Minority

Teaching is the profession that begets all others. Without teachers there would be no scientist, doctors, lawyers or presidents. That’s why Florida’s children need you. If you’re considering a career in teaching we can help. Florida Fund for Minority Teachers Inc. administers the Minority teacher Education Scholarship to college juniors and seniors in State approved teacher education programs. The award is $2,000.00 in both the Fall and Spring semesters of your junior and senior years. That’s $4,000.00 a year to pursue your dream so that you can help Florida’s children realize theirs. Please visit www.ffmt.org for applicant’s eligibilities and scholarship requirements or contact Dr. Richard Faessel at 850.857.6311 – rfaessel@uwf.edu

Undergraduate

The division maintains several Foundations scholarships (i.e., Charlie Clary, COE Memorial, Elizabeth Benedict Riehm Memorial) for which there is no application. The program senior faculty member/advisor will make a recommendation to the Director of the School of Education for approval.  All scholarship awards are based on a 3.0 GPA and full admission to teacher education. 

Occasionally other funding (Bookstore scholarship, ARC scholarship, Pickens) will become available for which an undergraduate student may apply.  In these cases, a group email will be sent requesting applications.  Contact Financial Aid for any other scholarship/grants that you may qualify for.

Graduate
The College of Professional Studies allocates scholarship funding to the School of Education for graduate students.  Eligible graduate students must be admitted to any teacher education program and registered for 6 graduate credit hours each semester. 
Scholarships are awarded on a merit-based system by the Scholarship Committee. Awards will be based on a 3.5 or better cumulative GPA and GRE scores. Awards will be made for the upcoming academic year (Fall/Spring).  To receive the scholarship, a student must be registered for 6 sh of graduate coursework each semester awarded. Notification of award will be made in early summer for student’s planning purposes. 
Eligibility requirements for continued receipt of the scholarship are based upon maintaining satisfactory progress toward completion of a course of study.  Progress is monitored each semester. 
If additional information is needed, please contact Sue Dow, Office Administrator in the School of Education at (850) 474-2893 or email sdow@uwf.edu.