CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES
Academic Scholarships
January is the time to file applications for academic scholarships to be awarded for the 2010–2011 academic year. To be considered for an award YOU MUST APPLY. For many (see *next to award name) awards, you must have a documented financial need. This is determined from the FAFSA form. Procedures and deadlines are:
| Donor & Stipulations | Awarded in 2004-2005 $48,752 |
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| * 1. | Ag Limestone—Pennsylvania Aggregates and Concrete Association Scholarship Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all eligible students who are currently enrolled or planning to enroll in the Integrated Crop Management option of the Agroecology major in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, at The Pennsylvania State University. Eligible students shall be fifth semester or higher, be in the upper two-fifths of their class and demonstrate leadership capabilities by participation in extracurricular activities. Financial need may also be a consideration. |
$1,000 |
| 2. | Alan F. Bilzi Scholarship in Environmental Science Consideration shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences who have an academic focus in soils or crop and soil sciences and a primary interest in pursuing a career in environmental science and who have achieved superior academic records or show promise of outstanding academic success. Endowed by Allan F. Bilzi. |
$11,688 |
| * 3. | Buckwheat Scholarship Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural Systems Management, or any major in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University who have achieved academic success or manifest promise of professional success in their chosen fields of endeavor and have documented financial need. |
$833 |
| 4. | Ethel Gearhart Memorial Scholarship in Agronomy Consideration shall be given to all undergraduate and graduate students who are enrolled or are planning to enroll in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences. Endowed through the estate of Ethel Gerhart. |
$5,618 |
| 5. | The Lawrence L. Huber Memorial Award This grant is awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate student enrolled or planning to enroll in a major offered by the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences who has demonstrated exemplary academic achievement. Endowment to perpetuate the name of Dr. Lawrence L. Huber. |
$1,538 |
| *6. | The Lawrence F. Marriott Memorial Scholarship Consideration shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students who have at least third-semester standing and are enrolled or planning to enroll in one of the Crop and Soil Sciences majors (exclusive of all Turfgrass Management majors). These students should have achieved at least a B average in courses relating directly to their major, show a commitment to high ethical standards in their daily lives, and be U.S. citizens. Preference will be given to students studying agronomic field crops production and associated soils science studies. Preference will also be given to students who have documented financial need and sustained academic performance. Endowed in memory of Lawrence F. Marriott. |
$8,882 |
| * 7. | W. L. McClellan Memorial Scholarship Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to graduate and undergraduate students who are currently enrolled or planning to enroll in the Crop and Soil Science or Agroecology majors in the College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University who have a demonstrated financial need. Preference shall be given to students who have an interest in studying either insect problems or diseases in conservation tillage. |
$3,113 |
| *8. | Pennsylvania Agronomic Education Society, Inc., Scholarship Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students in their sophomore or junior year enrolled in any major in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences or Horticulture. Consideration shall be based on scholarship, leadership, financial need, and interest in his/her major. One award will be made in crop and soil sciences and the other in horticulture. Supported annually by the Pennsylvania Agronomic Education Society, Inc. |
even years only ($2,000) |
| 9. | M. Forest Randolph Memorial Scholarship in Crop and Soil Sciences Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in any major in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have achieved positive academic records or manifest promise of academic success. |
$2,348 |
| * 10. | Harold W. Swartley Scholarship in Agronomy Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time and part-time undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have achieved superior academic records of whom manifest promise of outstanding academic success. |
$2,500 | 11. | Tim and Amy Baughman Oravec Memorial Award Consideration for this award shall be given to all undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in either Animal Sciences or Agroecology majors in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have performed outstanding service (paid or unpaid) within the previous academic year in a crop or applied animal nutrition lab. |
$558 | 12. | Edgar E. and Dorothy W. Fehnel Scholarship in Agroecology Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Agroecology major in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have achieved superior academic records or who manifest promise of outstanding academic success. Preference shall be given to those students who have gained business management skills through previous coursework. |
$3,211 |
| 13. | George W. Hamilton Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Turfgrass Research Consideration of this fellowship shall be given to all full time graduate students exhibiting academic excellence who have been admitted to The Pennsylvania State University as candidates for a graduate degree in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences studying turfgrass. |
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| * 14. | George W. Hamilton Sr. Memorial Scholarship in Turfgrass Science Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time resident undergraduate or certificate program students enrolled in the Turfgrass Science Program in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, who maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 and have a United States Golf Association (USGA) Handicap Index of 15 or below. Preference shall be given to students who have documented financial need. |
$3,463 |
| 15. | Pennsylvania Seedman Association Award Eligibility is open to all Horticulture and Agroecology junior or senior undergraduate students who have demonstrated leadership and character and have shown outstanding ability in agriculture particularly as it relates to the seed industry. Supported annually by the Pennsylvania Seedsmen's Association grant. |
$500 | * 16. | Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council Scholarship Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to full-time undergraduate students who are currently enrolled or planning to enroll in the College of Agricultural Sciences majoring in Agroecology with an option in either Integrated Crop Management or Plant Science or enrolled in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science whose cumulative grade-point average is not less than the all-University grade-point average and who have a demonstrated financial need. Preference shall be given to those students who have a background or have expressed an interest in forage based agriculture. Supported annually by the Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council. |
$2,500 |
| 17. | Graduate Assistantships Available in Agronomy or Soil Science for students who have achieved superior academic records or manifest promise of outstanding academic success. |
M.S. 1/2 time: $15,360 Ph.D. 1/2 time: $16,011 |
* Documented financial need required
Selection Procedure
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Scholarships
Recipients will be selected within the scholarship donor stipulations and on the basis of these three criteria (weight in % allotted to each criteria):
- academic achievement (75)
- participation in departmental activities (25)
- financial need (must be documented as greater than zero for need based scholarships)
Academic achievement will be measured using the Spring Semester cumulative GPA.
Departmental activities include Agronomy Club; Turf Club; Soil Judging Team; Weed Team; independent research and study (whether for credit or not); serving as a teaching, research, or extension assistant (paid or volunteer); and attending or making presentations at state, regional, or national meetings.
Participation in these activities will be awarded a score of 2 to 4 based on activity and on the leadership responsibilities assumed. An active Club member is a dues paying member who attends ½ or more of the meetings and ¼ of the club sponsored activities. An active soil or weed team member is a person who has participated in a regional or national contest.
Participation score will be taken from the activity giving the largest score for which the applicant qualifies as follows:
- no departmental activity: 2.00
- paid departmental assistance: 2.50
- departmental assistance for credit: 2.50
- independent research or study: 2.50
- volunteer departmental assistance: 3.00
- active club membership (memo required from faculty advisor for club ): 3.00
- representing department at state, regional or national levels (team contests, professional meeting attendance, etc.): 3.50
- serving as club officer or chair of a club committee: 3.50
- serving as a club president: 4.00
- receiving high regional or national individual awards: 4.00
- formal presentations at professional meetings (including presenting independent research results locally): 4.00
Financial need is determined from the applications available in the Office of Student Aid, 314 Shields Building. If no application is on file a score of 0 is assigned.
Applicants are ranked and the committee arrives at its decision for each scholarship using that ranking and its collective judgment. The committee attempts to balance donor stipulations and applicant eligibility so that the most deserving candidates receive the larger awards. Departmental scholarships are seldom awarded to students with a GPA less than 3.00.
(last revised November 2009)