Scholarships
Outstanding HPHD students are encouraged to apply for the many scholarships awarded annually at our spring banquet. Application materials will be made available to continuing students at the end of fall semester. Freshmen scholarships are available through the UW-Stevens Point Foundation. Scholarships may not be awarded every year.
Scholarship Application Form 2012 is available now.
School of Health Promotion and Human Development Scholarships:
Dietetics Scholarships
Dr. Agnes A. Jones Scholarship - This scholarship is available to current freshman, sophomore, junior or senior dietetics or family & consumer sciences students who demonstrate leadership, professional potential, ambition, academic achievement, good character, concern for others, and financial need.
Dora Phelps Scholarship - The scholarship is available to current freshman, sophomore, junior or senior, family & consumer sciences, dietetics, or interior architecture students who work as student employees at UWSP, and is awarded based on character, academic achievement, financial need, and concern for others.
Bessie May Allen Home Economics Scholarship - Awarded to current juniors in fields related to home economics, these scholarships are awarded based upon scholarship, character, personal qualities, participation in college activities, and financial need.
Jane Wright Abrahamsen Home Economics Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded to outstanding freshman, sophomore, junior or senior students as measured by evidence of leadership and civic activity.
Grace Hendel Dietetics Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded annually to a current junior dietetics major who is a full-time student with a GPA of 3.25 or better, and is active in the Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics and an affiliate member of the American Dietetics Association.
Rita Youmans Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded at the discretion of HPHD faculty to outstanding, current freshman, sophomore, junior or senior dietetics or family & consumer sciences majors.
School of Human Development and Nutritional Sciences Alumni Scholarship - This scholarship was established through gifts from the alumni of (Home Economics) Human Development and Nutritional Sciences; and, is awarded to exceptional dietetics or family & consumer science majors at the discretion of the faculty.
Fay Clifford Finch - This scholarship was established through memorial gifts for Fay Finch who was a faculty member at UWSP until her retirement and are awarded to family & consumer science and dietetics students.
Family & Consumer Sciences Scholarships
Dr. Agnes A. Jones Scholarship - This scholarship is available to current freshman, sophomore, junior or senior dietetics or family & consumer sciences students who demonstrate leadership, professional potential, ambition, academic achievement, good character, concern for others, and financial need.
Dora Phelps Scholarship - The scholarship is available to current freshman, sophomore, junior or senior family & consumer sciences, dietetics, or interior architecture students who work as student employees at UWSP, and is awarded based on character, academic achievement, financial need, and concern for others.
Bessie May Allen Home Economics Scholarship - Awarded to current junior students in fields related to home economics, these scholarships are awarded based upon scholarship, character, personal qualities, participation in college activities, and financial need.
Jane Wright Abrahamsen Home Economics Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded to outstanding freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior students as measured by evidence of leadership and civic activity.
Rita Youmans Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded to current freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors at the discretion of HPHD faculty to outstanding dietetics or family & sonsumer sciences majors.
School of Human Development and Nutritional Sciences Alumni Scholarship - This scholarship was established through gifts from the alumni of (Home Economics) Human Development and Nutritional Sciences; and, is awarded to exceptional dietetics or family & consumer science majors at the discretion of the faculty.
Fay Clifford Finch Scholarship - This scholarship was established through memorial gifts for Fay Finch who was a faculty member at UWSP until her retirement and are awarded to family & consumer science and dietetics students.
Health Promotion Scholarships
Casey Gazdik Memorial Scholarship - This scholarship is available to current junior or senior health promotion majors who have high financial need and academic achievement is secondary to a strong potential for success in the field and involvement in extra-curricular activities.
Sheri Hall Outstanding Senior in Health Promotion Award - This award is intended to recognize excellence in academic achievement and involvement for current freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors. Selection criteria include academic achievement, involvement in extra-curricular activities above and beyond expectations of the major, and leadership potential.
Marlene and Dick Cable Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded to a School of Health Promotion & Human Development undergraduate student, junior status, with demonstrated financial need, and a GPA of 3.0 or above. Other consideration is given to the applicant’s leadership qualities and community service involvement.
Jack Lane Memorial Scholarship - The scholarship is intended to assist a worthy, current sophomore, junior or senior health promotion/wellness major.
Bud Steiner Memorial Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded to current sophomore, junior, or senior health promotion/wellness majors who have cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or better who have financial need. The Bud Steiner endowment also awards scholarships annually to an outstanding Sigma Tau Gamma member.
John and Barb Munson Health Promotion Award -This scholarship is awarded to the current outstanding senior in health promotion.
Paul J. Staddler Honorary Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded to current junior or senior health promotion/wellness majors with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Jane Jones Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded to current sophomore, junior or senior health promotion/wellness majors who maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better.
Department-wide Scholarships
Booth/Hardin Scholarship - HPHD students who are studying abroad.
School of Health Promotion and Human Development Faculty and Alumni Scholarship - This scholarship was established through gifts from the School of Health Promotion and Human Development faculty and alumni; and is awarded to exceptional current sophomore, junior or senior majors.
Graduate Student Scholarships
Fern M. Horn Memorial Scholarship - This scholarship is awarded based on academic ability, professional involvement, plans for home economics teaching or as work as an extension home economist, particularly in the Youth Program, competence as a classroom teacher or extension home economist, and when appropriate, service as a cooperating teacher for UWSP home economics education majors.
Sharon Van Dyke Scholarship - Students admitted to HCR Graduate with strong scholastic record, minimum GPA of 3.5,. Interest in Family Life Education or FCS teaching preferred. Extension experience preferred.