Scholarships (Fashion Design Seniors)
Brage and Hinda Golding Endowed Scholarship
Established in 1992
Brage
Golding was the president of
Kent State
University at
the time that Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman approached
the university to create The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman
School of Fashion Design and Merchandising. The Chestnut
Society, who supports major university programs in the arts,
generously donated the funds for a scholarship in Dr. Golding's
honor.
This scholarship
is awarded to a student who demonstrates academic achievement
as well as financial need. The recipient must be a
full-time students and seniors must have one remaining
semester.
Typical
Award: $1,000
Majors Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification Eligible: Sophomores, Juniors,
Seniors
Charles and Betsy Mangin Endowed Scholarship
for International Study
Established in 2004
Charles and Betsy Mangin are dedicated supporters of the
Friends of Fashion at Kent State University. They have always
appreciated fashion and the art of sewing fine clothing,
and have noted the impact that different cultures have on
fashion. Charles and Betsy have traveled in Italy and Florence,
in particular, and have translated their love of Italy and
its traditions into a scholarship to support study at KSU
Florence.
Awarded
to a design student who demonstrates strong commitment to
the fashion design program and who wants to further their
fashion education by attending a semester abroad in Florence,
Italy.
Typical Award: $1,000
Majors Eligible: Design
Classification Eligible: Sophmore, Junior and
Senior
Chester R. Edwards Endowed Fashion Scholarship
Established in 2003
Chester (Chet) Edwards was very involved with the Kent State
University Museum and the Fashion School. He loved to travel,
and wanted to assist students so that they, too, could explore
great opportunities. His passion for Florence, Italy, and
his belief that fashion students should have the very best
education led to the establishment of this scholarship named
in his honor.
Awarded
to a design student who demonstrates strong commitment to
the fashion design program and who wants to further their
fashion education by attending a semester abroad in Florence,
Italy. Student needs to demonstrate financial need.
Typical Award: $1,300
Majors Eligible: Design
Classification Eligible: Sophmore, Junior and
Senior
Donna Hayes Endowed Fashion Design Scholarship
Established in 1998
Donna Hayes was a woman who loved fashion and an anonymous
donor established this scholarship in her memory.
The scholarship is to support students studying in fashion
design.
Typical Award: $2,000
Majors Eligible: Design
Classification Eligible: Junior and Senior
Fashion
Group Cleveland
, Inc. Endowed Scholarship
Established in 1991
The
Cleveland
component of The Fashion Group International has an educational
mission and supports students in their pursuit of fashion
degrees. The scholarship is awarded to a student
to support a school approved internship.
Typical
Award: $1,000
Majors
Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification
Eligible: Junior and Senior
Frances
Kleibacker Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 1997
Frances
Kleibacker, an Ohio
native, was the mother of American designer, Charles Kleibacker.
Charles Kleibacker and his sister Ruth Richard established
the endowment in honor of their mother, a woman of great
style and fashion. Charles, Ruth and Elizabeth Rhodes
have regularly added to the endowment after its establishment
The scholarship
goes to a full time student who has prior academic performance,
strong faculty recommendations involvement in extracurricular
activities and an outstanding record of design experience
and expertise.
Typical
Award: $1,000
Majors
Eligible: Design
Classification
Eligible: Senior
George
Stavropoulos Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 2004
George
Stavropoulos was one of America's most famous designers
of high fashion couture. He was best known for his flowing
chiffon designs reminiscent of the ancient Greeks. Mr. Stavropoulos
bequeathed his private collection to the Kent State University
Museum. This scholarship was established to reward fashion
design students who show great promise in design.
The scholarship
goes to a full time fashion design student who has demonstrated
great design potential.
Typical
Award: $1,200
Majors
Eligible: Design
Classification
Eligible: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Higbee
Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 1987
The
Higbee Company had its headquarters
in Cleveland
at the time The Fashion School was established. The
company sold Shannon Rodgers for Jerry Silverman garments
and a close relationship existed between Shannon Rodgers
and Jerry Silverman and Higbee executives. This relationship continued long
after the company was no longer in existence.
The scholarship
is awarded to a student who exhibits outstanding academic
achievement, strong extracurricular involvement, and evidence
of firm commitment to fashion.
Typical
Award: $1,000
Majors
Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification
Eligible: Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors
Husqvarna-Viking
Critics Award
Established
in 2000
Awarded to a senior Design student who is voted to have the most outstanding collection by a panel of industry professionals prior to the annual Portfolio student design show.
Typical
Award: Sewing/embroidery machine
Major
Eligible: Design
Classification
Eligible: Senior
Irene
Jaffe Bachman Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 2005
Irene
Jaffe Bachman grew up in Cleveland, Ohio where her love
of fashion led to multiple fashion-related careers from
modeling to buying to fashion consultant. This scholarship
was established in honor of her years of hard work, dedication
and fashion inspiration.
Awarded
to a student who has demonstrated outstanding performance
and potential as a design or merchandising student.
Typical Award: $1,200
Majors Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification Eligible: Sophomore, Junior,
Senior
Janet
McCue Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 2000
Janet
McCue was the Fashion Editor of The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Upon her retirement the Plain Dealer established this endowment
in her honor.
The endowment
goes to a full time student in design or merchandising whom
the faculty feel has exemplary
talents and commitment to the field of fashion.
Typical Award: $800
Majors Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification Eligible: Sophomore, Junior,
Senior
Jim
and Nancy Arthur Endowed Scholarship
Established in 1997
Jim and
Nancy Arthur are entrepreneurs in Kent
, Ohio . They have
major real estate holdings in the city and also have operated
a retail business (The Works) for over two decades.
Many fashion students have worked for them at their retail
store. They are supporters of the university and of
The Fashion School.
The scholarship
is awarded for internship support based on exemplary academic
achievement and extracurricular involvement.
Verification of financial need is required.
Typical Award: $1,000
Majors
Eligible: Design or Merchandising
Class
Standing Eligible: Junior, Senior
Jo-Ann
Stores, Inc. Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 2003
Jo-Ann
Stores, Inc, the nation’s largest fabric and craft
store established this award to recognize a student with
strong academic performance, financial need, and a demonstrated
love of sewing.
Typical
Award: $400
Majors
Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification
Eligible: Sophmore, Junior and Senior
Karen
and Kenneth Conley Endowed Fashion Award for International
Study or Internship
Established
in 2003
Karen
and Kenneth Conley wish to encourage fashion design students
to seek opportunities to further their educational and professional
goals. They have established this scholarship to provide
support to design students for international study and travel
or internship expenses.
This scholarship
is awarded to a fashion design major to support a school-approved
internship or study in the Florence Program or other travel/study
program..
Typical
Award: $575
Majors
Eligible: Design
Classification
Eligible: Sophmore, Junior and Senior
Lane
Bryant Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 2002
Lane Bryant, a division of Charming Shoppes, Inc., a
family of retail apparel companies, serving the fashion
needs of women in her many roles and lifestyles. The company
has representation on The Fashion School Advisory Board
and created this scholarship for a student who demonstrates
strong academic achievement, and financial need.
Typical Award: $900
Majors Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification Eligible: Junior and Senior
Linda Allard and Herb Gallen
Scholarship for Fashion Design
Established
in 1985
Linda
Allard is an American designer who built her career with
the company Ellen Tracy. She is a graduate of
Kent State
University and
sits on The Advisory Board of The Fashion School.
Linda Allard
and her husband, Herb Gallen,
want to encourage students to be successful in fashion design.
They designated their wedding gifts be contributions to
this scholarship fund. Personal monies from each of
them as well as wedding gifts have comprised this fund.
The scholarship
is awarded to a student who shows strong scholastic performance
and exemplary creative ability. Preference is given
to students who qualify for financial assistance.
Application requires supplemental
materials and financial need statement.
Typical
award: $3,000 subject
to change
Majors
eligible: Design
Class Standing: Junior, Senior
Lindsay
J. Morgenthaler Endowed Scholarship
Established in 1987
Lindsay J. Morgenthaler, a
Cleveland
lady of great style, was a great friend with Shannon Rodgers
and Jerry Silverman long before The Fashion School was established
and so from the very beginning she helped to support the
school and its efforts.
The scholarship
is for a design student with a 3.2 GPA who has demonstrated
leadership and involvement in community service and extra
curricular activities.
Typical Award: $3,000
Majors Eligible: Design
Classification Eligible: Junior, Senior
Mario
Nolfi Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 1995
Mario
Nolfi was a fashion business executive
who also taught at The Fashion School at Kent
State .
He was “loved” by all his students. After
his death his family established an endowment to help support
and encourage students interested in the world of fashion.
The scholarship
is awarded for exemplary academic achievement and extracurricular
activities in fashion.
Typical
Award: $700
Majors Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification Eligible: Sophomore, Junior,
Senior
Martha
Phillips and Lynn Phillips Manulis Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 1991
Miss
Martha and Miss Lynn were fashion icons. Through this endowment
their names will live on and their presence will encourage
young students to go forward and make their place in the
world of fashion.
The scholarship is for a full-time student in fashion design
or merchandising who is going to do a school approved internship
in New York the summer or following academic year after
the presentation of the award.
Typical
Award: $500
Majors
Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification
Eligible: Junior, Senior
Mary
Elizabeth
Elgin
Anderson
Established in 1987
Mary
Elizabeth Elgin Anderson loved fashion and fine clothes.
When she was a child she and her sister,
Mildred Elgin Bumfrey, would play
in the president’s office of the newly established
Georgia Normal College .
They and the president’s children were good friends.
Mr. Anderson set up this scholarship fund in memory of his
wife and her love of fashion.
The scholarship
is awarded for tuition assistance to a student who has exemplary
academic achievement, financial need and professional promise.
Verification of financial need is required.
Typical
Award: $1,000
Majors
eligible: Design and Merchandising
Class
Standing eligible: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Outstanding Student Award
Awarded to the senior design and senior merchandising student voted by faculty to show the greatest
potential for success in the field of fashion design or merchandising. There is no application for this scholarship.
Typical Award: $1,000
Majors Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification Eligible: Senior
Robert
J. and Lizabeth Gunton
Endowed Scholarship
Established in 1991
The Guntons are Cleveland-based
entrepreneurs who knew Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman
and who became instrumental in establishing The Fashion
School through the generous contribution of this scholarship
to support a school approved internship or a fashion study
tour.
Typical Award: $1,000
Majors Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification Eligible: Junior and Senior
Shannon
Rodgers Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 1988
Friends
of Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman established this
scholarship in their honor and upon Shannon Rodgers' death,
Margaret Clark Morgan made a substantial contribution to
the endowment.
The scholarship
is for a student with strong scholastic performance and
creative ability.
Typical Award: $1,900
Majors Eligible: Design, Merchandising
Classification Eligible: Sophomore, Junior,
Senior
Simplicity Pattern Company Scholarship
Established in 1997
Simplicity Pattern Company is the world's largest home
sewing pattern company. This scholarship is given each year
to recognize talent and potential in a fashion student.
There is no application
for this scholarship.
Typical
Award: $1,000
Majors
Eligible: Design and Merchandising
Classification
Eligible: Junior, Senior
Stephen Whitney Baum Critics Award
Established in 2000
Stephen Whitney Baum is the first graduate of The Fashion School
to give an annual award to a current student. He also was the first graduate of the school to be the university
commencement speaker. Stephen chooses the design talent he wants to award from the Senior
collections each year and this award is presented at Portfolio. No application is required.
Typical Award: $1000
Major Eligible: Design
Classification Eligible: Senior
The
Robert Broadbent Endowed Scholarship
Established
in 1985
Robert
Broadbent was the last CEO of the Higbee
Company in Cleveland
. He is an outstanding entrepreneur and philanthropist
and has supported The Fashion School since its conception.
Mr. Broadbent and Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman were
all friends and worked together in the fashion industry.
Mr. Broadbent values international learning experiences and
encourages students to become aware of the influence and interrelationship
of Asia on the American fashion industry.
This scholarship
provides approximately $3,000 annually to two students who
will study on an exchange program at Hong
Kong Polytechnic
University .
Each fall two junior students in fashion design or merchandising
are selected by the faculty to study at Hong Kong Polytechnic
the following spring term. The students register at
Kent State
paying the usual tuition to KSU and then attend
HKP. Housing arrangements are made at HKP but
have to be paid for by the student. Airfare and other
expenses are those of the selected student. Courses
are identified at HKP that will be accepted into the KSU program
so that no loss of credit is experienced. With the supplement
of the Broadbent Scholarship a student should experience a
cost factor similar to what tuition, room, board and living
expenses are here at KSU.
The application
for this scholarship is due by 5pm on the last Friday of September each year.
The application consists of a letter of interest to the director
of The Fashion School accompanied by a 1-2 page essay on why
you want to have this experience and what you would gain professionally
from studying at HKP. The application must be word-processed.
Selection
of the two students for this award will be made in early October
of fall term with attendance at HKP being spring term (late
January through early May).
Typical Award: Two $3,000 awards subject
to change
Majors
Eligible: Fashion Design or Fashion Merchandising
Class
Standing Eligible: Junior or a Senior
who has at least one remaining semester to return to KSU after
the HKP exchange is complete.
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