Scholarships and Financial Aid

Scholarship Name:

Eligible applicants must be majors within the School of Human Environmental Sciences (specific majors noted as applicable) and meet the following criteria:

Ethel Owen Adair Scholarship Fund

• Have finished their 3rd year of college;
• In the upper quartile of their class;
• Financial need; and
• Have qualities of leadership as evidenced by their standing among fellow students.

Hazel Owen Dahms Scholarships

• Junior or senior;
• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences; and
• Majoring in areas of textiles, clothing and interior design.

Inez Meadors McNeal Scholarship

• Junior or senior; and
• Majoring in child development.

John W. White Scholarship in Home Economics Fund

• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences; and
• Sophomore or junior.
• Preference: Prioritize financial need.

Rachel Nicole Swetnam Memorial Endowed Scholarship

• Undergraduate; and
• Majoring in Apparel Merchandising and Product Development.
• Preference: students completing related coursework in a foreign language above the requirements of the major.

Xzin McNeal Endowed Scholarship

• CGPA ≥ 2.5; and
• Demonstrate need.
• Preference:
  • First: Pursuing a major in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  • Second: Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Science
  • Third: Pursuing majors in other departments within Bumpers College
  • **Recipient must refrain from the use of all illegal drugs in order to obtain/maintain the scholarship

Manila and Alfred Taylor Scholarship Fund

• Entering freshmen; or
• Student returning after at least two years of interruption in studies;
• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences;
• Educational or public service focused studies;
• Demonstrated high academic ability
• Incoming: CGPA ≥ 3.0 on a 4. 0 scale (attained through the first semester of the senior year);
• Returning: Same high school achievement or proficiency in relevant work experience, since graduation, in the field of social science
• Expressed interest in (with some evidence of commitment), pursuing a public service career in some level of government work in the field commonly known as social science, including but not limited to:
  •  Teaching
  •  Extension and adult education
  •  Legislative or executive staff work
  •  -Foreign service
  •  Legislative affairs work in a public interest, non-profit organization
  •  An elected official

Martin and Pearl Stauber Endowed Scholarship

• Undergraduate; and
• Non-traditional student.
• Preference:
  • Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences; or
  • Pursuing a major in the College of Education and Health Professions.

Jenee Torng Dill Memorial Endowed Scholarship

• Undergraduate student;
• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences;
• Sophomore, junior or senior; and
• Good academic standing.
• Preference:
  • Majoring in Food, Nutrition and Health or Human Nutrition and Dietetics;
  • Graduates from The Covenant School in Dallas, TX; and/or
  • Active in community service.

Hazel Taylor Spitze Freshman Scholarship

• Entering freshmen; or
• Returning Student;
• CGPA ≥ 3.0;
• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences (education or public service focused studies); or
• Pursuing a major in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness (government or public service focused studies)
• Expressed interest in (with some evidence of commitment), pursuing a public service career in some level of government work in the field commonly known as social science, including but not limited to:
  •  Teaching
  •  Extension and adult education
  •  Legislative or executive staff work
  •  Foreign service
  •  Legislative affairs work in a public interest, non-profit organization
  •  An elected official

Lucile Bates Cobb Beling Scholarship Fund

• Undergraduate
• Preference: Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences.

Lorena Petermann Neumann Home Economics Scholarship

• Undergraduate or graduate;
•  UGRD: junior or senior
• Merit; and
• Financial need.

Irma Fitch Giffels Scholarship

• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences;
• Scholastic talent; and
• Financial need.

Juanise Scoggin Johnson Memorial

• Current or incoming students; and
• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences.

Francille Maloch Firebaugh & John D. Firebaugh Endowed Scholarship

• Arkansas resident;
• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences;
• Majoring in areas of human nutrition or human development and family sciences;
• Academically strong; and
• Financial need.
• If no students with qualifying majors:
  • Students majoring in apparel merchandising, general human sciences or hospitality meeting all other criteria.

Helen Lorita Tomlin Rosenbaum Endowed Scholarship in Human Environmental Sciences

• Undergraduate or graduate;
• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences; and
• Demonstrated financial need.
• Preference: Arkansas residents

Beatrice S. Bryson Scholarship

• Majoring in Human Environmental Sciences

Carnall Hall Alumni Scholarship

• Majoring in Hospitality and Restaurant management;
• CGPA ≥ 2.5; and
• Involvement in extracurricular activities.

Emily-Jane Parette Memorial Scholarship

• Majoring in Foods, Human Nutrition and Hospitality; and
• Financial need.
• Preference:  Student who contribute to the diversity of the student body

Hilliard and Eloise Jackson Scholarship Fund

• Undergraduate; and
• Financial need.
• Preference:
  • First: Crawford or Franklin County residents
  • Second: Arkansas residents

Harold and Iva Hicks Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Enrolled in Bumpers College;
• Undergraduate;
• Majoring in:
  •  Agronomy;
  •  Entomology;
  •  Plant Pathology;
  •  Ag Economics; and/or
  •  Home Economics.

Flossie Wood Boles Endowed Home Economics Scholarship

• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences
• Preference: 
• From a rural background; and
  • Demonstrate financial need.
• Additional Preference:
  • Students who are now or have previously been involved in the 4-H program.

Virginia Ferguson Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Junior or senior;
• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences; and
• Active member of Phi Upsilon Omicron (professional honor fraternity for home economics students).

J. L. and Virginia P. Lancaster Endowed Scholarship

• Undergraduate;
• Bumpers College student; and
• Upperclassmen (junior or senior).
• Preference:
  • Financial need; and
  • Interested in entomology; or
  • Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences.

Bobbye Jo Shepherd Halbrook Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Enrolled in Bumpers College;
• CGPA acceptable to selection committee;
• Majoring in some aspect of preschool child development; and
• Have completed at least two years of college credits (60 hours).

Jo P. and Bill T. Dalton Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences; and
• Resident of Washington, Benton or Franklin County (Arkansas).

Eula M. Noyce Endowed Scholarship Fund

• Junior or senior;
• Enrolled in the School of Human Environmental Sciences; and
• Majoring in Human Development and Family Science
• Preference:  Students who can demonstrate financial need.

Ruth C. Turner Endowed Award in Human Environmental Sciences

• Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences;
• CGPA ≥ 3.0; and
• Demonstrated financial need.
• Preference:
  • Graduate of an Arkansas public high school;
  • Graduate of a high school in a rural area; and/or
  • First-generation college student.

George and Karen Terrell Memorial Endowed Scholarship

• Junior or senior; and
• CGPA ≥ 2.5.
• Preference: students who have demonstrated superior leadership skills in support of the hospitality industry and the Human Nutrition and Hospitality Innovation program.

Gerber Endowed Scholarship in Pediatric Nutrition & Food Science

• Majoring in Food Science, Human Environmental Science, or Horticulture;
• Fields of study related to foods, (such as fruits and vegetables), and nutrition
• Preference: students studying in a field with an emphasis on pediatrics.

Murphy Foundation Endowed Scholarship

• Current UofA student (including NWACC culinary graduates that have transferred);
• CGPA ≥ 3.0; and
• Indicated interest in a career in culinary arts.

Ruth E. Johnston Endowed Award in Nutrition and Dietetics

• Undergraduate;
• Junior or senior; and
• Majoring in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (previously HNHI-NUTR).
• Preference:
  • First: Graduate of high schools in Jackson, Independence, Poinsett or White counties in Arkansas
  • Second: Graduate of an Arkansas high school

Inez Sitton Endowed Scholarship Fund

Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences

Roberta C. Tucker Endowed Award

Pursuing a major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences

Helen and Steve Lampkin Family Endowed Award Fund

• Undergraduate or graduate;
• Junior or senior;
• CGPA ≥ 3.0;
• Demonstrated a sustained interest in a career in culinary arts and sciences or the food industry; and
• Majoring in Food Science; or
• Human Nutrition and/or Hospitality Innovation.