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The School of Education offers a variety of annual scholarships and awards to qualified undergraduate and graduate students.  Students interested in applying for scholarships must be in good academic standing and meet or exceed the donor’s criteria.  Applications are now available for 2011-2012 and are due on February 3, 2012.  Decisions on scholarships will be made in February.  Please read the specific qualifications of the scholarships mentioned below before applying to make sure you meet the criteria.

If you accept a scholarship from the School of Education, you must agree to do two things:

1. Attend the School’s Honors Day Program scheduled for Saturday, March 31st, 2012.
2. Compose a thank you note to the sponsor of your scholarship.

Scholarships will be awarded subject to fund availability.  You may also visit the SIUE Institutional Scholarship page for additional information on scholarships offered to SIUE students. If you have any questions with regard to scholarships offered through the School of Education, please call the Dean's Office at 618.650.3350.

Please check back soon for new updates for educational scholarship opportunities.


School of Education Scholarships

School of Education Dean’s Scholarship
Awarded to one student in each of the school’s five departments.  Students must be in their internship/capstone semester. [more info]  [apply now]

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Bessie May Briggs  Mason Scholarship Endowment
Awarded to a graduate of Alton High School that is planning to major in education and or music. [more info]  [apply now]

Eileen E. Brown Scholarship Endowment
Awarded to a student majoring in early childhood education. [more info]  [apply now]

Ruth Preston Mosser Future Educational Leaders Scholarship
Awarded to a student enrolled in the Early Childhood Off-Campus Site (Echos) program. [more info]  [apply now]

Erika St. Arbor Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to a student majoring in Early Childhood Education. [more info]  [apply now]

Department of Kinesiology & Health Education

Corporal Evan T. James Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to a student with a declared major in the Department of Kinesiology & Health Education preferably majoring in exercise and wellness or physical education. For more information, please contact Jeffrey Herrick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. (Applications are available and accepted in late Spring).  [more info]

Department of Psychology

Kathryn K. Skinner Grant - Students in the Department of Psychology
Awarded to  graduate student(s) in Psychology who have experienced personal or financial hardship. For more information please contact Lynn Bartels, Ph.D. Associate Professor.

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders

The Thomas Wood Mosser Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to a student majoring in the field of special education. [more info]  [apply now]

Traci Storey Student Scholarship
Awarded to a junior, senior or graduate student majoring in the field of speech-language pathology. To apply and for more information, please contact Steffany Chleboun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor [more info]


Student Awards

Awards recognize student achievements and are determined by individual departments or committees within the School of Education.  Students cannot apply for awards.  The majority of our student awards are given at the School of Education’s Honors Celebration in April.

School of Education
John T. Hughes, Jr. Award
Awarded to undergraduate students majoring within the School of Education

Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Miriam C. Dusenbery Outstanding Student Award
Awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in elementary education

Salute Christa McAuliffe Award
Awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in elementary education

Dr. Ruth W. Richardson Award
Awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in elementary education or early childhood education

Dr. Susan W. Nall Early Childhood Education Awards
Awarded to one graduate and one undergraduate student majoring in early childhood education

Dr. Valerie Meyer Literacy Education Award
Awarded to an outstanding student in the graduate literacy program with a high GPA, leadership in literacy, and in need of financial assistance

Outstanding Masters in Teaching Student Award
Awarded to a graduate student in the Masters in Teaching program

Department of Educational Leadership
The Learning, Culture, and Society Outstanding Project Award
Awarded to a graduate student in the Learning, Culture, and Society program

Outstanding Graduate Student in Instructional Technology
Awarded to a graduate student in the instructional technology program

Roy L. Olive Educational Leadership Graduate Award
Awarded to a graduate student in the Educational leadership program completing a Superintendent Certification

Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
Outstanding Student in Health Education Award
Awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in health education

Outstanding Student in Exercise and Wellness
Awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in exercise and wellness

Outstanding Student in Physical Education Award
Awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in physical education

Outstanding Student in School Health Award
Awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in school health

Outstanding Student in Community Health Award
Awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in community health

Outstanding Graduate Student
Awarded to an graduate student in kinesiology and health education

Department of Psychology
Stephen R. Dankenbring Award in Psychology
Awarded to graduating seniors majoring in the field of psychology

Robert A. Daugherty Memorial Award
Awarded to graduate students majoring in industrial organizational psychology.

Dr. Michael Hurt Award
Awarded to a graduate student majoring in Psychology with a priority in adult/child clinical psychology, community school psychology

Robert J. McLaughlin Psychology Honors Academy Award
Awarded to an undergraduate Psychology Honors Academy Member

Dr. Richard P. Walsh Honors Award
Awarded to a graduate student majoring in Psychology with a specialization in clinical adult psychology

Howard V. Davis Memorial Award in Gerontology
Awarded to a student studying gerontology

Fresen Student Award in Gerentology
Awarded to a student studying gerontology

Vernice E. Walter Outstanding Student in Gerontology Award
Awarded to a student studying gerontology

Department of Special Education and Communications Disorders
John W. and Eva M. Morgan Award in Speech Pathology
Awarded to students majoring in Speech Communications, Speech Pathology, and Theater and Dance

The Julia E. Walker Award
Annual alternating award for an undergraduate student majoring in either special education or environmental studies

Outstanding Undergraduate in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology
Awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in speech-language pathology & audiology

Outstanding Graduate Student in Speech-Language Pathology
Awarded to an graduate student majoring in speech-language pathology

Excellence in Special Education Award in Memory of Adam Zimmer
Awarded to a student majoring in special education

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