Scholarships and Other Endowments

J. Lloyd Ebersole Dairy Cattle Judging Team Award

The purpose of this award shall be to honor and recognize outstanding achievement by an undergraduate student on the Penn State Dairy Cattle Judging Team who has demonstrated exceptional performance.

- Approved Board of Trustees June 2007

North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge Fund in the College of Agricultural Sciences

The purpose of this endowment shall be to enrich the College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, by providing monies to support the expense/operational costs associated with undergraduate students participating in the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge learning experience. This extracurricular learning experience is overseen by faculty in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees July 2006

Todd,Susan and Jonathan T. May Livestock Judging Award

The purpose of this award shall be to honor and recognize outstanding achievement by an undergraduate student who is enrolled in the College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University who has demonstrated exceptional performance in livestock evaluation, selection, and judging as a member of the Penn State University Livestock Judging Team.

- Approved Board of Trustees April 2006

Charles and Jane Brosius Annual Scholarship in the College of Agricultural Sciences

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students majoring or planning to major in Animal Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences. The student must have achieved good academic records or demonstrate promise of academic success. First preference shall be given to full-time undergraduate students who meet the above mentioned criteria and who were members of a Chester County 4-H Club.

- Approved Board of Trustees March 2006

Eugene and Carol Schurman 4-H Scholarship in the College of Agricultural Sciences

This scholarship is designed to provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have been active in the Pennsylvania 4-H program. First Preference shall be given to students who are majoring or planning to major in Animal Sciences.

- Approved Board of Trustees October 2005

D. Bruce Stauffer Scholarship for Dairy & Animal Science Students in the CAS

The purpose of this scholarship shall be to provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students majoring or planning to major in Animal Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University who have a demonstrated need for funds to meet their necessary college expenses.

- Approved Board of Trustees August 2005

Therese A. Vrooman Memorial Equine Scholarship-Lifetime Endowment

This endowment provides monies for the equine science program in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science. Preference shall be to award funds to full-time students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science with an interest in Equine Science who have achieved superior academic records or who manifest promise of outstanding academic success.
Available pending full funding.

- Approved Board of Trustees May 2004

C. Lee Rumberger Livestock Judging

This fund will provide partial travel expenses for students in the College of Agricultural Sciences who are qualified members of the Penn State Livestock, Meats, or Horse Judging Teams who are competing in recognized judging contests. It may also be used to provide other educational travel expenses for students in the Animal Science major.

- Approved Board of Trustees September 2002

Vernon E. Hazlett Memorial Award

This award will provide recognization and financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students enrolled in a major within the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees July 2002

Penn State Dairymen's Club Award for Freshman Students

This award shall be used to honor and recognize outstanding achievement by an incoming, first or second semester standing, undergraduate student who is enrolled or planning to enroll in the Animal Scineces major in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science who has achieved exemplary academic achievement and possesses outstanding leadership qualities as evidenced by participation in extracurricular or community activities related to the dairy industry.
Available pending full funding.

- Approved Board of Trustees July 2002

Robert H. Rumler Memorial Scholarship in Agricultural Sciences

The purpose of this scholarship shall be to provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding sophomore, junior, or senior year students who have declared a major in Animal Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences and who have a demonstrated need for funds to meet their necessary college expenses.

- Approved Board of Trustees July 2002

Samuel KainWesterman Scholarship in the Animal Sciences

This scholarship will be used to provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students enrolled in Animal Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

- Approved Board of Trustees June 2002

COBA/Select Sires Inc. Scholarship

This scholarship will provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students enrolled in Animal Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Available pending full funding.

- Approved Board of Trustees March 2002

Eastern Meat Packers Association Scholarship in Animal Husbandry

This scholarship will assist worthy students who display special interest and talent in Animal Husbandry, and particularly in the field of meats as an enrolled student in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees March 2002

Tim and Amy Baughman Oravec Memorial Award

This award will honor and recognize an undergraduate student who is enrolled or planning to enroll in either the Animal Sciences or AgroEcosystems Science majors in the College of Agricultural Sciences, and who has performed outstanding service (paid or unpaid) within the previous academic year in a crop or applied animal nutrition lab.

- Approved Board of Trustees March 2002

John R. and Phebe W. Terrell Award in Animal Sciences

This award honors and recognizes outstanding achievement by undergraduate students who are enrolled in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

- Approved Board of Trustees March 2002

Donald E. Carbaugh Endowment for the Penn State Sheep Flock

This endowment will be used to enrich the College of Agricultural Sciences by providing monies for the maintenance and support of the sheep flock.

- Approved Board of Trustees January 2002

William B. Darrow Graduate Scholarship in Ruminant Nutrition

This scholarship is to provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding graduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in graduate studies in ruminant nutrition in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees January 2002

Daniel E. and Florence Lynn Harris Faculty Research Fund in Dairy Science

This endowment is designed to enrich the College of Agricultural Sciences by providing monies for faculty to conduct research in the field of Dairy Science as it supports the food industry.

- Approved Board of Trustees November 2001

Don and Sandy McCreight Endowment

This endowment is designed to enrich the College of Agricultural Sciences by providing monies to support collaborative programs between the Department of Dairy and Animal Science and the Animal Agricultural Programs at the University of the Azores, located in the city of Angra, Island of Terceira, Azores, Portugal.

- Approved Board of Trustees July 2001

Richard E. and Peggy K. Denison Scholarship in Dairy and Animal Science

The purpose of this scholarship shall be to provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding incoming freshmen students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

- Approved Board of Trustees June 2001

Dairy and Animal Science Fund

This endowment is established to enrich the College of Agricultural Sciences by providing monies to be used for the support of the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees February 2001

Land O'Lakes Purina Feeds LLC Annual Scholarship

This scholarship will provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in the Animal Science major in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

- Approved Board of Trustees February 2001

Kinsley Foundation Angus Fund

This endowment provides monies to support the Angus Beef Program in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science. First preference for funding shall be for the support of the twenty Angus heifer calves that will be donated by Robert A. Kinsley.

- Approved Board of Trustees January 2001

John and Norma Almquist Graduate Scholarship in Dairy and Animal Science

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding graduate students who are enrolled or are planning to enroll in the College of Agricultural Sciences and who are doing research at the John O. Almquist Research Center in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees November 2000

Edgar E. and Dorothy W. Fehnel Scholarship in Dairy and Animal Science

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Available pending full funding.

- Approved Board of Trustees November 2000

Donald V. Josephson and Stuart Patton Mentorship Award in Dairy and Food Science

This award supports graduate work in dairy and food science by honoring and recognizing outstanding achievement or potential by faculty and graduate students in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

- Approved Board of Trustees November 2000

Betty Parks Strutin Scholarship in Dairy and Animal Science in Memory of Lieutenant David P. Parks

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

- Approved Board of Trustees November 2000

Pennsylvania Pork Producers Annual Scholarship

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have an interest in swine production or who are enrolled in courses leading to a career in the swine industry.

- Approved Board of Trustees July 2000

Ward Studebaker Horse Farm Endowment

This endowment provides monies for the management of the horse unit within the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.
Available pending full funding.

- Approved Board of Trustees July 2000

Penn State Stockmen’s Club Memorial Award for Freshmen Students

This award honors and recognizes outstanding achievements by an incoming first-year undergraduate student who is enrolled in the Animal Sciences major in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science, College of Agricultural Sciences.

- Approved Board of Trustees May 2000

Earl Kesler Endowment

This endowment is to enhance student learning in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees October 1999

Pennsylvania Forage and Grasslands Council Scholarship

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the College of Agricultural Sciences majoring in AgroEcosystems Science with an option in either Integrated Crop Management or Plant Science who have a demonstrated need for funds to meet their necessary college expenses. This scholarship is also available to undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science who have a demonstrated need for funds to meet their necessary college expenses.

- Approved Board of Trustees August 1999

Obie and Mary Snider Award in Dairy and Animal Science

This scholarship honors and recognizes exemplary academic achievement by a graduate student enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science, College of Agricultural Sciences, whose specific area of interest is dairy genetics, dairy nutrition or dairy reproductive biology.

- Approved Board of Trustees April 1999

Lawrence D. and Delores A. Muller Scholarship in Dairy Science

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding students planning to enroll or enrolled in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science, College of Agricultural Sciences whose specific area of interest is in dairy science.

- Approved Board of Trustees February 1999

James E. Work Livestock Judging Award

This award will honor and recognize outstanding achievement by an undergraduate student enrolled in the College of Agricultural Sciences who has demonstrated exceptional performance in livestock evaluation, selection and judging as a member of the Penn State University Livestock Judging Team.

- Approved Board of Trustees November 1997

Glenn R. Kean Memorial Award

This scholarship honors and recognizes outstanding academic achievement by an undergraduate student enrolled in a major within the Department of Dairy and Animal Science, College of Agricultural Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees January 1997

Otto J. and Opal I. Hill Seminar Program

This award provides support for academic seminars for graduate students and faculty in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees May 1996

Ray H. Dutt Scholarship

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding students enrolled as animal science majors in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees February 1995

Leidy Family Scholarship

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding students enrolled or planning to enroll in College of Agricultural Science who have an interest in meat science and/or meat processing.

- Approved Board of Trustees September 1994

Dairy Farmers of America – Northeast Region Scholarship

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science, Department of Food Science or Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology in College of Agricultural Sciences; or The School of Hotel, Restaurant and Recreation Management; or the Department of Human Development and Family Studies or Nutrition in the College of Health and Human Development.

- Approved Board of Trustees March 1994

Standford Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship provides recognition to outstanding students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science, College of Agricultural Sciences.

- Approved Board of Trustees January 1993

Walter S. Anderson Memorial Scholarship

This award provides recognition and financial support for outstanding undergraduate students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy & Animal Science who have an interest in dairy production and/or dairy processing.

- Approved Board of Trustees December 1992

Mark Heilman Campbell Scholarship in Dairy Production

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science majoring in Dairy Production in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have a proven need for funds to meet their necessary college expenses.

- Approved Board of Trustees February 1990

Farmshine Scholarship in Dairy and Animal Science

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding students enrolled or planning to enroll in the College of Agricultural Sciences Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees January 1990

PA Livestock Association Judging Teams’ Fund

This fund provides financial assistance to members of the Penn State Judging Teams in Livestock, Meats, and Horses.

- Approved Board of Trustees December 1989

Penn State Dairyman’s Club Dairy Cattle Judging Team Award

The purpose of this fund is two-fold: to assist in defraying travel expenses of individual students qualifying as members of the Penn State Dairy Judging Team; and, to provide grants-in-aid for students enrolled or planning to enroll in the College of Agricultural Science who expressed the intention to participate in Penn State Dairy Cattle Judging Team activities.

- Approved Board of Trustees November 1988

Penn State Dairymen’s Club Dairy Cattle Judging Team Fund

This fund is established to provide travel expenses of individual students qualifying as members of the Penn State Dairy Cattle Judging Team.

- Approved Board of Trustees November 1988

Albert E. Madigan Award

This award honors and recognizes outstanding research in artificial breeding and animal reproduction by a student enrolled in the Dairy and Animal Science Department.

- Approved Board of Trustees June 1988

Edgar and Roberta Seely Scholarship in Animal Production

This scholarship will provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Dairy and Animal Science Department, who have a proven need for funds to meet their necessary college expenses, and who are majoring in animal production.

- Approved Board of Trustees May 1988

Gilbert S. Watts Memorial Award

This award honors and recognizes outstanding achievement by a student who is majoring in Animal Production in Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

- Approved Board of Trustees March 1988

Anna K. Eaton Scholarship

This scholarship provides recognition and financial assistance to outstanding students enrolled or planning to enroll in the Dairy and Animal Science Department.

- Approved Board of Trustees August 1987

August E. Branding Memorial Award

This award recognizes a junior undergraduate student who is a member, in good standing, of the Penn State Dairy Science Club and whose lifestyle reflects the personal attributes of caring and respect for others, humility, friendly and cooperative attitude, unselfish giving of time and effort to assist others, and organizational ability and attention to details.

- Approved Board of Trustees January 1985

Dwight E. Younkin Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship provides financial assistance to worthy students who have an interest in swine production.

- Approved Board of Trustees April 1981

Clemens Family Corporation Award

This award is designed to aid outstanding undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Agricultural Science who have demonstrated an interest in the livestock and meat industry.

- Approved Board of Trustees October 1976

J. Lin Huber Scholarship Fund

This fund provides scholarships for outstanding undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have a need for funds to meet their necessary college expenses.

- Approved Board of Trustees December 1975

Joe S. Taylor Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is for undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

- Approved Board of Trustees August 1974

Edgar Allen Day Memorial Fund

The purpose of this scholarship is to:

1. Pay travel expenses of a deserving graduate student in either food Science or Dairy Science so that s/he may attend a professional meeting for the purpose of presenting research finds.

2. Pay travel expenses and/or an honorarium for a visiting scientist to address a graduate seminar in Food Science or Dairy Science and otherwise to enrich the research and graduate study programs in these areas.

3. Buy needed equipment for graduate study programs in Food Science or Dairy Science which otherwise might not be available.

- Approved Board of Trustees January 1974

Herman R. Purdy Award

This award aids outstanding undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Agricultural Science who have demonstrated an interest in improving the usefulness of pedigreed livestock for the benefit of mankind.

- Approved Board of Trustees April 1973

Craola Farm Scholarship

This fund provides annual scholarships not to exceed the amount of full in-state tuition to aid outstanding and needy students in meeting their educational expenses.

- Approved Board of Trustees May 1966

Pennsylvania Meat Packers Association Scholarship

This scholarship will be made to eligible senior students and graduate students in the College of Agricultural Sciences. The basis for selection shall be leadership, scholarship, interest in the commercial meat business, and financial need.

- Approved Board of Trustees January 1953

Arthur C. Bigelow Memorial Scholarship

The entire income from the investment will be applied to support a scholarship or fellowship for a student registered in the course of Agriculture with a special reference to sheep husbandry.

- Approved Board of Trustees June 1923

Giving to DAS

• Giving Online
• Scholarships and Endowments
• Give to Penn State

Metadata for this page:

Web Site Version 4 | About this Web site