Communication Sciences and Disorders
For information about selection criteria, application procedures, and deadlines for the scholarships listed below, contact the departmental representative identified in the award description. As contact information may vary within a given department, review the scholarship description carefully. Visit the departmental web site at http://www.csd.jmu.edu/index.htm
Melvin Will Jr. Endowed Scholarship
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Average Award: |
$1000.00 |
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Criteria: |
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Need: |
Yes |
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Minimum GPA: |
No |
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Class Year: |
Graduate Student |
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Other: |
Academics |
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Department: |
Comm. Sciences & Disorders, Dept. Head |
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Phone: |
568-6440 |
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Scholarship History: |
Established by Frank Will in November 1999 in memory of Melvin Will, Jr. Melvin was born in New Market, VA in 1930. He graduated from Bridgewater High School in 1947 and served in the United States Air Force from 1948 until 1952. Upon his return home, Junior, as he was known to his family and friends, began a career as a dairy farmer. He married Nancy Jordan in 1957 and they had two children, Kenneth and Frank. He was very active in his church and community, a member of the Masonic Lodge and a strong supporter of their various charities, including the Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders Program. In 1979 Junior suffered a severe stroke and was stricken with aphasia. He received excellent help for his condition from the James Madison University speech and hearing center. He enjoyed working with the faculty and staff and the graduate students at the center. He especially enjoyed the companionship of the adult aphasia group that met on Fridays. He died in 1997. This scholarship is given in his memory and in gratitude for the services he received from the James Madison University speech and hearing center. |
Communication Sciences & Disorders Scholarship
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Average Award: |
$1000.00 |
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Criteria: |
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Need: |
No |
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Minimum GPA: |
No |
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Class Year: |
First-year graduate school |
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Other: |
JMU graduate |
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Contact: |
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Department: |
Comm. Sciences & Disorders, Dept. Head |
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Phone: |
568-6440 |
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Robin McKay Scholarship
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Average Award: |
$1450.00 |
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Criteria: |
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Need: |
No |
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Minimum GPA: |
3.25 |
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Class Year: |
No |
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Other: |
Speech Pathology major |
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Contact: |
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Department: |
Comm. Sciences & Disorders, Dept. Head |
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Phone: |
568-6440 |
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Scholarship History: |
Established in February 1988 by the family of Robin Cecilia McKay '85. Robin majored in Speech Pathology and Audiology. She applied for the Peace Corps early in her senior year and was invited to join the Peace Corps in Jamaica. Robin worked in rural Jamaica with a group of rubella children. She also volunteered many hours at a shelter for orphaned and deserted orphans. Friends invited Robin to travel with them in June 1987 for a trip to Brazil and Columbia to study family planning programs, a topic of keen interest to Robin. After the trip, Robin would return home, her Peace Corps service completed, and enter Gallaudet University's masters degree program in deaf counseling. Several days into the trip, Robin became ill with an intestinal virus. Complications led to her untimely death only three days before her return to the United States and her family. In an effort to cope with the devastating loss, Robin's family established this scholarship in her memory. They felt that the best way to share Robin with the world was to encourage someone to continue in her chosen field of speech pathology. |
Scottish Rite Endowed Scholarship
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Criteria: |
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Need: |
No |
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Minimum GPA: |
No |
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Class Year: |
Freshman |
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Other: |
No |
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