE Scholarship

SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Braxton John Martucci Speech-Language Pathology Scholarship

Carolyn and Bill Atkins established this fund in the name of their grandson to provide scholarships for graduate students entering or enrolled in the Speech-Language Pathology Program in the College of Human Resources & Education at West Virginia University. Recipients shall be West Virginia residents and shall demonstrate financial need and academic promise by achieving a GPA of 3.5 or higher (on a 4.0 scale). A student who is a recipient in one year is eligible for consideration in any other year by reapplying for the scholarship.

Morgantown Scottish Rite/Dr. I. A. Wiles Scholarship

The Morgantown Valley of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons Scholarship In Memory of Dr. Isaiah A. Wiles is awarded to graduate students in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology. Recipients must have a sincere interest in providing services to infants, toddlers, and youth with communication disorders. Recipients serve their clinical internship at the Morgantown Language Disorder Center which is located in the Morgantown area. The scholarship was made possible through the generosity of the Morgantown Lodge of Perfection Scottish Rite Masons and Dr. Isaiah A. Wiles and his family and friends. NOTE: Please contact Dr. Dennis Ruscello at Dennis.Ruscello@mail.wvu.edu by December 1st, at the latest, for information about how to apply for this scholarship. Applications for this scholarship are due by December 15th.

Kathryn Cottrill Vecellio HR&E Scholarship

AUDIOLOGY

Kathryn Cottrill Vecellio HR&E Scholarship

Morgantown Scottish Rite/Dr. I. A. Wiles Scholarship

READING

Eddie C. Kennedy Endowed Scholarship

The Eddie C. Kennedy Endowed Scholarship was established to honor Dr. Eddie C. Kennedy, a former chair of the College’s Department of Elementary Education and Coordinator of the Reading Center. The scholarship is used to support the education of a graduate student in Reading.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Spangler-Clarke Special Education Scholarship

This fund was established by David and Debra Clarke to provide support for graduate students in the College of Human Resources & Education who are enrolled in the Special Education Program. Recipients shall have demonstrated academic achievement and financial need. A student who is a recipient one year may reapply for consideration in any succeeding year.

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Gerlach Scholarship

This fund provides scholarships for students pursuing a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership or Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Human Resources & Education. The recipient shall have demonstrated academic achievement and leadership potential. A student who is a recipient in one year is not eligible for consideration in any succeeding year.

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

Gerlach Scholarship

Additional Possible Scholarships

The scholarships listed below are among the many scholarships that are available to students in the College of Human Resources & Education. Many of these scholarships are awarded through the WVU Undergraduate Scholars Program and the WVU Financial Aid Office. They are listed here because of their special relevance to students in the College of Human Resources & Education.
To receive priority consideration for these and other university-wide scholarships, students must complete the admissions process to WVU by February 1. This includes submitting a completed undergraduate admission application along with a high school transcript and ACT/SAT scores. For more information about these scholarships and university-wide scholarships, be sure to visit the Undergraduate Scholarship Office web page.

Walter W. Cole Scholarship

The endowment for the Walter W. Cole Scholarship provides undergraduate/graduate scholarships to Monongalia County residents who are graduates of Morgantown High School. Recipients must be enrolled at WVU in teacher education in the College of Human Resources & Education. Applicants must demonstrate academic promise and financial need.

Eloise Gunn Divers Presidential Scholarship

The endowment for the Eloise Gunn Divers Presidential Scholarship provides assistance to graduates of Calhoun County High School graduates. Preference is first given to students enrolled as history majors and then to students enrolled as education majors.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Ford Memorial Scholarship

The endowment for the Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Ford Memorial Scholarship provides funds for students attending WVU with preference given to pre-ministerial or education students.

Howard and Miriam Jones Scholarship

The Howard and Miriam Jones Scholarship is given to full-time undergraduate students who are graduates of high schools in Doddridge County, WV. Preference is given to students enrolled in teacher education studies in the College of Human Resources & Education. Recipients must have demonstrated high academic promise.

George D. Mckain Scholarship

The endowment for the George D. Mckain Scholarship provides an annual scholarship for a Doddridge County High School graduate who is enrolled at WVU in the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry & Consumer Sciences (1st preference) or the College of Human Resources & Education (2nd preference). Recipients shall have been a member of 4-H and attended at least one summer 4-H camp. Priority is given to freshmen.

Jeanette Luchok Moriak Memorial Scholarship

Jeanette Maria Luchock Moriak attended WVU on a four-year scholarship and became a teacher. She taught school in Pennsylvania, Indiana, and New Jersey before losing her battle with leukemia at the age of 46. Her parents established this scholarship in her memory. Recipients must be graduating seniors of Morgantown High School who are entering WVU as freshmen. Preference is given to students who are planning a career in teaching.

C. Kenneth and Sharon Murray Scholarship

This endowment was established to provide undergraduate scholarships for West Virginia residents who are students enrolled at WVU as freshmen in the College of Human Resources & Education. Recipients shall demonstrate academic promise and financial need. Dr. C. Kenneth Murray is an emeritus professor and formerly was chairperson of the Department of Educational Theory and Practice. Sharon Murray is a retired Nurse Specialist and Patient Educator in the Department of Family Medicine in the WVU School of Medicine.

Edmund A. and Rose C. Rotter Endowed Scholarship

Dr. and Mrs. Carl Rotter established this scholarship in honor of his parents. Dr. Carl Rotter, an innovator in physics education, is now an emeritus professor in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. The scholarship is awarded to rising juniors or rising seniors who are either majors in the Department of Physics or pursuing the Physics Education program at WVU. Selection of recipients is made by the Office of the Dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences in consultation with the WVU Office of Financial Aid, the Chair of the Department of Physics, and the donors or their representative.

M. Wood Stout & Lova Martha Casto Stout Scholarship

The Stout Scholarship is awarded to regularly enrolled undergraduate or graduate students. Preference is given to West Virginia students from Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Taylor, or Upshur counties who are planning a career in teaching. Applicants must demonstrate a need for financial assistance and high academic promise.

Ruby A. Carter Scholarship

First consideration for the application of these funds will be for use in support of the WVU Undergraduate Scholars Program. The income from this fund shall be used annually or otherwise for student scholarship aid for students from Raleigh County, WV. First preference for the recipients shall be regularly enrolled students at WVU as undergraduate or graduate students in the WVU College of Human Resources & Education pursuing a degree in education. Second preference for the recipients shall be students enrolled in any other WVU college or school.

Virginia R. Kasuba College of Human Resources & Education Scholarship

This fund shall provide graduate or undergraduate scholarships for students who are enrolled at West Virginia University as pre-majors or majors in the College of Human Resources & Education. Recipients shall demonstrate academic promise and financial need. A student who is a recipient one year is eligible for consideration in any other year.