College of Education Scholarships
General Scholarships
Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship
Criteria Awarded Alternate Years (17-18)
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Residency: Dona Ana County
Charles and Linda White Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: Entering FR
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5 (High School)
Other: Must be grad of a NM public high school.
Clara Belle Williams Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Preferred
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Required Residency: US Citizen
*Preference given to African-American students
Clara B. Williams Family Scholarship
Criteria Renewable
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: Entering FR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Required Residency: US Citizen
*Preference given to African-American students.
College of Education Alumni Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: FR. SO. JR .SR. GR
*Preference given to students who are Student Teaching.
College of Education Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: FR. SO. JR .SR. GR
Donald C. Roush Graduate Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: GR
Required Residency: U.S. citizen
Dr. Edgar Kugler/Phi Delta Kappa Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.5
Edgar Alexander (Slim) White and Mary Dimitroff White Endowed
Criteria
Class Level: Entering FR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Other: Must be active in 4-H. Graduate of a NM public high school.
Elizabeth Ann Shirk Memorial Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR.
Residency: Preference given to student who graduated from a NM High School
Faye Leona Murphy Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.5
Other: Must complete 20 hours or more per semester of community service that directly benefits children.
GFWC Progressive Club/Bernice Wright Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Residency: NM
*Preference given to a female student or a student who demonstrates financial aid
Homer W. Heathman Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR.
Other: Grad of a NM school
Jennie Lynn Hanson Memorial Award
Criteria Renewable
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
*Preference will be given to young mothers.
Joe and Sheila Bullock Endowed Scholarship
Criteria Awarded Alternate Years (15-16)
Class Level: JR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Joel L. Granger Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Residency: NM or AZ
Jose N. and Joan T. Uranga Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: Incoming FR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0 in HS
*Preference given to a Hispanic student.
Judith Ann Owens Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Residency: US Citizen
Malone and Caldwell Families Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.0
Marie Palm Stewart Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR.
Montoya Family Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.0
Other: Must tutor public school students in grades 4-12 in the areas of Reading, Language Arts, and/or Math.
Nicholas and Cora Souvorin Memorial Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: SO. JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Ramona L. Martinez Memorial Endowment
Criteria Awarded Alternate Years (13-14)
Class Level: SO. JR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5-3.2
Other: Graduates of the following H.S. Escalante, Coronado, Mesa Vista,
Espanola, Pojoaque, McCurdy, Penasco, Questa or
Taos. *Preference given to a single parent
Reverend Hunter and Edith Lewis Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.0
Sarah Harrison and Nicole Giorgio Social Justice and Teacher Education Endowment
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR. GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: C&I/SPED
Required Residency: NM, TX, Chihuahua
*Preference given to a female student
Wynn M. and Everett Egginton Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Residency: Chihuahua, Mexico
Counseling and Educational Psychology Department
Carleene Wimberly Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Detail Code:
Criteria
Class Level: GR
Required Major: CEP
Financial Need: Required
Dr. Peggy Glaister Kaczmarek Counseling Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: Doctoral
Required Major: CEP
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
*Preference given to students who have merit inside and outside of the classroom
Dr. Rene Ruiz Dissertation Award
Criteria
Class Level: Doctoral
Required Major: CEP
Other: Dissertation must be related to Hispanic mental health issues in any area of psychology.
Marge Estell Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: GR
Required Minimum GPA: 3.5
Required Major: CEP
Curriculum and Instruction Department
Amy Lyster Montgomery
Memorial Endowment
Criteria Renewable
Class Level: GR
Required Major: Secondary
Required Residency: NM
Other: Qualifying in-service secondary Math/Science teacher in a NM high school.
Arturo Torres College of Education Student Teaching Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: SR. GR.
*Preference given to Hispanic students.
Brenda K. Porter Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: SR
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Residency: US Citizen
Required Major: Elementary Education
Other: Must be a graduate of a Las Cruces high school
Clarissa D. Garcia Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: SR. Student Teaching
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
*Preference given to students with ongoing service to the community, especially in youth groups
Claude C. and Essie D. Dove Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR.
Required Major: ECED
College of Education Student Teaching Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: SR. Student Teaching
Required Residency: NM/US Citizen
*Preference given to a female student who is at
least 27 years old.
Dave and Eula Fern Thompson Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Required Major: Elementary Education
w/ physical education emphasis
Required Residency: NM/U.S. Citizen
Dean Barbara Simmons Early Childhood Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: ECED
Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship
Criteria Awarded Alternate Years (16-17)
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: SR., Student Teaching
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: Education
*Preference given to female students. Must submit a 500 word essay on “why I want to be a teacher”
Double H Elementary Education Scholarship
Criteria
Required Major: Elementary Education
Required Minimum GPA: 2.75
Financial Need: Not Required
Class Level: SO. JR. SR.
Required Residency: NM, CO or TX
Other: Must submit an essay
discussing one’s experiences and inspirational
moments they had with their grandfather.
Dr. Janaan Diemer Student Teaching Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: SR. GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Residency: U.S.
Dr. Roberto Gallegos Fellows and Friends Endowed Fund
Criteria
Class Level: Doctoral
Required Major: C&I
Other: Faculty Nominated
Ferguson-Hirzel Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: C & I
Foltz Family Student Teacher Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: SR. Student Teaching
Required Minimum GPA: 3.2
Required Major: C&I
Other: Graduate of LCPS
Gallegos, Romero, Salazar Memorial Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Required Major: E ED or SPED
Required Residency: NM
*Preference to a female planning to teach in NM.
Glass Family Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.45
Required Major: ECED
Jean Banks Apodaca Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: Elementary Ed
Required Residency: Dona Ana or Chavez County
*Preference given to a female student
Jean Thomas Endowed Scholarship
Criteria Renewable*
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: Secondary Math
Required Residency: NM
Other: Must have graduated from a NM High School. *Preference given to a female student.
Jerald and Olwen Reece Endowed Scholarship
Criteria Renewable*
Financial Need: Considered
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: C & I
Other: Must be a graduate of a NM high school.
John and Charlotte Yates Student Teaching Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: SR. Student Teaching
Required Residency: NM
*Preference given to a graduate from a NM high school.
John and Romayne Thomas Endowed Scholarship Fund
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: SR. Student Teaching
Required Major: C&I
Required Minimum GPA: 2.75
Laura Lee Harty Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: Student Teaching
Required Major: Elementary Ed
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Residency: NM
*Preference given to a single mother
MaryLou Davis Current Use Scholarship
Criteria Renewable*
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.2
Required Major: Elementary Ed. OR
Early Childhood Ed
Required Residency: NM
*Preference to a previous year recipient if applicable.
Michael and Jan Morehead Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: Dance or Secondary Ed
Rotates between Dance Major or Minor and Secondary Ed.
Mildred Lee Bonnell Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: SR.
Required Major: Elementary Education with a minor in Spanish and some background course work in English/American literature.
Presley and Patti Askew Endowed Student Teaching Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: SR. Student Teaching
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Rojo and Peggy Pobar Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: SR. Student Teaching
Required Minimum GPA: 3.5
Required Major: ECED
Thomas & Donna Estes Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: SR. Student Teaching
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Required Major: Elementary Ed
Required Residency: NM
Other: Graduate of Gadsden Independent School District.
VanWie Endowed Scholarship for Learning Leadership
Criteria
Class Level: GR.
Required Major: C&I
Financial Need: Required
Required Residency: NM
*Preference given to first-generation students
Wendy and Travis Traylor Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: Pre-Service Science
Educational Leadership and Administration Department
Dr. Darrell S. Willey Endowed Fund
Criteria
Class Level: GR.
Required Major: ELA
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Dr. Ramon Dominguez Doctoral Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: Doctoral
Required Major: Higher Education
Lloyd Cooper Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: GR.
Required Major: ELA
*Preference given to a married student.
Kinesiology and Dance Department
James B. and Peggy M. Delamater and Friends Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Major: KIND
Jose Tena Endowed Dance Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: Dance
Dr. Debra Wright-Knapp Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: SO. JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major/Minor: Dance
Luis and Josefa Maynez Family Endowed Scholarship in the Program of Dance
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Required Major: Dance
Required Residency: U.S. Citizen
McCowen Family and Friends Athletic Training Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: JR. SR
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Required Major: Athletic Training
No Strings (Dance) Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR.
Other: Awarded to a student who is pursuing a career as a choreographer, director, or producer. *Preference will be given to a student who has previous stage and production experience.
Rà Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: SO.
Required Major: Dance
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Richard and Velma McCowen Athletic Training Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: Athletic Training
*Preference given to students with professional involvement in Athletic Training and who demonstrate financial need
Stuart and Betsy Meerscheidt Athletic Training Education Program Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Not Required
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Required Major: Athletic Training Program
Special Education and Communication Disorders Department
Carrie Elisabeth Geyer Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: SR
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: SPED
*Preference given to student athletes majoring in SPED.
Daisy Gray Undergraduate Scholarship
Criteria Renewable
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: SPED
Required Residency: US Citizen
Dr. Kristine Derer Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: JR. SR. GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.5
Required Major: SPED/CD
Garrett-Owen-Wood Alumni and Friends Endowed Scholarship
Criteria Renewable*
Class Level: SR. GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: CD
John & Patricia Chinn and Thomas & Jean Lambright Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.5
Required Major: SPED/CD
Required Residency: NM, TX
Other: US Citizen
Joseph and Cyrena Adams Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: GR
Required Major: CD (Speech Language)
Kenneth Leland Smith Memorial Scholarship for Special Education
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: SPED
Required Residency: NM
*Preference given to single parents
Marilyn Kallman Heathman Endowed Scholarship
Criteria Renewable*
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: FR. SO. JR. SR. GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Required Major: SPED/CD*
Required Residency: AZ or NM
*Preference given to a Hearing-impaired student in any major OR a SPED/CD student.
Mary Carolyn Knott Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: 2nd year CD student
Required Residency: U.S. Citizen
Michael Gallegos Memorial Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: SR. Student Teaching
Required Minimum GPA: 2.5
Required Major: SPED
Required Residency: NM
Other: Must plan working in a middle or high school SPED class where learning or behavior disabled students are served.
Richard W. Benfer Graduate Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: GR.
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Required Major: CD
Required Residency: US Citizen
Risner Schiller Memorial Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: GR. (Returning)
Required Major: SPED/ELA
Other: Currently teaching in
the Las Cruces Public Schools and wishes to pursue an additional degree.
Ryan Hyatt Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Criteria
Class Level: Undergraduate
Required Major: CD
Other: Required Essay: discussing their passion for pursuing a degree in CD
Timothy J. Cleary Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Criteria
Financial Need: Required
Class Level: JR. SR.
Required Major: SPED/CD
Required Residency: NM