COE Scholarships
All John H. Lounsbury College of Education students are encouraged to complete the financial aid application available from the Georgia College Financial Aid Office 478-445-5149 even if they do not intend to receive financial aid through GC while enrolled. Some state and national scholarships and other awards are given based on merit and need. Not having a financial aid application on file could disqualify a student from consideration for these awards.
For more information about the GC scholarships below, please see the GC financial aid scholarship page.
GC Scholarships for Education Students
Former Recipients of Awards
Mary Rose Turner Baugh Bacon Scholarship
- Status: students who have been out of high school for at least five (5) years and are undergraduate or graduate students who are declared education majors
- GPA of 3.0 must be maintained while receiving this scholarship
- Status: student accepted into junior middle grades cohort. If not awarded, then consideration given to junior early childhood or special education cohort member
- Application includes:
1) letter of recommendation from someone who can speak to quality of field work
2) statement of need
3) persuasive essay regarding interaction with P-12 students and positive impact
Attie Gladin Branan Alumni Scholarship
- Status: freshman to graduate, female, (declared) education majors
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic year
Deana Burgess Alumni Scholarship
- Non-traditional student
- Graduate or undergraduate
- Female
- Submit three letters of recommendation
J. Wilson Comer Alumni Scholarship
- Status: Rising junior, senior and graduate, male or female, (declared) education majors
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic year
Jennie Belle Dickson Cross Alumni Scholarship
- Status: Rising junior or senior, female, (declared) business major (first preference) or education major (if no business major meets the criteria)
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of academic year
Bennett-Dudley Scholarship
Edith Fletcher Echols Education Alumni Scholarship
- Education major
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0
Charles Grady Elder and Katharine Elder Scholarship
- Status: Completed at least one year in designated course of study in field of education
- Top 1/3 of class
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of academic year
Julia C. Ewing Alumni Scholarship
- Status: rising junior to graduate, male or female, any major
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.5
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic year
Rosalie Brigham Garbutt Scholarship
Floride Moore Gardner Alumni Scholarship
- Status: freshman to graduate, male or female, (declared) education majors
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic year
Frances Fowler Jones Scholarship
- Status: Elementary Education
Emily Myrtice Lynch Endowed Scholarship
- Preferential consideration to graduates of public school systems in Jasper and Putnam counties in Georgia
- Graduate or undergraduate
- Submit three letters of recommendation
McCall Sisters Alumni Scholarship
- Status: rising sophomore to senior, male or female (declared) education major
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
Mozo-Stewart/Ethel Rae Mozo-Stewart Alumni Scholarship
- Status: Rising sophomore to senior, male or female, (declared) education majors
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.5
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic year
Marvin McTyeire Parks-Ruth Vaden Parks Alumni Scholarship
- Status: freshman to senior, male or female, (declared) education majors
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic year
The Peabody Endowed Scholarship
- Status: junior or senior at the start of the fall semester
- Majoring in one of the College of Education cohort programs
- Preference given to relative of Peabody alumni
Kranzberg Phoenix Alumni Scholarship
- Status: freshman to senior female, (declared) education majors
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic year
- Other: Age 30 or over
Annie Laurie Alford Psalmonds Scholarship
- Rising senior enrolled in the undergraduate special education, early childhood, or middle grades education program offered by the John H. Lounsbury College of Education;
- Member of Delta Zeta Sorority, GC Chapter;
- Recommendation by the Chair of the Department of Special Education and Educational Leadership in the John H. Lounsbury College of Education.
Ann Simpson Smith Alumni Scholarship
- Status: freshman to graduate, male or female, (declared) education majors
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic year
Dr. T.E. & Lavane Smith Alumni Scholarship
- Status: freshman to senior, male or female, (declared) education majors
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic year
- Other: This scholarship requires that applicants submit, with application, three references, each of which attest that he or she is drug free, law abiding and of high moral character
Catherine E. Thurston Alumni Scholarship
- Status: freshman to senior, male or female, (declared) education major
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic year
Virginia Horne Tumlin Endowed Scholarship
Eleyce Ard Usery Scholarship
- Status: Secondary Mathematics major
Elizabeth Grant Overstreet--Margaret Thomson Walden Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Saul Wolpert Foundation Scholarship
- Status: graduate students, enrolled in the Master of Arts in Teaching-Secondary Education program
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Full-time enrollment for both semesters of the academic years
In the summer at the first meet with the incoming secondary education MATs, one of the COE professors explains who is eligible for this award. Those who are eligible and wish to apply must do so by the deadline which is mid-August. Faculty in the COE review the applications and recommend someone for the scholarship. The recipient is given the money during that school year and is recognized in the COE honors day ceremony. Former Dean Ed Wolpert meets with the chosen person at a development event during the year.
The Phi Delta Kappa Chapter 1560 Scholarship (GC) Contact Dr. Carol H. Bader carol.bader@gcsu.edu for more information. Phi Delta Kappa is a professional education association dedicated to promoting quality life-long education, with particular emphasis on publicly supported education, as essential to the development and maintenance of a democracy. Members of the association seek to attain this goal by pursuing the ideals of research, service and leadership. The GC chapter of PDK is Chapter #1560. This chapter chooses to honor a rising GC senior education major each year with a $500 scholarship.
Notification about the scholarship is sent to each of the junior mentor leaders after the first of each year. In order to be considered for the scholarship, students must send an application including the following information by March 31:
- Status: Rising GC senior in the John H. Lounsbury College of Education
- Statement of Recommendation from mentor leader.
- Transcript of college records (transguide print-out is OK)
- 1 - 2 page essay regarding your plans for being an architect of change in our education system. Essay should be typed and double-spaced.
- List of leadership, service, and research endeavors, including clubs, organizations, work/service experiences, etc.
- A PDK scholarship committee selects a winner based on the quality of the essay and the breadth of research, service, and leadership activities submitted by the student. The scholarship is awarded to the student in April.
The Rockdale Retired Educators Association For further information contact the RREA scholarship chairman, Kathy Voshall kathyvoshall@hotmail.com
- Recipient must have graduated from a Rockdale County high school
- Recipient must be studying to enter a teaching field
- Recipient must have completed at least one year of college
- Recipient must provide transcript of college grades
- Recipient must demonstrate financial need
- Application is due by March 31
The John H. Lounsbury College of Education
Campus Box 70 | Milledgeville, GA 31061
Phone 478-445-4056 | Fax 478-445-6582
For more information: coe@gcsu.edu
