Miller Family Community College Transfer Scholarship
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Description
Established to provide scholarship assistance to students transferring into the University of Massachusetts Amherst from a Massachusetts Community College to complete their undergraduate degree. Preference will be given to students who are residents of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Additional preference will be given to students entering the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, with a concentration in Dietetics, and those with demonstrated financial need according to Financial Aid Services.
Enrollment Level
Full-time
Class
Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Scholarship Backgroup Information
Joanne Miller Pearson graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1964 with a BS in Home Economics Education. She grew up in Charlton, MA, the daughter of John C. (UMass 1940) and Laola S. Miller. Upon graduation she taught home economics at West Springfield Senior High in West Springfield, MA. After three years of teaching she began graduate work at Iowa State University, where she received an MS in 1969 and a PhD in 1971. In 1985 she completed an MS in Human Nutrition and Foods from Virginia Tech. She and her husband, Ronald (UMass 1966), have lived in Blacksburg, VA since 1979. Her employment history includes work as a home economist for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Hyattsville, MD, Assistant Professor-Part Time in Home Economics at Hood College in Frederick, MD, Assistant Professor in Vocational Technical Education at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Associate Professor in Health Sciences-Dietetics at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. She spent the academic year 1994-95 on Faculty Leave at Wageningen Agricultural University in Wageningen, the Netherlands. She was promoted to Full Professor and retired in 1998. Following retirement she was a Fulbright Scholar at the Technical University in Chisinau, Moldova in 2001.
Eligibility Requirements
For students transferring to UMass Amherst from a Massachusetts Community College to complete their undergraduate degree. Preference will be given to students who are residents of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Additional preference for students entering the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, with a concentration in Dietetics, and those with demonstrated financial need.
Residency Requirements
Worcester County, Massachusetts
Application Method
Online Application (see field below)
Application Instructions
In order to be considered for this scholarship, please complete the General Application using the link below. This is not an application specific to this scholarship. By completing the General Application, you will automatically be considered for several scholarships awarded by Financial Aid. Students must be intending to enroll for the following semester in order to be considered for Financial Aid scholarships.
Scholarship Online Application