Undergraduate + Graduate Scholarships

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1 Undergraduate + Graduate Scholarships CED Scholarship Conditions (for all scholarships) 1. In order to be considered for any award, the completed application must be received by the deadline Tuesday December 6 th, 2016 at 5:00 PM EST. 2. A minimum GPA of 3.0 and full-time enrollment are required for ALL CED scholarships. 3. If you are awarded, you must: Attend an instructional meeting to discuss the CED Honors ceremony. Attend the CED Honors ceremony to receive the award and meet the scholarship fund donor/s Write a letter of appreciation to the donor/s as instructed Maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA Maintain full-time status (Undergraduate= 12 hours (spring and fall)/6 hours (summer), Graduate= 9-12 hours), and Remain enrolled in UGA for the term to which the scholarship is applied. If any of these terms are not met, funds may be revoked, forfeited, and/or returned to the donor. 4. At the donor/s and/or dean s request, scholarship recipients may be required to submit a final report of activities/achievements enabled by the scholarship award at the end of travel, research, or study period for review and stewardship purposes. 5. CED reserves the right not to award any scholarship. For each scholarship below, all of the above policies apply. There may also be additional specific conditions within each scholarship description.

2 ENVIRONMENT & DESIGN SCHOLARSHIP Eligibility: BLA/MLA/MHP/MEPD. All CED conditions as listed above apply. Purpose: Created in 1986 to provide scholarships for worthy students in the College of Environment & Design, which includes Landscape Architecture, Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation. Background: This is a general scholarship created and offered by the College, which is supported through many and varied alumni gifts. The Donor Representative is the Dean of the College. HUBERT B. OWENS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCHOLARSHIP Eligibility: BLA or MLA. All CED conditions as listed above apply. Purpose: To provide scholarships to students who have demonstrated, through academic performance, outstanding potential in preparing for careers in professional landscape architecture. Background: Hubert B. Owens founded the Landscape Architecture Program in 1928 at the University of Georgia. In 1969, he was named the first Dean of the School of Environmental Design. This fund was set up by alumni of the Landscape Architecture program in 1975 in his honor. Hubert was Dean until Hubert s nephew, Richard Owens a BLA Alumnus from 76, is the Donor Representative for this fund, and remotely represented by Hubert s son Bond, and daughter Sarah. RANDOLPH & HELEN MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP Eligibility: BLA entering 3rd year or above, or MLA in last two years of program. Out-of-state student required. All CED conditions as listed above apply. Purpose: To provide tuition assistance for full time, worthy/talented out-of-state students in need, who are pursuing a degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Georgia, and to inspire students to give back. Background: This fund was established by Randolph and Helen Marshall in Randolph received his BLA from UGA in 1972, and is principal of his own highly acclaimed firm. His work has received national recognition and exposure with a list of premiere clientele from around the world. Both Randy and Helen are the Donor Representatives for this fund. Additional conditions for this scholarship: Student who have been awarded before are encouraged to reapply if they still have need.

3 BROOKS E. WIGGINTON SCHOLARSHIP Eligibility: BLA or MLA. All CED conditions as listed above apply. Purpose: To provide scholarship assistance for outstanding full-time students pursuing a (BLA or MLA) degree in Landscape Architecture. Background: Brooks E. Wigginton, FALSA, served on the Landscape Architecture faculty at UGA from 1945 to 1958, and was an author of three books on southeastern trees and shrubs. Mr. Wigginton passed away in September 1995, and this scholarship was created in his honor in Mr. Wigginton s son is the Donor Representative for this fund. NEEL REID MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Eligibility: BLA or MLA student. Georgia residency is preferred but may be waived if the most eligible applicant is not a resident of the state. All CED conditions as listed above apply. Purpose: To provide scholarships or assistantships for exceptionally deserving BLA or MLA students in landscape architecture. In 1960, the fund agreement was amended to include support for travel abroad. Background: The Peachtree Garden Club of Atlanta, GA, established the Neel Reid Memorial Scholarship Loan Fund in 1947, to honor acclaimed architect and garden designer Neel Reid. Awarded students are required to participate in one or more events with the garden club throughout the year, and should be aware of the history of this garden club in conjunction with the legacy of this College. Further, awarded students may be asked to provide information for a document describing what getting the scholarship meant to them. Additional conditions for this scholarship: The amounts awarded by this scholarship can be significant; hence, one additional letter of recommendation from a CED professor is required. If you plan to use this scholarship for travel, you must submit a travel budget as part of your application statement (estimate is fine). Academic achievement, leadership, character, and financial need will also be taken into consideration in selecting the recipient. For MLA students, an additional one-page Statement of Thesis Research is required along with the submittal of 3 separate work examples; total package: 4 pages in supplement to the application.

4 TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS NETTLETON TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP Eligibility: BLA or MLA or MHP. All CED conditions as listed above apply. Purpose: To provide support for travel abroad studies for full-time students majoring in Landscape Architecture or Historic Preservation in the College of Environment & Design, thus in order to become educated and appreciative travelers. Background: This fund was established in 2003, in honor of Mrs. Carrie Buhrman Nettleton by her daughter Blakeslee Nettleton Chase. Mrs. Nettleton was a renowned garden club member in the State of Virginia and loved to travel. She encouraged her daughters and all she knew to travel and enjoy the world. Mrs. Chase was the first female MLA graduate from UGA in She and her husband, Allan also a BLA graduate of 56, ask that students prepare an illustrated report to be submitted at the end of their travels and to possibly meet to go over their experiences. Mrs. Chase is the current Donor Representative for this fund. Additional conditions for this scholarship: Award is to be used only by the recipient for travel expenses. Applicants should submit a travel budget as part of their statement (estimate is fine). Recipient/s will prepare an illustrated report to be submitted at the end of their travels and to possibly meet with the donors to go over their experiences. BARBARA JOHNSON PRICKETT TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP Eligibility: MLA or BLA. Selection will be primarily merit-based, but will take into consideration need, character, leadership, academic achievement, and a preference, but not requirement, for Georgia residency. Travel support to CORTONA Program ONLY. All CED conditions as listed above apply. Eligibility for this scholarship requires that the Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) verifies your financial need. First, you must fill out the FAFSA (found on the OSFA website). You should do this well before the scholarship application deadline, as the OSFA's workload is out of our control. The OSFA will use the FAFSA to determine your need and the CED will query OSFA for their findings. If they have determined that you have financial need, you will be asked by Prof. Cannady to complete a very simple authorization form that enables the OSFA to tell us the exact amount that you need, as we cannot award you a scholarship that exceeds this determined amount. Purpose: To award tuition and living assistance support to a student in the Landscape Architecture program at the College of Environment and Design, by providing a scholarship to students studying landscape architecture specifically in UGA s Cortona, Italy study abroad program. Background: Established by her family and the Weswood Foundation, this scholarship is given in memory of Barbara Johnson Prickett, who passed away in 2002 following decades of service to the Peachtree Garden Club in Atlanta. The scholarship honors the tradition begun by PGC and its Neel Reid Scholarship, and commemorates Barbara s love of travel. Mr. Ernie Prickett, husband, is the Donor Representative for the fund.

5 Additional conditions for this scholarship: Award is to be used only by the recipient for travel expenses to Cortona program. Applicants must submit a travel budget as part of their statement (estimate is fine). A report on studies in Cortona may be required post-trip. JOHN F. CROWLEY TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP Eligibility: BLA/MLA/MEPD/MHP. This is a faculty nominated award no application necessary. Purpose: To award tuition and living assistance to a student for academic or travel support. Background: Established by former Dean, Jack Crowley to support CED students of need and merit, who wish to travel as part of their education. In 2009 the award was amended to be a faculty nominated award and is no longer eligible through the standard scholarship application process. Additional conditions for this scholarship: Students interested in being considered should send a statement of scholarship consideration and intent for use to any graduate faculty member in support of this award.