College of Education Honors and Awards
Academic Excellence in Childhood, Childhood Inclusive, and Early Childhood Education
Selection process: final decision as to the actual recipients rests with the College of Education Honors and Awards Committee. If needed, input may be requested from the faculty of the College of Education.
Excellence in Student Teaching
Selection process: The college supervisors will submit nominations of student teachers at the conclusion of each experience. To receive the certificate of excellence, the candidate must receive two nominations and demonstrate "exceptional promise" of continued growth as a future classroom teacher.
Tuition Remission Awards in Childhood and Early Childhood Education
Eligibility: candidates who have received Academic Excellence in Childhood Education Award or Early Childhood Education Award and/or who are on the fall list for Honors in Childhood Education Methods or Early Childhood Education Methods.
Selection process: (1) the Professional Year faculty will submit the list of candidates under consideration for Honors in Childhood Education Methods or Early Childhood Education Methods to the Honors and Awards Committee, (2) notification of eligible candidates by mail will be made within the following week, (3) eligible candidates will be told for which award they are being considered and requested to write a one-page letter justifying their selection, and (4) the Honors and Awards Committee will make its decision as to the award recipients and notify the Fredonia College Foundation. The following awards are included in this category:
- Anthony M. Deiulio Memorial Scholarship
- Helen Kelly Lillie Award
- Floyd and Mabel Melvin Scholarship Fund
- Byron and Carrie Record Scholarship
- Marjorie E. Woods Scholarship
Cash Awards in Childhood and Early Childhood Education
Eligibility: candidates who have received Academic Excellence in Childhood Education Award and/or who have received Honors in Childhood Education Methods.
Selection process: (1) at the end of the second semester methods classes of the Professional Year program, faculty will submit to the committee the names of those candidates who are under consideration for Honors in Childhood Education Methods, and (2) the Honors and Awards Committee, taking into consideration the specific requirements of the individual awards, will decide the recipients. The following awards are included in this category:
- Fanny Bartlett Award (Alumni Association)
- Louis E. Raths Award (Early Childhood Education, even years)
- Helen Buderkin Award (Early Childhood Education, odd years)
- Carol Scrace Pierce Award (Exceptional Education).
College of Education Awards for Adolescence Student Teaching
Eligibility: Each academic department having an Adolescence Education program is eligible to submit the name of one candidate for the award in their discipline (English, French, Spanish, Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Social Studies).
Selection process: Nominees will be judged on criteria established by their individual departments to include performance in content and methods classes, as well as student teaching.
The winning name from each department will be given to the Honors and Awards Committee for presentation.
Junior Year, Tuition Remission Special Education Awards
Eligibility: The criteria for this award are currently under review.
- Gustave and Geraldine Werner Foundation Scholarship
Adolescence Education in Social Studies Awards
Included in this category is:
Terry L. Wolfenden Scholarship Fund.
