Endowed Scholarships
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College of Fine Arts student scholarships and awards are a vital way that generous alumni, friends, faculty, and patrons of the arts can support and encourage the next generation of scholars, artists, and creative leaders.
The criteria for our scholarships cover a wide range of student attributes ranging including full/part-time, undergraduate/graduate, financial need, grade point average, geography, work/life experience, and community involvement.
Awarding these scholarships is a celebration of our academic and community values in the College of Fine Arts and we invite enthusiastic friends and alumni to contribute, at any level, to these existing scholarships to ensure the future of our diverse and talented student body.
Below are a handful of existing scholarships and awards, not all of the criteria is listed. If additional information is needed please contact Director of Development Julie “Z” Zdanowicz at zdanowic@ohio.edu.
Fine Arts
| Scholarship/Award Name | Requirements |
| Dean's Discretionary | N.A. |
| Athens Center Film & Video | N.A. |
| Christine Delmer Brown | N.A. |
| Frederick Leach Mem Book | N.A. |
| Trisolini Print Project | N.A. |
| Trisolini Gallery | N.A. |
| Anthony Trisolini Gallery | N.A. |
| OVST Endowment | Student participating in OVST |
| COFA Visiting Artist | Support for visiting artists |
| McConnaughy Online Gal | Server for COFA |
| Parry/Billman Award | Graduate student |
| Anthony Trisolini Memorial | N.A. |
| Fine Arts Faculty Research | N.A. |
| Black Bear Award | Given to one entrant of the Athens Film Festival |
| The Aesthetics Technology | N.A. |
| Ruth Bradley Fund for Visiting Artists | Film artists for the Athens Film Festival |
School of Art
| Scholarship/Award Name |
Requirements |
| Art Discretionary | N.A. |
| Ceramics | N.A. |
| Graphic Design | N.A. |
| Photography | N.A. |
| Printmaking Program | N.A. |
| Richard Clapp Memorial | N.A. |
| Clarence White Lecture | N.A. |
| Mary K Leonard | N.A. |
| Arnold Gassan Photography | Undergraduate student |
| Karen Nulf Scholarship | Graphic Design, GPA 3.0 |
| Stanley Blanchard Photography | Graduate Photography, GPA 3.0 |
| Harry & Grace Foster Memorial | Visual arts |
| Walter & Sally Greene Memorial | Graphic design, GPA 3.25, graduates of Cleveland area HS |
| Terry Shuchat Photography | Photography, GPA 3.0 |
| Kenneth Clifford Memorial | Jr. or Sr. Painting or Printmaking |
| Francis Paulson Memorial | Undergrad, Financial Need, Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics |
| Friends/Trisolini Gallery | Graduate student |
| Charles Logan Smith Memorial | Sr. in Graphic Design |
| LC Mitchell Memorial | N.A. |
| Ceramics Visiting Artist | N.A. |
| Charlotte Orlowski-Eicher | Painting, financial need |
| Elliott Schnackenberg | Sr. Photography |
| Kari Rosenberg | Graphic Design |
| Becca Mead Scholarship | Photography |
| Sue Wall Scholarship | Painting, graduate or undergraduate |
| Martha & Foster Harmon |
Undergraduate student |
| John & Francis Hopkins | N.A. |
| Countess Elizabeth Evans | Interior Design, GPA 3.0 |
| Marylou Cameron Scholarship | Undergrad Interior Architecture, GPA 3.5 |
| Edna Way Scholarship | Jr. or Sr., Talent, Academic Achievement, Financial Need |
| Margaret Brown Krecker | Sr., Approved Grad, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics |
| Rose Marie Darst Memorial | Upperclass female, Basis of Talent, Academic Achievement |
| Sina Sidwell Rodgers | Jr. or Sr. member of Oita Chapter of Delta Phi Delta |
| Paula Rockoff Handlin | Freshman Female Photography |
| Seigfred Hall Renovations | N.A. |
School of Interdisciplinary Arts
| Scholarship/Award Name | Requirements |
| Earl C Seigfred Award | N.A. |
| IA Discretionary | N.A. |
| IA GTA Dissertation | N.A. |
School of Dance
| Scholarship/Award Name | Requirements |
| Dance Discretionary | N.A. |
| J Langdon Taylor Award | VA, publications, scholarship support |
| Dance-Travel Fund | N.A. |
| Betty Milhendler |
Modern Dance & Choreography, financial need, GPA 3.3 |
| Bill Cratty Award | Male undergraduate, GPA 3.0 |
| Yolanda Molnar Dance | N.A. |
| Margaret Schuette | Spend one yr in dance program |
| Bailin-Stern Award | Dance, first yr student |
| Ruiz/Lewis Memorial | Multicultural graduate or undergraduate |
| Shirley Wimmer Award | N.A. |
| Berman Family Award | Financial need, GPA 3.5 |
| H & C Liggett Memorial | Spend one yr in dance program |
School of Music
| Scholarship/Award Name | Requirements |
| Music Discretionary | N.A. |
| Symphony Orchestra | N.A. |
| Athens Community School | N.A. |
| University Bands | N.A. |
| OU Singers | N.A. |
| Opera Theater | N.A. |
| Marching Band Alumni | N.A. |
| Marching Band Fund | N.A. |
| Marching Band Uniforms | N.A. |
| Marching 110 - Major Travel | N.A. |
| Marching 110 Society | N.A. |
| Singing Men of Ohio | N.A. |
| Music School Library | N.A. |
| Helen Ullom Chester Mem | Visiting lecturers to School of Music |
| Helen McKay Endowment | N.A. |
| David Lewis Scholarship | Upperclass or graduate student studying clarinet |
| Music Scholarship | N.A. |
| Houk Marching 110 Award | Sophomore or higher, Marching 110, financial need, GPA 3.0 |
| Houk Trombone Award | Undergraduate or graduate of trombone choir, financial need |
| The Moon Scholarship | Applied Voice, must audition for scholarship |
| Pressor Foundation | Given at end of Jr. year |
| Mildred Robbins Kent Voice | N.A. |
| Ralph Ruland Memorial | N.A. |
| Karl Christine Ahrendt | N.A. |
| Carolyn Clutter Orchestral | Orchestral Instruments |
| Carolyn Clutter in Voice | Voice Performance |
| Glidden Endowment | Symphony orchestra, GPA 3.0 |
| Marcia Herman String | String instrument (violin preference), GPA 3.0 |
| Jud and Frank Lawler | Instrumentalist in the Marching 110, 2nd yr band member |
| Ruby Mercer | Vocal music student |
| Robert & Nancy Roe | Participate in Wind Ensemble |
| John Wesley Kelley Mem | Member of musical band |
| Russell-Gruber Memorial | Undergraduate sophomore or higher, member of Marching 110 |
| Klinder Orchestra | Undergraduate or graduate, stringed instrument |
| D'Angelo Undergrad Fellow | N.A. |
| Gilbert Stephenson Music | Jr. or Sr. in instrumental or vocal music education |
| Logan Alum Band/Horsky | Students from Logan HS |
| OU Music Alum & Friends |
Undergraduate student, financial need, GPA 3.0 |
| James/Margene Stewart | Undergraduate in music therapy, financial need, GPA 3.2 and Jr. |
| Martha Wurtz Memorial | Upper class undergraduate in Music Education, choral/vocal emphasis |
| Mac Bethel Scholarship | Undergraduate, studying classical piano or organ |
| Robert Smith Scholarship | Trombone, tuba, euphonium or double bass instrument |
| Thelma Robinson Therapy | Jr. or Sr. in Music Therapy, GPA 3.3 |
| Bessie Bloom Scholarship | Undergraduate, academic merit and financial need |
| McDonald Rest Scholarship | N.A. |
| CC Robinson Memorial | N.A. |
| Saramae Endich Mem | N.A. |
| Sally Comin Kaneshige | N.A. |
| Evangeline Merritt Music | Voice or piano |
| Clyde Thompson Mem | Undergraduate in Performance |
| D&E McVay Music | Undergraduate from Athens, Vinton, Hocking, Jackson |
| Sherwood Hall Music | Undergraduate, Applied Music or Theory Composition |
| Friends of Opera | Grad or Undergrad vocal performance, opera |
| Choral Music Studies | University Singers, Choral Union, Singing Men of Ohio, Women's Chorale |
| Marching Band Endowment | Support activities of the Alumni Band, Marching 110 |
| Jane W Huang Memorial | Winners of Student Soloist Competition |
| John/Francis Hopkins 110 | Upperclass student in Marching 110 with 45 credits, GPA 3.4 |
| Robert & Nancy Roe Wind | N.A. |
| Ronald Socciarelli | N.A. |
| Music (Dohnanyi) | N.A. |
| H Westcott Roach | N.A. |
| Sylvia Moore Farson | N.A. |
| Music Talent Award | N.A. |
| Sammy Kaye | N.A. |
| Marlene/James Bruning Opera |
Graduate vocal performance major, opera studies |
| Allan W. Zinn Memorial | N.A. |
| Jeanne Shull Scholarship | Undergraduate in Violin, Viola, Cello and/or Bass |
| Guy & Marilyn Remonko | Undergraduate, financial need |
| Ronald W Scott Scholarship | Entering freshman or transfer student |
| Noel Sayre Memorial Scholarship | Undergraduate with violin as a major instrument |
| Friends of Opera at Ohio | N.A. |
| David E. Durham Scholarship | Sr. undergrad, from Dayton, OH, Montgomery County,GPA 3.0 |
| Ira Zook Memorial in Voice |
No guidelines yet |
| William Hilyard Family Scholarship | GPA 3.0, financial need |
| Evelyn L. Houk Trombone Choir | Jr., Sr. or graduate student, trombone choir, GPA 2.5 |
School of Theater
| Scholarship/Award Name | Requirements |
| Theater Discretionary | N.A. |
| Theater Faculty | N.A. |
| OU Theater Production | N.A. |
| Theater Internship Support | N.A. |
| Scott McPherson's Writing | Undergraduate in Dramatic Writing Program |
| Robert Byrne Scholarship | Undergraduate or grad at Monomoy Theater |
| Distinguished Visiting Artist | Bringing in distinguished visiting artist |
| Amanda Talcott Garry | Jr. or Sr. undergraduate |
| Martha/Foster Harmon | Graduate student in acting, directing, scene design, lighting, costume |
| Virginia Hahn Scholarship | Undergraduate or graduate in acting or directing |
| Robert Henning Scholarship | Undergraduate, disabled, visually impaired |
| L&E Rollins Endowed | Undergraduate on internship with a professional theater company |
| Monomoy Theater Alumni | N.A. |
| Anthony Trisolini Undergrad | N.A. |
| Pritchard-McDonough | Jr. student, GPA 3.0 |
| Laurel Lea Schaefer | N.A. |
| B&C Kaufman Scholarship | United States Citizen, undergraduate, GPA in Theater 3.3 |
| Gino Cline Memorial | Graduate student participating in OVST |
| C&C Lane Memorial | Undergaduate or graduate participating at Monomoy Theater |
| Elizabeth Baker | Theater students participating at Monomoy Theater |
| Robin Lacy Memorial | Stage design and lighting |
| Dean Irma Voigt | N.A. |
| OVST Scholarship | N.A. |
| Elizabeth Wright | Female freshman or sophomore previously given award |
| Denny Dalen Scholarship | Sr. graduating with BFA in Theater Performance |
| Martha & Foster Harmon | N.A. |
| She Writes Plays! |
Undergraduate or graduate women, U.S. citizen, financial need, GPA 3.4 |
| Bitsy Merriman Scholarship | Undergraduate, financial need, GPA 3.0, minority student |
| Endowment Fund for Monomoy | General support for Monomoy Theater |
School of Film
| Scholarship/Award Name | Requirements |
| Film Discretionary | N.A. |
| Peterson Sound Studio | N.A. |
| Betty Thomas Film Award | N.A. |
| High Noon Internship | Graduate in all aspects of Television Production |
