Forest Resources
** DOCUMENTED FINANCIAL NEED REQUIRED
CONTACT: Dr. Charles H. Strauss, Director, School of
Forest Resources, 121 Forest Resources Building, 814-865-7541.
AgChoice Farm Credit Scholarship in the School of Forest Resources.
Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time sophomore,
junior, or senior students who are majoring in Wood Products or Forest Science
in the College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University,
who have achieved a minimum 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and
whose state of residence is Pennsylvania.
Bartlett Tree Foundation, Inc., Grant-in-Aid.
Consideration shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students enrolled
or planning to enroll in majors in the Department of Horticulture or the
School of Forest Resources who have achieved superior academic records
or show promise of academic success have demonstrated interest in a career
in arboriculture or urban forestry. Evidence of interest may consist of
courses, work experience, or special projects in these fields. Supported
annually by the Bartlett Tree Foundation, Inc.
**George C. and
Madeline C. Bartley Scholarship in the School of Forest Resources.
Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all undergraduate
and graduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in any major within
the School of Forest Resources in the College of Agricultural Sciences
who have demonstrated academic merit, with a grade point average of
3.5 or higher, and who have a demonstrated financial need.
Robert W.
Bauer Student Memorial Award in The School of Forest Resources
Consideration for this award shall be given to students who have obtained
an associate degree in the forest technician program and have enrolled
in the Forest Science program at University Park.
** Robert T. Billin Memorial Scholarship.
Consideration shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students enrolled
or planning to enroll in the School of Forest Resources and who have achieved
superior academic records or show promise of outstanding academic success.
Documented financial need will also be required for some of the awards
made from this fund. Endowed through the estate of Robert T. Billin, Class
of 1920.
** Robert Bliss Scholarship.
Consideration shall be given to full-time undergraduate students who are enrolled
or planning to enroll in the School of Forest Resources. Applicants must
have completed two semesters of study, have an overall minimum grade-point
average of 3.0, and have documented financial need. Endowed by Robert Bliss.
** James Clinton Burns Scholarship Fund.
Primary consideration shall be given to students enrolled in the School of
Forest Resources whose homes are located in Greene County. Secondary consideration
will be given to those from Fayette County or Washington County. If no
student meets these county-of-origin requirements, consideration shall
be given to those from any other county in Pennsylvania. Recipients must
have achieved or show promise of outstanding success and have documented
financial need. Endowed by an anonymous donor.
Mark Petty Bush Memorial
Scholarship in Wildlife and Fisheries Science.
Consideration shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students
currently enrolled or planning to enroll in the Wildlife and Fisheries
Science major in the School of Forest Resources. Endowed by Ernest R.
and Lynn P. Bush in memory of their son Mark.
**William
J. Cox Memorial Fund
Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time undergraduate
and graduate students majoring or planning to major in Forest Science
in the College of Agricultural Sciences who manifest promise of outstanding
academic success and who have a demonstrated financial need. First preference
shall be for full-time undergraduate and graduate students who have
completed either a summer’s work assignment or full time employment
with a public or private forest resources entity or who may be supported
by a worker in the wood products industry.
Keith A. Davies Memorial Scholarship.
Consideration shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students enrolled
or planning to enroll in the School of Forest Resources who have exhibited
or show promise of superior academic achievement, who have demonstrated
outstanding qualities of citizenship, and who participate in extracurricular
activities within the school. First consideration shall be given to Wood
Products majors who have graduated from Haverford High School in Delaware
County, Pennsylvania. Second and third preferences shall be those from
Delaware or Montgomery County and those from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
respectively. Endowed by family and friends of Keith A. Davies.
Ferguson-Cope Forestry Award.
This award is available to full-time undergraduate students enrolled in the
School of Forest Resources who have completed a minimum of two years of
study. Other criteria shall be academic achievement, extracurricular participation,
character, and professional promise. Endowed by alumni of the School.
Bud Filler Annual Scholarship in the School of Forest Resources.
Consideration
for this scholarship shall be given to all undergraduate students majoring
in Forest Science or graduate student majoring in Forest Resources in the
College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University who
have achieved superior academic records or who manifest promise of outstanding
academic success. First preference shall be given to students in Forest Science
or Wood Products.
**Royal P. Fisher, Sr. and Virginia Breneman Fisher Scholarship in Wildlife
and Fisheries Sciences.
Consideration of this scholarship shall be given to all full-time undergraduate
students who are majoring in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences in the College
of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, and who have
a minimum 3.0 grade point (on a 4.0 scale). Preference shall be given to
students who have a demonstrated need for funds to meet necessary college
expenses.
**O. Ben Gipple Memorial Scholarship in the School of Forest Resources.
Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time
undergraduate junior and senior students and graduate students enrolled in
the School of Forest Resources in the College of Agricultural Sciences at
The Pennsylvania State University who are graduates from a Pennsylvania High
School, who are studying to be professional foresters, who have average to
above average grades, and who have demonstrated financial need. In any given
year, if no students meeting the other eligibility requirements are studying
to be professional foresters, a student in Wildlife and Fisheries Science
may be considered.
** JELD-WEN Foundation Scholarship.
Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time undergraduate
students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Wood Products major in the
School of Forest Resources, College of Agricultural Sciences, who have
achieved superior academic records or who manifest promise of outstanding
academic success; who have a demonstrated financial need; and who are residents
of Pennsylvania. Preference shall be given to incoming first-year students
from Sunbury or Ringtown, Pennsylvania, which are communities in which
a JELD-WEN facility is located. Each award shall be awarded for one academic
year and shall not be renewed.
Roger M. Latham Memorial Graduate Award Fund.
Consideration shall be given to all full-time graduate students enrolled or
planning to enroll in the School of Forest Resources who have exhibited
some exemplary achievement and are supervised by faculty in Wildlife and
Fisheries Science. Established by the friends of Roger M. Latham.
Laurel Haven Endowment.
Eligible students must have engaged in conservation education or be currently
engaged in conservation education through a community outreach program
and enrolled in one of two preference groups: First Preference, enrolled
in School of Forest Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences, full
time undergraduate or graduate student. Second preference, enrolled in
the College of Education with a major in elementary or secondary education
and an interest in environmental education.
Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Prize.
This award is open to students displaying the greatest ability to stimulate
public interest in the study of forestry through the medium of magazine
or newspaper articles. Submission of written material is required. Endowed
trust.
** Keystone Kiln Drying Association Scholarship.
Consideration will be given to full-time undergraduate students who are currently enrolled or planning to enroll in the Forest Science or Wood Products major and who have achieved a minimum grade-point average of 2.5. Preference shall be given to students who have documented financial need and who are majoring in Wood Products. Supported annually by the Keystone Kiln Drying Association.
** Keystone Veneers Scholarship in Wood Products.
Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time undergraduate
students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Wood Products program of
the School of Forest Resources, College of Agricultural Sciences, who have
achieved superior academic records or who manifest promise of outstanding
academic success, and who have demonstrated financial need.
** Grant M. Miller Memorial Scholarship.
Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all undergraduate
and graduate students enrolled in the College of Agricultural Sciences at
The Pennsylvania State University who are majoring in Agricultural Education
who have declared an interest in teaching rather than in extension education
or who are majoring in Wildlife and Fisheries with an emphasis on management
of healthy forests and wildlife population and protection or Landscape Contracting
who have achieved a minimum 2.5 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and
have shown improvement in their grades from the previous academic year and
who have demonstrated financial need. To the extent permitted by law, students
shall be United States citizens.
** The Carl I. Peterson Scholarship Fund.
Students must be full-time undergraduates enrolled in the School of Forest
Resources who have superior academic records, show promise of outstanding
academic success, and have good character and documented financial need.
Endowed through the estate of Carl I. Peterson.
** Orpha Kelly Rapp and Jesse Rossiter Rapp ’15 Memorial Scholarship Fund.
This scholarship shall be given to students enrolled in the School of Forest
Resources who have completed at least six semesters as undergraduates or
who are not holding an assistantship as graduate students. Further qualifications
include superior academic achievement, promise of professional success,
good character, and documented financial need. Endowed by J. Rossiter Rapp.
Orpha Kelly Rapp and Jesse Rossiter Rapp ’15 Prize for Academic Excellence.
Consideration shall be given to the senior with the highest grade-point average
in the School of Forest Resources. Endowed by Elizabeth Rapp Tukey in memory
of Jesse Rossiter (Class of 1915) and Orpha Kelly Rapp.
Irvin C. Reigner Endowment.
Consideration shall be given to all full-time or part-time undergraduate or
graduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the School of Forest
Resources who have achieved superior academic records or show promise of
outstanding academic success and who may have documented financial need.
Endowed through the bequest of June T. Reigner.
William Allison Ritchey Scholarship in Forest Resources.
Consideration shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students enrolled
or planning to enroll in the Forest Science major in the School of Forest
Resources, who are extraordinary academic achievers. First consideration
will go to students who are members of Alpha Zeta Fraternity. Endowed by
Mrs. Diane Peterson Ritchey in memory of her husband William Allison Ritchey.
Ruffed Grouse Society Annual Scholarship in Forest Resources,
Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time undergraduate
students enrolled or planning to enroll in the School of Forest Resources
in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have achieved superior academic
records or who manifest promise of outstanding academic success. First
preference shall be given to students who are focusing on grouse or woodcock,
wildlife, and forest response to forest management such as clearcutting
or shelterwood harvest, or other relevant work that enhances the understanding
of how to manage healthy forests and wildlife populations.
L. W. Schatz Student Field Trip Fund.
This fund is open to all undergraduate students in Forest Science or Wood Products
who can benefit from group travel expense payments on faculty-directed
field trips. The funds help defray the expenses of students attending professional
meetings. Endowed by Louis W. Schatz.
** School of Forest Resources Scholarship.
Scholarships shall be available to full-time students who are enrolled in the
School of Forest Resources. Criteria include character, professional promise,
scholarship, and documented financial need. Endowed through the estate
of Joseph R. Jarvis.
Frank and Leonore H. Spearey Scholarship in Forest Resources.
Consideration shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students pursuing
studies in the School of Forest Resources. Preference will be given to
students who begin their course of study at the Penn State Mont Alto campus.
If there are not enough qualified candidates from Mont Alto, consideration
shall be given to all students in the School of Forest Resources. Endowed
by Frank Spearey.
Joan & Malcolm
Stehman Scholarship in Wood Products.
Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all full-time undergraduate
students of freshman or sophomore standing who are enrolled or planning
to enroll in the Wood Products Program in the School of Forest Resources,
College of Agricultural Sciences, who have a career interest in the
management, marketing, processing, or manufacturing of wood products,
who have achieved superior academic records or who manifest promise
of outstanding academic success, and who have a demonstrated need for
funds to meet necessary college expenses. Preference shall be given
to freshmen students. If no students meet the above preference(s) in
any given year, the scholarship may be awarded to any deserving student
in the Wood Products Program.
**Joan L.
and Malcolm H. Stehman Trustee Matching Scholarship.
Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to all undergraduate
students enrolled or planning to enroll in the College of Agricultural
Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University who have demonstrated
a financial need. First preference shall be given to students who are
enrolled in the Wood Products major within the College of Agricultural
Sciences who have a demonstrated financial need.
** John and Nancy Steimer Scholarship.
Consideration shall be given to all full-time undergraduate students planning
to enroll in the School of Forest Resources who have achieved superior
academic records or show promise of outstanding academic success and have
documented financial need. Preference shall be given to graduates of Tidioute
Area High School. Second and third preferences will be given to those from
Warren County and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, respectively. Endowed
by John and Nancy Steimer.
Wilber W. Ward Memorial Scholarship Fund.
This scholarship is available to all undergraduate students, particularly first-year
students, enrolled or planning to enroll in the School of Forest Resources
who have achieved superior academic records or show promise of outstanding
professional success. Endowed by the Penn State-Mont Alto Forestry Alumni
Association, colleagues and friends of Dr. W. W. Ward.
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