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Elementary Education

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://coe.jmu.edu/Earlychild/index.htm

Patsy Graham Scholarship

Average Award:	$1000.00
Criteria:
Need:	No
Minimum GPA:	No
Class Year:	Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Other:	Sigma Sigma Sigma or Sigma Pi pref., cancer surv.
Contact:
Department:	Financial Aid
Phone:	568-7820
Scholarship History:	Established by the family and friends of Patsy Graham, Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority and Sigma Pi fraternity. In 1986, Patsy enrolled at JMU to study elementary education. In October of that year, Patsy was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a type of bone cancer. She was 17. Despite a bone transplant and experimental treatment from the National Institute of Health, Patsy passed away on November 17, 1988 at the age of 19. Patsy loved swimming, starting when she was six. 'She swam through it all, even when she was getting chemotherapy and going bald,' says Patsy's mother, Connie. Every year the Patsy Graham Mid-Summer Splash About at the Greenbriar pool in Northern Virginia raises funds for the scholarship.

Ora Y. Sharp Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Average Award:	$1000.00
Criteria:
Need:	No
Minimum GPA:	No
Class Year:	No
Other:	First grade
Contact:
Department:	School of Education, Director
Phone:	568-2812
Scholarship History:	Established through the bequest of Ora Y. Sharp, an alumna of Madison College, in August 1992. Ora Yago Sharp taught in the Staunton schools her entire career. Her husband, Gordon, worked for Smith's Transfer Company. He died unexpectedly in 1975 at the age of 56. Mrs. Sharp provided for several churches and social groups through her estate in addition to this scholarship. She died in January 1992.

Katherine Beale Godwin Scholarship

Average Award:	$500.00
Criteria:
Need:	No
Minimum GPA:	No
Class Year:	No
Other:	No
Contact:
Department:	School of Education, Director
Phone:	568-2812
Scholarship History:	Established through the bequest of Ora Y. Sharp, an alumna of Madison College, in August 1992. Ora Yago Sharp taught in the Staunton schools her entire career. Her husband, Gordon, worked for Smith's Transfer Company. He died unexpectedly in 1975 at the age of 56. Mrs. Sharp provided for several churches and social groups through her estate in addition to this scholarship. She died in January 1992.

Garney L. Darrin and Wilhelmina Hill Scholarship

Average Award:	$550.00
Criteria:
Need:	Yes
Minimum GPA:	No
Class Year:	No
Other:	No
Contact:
Department:	School of Education, Director
Phone:	568-2812
Scholarship History:	Established in memory of Wilhelmina Hill by Dr. Garney Darrin.

Peter and Phyllis Pruden Distinguished Scholarship Fund in Elementary Education in memory of Judith Brothers Pruden

Average Award:	$8000.00
Criteria:
Need:	Yes
Minimum GPA:	3.40
Class Year:	No
Other:	Teaching Certification, Honors Program
Contact:
Department:	School of Education, Director
Phone:	568-2812
Scholarship History:	Established by Peter and Phyllis Pruden in memory Judith Brothers Pruden '40, who was an elementary school teacher.

Emily Virginia Bushong Memorial Scholarship

Average Award:	$500.00
Criteria:
Need:	Yes
Minimum GPA:	No
Class Year:	No
Other:	Female, Mother a Widow
Contact:
Department:	School of Education, Director
Phone:	568-2812
Scholarship History:	Established from the estate of Emily Virginia Bushong, '38, '51. Emily Bushong received a BS in elementary education in 1938 and an M.Ed. in education in 1951.

Jessie Scholarship

Average Award:	$1200.00
Criteria:
Need:	No
Minimum GPA:	No
Class Year:	Senior
Other:	Student Teaching
Contact:
Department:	School of Education, Director
Phone:	568-2812
Scholarship History:	Established by Guy and Patricia Chabot in memory of their daughter, Jessica Maureen Chabot '99. Jessica earned a B.S. in interdisciplinary social sciences from JMU. She was involved in Community Service Learning. Jessica died in a car accident three weeks after graduation.

Marcella Richardson Dunlop Scholarship

Average Award:	$720.00
Criteria:
Need:	No
Minimum GPA:	No
Class Year:	No
Other:	No
Contact:
Department:	School of Education, Director
Phone:	568-2812
Scholarship History:	Established by Marcella "June" R. Dunlop '40 in June 1988. June graduated from Madison College with a B.S. in Elementary Education. Her husband was a photographer with the FBI, and at one time they lived in Japan. Mrs. Dunlop had a great fondness for Japan and things Japanese. Her niece Jennifer graduated from JMU in 1991. Mrs. Dunlop died in February 2003.

Neatrour Elementary and Middle School Scholarship for Teachers of Mathematics and/or Science

Average Award:	$750.00
Criteria:
Need:	No
Minimum GPA:	No
Class Year:	No
Other:	Minor in Mathematics
Contact:
Department:	School of Education, Director
Phone:	568-2812
Scholarship History:	Established by Dr. Charles R. Neatrour and his wife, Dr. Elizabeth Joy Baylor Neatrour '60, in December 1984. Dr. Elizabeth and Dr. Charles Neatrour both had careers in education. Elizabeth received an M.A. from Madison College in 1960. She was a schoolteacher in French and English and joined the faculty of Madison College in 1961 as a professor of Russian and French. In 1974 she was named chair of the department of Foreign Language & Literature here. Charles was a professor of education at JMU for many years. He is now retired and was named Faculty Emeritus upon his retirement. Elizabeth Neatrour died in January 2002.

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