In February, matriculated Cook College students (except seniors)
are notified by the Office of Academic and Student Affairs of the start
of the annual scholarship application process for the following
academic year. Students who receive awards are chosen from among those
invited to apply for the college`s need- and merit-based scholarships.
Additionally, a number of academic prizes and departmental scholarships
are awarded through academic departments to Cook College students in
various fields of study, often on the recommendation of the faculty in
the appropriate curriculum. Students automatically are considered for
all awards for which they are eligible.
David H. Agans Memorial. For a New Jersey resident based upon personal and leadership characteristics and demonstrated financial need.
Phillip Alampi. For New Jersey residents based on academic potential and financial need.
Edgar B. Bacon. For
students who are Cumberland County residents majoring in agriculture or
related fields, and Hudson County residents majoring in journalism;
based on academic merit and financial need.
C. Olin Ball. Department of Food Science award to a food science major for outstanding scholarship in food engineering courses.
Dr. John W. Bartlett. For a student majoring in animal sciences.
Ernest Bell. For a junior or senior with an interest in equine studies.
Benjamin Moore & Company Scholarship. For students whose course of study is in the environmental field; based on academic merit and financial need.
Anthony Nicholas Betances Memorial Scholarship. For
juniors or seniors, with preference to active members of Hellenic
Cultural Society and Latin American Student Organization (LASO); based
on academic merit, community service, and financial need. Preference
also to students involved with activities that help discourage peers
from alcohol and drug use.
Jayanth Bhatt Memorial Scholarship. For
a sophomore, with special consideration to students who actively
participate in the life of the university or community and have
interest(s) in music, environment, religion, and/or languages; based on
academic merit and financial need.
B`nai B`rith Food Industry. Department of Food Science award for sophomores or juniors majoring in food science.
James Drake Brown Memorial Award. For
a junior or senior undergraduate food science major at Cook College
(preferably male), with preference to a recipient active in intramural
sports and/or extracurricular activities and member of the Food Science
Club with average ability and outgoing personality.
Samuel W. and Berta Thomson Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund. For
a junior or senior enrolled in environmental science, international
environmental studies, human ecology, natural resource management, and
bioresource engineering (five-year bioenvironmental program).
Murray and Helen Buell Scholarship Fund. Based on academic merit
and financial need, with preference to environmental science majors.
Linda Rudolph Burns Memorial Scholarship. For
a senior enrolled in the environmental science program, with preference
given to a transfer student from Middlesex County College and/or a
Middlesex County resident; based on academic merit and financial need.
Dr. Kenneth Baird and Mrs. Jane Charlesworth Endowed Scholarship. For
students in the agricultural or environmental field, with preference
given to students who express an interest in a Scottish exchange
student or study abroad program; based on academic merit and financial
need.
Norman F. Childers Award. Plant science
award for a junior, senior, or graduate student; based on academic
excellence, interest in pomology or horticulture, and financial need.
Class of 1922. Based on academic merit.
Class of 1925. Based on academic performance and personal character.
Class of 1929. Based on financial need.
Class of 1931. Based
on academic merit and financial need, with preference given to direct
descendants of members of the Class of 1931.
Class of 1933. Lipman Family Scholarship. Based on academic merit and financial need.
Class of 1934.
Walter Spence Memorial. For a Cook College junior or senior
nominated by faculty member or adviser, with preference given to a
qualified competitive swimmer and/or lineal descendant of the Class of
1934; based on academic merit, financial need, and community or
university leadership or service.
Class of 1944. Endowment Scholarship. Based on academic merit.
Class of 1951. Memorial Scholarship. For student(s) participating in the athletic program.
Class of 1954. Based on academic merit, with preference given to students who are children of Cook College alumni.
College of Agriculture and Environmental Science (CAES). For
academically meritorious students of high personal character who are
majoring in agriculture and environmental science.
College Scholars. Based on academic merit.
Dr. Charles H. Connors Award. Garden
Club of New Jersey award to a student(s) majoring in landscape
architecture or ornamental horticulture for use in the senior year.
Cook/CAES Alumni Association Scholarships. Awards
include a Heritage Scholarship for an entering first-year student based
on academic merit, with preference to the daughter/son/grandchild of
Cook College alumni, and the Upper-Class Scholarships for all class
years, based on academic merit and financial need. Additional
consideration will be based on a broad spectrum of student leadership
activities including university or community volunteerism, university
or community club participation, campus leadership activities, or any
related areas of leadership participation.
Cook College
Parents` Association Scholarships. For members of all class years,
based on high academic achievement and community service. Additional
awards include Dr. Grant F. Walton Award, based on academic excellence
and community service, and Against All Odds Award, based on succeeding
through personally challenging circumstances.
Cook Educational
Assistance Fund (CEAF). For first-year students and transfer
students and to assist in the retention of students. Recipients must
maintain satisfactory academic performance.
Spencer H. Davis,
Jr., Award. Department of Plant Biology and Pathology award
granted to a senior undergraduate student(s) and/or graduate student(s)
of outstanding scholarship in plant biology with particular interest in
plant pathology studies.
Roy H. De Boer Prize in Landscape
Architecture. Department of Landscape Architecture award for a
student who has exhibited outstanding scholastic achievement and
financial need.
Richard T. Dewling. For a junior or
senior who is majoring in environmental science and demonstrates an
interest in the study of water pollution or related areas; based on
academic merit.
Joseph DiConzo Memorial. For a sophomore
majoring in environmental science, based on academic excellence;
financial need; and an interest in water, air, and soil pollution and
related areas.
Dingler Foundation. For students who are
residents of Newark or suburban Essex County, New Jersey; based on
academic promise and financial need.
Kevin Dorko
Memorial. For a junior majoring in landscape architecture who
ranks in the top third of the junior class and demonstrates great
academic promise.
Duell and Hanna Soil and Water Conservation
Club. For undergraduate students majoring in plant science,
environmental science, natural resource management, and related fields,
with interest in soil and water conservation, involvement in the club,
and academic merit.
Eastern Dairy Deli Association. For a student majoring in food science.
Eastern Produce Council. For a student majoring in agricultural
business or food science, based on character, academic achievement,
financial need, and an interest in food distribution.
Edison
Garden Club. Department of Landscape Architecture award based on
academic excellence, financial need, and demonstrated evidence of
future contributions to subject area; with preference given to New
Jersey and/or Middlesex County residents.
Dr. Samuel D. Faust
Memorial. Department of Environmental Sciences award for a
graduating senior majoring in environmental sciences who intends to
enroll in graduate school.
Dr. Melvin S. Finstein
Scholarship. Department of Environmental Sciences award to an
upper-class undergraduate student; based on academic merit.
Colonel Arthur F. Foran. For a senior majoring in agriculture and
demonstrating a career interest in the dairy industry.
Hilda S. Foster Endowed Scholarship/Fellowship. For undergraduate and graduate students based on academic merit.
Garden Club of New Jersey. For a student majoring in landscape architecture.
Gardeners of Watchung Hills Scholarship. For a Somerset, Union, or
Morris County resident with demonstrated academic excellence, who is
entering the sophomore year and majoring in the field of horticulture,
plant science, or landscape architecture.
Ralph Geiger
Scholarship in Turfgrass Science. Center for Turfgrass Science
award for students in turfgrass studies; based on academic merit,
leadership qualities, and interest in the turfgrass field.
General Honors Program. For incoming first-year students with high
academic promise who participate in the four-year honors program.
Awards are subject to renewal.
Rex L. Gilbreath Memorial
Award. For a student majoring in agricultural or biological
sciences, nominated by the respective academic department; based on
need, special circumstances, merit, and academic performance.
Frank A. Golbey Fund. For students who reside in Helyar House, Cook College`s cooperative living community.
Jacob Groendyke. For a student majoring in horticulture, forestry,
and related fields; based on academic merit, financial need,
demonstrated interest, and New Jersey residency.
Hamo
Hachnasarian. For a student majoring in agricultural or biological
sciences, nominated by the respective academic department; based on
need, special circumstances, merit, and academic performance.
Robert Hanna Soil and Water Conservation Club. For undergraduate
students majoring in plant science, environmental science, natural
resource management, and related fields, with interest in soil and
water conservation, involvement in the club, and academic merit.
Helyar House. For students who reside in the Helyar House, Cook College`s cooperative living community.
Richard W. Herbert Memorial. Based on academic performance.
Herbert Memorial Fund (Estate of Kelly). Based on academic performance.
Kimberly M. Hershhorn Scholarship in Animal Science. For seniors
in recognition of excellence in academics, research, and service to the
department, college, and university.
Harriet Dalton
Hird. For a junior or senior who is a resident of Bergen County,
New Jersey, and who demonstrates financial need and high personal
leadership qualities.
W.R. Hutchinson Memorial
Scholarship. Department of Animal Sciences award for a student
with an interest in sheep studies.
Kings Supermarket/Bildner
Family Undergraduate Scholarship/Graduate Fellowship. For a
full-time student with good academic performance, majoring in
agricultural marketing, horticulture, food science, or horticulture
engineering, with preference given to students interested in studies
relating to quality of perishable foods.
R.G. Kingslandsmith. For a student majoring in agriculture and interested in conducting research.
Stanley Wall Frozen Food Age and Kings Supermarket. For a junior or
senior who has an interest in agribusiness or food science.
Dick H. Kleyn Memorial. For a first-year student who is a declared
food science major; based on academic merit and participation in
extracurricular activities.
Deskin Taylor Knoll
Memorial. Department of Landscape Architecture award for a junior
majoring in landscape architecture, based on academic merit and
demonstrated evidence of most artistic talent in the execution of a
landscape design project.
Michael Kuser. For an
outstanding junior or senior based upon merit, leadership, financial
need, and interest in natural resource management and applied ecology.
Peter Selmer Loft. For a student of agriculture who has an interest in studying turfgrass.
Raymond M. Manganelli Award. For a junior or senior majoring in
environmental studies/science based on academic performance, scholastic
ability, and interest in environmental studies.
Elizabeth and
Karl Ehricke/Maplewood Garden Club Scholarship. For students
majoring in plant science, landscape architecture, horticulture
engineering, or natural resource management; based on academic merit
and financial need.
Richard Walter/Maplewood Garden Club
Scholarship. For students majoring in plant science, landscape
architecture, horticulture engineering, or natural resource management;
based on academic merit and financial need.
Marquand
Park. For a student who has an interest in studying and preserving
the trees of Marquand Park in Princeton, New Jersey.
William J. Martin. For a high-performing student who is preparing to enter graduate school.
Philip E. Marucci Scholarship. Alternated yearly to (a) a senior
enrolled in an agriculturally related major, and (b) a student planning
to attend medical school.
Florence S. McNeill
Scholarship. Awarded by the Garden Club of New Jersey each year to
students majoring in landscape architecture for use in the senior year.
Elizabeth B. Merriam Award. Garden Club of New Jersey
award to a senior(s) majoring in landscape architecture or ornamental
horticulture for use in the senior year.
Charles Messer
Memorial. For a senior participant in the George H. Cook Scholars
Program who is conducting research on a topic related to food,
nutrition, or agriculture; based on financial need.
Metropolitan Golf Writers. For a student who participates in
golf and whose primary career interest is golf course management.
Middlesex County Fair Association. For high school graduates
and/or residents of Middlesex County, New Jersey, who have a broad
interest in agriculture or a related field and demonstrate financial
need.
Charles Miller. Based on character, academic merit, and financial need.
Ralph G. Mitchell Memorial Award. For a student majoring in animal
science; based on academic merit and financial need.
Doris C.
Murphy Endowed Equine Scholarship. Department of Animal Sciences award
for women students majoring in equine science; based on academic merit
and financial need.
Nellis Memorial. Two awards granted
to New Jersey residents who have transferred from a community college,
one of whom is majoring in agriculture and environmental science and
the other in nutritional science.
Mary Nevius. For a student majoring in agriculture; based on merit.
New Jersey Committee of the Garden Club of America Summer Intern
Scholarship Fund. For undergraduate, New Jersey resident students,
majoring in plant science, landscape architecture, horticulture
engineering, and natural resource management; based on academic merit,
financial need, and participation in a New Jersey summer internship
program relating to the major fields of study.
New Jersey
Division Woman`s Farm and Garden Association. For students of
agriculture who have an interest in national horticulture or related
fields.
New Jersey Water Environment Association/Raymond
Manganelli Scholarship. Based on academic merit and demonstrated
interest in environmental sciences or engineering or a closely related
field with strong component in appropriate technical aspects of
environmental protection, water pollution control, and/or hazardous
waste management.
New York Farmers Club Scholarship. For
students majoring in agriculturally related fields. One award is to a
first-year student who has declared the major by the second term. One
award is to an entering transfer student from a New Jersey community
college who plans to major in a relevant area of study.
New York Institute of Food Technology. For a junior or senior majoring in food science.
New York Junior Breeders Fund. For a student majoring in food science or vocational agriculture.
Winston E. Parker Memorial. Awarded by Moorestown Rotary Charities
to a junior, senior, or graduate student studying forestry,
arboriculture, ornamental horticulture, or related areas. Based on
academic performance, financial need, and residency in the New Jersey
counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland,
Gloucester, or Salem.
Patricia A. Peacock Scholarship
Fund. For a student who is a single parent; based on academic
merit and financial need.
Francis Stafford Peshine. For a student who is interested in public affairs.
Sally H. Peterson. For a student majoring in agriculture.
Elizabeth and Arthur Reich Urban and Minority Access Project. For
students majoring in environmental sciences or related majors with
demonstrated academic performance at the high school and college
levels, minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.8, financial need,
and interest in related activities and graduate study. Preference given
to (a) African-American and Hispanic-American U.S. citizens; (b)
graduates of public or private high schools in Atlantic City, Camden,
East Orange, Elizabeth, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, New Brunswick,
Passaic, Paterson, Perth Amboy, Plainfield, Union City, and Trenton,
New Jersey.
Lloyd K. Riggs. Department of Food Science
award to student majoring in food science based on academic achievement
and involvement in the Food Science Club.
Dana Eve Roth
Memorial Award Fund. For a student with a 3.5 cumulative
grade-point average and an avid interest in animals.
Amelia L. Ruggles. For students participating in the Cook College General Honors Program.
Kurt Schaeffer Memorial. For a graduating senior who is preparing
for a career with the mentally or physically disabled; based on
academic merit and demonstrated interest.
John B. Schmitt. For a student who demonstrates an interest in entomology.
Sears Roebuck Foundation. Based on financial need.
Craig Stephen Sicola Scholarship. For a student majoring in marine sciences; based on merit and financial need.
William C. Skelly Memorial. For a student majoring in animal science; based on academic performance.
William E. Snyder. For a junior and senior majoring in plant
science, environmental planning and design, or agricultural science,
with an emphasis on floral, ornamental, or horticultural studies; based
on academic merit, financial need, and interest in the
horticultural/ornamental industry.
Snyder Research and
Extension Farm Summer Fellowship. For a sophomore or junior who
demonstrates a need for hands-on education and in the field of
sustainable agriculture, possesses a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade-point
average, and who has financial need. Preference for New Jersey
residents. Minorities and women without farm background or experience
given strong consideration.
Myron and Rona Solberg Renaissance
Scholarship. For a junior or senior with demonstrated interest and/or
accomplishment in the fine or performing arts. First preference to a
student majoring in food science; some consideration to biology,
biochemistry, or related sciences.
Professor M.A. Sprague
Award. Department of Plant Biology and Pathology award for an
outstanding agronomy undergraduate student.
Elizabeth F. Stier
Scholarship. Department of Food Science award for female student
majoring in food science who has been active in the Food Science Club
and with the New York Chapter of the Institute of Food Technologists.
Willard C. Thompson. For a student majoring in agriculture; based
on leadership capabilities and demonstrated financial need.
USDA Multicultural Scholarship. For African-American, Hispanic,
and Native American students based on a combination of SAT scores,
class rank, student essays, and faculty interviews.
Rudolf W.
and Ans van der Goot Memorial Scholarship. Awarded by Gardeners
of Somerset Valley, Inc., to a Somerset, Middlesex, or Hunterdon County
resident (in order of preference) with demonstrated academic
excellence, who is entering the sophomore year and majoring in the
field of horticulture, plant science, or landscape architecture.
Vegetable Growers Association. For a sophomore or junior based on
demonstrated interest in the vegetable industry, academic performance,
financial need, and academic or work-related experience.
Garrett Scott Voorhees, Sr., Memorial Award. Based on academic
merit and willingness to contribute to the academic community.
Hilda A. and Gustave J. Walter Memorial Scholarship. For a junior,
senior, or potential graduate student with preference to environmental
and business economics majors. Students should demonstrate academic
excellence, financial need, or self-efforts to support their own
education. Preference given to any Walter family member who meets
the above criteria.
John H. Weber, Jr., Memorial. For a
graduating senior majoring in environmental science, based on academic
merit, need, and demonstrated interest in the environment.
Elizabeth Wehr. Based on academic performance and financial need.
Theodore A. Weston Memorial. For students who major in plant science.
Harold Wetterberg Foundation. For students majoring in agriculture
and environmental science, with preference given to those studying
animal science.
Widzenas Memorial. For a high school
graduate and resident of Burlington County, New Jersey, majoring in
agriculture, agricultural economics, or a related field; based on
academic performance.
Windeler Family. For a senior
enrolled in the nutritional sciences program; based on academic merit
and financial need.
James J. Winston Memorial. Department
of Food Science award for a student majoring in food science, based on
academic merit.
Estelle M. Wolff Memorial Scholarship. Based on academic merit, character, and participation in leadership activities.
Woodbridge Garden Club. For a student majoring in horticulture or
related field who demonstrates high scholastic achievement and is a
resident of Woodbridge Township or Middlesex County, New Jersey.
John and Harriet Worobey Scholarship Fund in Child Nutrition. For
a junior or senior, majoring in nutritional sciences with an interest
in child nutrition; based on academic merit and financial need.
Don Paul Yaquinto Award in Landscape Architecture. Department of
Landscape Architecture award for the most outstanding student in the
sophomore class.