Scholarships
for Mathematics Majors
Information about financial aid such as grants and loans
can be found at the TTU
Financial
Aid Office website. Information
about TTU scholarships can be found at the TTU Scholarship website.
The TTU
Department of
Mathematics awards scholarships to
incoming freshmen, to transfer students, and to TTU
upperclassmen. The selection criteria
for these scholarships include the student’s previous academic record,
standardized test scores, and, if applicable, the student’s written
description of his/her career goals and their relationship to the study
of mathematics.
FOR INCOMING
FRESHMEN:
Incoming
freshmen who have applied for admission to TTU
as a mathematics major are automatically considered for the Dunavin and
Volpe scholarships. Directions for how to
apply for a Stonecipher
Mathematics Scholarship can be found by clicking on the Stonecipher
Scholarship link below.
The Leonard
Dunavin Mathematics
Scholarship provides up to
$350 for
the first year of study for an incoming freshman mathematics major from
the
Upper Cumberland area.
The Angelo and
Jennette Volpe
Scholarship provides $1000 to an incoming freshman majoring
in
mathematics and needing financial assistance. Applicants
must have an ACT Math score of at least 24. The
determination of student’s financial need
is made based upon the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Dr. Angelo Volpe, former TTU President,
established this scholarship.
The STONECIPHER MATHEMATICS
SCHOLARSHIP provides
up to $2000 a year to an incoming freshman mathematics major. This scholarship can be renewed for three
additional years provided the student continues as a mathematics major
and
maintains a QPA of at least 3.0 in all mathematics courses taken and an
overall
QPA of at least 3.0.
To apply for
the Stonecipher Scholarship, students should
submit by February 1 a written description of how the
study of
mathematics relates to their career goals. These
materials should be sent to
Tennessee Tech
University
Department
of Mathematics
Scholarship
Committee
Box 5054
Cookeville, TN 38505
FOR TRANSFER
STUDENTS:
The Stonecipher
Mathematics Scholarship provides
up to $2000 each academic year to a transfer student who intends to
major in
mathematics at TTU. This scholarship can
be renewed for two additional years provided the student continues as a
mathematics major and maintains a QPA of at least 3.0 in all
mathematics
courses taken and an overall QPA of at least 3.0.
To apply for the Stonecipher
Scholarship, students should
submit by February 1 a written description of how the
study of
mathematics relates to their career goals. These
materials should be sent to
Tennessee Tech
University
Department
of Mathematics
Scholarship
Committee
Box 5054
Cookeville,
TN 38505
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
TTU UPPERCLASSMEN:
The $1,000 Dr. And Mrs. S.A.
Patil
Scholarship is
awarded
to a junior or senior mathematics major to encourage talented students
to
pursue studies in advanced mathematics. The
recipient of this scholarship may retain the
scholarship after
initial award provided he/she is making satisfactory progress toward
the
degree.
The
$1,000 Grateful
Heart Mathematics
Scholarship is
available to any full-time undergraduate mathematics major in good
standing. However, preference will be
given to eligible candidates from the Upper
Cumberland
area. The recipient of this scholarship
may retain the scholarship after initial award provided he/she is
making
satisfactory progress toward the degree.
The $1,000 Stanley Erwin M.D. Scholarship is available to
a full-time
undergraduate mathematics major with a QPA of at least 3.6. The recipient of this scholarship may retain
the scholarship after initial award provided he/she is making
satisfactory
progress toward the degree.
To apply for these scholarships, students should
submit
by February 1 an up-to-date resume and a statement of how the study of
mathematics relates to their career goals. These
materials should be sent to
Tennessee Tech
University
Department
of Mathematics
Scholarship
Committee
Box 5054
Cookeville,
TN 38505