WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
PRIVATE SCHOLARSHIP LIST 2017-2018
Financial Need-Based Scholarships
Scholarship
Shawn A. Abraham
Memorial
Endowed
Scholarship
Eligibility
Full or part-time undergraduate
or graduate student.
Selection Criteria
Recipient must be Detroit resident with
leadership skills, financial need and have
minimum 2.50 GPA. Scholarship may be
used for tuition or educational experiences.
Betty SchmalzleAppich and Horst G.
Appich Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time undergraduate
or graduate student.
Minimum 3.0 GPA, financial need.
Carol Barron
Memorial
Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate
student in second year status, or
were admitted to the program
with advanced standing.
Recipient must provide a 500 word essay
on their interest in the area of Social Work
with Families, Children, and Youth. They
must have a minimum GPA of 3.2.
Lena Bivens and JuanitaFull or part-time graduate
Newton Memorial
students.
Endowed Scholarship
Graduate recipient dedicated to service and
advocacy for vulnerable individuals, families
and communities
Anna Katz Brenner
Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time undergraduate
or graduate student.
Arnette Burwell
Memorial
Endowed
Scholarship
Undergraduate or graduate
student
Minimum 3.0 GPA, financial need. Requires
500 word essay about positive change they
hope to create in the world using their
social work degree.
Preference to students from urban
economically and/or academically
disadvantaged backgrounds. Award is
based on financial need and scholastic
achievement.
Emmie S. Chestang
Memorial
Endowed
Scholarship
Graduate student
Recipient must have a minimum
3.5 GPA and demonstrate commitment to
working with diverse populations.
Rachel I. Coleman
Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate
student
Established by Rachel Inez Coleman, who
earned her BSW and MSW while
undergoing numerous radiation and
chemotherapy treatment. She personally
established this scholarship to exemplify
her strong commitment to the field of
social work and future social workers
(especially women). This fund, for full and
part-time graduate students, now serves as
a memorial tribute to Rachel. A 3.0 GPA is
required.
Dean’s Scholars
Program
Graduate student
Outstanding academic achievement.
Student will be evaluated on the basis
of a two page statement on their
commitment and willingness to assist the
Dean in the recruitment and retention
of students from economically and
academically disadvantaged communities.
Patricia L. Dillick
Memorial
Scholarship
Full-time graduate student
Awards are made primarily on the basis of
academic qualifications to students who are
in need of financial aid and show promise
of capacity to practice in the field of health
care. Essay required.
Cecille Y. Dumbrigue
& Shirley
P. Thrasher
Endowed Memorial
Scholarship
Full-time graduate and
undergraduate student
Recipients will be full-time graduate or
undergraduate students selected on the
basis of scholastic achievement and history
of service to vulnerable populations.
Emmesia Mathews
Frost &
Kenneth M. Frost
Endowed
Scholarship Fund
Full or part-time undergraduate
or graduate students
Recipient will be selected demonstrating
financial need, and must maintain a 3.0
GPA.
Allan & Harriet
Gelfond
Endowed
Scholarship
Part-time undergraduate or
graduate students
Recipient must demonstrate a strong
interest in assisting those with
developmental disabilities and their
families also must maintain a 3.0 GPA and
demonstrate financial need.
Fred and Freda
Gentsch
Scholarship
Full-time undergraduate or
graduate student
Recipient will be selected on the basis of
scholastic achievement, character,
leadership and need.
Ted and Arlene
Goldberg Annual
Scholarship in
Interpersonal
Practice
Full or part-time graduate
student.
Applicants must have a commitment to a
career in interpersonal practice in a nonprofit field. Minimal 3.0 GPA.
Annie L. Pitts Handy
Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time graduate or
undergraduate student.
Preference to students raised in an urban
environment with demonstrated financial
need.
Anthony D. Holt
Annual
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate or
undergraduate
Recipients must demonstrate a
commitment to community practice within
the Detroit metropolitan area; a minimum
3.2 GPA is required.
Evangeline S. Hyett
Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate
student
Awarded to students enrolled in the Master
of Social Work program demonstrating
scholastic achievement and need.
Rose Kaplan
Endowed
Scholarship
Full and part-time graduate
student
Virginia
Baumgartner King
Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time or part-time graduate
student
Recipient must have a minimum of a 3.5
GPA and demonstrate financial need with a
career interest in school or community
social work.
Charles (Chuck) Kramer Full-time or part-time graduate
Endowed Scholarship Fund
student
Recipient must demonstrate financial need
with a career interest in interpersonal
practice, psychodynamic track.
Eileen M. Maceroni
Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate or
undergraduate student
Financial need, returning to school after
interruptions in studies due to childrearing
or other related family issues. Minimum
3.0 GPA required.
Maryann Mahaffey
Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate
student
Preference given to students in
Innovations: Community, Policy and
Leadership with demonstrated financial
need.
Carolyn Purifoy
Patrick-Wanzo
Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate
student
Recipients with demonstrated leadership
qualities, scholastic achievement and
community service, with financial need.
Recipient is a MSW student placed in an
urban environment Field Study Program
whose clients consist of indigent persons
and/or children. Essay must be submitted
not to exceed 500 words describing the
applicant’s commitment to this population.
Donald J. Roberts
Memorial
Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate or
undergraduate student
Preference given to student concentrating
in Innovations: Community, Policy and
Leadership with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Harold & Carolyn
Robison
Memorial
Scholarship
Full-time graduate student
Recipient will be selected on basis of
scholastic achievement, character,
leadership, and financial need.
School of Social
Work Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate or
undergraduate
Recipient will be selected on the basis of
scholastic achievement, character,
leadership, and financial need.
School of Social
Work Alumni
Association
Endowed
Scholarship
Maldo Ellen Talick
Endowed
Memorial
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate or
undergraduate student
Selection based on participation in activities
that promote social work principles;
financial need and scholastic achievement
with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Full-time graduate or
undergraduate student
Recipient must be in good standing with
the School (3.0 GPA or above), demonstrate
financial need, and must
submit a one page type written essay
detailing commitment to serving children
and families in vulnerable urban
Economic, and social settings.
Mary Turner
Scholarship Fund
Full-time graduate and
undergraduate student
For social work students with outstanding
academic achievement, character,
leadership, and financial need.
Waites Annual
Scholarship
Full or part-time undergraduate
(senior) or graduate student.
David Wineman Memorial
Ph.D. students
Annual Scholarship
Applicants must demonstrate commitment
to the areas of gerontology, health,
culturally appropriate and responsive
practice, or social and economic justice.
Ph.D. student in good standing with
demonstrated need.
Beryl Z. Winkelman
Full and part-time undergraduate
Endowed Scholarship or graduate.
Recipient will be selected on the basis of
scholastic aptitude and financial need.
Merit Based (Not need-based)
Scholarship
Annette Sniderman Freedman
Endowed Scholarship
Eligibility
Full-time second year graduate
student
Selection Criteria
Awarded on the basis of
scholastic achievement and
history of effort to return to
school after an interruption in
education.
Joseph P. Hourihan Endowed
Scholars Award
Full-time graduate student
Recipient will be selected on the
basis of professional interest and
a goal for working in school
social work in inner city schools,
with a current minimum
3.0 GPA
Shirley Doris Hupert Memorial
Scholarship
Full or part-time undergraduate
or graduate student
Recipient must have a minimum
3.0 GPA
Vernon Edward Keye Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate
student
Graduate students with an
interest in mental health and the
school’s Interpersonal Practice
concentration. Applicants must
have 3.0 GPA.
Alice Lamont Endowed Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate or
undergraduate student
Recipient must have at least a
2.5 GPA at time of selection
James W. Leigh Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate
students
Recipient must plan to work in
Interpersonal Practice and have
a minimum 3.0 GPA
Elizabeth and Reginald
MacArthur Tribute Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate and
undergraduate student
Recipient must have a minimum
3.5 GPA
Lois J. McOsker Memorial
Endowed Scholarship Fund
Full or part-time graduate
student
Preference given to qualified
employees of Catholic Social
Services who are interested in
the Mental Health field, also
students majoring in clinical
social work.
Edward J. Overstreet Endowed
Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate
student
Preference given to student
concentrating in Innovations:
Community, Policy and
Leadership with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
August and Emilie Jost Siegl
Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Full or part-time graduate
student
Concentration in interpersonal
practice with an undergraduate
GPA of at least 3.0 or a
graduate GPA of 3.4. Preference
given to students who are
making a career change with
employment in their profession a
minimum of 10 years, along with
demonstrated interest in working
with disadvantaged populations.
Phyllis I. Vroom Endowed
Scholarship
Full-time graduate,
undergraduate, or
doctoral student
Recipient pursuing Bachelor of
Social Work, Master of Social
Work, or PhD in Social Work will
be given preference
Jacquelin E. Washington
Endowed Scholarship
Full and part-time graduate or
undergraduate
Preference to Detroit resident
following an interruption in their
education for other career
and/or family obligations.
Eligibility
Currently enrolled
undergraduate and graduate
student
Selection Criteria
Manuscript competition.
Students submit a 7-10 page
paper on social work values &
practice to be judged by a panel
or faculty & students. One award
granted annually during the
Winter term. Deadline early
Other
Scholarship
Elizabeth N. Brehler Endowed
Scholars’s Program
March.
Mavis M. Spencer Scholars
Fund
Graduate students enrolled in
the doctoral social work
program.
Awards may be used for
educational expenses related to
conference travel and/or
conference registration by
doctoral students.
Ella Zwerdling Memorial
Scholarship
Graduate student writing a
thesis
The factors that are considered
in evaluating the applicants
include those required for
approval of all theses; namely
originality, adequacy, accuracy,
significance, methodology, and
justification of conclusions.