Student Services: Financial Aid

Scholarship opportunities are available to nontraditional students and to all students taking credit courses through Continuing Education.

Scholarships

The LaFave Scholarship

Purpose/Eligibility
The LaFave Scholarship is two $500 scholarships given by generous University benefactors, Patty and E.J. LaFave Jr., to a re-entry man or woman who is currently a full- or part-time undergraduate degree candidate who had not originally planned to attend college. Preference is given to applicants 25 years of age or older who demonstrate financial need and academic purpose. GPA makes a difference, though no grade point average is specified.

* Amount of Scholarship - two $500 scholarships
* Application Materials - available in UMM Office of Continuing Education or download it now - LaFave Scholarship application
* Application deadline - March

Announcement of recipients will occur within ten (10) days of the application deadline. For an application, please contact the Continuing Education Office (225 Community Services Buiding; 320-589-6450 or 800-842-0030) or download it now - LaFave Scholarship application. Awards are made through the UMM Financial Aid office based upon the recommendation of a Continuing Education review committee.

The Edna Snee Rodgers Scholarship

Purpose/Eligibility
Established by the family of C. Frederick Farrell, Jr. and the late Edith Rodgers Farrell in memory of Edna Snee Rodgers, this award is intended to assist women (1) in making the transition back to college after a substantial absence in order to pursue other objectives or (2) in beginning college for the first time later in life.

Selection Criteria:

1. Potential for completing a bachelor’s degree is primary. Applicants must be women and should be degree candidates, either full or part-time.
2. That potential will be measured by the applicant’s brief written statement of goals and plans, including a timeline for completing a bachelor’s degree.
3. Financial need is to be an important criterion in selecting the recipient, but it need not be primary.
4. Primary preference is given to women admitted to the Morris Campus of the University of Minnesota. If no qualified applications are received from UMM students, then women admitted to other campuses of the University will be invited to apply.
5. Women making the transition back to college after a substantial absence will receive preference over those beginning college for the first time later in life; however, students meeting either criteria who are admitted to the Morris campus shall receive preference over those admitted to other campuses.
6. The term “substantial absence” shall be interpreted to mean at least a five years absence from college.

* Amount of Award - one $500 scholarship
* Application Materials - available in the UMM Office of Continuing Education or you can download it now - Rodgers Scholarship application
Application Deadline - August

Announcement of recipients will occur within 10 days of the application deadline. For an application, please contact the Continuing Education Office (225 Community Services Buiding; 320-589-6450 or 800-842-0030) or download it now - Rodgers Scholarship application. Awards are made through the UMM Financial Aid office based upon the recommendation of a Continuing Education review committee.

The Carol E. Macpherson Memorial Scholarship

Purpose/Eligibility
The Carol E. Macpherson Memorial Scholarship is a privately funded scholarship for re-entry graduate or undergraduate women students who are 28 years of age or older by the application deadline. Six to eight scholarships are awarded, ranging from $500-$2500. Applicants must be admissible to a University of Minnesota degree-granting program. Though the years do not have to be consecutive, you must also have been away from school for at least five years. Applications will be judged on the basis of financial need, the clarity of your goals, and two letters of support from people who can speak about the applicant’s ability to achieve educational objectives. Preference is given to applicants who demonstrate financial need, are over 40 years of age, are pursuing their first undergraduate degree, are women of color, and/or have a disability.

* Amount of Awards - up to 8 scholarships, ranging from $500 to $2,500
* Application Materials - available in the UMM Office of Continuing Education or by e-mailing mnwomen@tc.umn.edu
* Application Deadline - January

Applications should be submitted directly to the University of Minnesota Women’s Center in Minneapolis (to address on the application form). Recipients are determined by the University of Minnesota Women’s Center (not by UMM). To request an application, write to:

Minnesota Women's Center
212 Nicholson Hall
216 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis MN 55455
(612) 626-9443
mnwomen@tc.umn.edu