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Holistic teaching, collaborative research, community engagement, and a focus on creating a socially just world are what sets the UMass Amherst College of Education apart. Our faculty and student researchers are practice-oriented, rolling up their sleeves in local communities helping students and teachers from vulnerable groups achieve success.
When you invest in the UMass Amherst College of Education, you help to prepare imaginative educators with a passion for social justice, advance education in Massachusetts, develop innovative education models for the nation and the world, and provide for the communities we serve.
Your support enables us to:
College of Education Priorities Fund
Supports the general needs of the College.
College of Education Student Emergency Fund
Directly impacts the lives of students facing unexpected hardships that would jeopardize their ability to continue their studies, including COVID-19 related needs.
Financial support for students who are accepted or currently enrolled in a teacher preparation program and have exhibited a desire to become public school teachers.
Nieto/Rudman Endowed Scholarship Initiative
Honors two of the school’s beloved Emeriti faculty: Sonia Nieto and Masha Rudman.
Dr. Doren D. Fredrickson Graduate Scholarship
Provides scholarships to graduate applicants to the School Counselor Education or School Psychology programs. Preference is given to applicants with counseling, teaching, or other appropriate work experience, or to applicants who have served in the military.
Marjorie R. Harrison International Impact Fund
The purpose of the Fund will be to provide support for graduate students in any College of Education doctoral program whose program of study will be enriched by international research or fieldwork. Applicants must submit a statement describing their research program and how the international experience will further their research goals. Selection will be based on the academic merit of the student’s proposal and the importance of international fieldwork to its success.
Early Childhood Education Scholarship
Financial support for graduate students studying young children and their families, with preference given to the study of the needs of the gifted and talented. To provide opportunities for graduate students to enhance their academic experience and become involved in outreach.
Funding for tuition, fees, and some associated costs for students pursuing graduate degrees in the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the intent to teach. Students must hold an undergraduate degree from UMass Amherst, Framingham State College, or Bridgewater State College with preference given to graduates of Waltham High School.
Offers financial support for students accepted or enrolled in a teacher preparation program in the College of Education. Students must be from economically disadvantaged areas and in good academic standing.
Provides financial support to a student in the Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies department within the College of Education. A GPA of 3.3 or better is required, as well as experience with community service, internships, employment that demonstrates a commitment to excellence and equity.
Provides support to students who are attending or who would like to attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst and who have exhibited a desire to become public school teachers. Applicants must be accepted or currently enrolled in a teacher preparation program.
Funding for graduate students formally admitted as degree candidates. Students with a demonstrated financial need, high academic performance, and exceptional promise are encouraged to apply.
This award will provide support to doctoral students in their dissertation-writing year in the College of Education. Students from any doctoral program in the College are eligible for the scholarship, with the selection based on merit. The Dean of the College of Education or designee will administer the Fund.
Provides support to a graduate student majoring in Special Education. Particular consideration will be given to candidates who demonstrate warmth, patience, and dedicated support for students.
Provides scholarship support to a deserving student in a College of Education program.
Provides scholarship support to graduate students from foreign countries. Preference will be given to students who are affiliated with Physical Education Teacher Education in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies.
Provides financial support to graduate students in the School Psychology Program for expenses and programs for which other sources of funding are not available, such as research travel expenses, travel to attend regional or national education or psychology meetings, software, research texts, journals.
Other ways to give.
Please make check or money order payable to: UMass College of Education. Print out and complete the donations form and send to:
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Records and Gift Processing
Memorial Hall, 134 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003
Complete the Faculty & Staff Payroll Deduction Form
What is a planned gift? This term usually refers to a gift that will not come to the College of Education for some time. We help people who want to support the College to arrange a variety of planned gifts, including bequests, charitable gift annuities, trusts, insurance gifts, and gifts of real estate. Some of them will provide you with an income stream for your lifetime. There may also be tax advantages, depending on the type of gift arranged. Click here for more information about Planned Giving.
Contact Brian Toohey, Director of Development, briantoohey@umass.edu or 413-545-2999
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