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  James Madison University

PUBLISHER:
Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships
MSC 3519,
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
PHONE: (540) 568-7820


FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vivian Ferris

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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/edu.htm

Joyce M. Wood Scholarship

 

Average Award:

$1300.00

Criteria:

 

   Need:

Yes

   Minimum GPA:

3.00

   Class Year:

Sophomore or higher

   Other:

Teaching program

Contact:

 

   Department:

School of Education, Director

   Phone:

568-2812

Scholarship History:

Established in December 2001 by Joyce Marlene "Molly" Wood '55.  Joyce was born in Charlottesville, Virginia and grew up in Earlysville.  She graduated from high school in 1951 and enrolled in Madison College to prepare for a teaching career.  After she graduated in 1955 with a B.S. in mathematics, she was employed by Fairfax County Public Schools to teach third grade at Belle View School.  During her tenure there, she taught grades 2, 3, 4 and 5 and spent the summers studying at the University of Virginia.  In August 1968 she was awarded a master of education degree from the University of Virginia.  Her next job was that of reading specialist in six different elementary schools in Fairfax County. In 1989 after 34 years of teaching in Fairfax County, Joyce retired to pursue other interests: traveling, volunteer work and hobbies.  She continues to teach at her church, where at the present time she leads an adult Bible study class.  JMU was very special to Joyce in preparing for her life's work, thus her desire to help other students achieve their personal goals.

 

 

 

Cornelius J. Heatwole Scholarship

 

Average Award:

$1700.00

Criteria:

 

   Need:

Yes

   Minimum GPA:

No

   Class Year:

No

   Other:

No

Contact:

 

   Department:

School of Education, Director

   Phone:

568-2812

Scholarship History:

Established in March 1999 by Madeline Heatwole Stewart '47 and her husband, Donald, in memory of Madeline's grandfather, Dr. Cornelius J. Heatwole.  Dr. Heatwole was a member of Harrisonburg Normal School's (now James Madison University) first faculty and head of the department of education from 1908 to 1917.  Madeline graduated with a degree in secondary education from Madison College.  Her husband, Donald, is a graduate of Virginia Tech.

 

 

Class of 1935 Endowed Scholarship

 

Average Award:

$1600.00

Criteria:

 

   Need:

No

   Minimum GPA:

No

   Class Year:

No

   Other:

Teacher Education

Contact:

 

   Department:

College of Education, Dean

   Phone:

568-6572

Scholarship History:

Established by the alumni members of the class of 1935 for students in the teaching certification program.

 

 

 

Marie B. Baird & Sannie B. Baird Scholarship

 

Average Award:

$800.00

Criteria:

 

   Need:

Yes

   Minimum GPA:

No

   Class Year:

Junior, Senior

   Other:

Teacher Education, must have completed 60 hours

Contact:

 

   Department:

College of Education, Dean

   Phone:

568-6572

Scholarship History:

Established by Kenneth W. Coker of Waverly, Virginia, in memory of his aunts, Marie Baird and Sannie Baird, schoolteachers in Southside, Virginia. 

 

 

 

Peggy Hanna Brooks Burruss Teaching Scholarship

 

Average Award:

$2650.00

Criteria:

 

   Need:

Yes

   Minimum GPA:

3.00

   Class Year:

Junior, Senior

   Other:

Teacher Education, Parent is a teacher

Contact:

 

   Department:

College of Education, Dean

   Phone:

568-6572

Scholarship History:

Established by Margaret "Peggy" Hanna Brooks Burruss '45 in June 1995.   Peggy Burruss graduated from Madison College with a degree in accounting.  She was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma.  She has been exceedingly generous to the university in a number of programs, including Carrier Library and this scholarship.  She is an accomplished and recognized artist specializing in drawing and watercolors, and she has been involved as a volunteer with the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, the Lynchburg Arts Club and the Mauer Museum of American Art at Randolph Macon Women's College.  She has four grown children.

 

 

 

Anna McCarthy Teaching Scholarship

 

Average Award:

$2850.00

Criteria:

 

   Need:

Yes

   Minimum GPA:

2.50

   Class Year:

Junior, Senior

   Other:

Teaching

Contact:

 

   Department:

College of Education, Dean

   Phone:

568-6572

Scholarship History:

Established with a gift from the estate of Anna A. Albert McCarthy.

 

 

 

Christopher Carl Hoffman Scholarship

 

Average Award:

$2200.00

Criteria:

 

   Need:

Yes

   Minimum GPA:

No

   Class Year:

No

   Other:

Teaching interest

Contact:

 

   Department:

College of Education, Dean

   Phone:

568-6572

Scholarship History:

Established in February 1996 by the estate of Christopher Carl Hoffman '74, '77.  Chris Hoffman earned a B.S. and an M.Ed. in Elementary Education from JMU.  He did post-graduate work at the University of Virginia.  He was a member of the Alumni Board of Directors and the Founders Society.  He was the coordinator for the United Way Campaign in the Northern Virginia area from 1985 to 1991.  He taught at Parklawn Elementary, Holmes Intermediate, Centreville High School and Frost Middle School.  He also worked as a part-time disc jockey at several radio stations in Virginia, Maryland and Washington.  He died of cancer in December 1994.  He was 42.

 

 

Agnes Mason Price Family Scholarship

 

Average Award:

$1300.00

Criteria:

 

   Need:

Yes

   Minimum GPA:

No

   Class Year:

No

   Other:

No

Contact:

 

   Department:

College of Education, Dean

   Phone:

568-6572

Scholarship History:

Established in December 2001 by Agnes Mason Price '35.  Agnes grew up in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  She graduated with a B.S. in general home economics and met her husband, J. William Price, shortly after graduation.  He joined the Air Force, and Agnes spent the 1940s traveling to Norway, Sweden and Cuba. In 1947 William Price founded Madison Wood Preservers, a treated lumber company.  William Price died in 1990.  Agnes has been very active in her community.

 

 

 

Perry and Mabel Spitzer Endowed Scholarship

 

Average Award:

$1200.00

Criteria:

 

   Need:

No

   Minimum GPA:

3.00

   Class Year:

No

   Other:

No

Contact:

 

   Department:

College of Education, Dean

   Phone:

568-6572

Scholarship History:

Established by Mary Spitzer Etter '34 in honor of her parents, Perry Franklin Spitzer and Emma Mabel Baldwin Spitzer.  It is for students preparing for teacher licensure.

 

 

 

Gilbert T. Bland/Burger King Education Scholarship

 

Average Award:

$2000.00

Criteria:

 

   Need:

Yes

   Minimum GPA:

No

   Class Year:

Freshman

   Other:

Teaching interest

Contact:

 

   Department:

Financial Aid

   Phone:

568-7820

Scholarship History:

Established by Gilbert T. Bland '77 in August 1993 through his company, Tymark Enterprises Inc.  Gil Bland graduated from Madison College with a degree in Accounting.  He has an M.B.A. from Atlanta University.  He was on the track team here and has been a member of the JMU Foundation Board.  He is currently president of Tymark Enterprises Inc., owner of Burger King franchises in the Tidewater area.