Special Education Funds
Total funds: 37
Ashby-Lockman Family Future Special Education Teacher Scholarship
This fund was established by sisters Dana '85, M.S. '87 and Dianne Ashby, and Jack Lockman, husband of Dianne, to provide financial assistance to help outstanding special education majors meet their educational goals. Dana serves as the Director of Special Education for the Morton school district. Dianne served as the Vice President of ...
Special Education Assistive Technology Center
The Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center fund supports the programs and operations of the Center. The SEAT Center was established August 21, 2001 by the Illinois Board of Higher Education and serves as a center of excellence where partnerships among people advance the knowledge and practice of assistive technology solutions to ...
Special Education General Fund
The Special Education General Fund provides support for the activities, programs and operations associated with the department. The Department of Special Education at Illinois State University is one of the largest and most respected special education programs in the country.
Amy's Gift Endowed Scholarship
Amy O'Reilly Fisher was a devoted mother, wife, and educator. She received degrees in deaf education (Illinois State University, 1993) and educational administration (Governors State University, 2002), and her career with special needs and deaf children spanned 10 years. She always went the extra mile to ensure her students received whatever ...
Evelyn J. Rex Scholarship
The Evelyn J. Rex Scholarship was established in September 2000 with an initial gift from the Evelyn J. Rex Trust. Additional gifts from the Trust were received in 2006 along with gifts from other donors. Evelyn Rex passed away in 2009, leaving her estate for the scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a full-time undergraduate or graduate ...
Special Education Assistive Technology Center Savings Fund
The former Kara Peters Endowed Chair in Special Education Assistive Technology (5306818) was closed at the request of the original donor. The remaining (as of June 30, 2011) principal and expendable funds from that endowment were transferred to the new fund. The Special Education Assistive Technology Center Savings Fund will be used to support ...
Kelli Stackhouse Appel Special Education Scholarship
Mrs. Kelli Stackhouse Appel graduated from Illinois State University in December 1989. While at ISU, Mrs. Appel was an outstanding student and was appointed as one of the Bone Scholars of 1989-1990. During her first year as a dedicated teacher in the field of special education, teaching children with multiple disabilities, Mrs. Appel donated ...
Alexander Montgomery Memorial Scholarship Fund
The purpose of the Alexander Montgomery Memorial Scholasrhip Fund is to provide financial assistance to a senior at ISU majoring in special education, with a preferable specialty in teaching those with learning disabilities. The scholarship, a restricted account, will be funded through $2,100 in memorial donations. Three annual $700 ...
Betty Phillips Watson Fund in Special Education Department
The Betty Phillips Watson Fund in Special Education Department was established in 2019 to provide support for students majoring in special education with demonstrated financial need. Preference is given to transfer or nontraditional students.
Dean Hage Memorial Fund
The Dean Hage Memorial Fund was established by family, friends, colleagues, and former students as a memorial for Dean S. Hage. This scholarship is awarded to a junior-level student majoring in Special Education in the teacher-preparation sequence.
Diversity Recognition Award
Each year, the Diversity Recognition Award Fund will provide one-half of the funding for the COE Minority Scholarship for Future Teachers in the Special Education Department. This fund will also provide a minimum award of $500 to a continuing undergraduate or graduate student who meets the criteria. Candidates for the award must be continuing ...
Dr. Meg Hutchins Memorial Endowed Scholarship
The Dr. Meg Hutchins Memorial Endowed Scholarship was created by colleagues, family, alumni, and friends to honor the memory of Margaret Penn Hutchins, a faculty member in the Special Education Department from 1995-2005. Her interests focused on successful transition of youth with disabilities from school to adult life. She was posthumously ...
Dr. Tina Taylor Family Scholarship in Special Education
The Taylor Family Scholarship for Student Teaching in Special Education was established to financially support those students pursing the special education field during their student teaching.
Heimsoth Family Scholarship
This Heimsoth Family Scholarship was created in 1987 by Tom Heimsoth to stimulate alumni and faculty contributions to Special Education. The scholarship is awarded to upper-level undergraduate or graduate students in special education, rehabilitation, or human services curriculum with an intent to work in such a field.
Janice McElvain Back-a-Bird Scholarship
Janice McElvain is creating a Back-a-Bird scholarship to award students in the Special Education field. Due to the outstanding education Janice received at Illinois State University, she went on to have a successful career as a Special Education teacher. She wants to enable SPED students at Illinois State University to have that same opportunity.
Justin E. Jensen Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund
This scholarship was created with donations from family, friends, former teachers, classmates, and supporters from Justin's hometown of Bartlett as well as surrounding communities. Justin enjoyed volunteering with Special Olympics events, participated in activities with his school, was a National Honor Society member, and was athlete of the ...
Kathryn Oltman Memorial Scholarship
To honor Kathryn Oltman, who had disabilities and was a very treasured member of her family. This scholarship is for the hard work it takes to be accepted and succeed in the Special Education Department at ISU; to encourage students pursuing a career in Special Education. Scholarship funds will be provided to the Special Education students in ...
Kelley Dennis Scholarship
The Kelley Dennis Scholarship was established in 1993 in memory of Kelley Dennis by her family. The scholarship is awarded to students majoring in Special Education with a long-term commitment to teaching students with disabilities.
Lanny Morreau Student Research Fund
Distinguished Professor of Special Education Lanny E. Morreau earned his bachelor's degree at ISNU in 1961 & later taught at ISU for 27 years before his death on May 11, 2001. Lanny Morreau invested much of his time & energy mentoring students on research projects during his career at ISU. To honor Lanny's contributions to this area, the ...
Lawrence D. Vuillemot Scholarship
Lawrence Vuillemot laid the ground work for the special education field-based program. He was a strong supporter for programs serving children with disabilities. The fund, established in his honor by friends and relatives, supports an outstanding upper-division undergraduate student entering, or achieving in, a special education-based or field ...
Lawson Legacy Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Lawson Legacy Family Scholarship was initially established in 2009 in honor of the 60th wedding anniversary of Robert Kent Lawson and Helen Delores Akers Lawson. Robert and Delores met while attending Illinois State Normal University. Robert's mother, Avis Anna Crosby Lawson, also an alum of Illinois State, influenced all four of her ...
Marie Struble Johnson Scholarship
Marie Struble Johnson graduated from ISNU in 1917. Upon her death in 1975, her brother gave the University a long-term note in honor of his sister. The note is worth (at maturity) approximately $32,500. A scholarship in Marie's name is to be established with a portion of these funds. The remaining portion of the gift was used to establish an ...
Marilyn and Ronald Blake Scholarship in Special Education
The Marilyn and Ronald Blake Scholarship in Special Education was established in 2021 to provide financial assistance for students enrolled in a special education sequence. The scholarship supports an incoming freshman, with preference given to students from Bloomington High School or Richwoods High School.
Nancy K. Daniels Scholarship
The Nancy K. Daniels Scholarship was established in 2007 through a gift of $2,000 to the ISU Foundation. Nancy Daniels was employed at ISU for twenty years. With the exception of one year, her whole career was spent in the Special Education Department. She was proud to have been part of ISU and wanted to give back to the University which had ...
Para-Professional Pipeline P.U.L.S.E. Fund
The Wheeler Foundation was started upon the passing of Charles and Maxine Wheeler. Maxine, a special education teacher and Charles a psychologist, dedicated their lives to enriching and empowering students with learning and behavioral challenges. From 1964-2002, The Wheeler's operated The Wheeler Home Farm School in Rankin, where students ...
Patricia Peffer Helphinstine Endowed Scholarship in Special Education
The Patricia Peffer Helphinstine Endowed Scholarship in Special Education was established in 2017 by Payton Helphinstine, loving widower of Patricia after her passing in November 2016. The purpose of the scholarship is to honor Patricia and to encourage, support, recruit, and reward students enrolled in the College of Education Special ...
Rebecca Thoman Ward Endowed Scholarship
The Rebecca Thoman Ward Endowed Scholarship was established in 2017 by Rebecca Thoman Ward and William Ward. The scholarship assists students majoring in special education at Illinois State University with an emphasis in Deaf and hard of hearing or students with previous experience working in the area of autism.
Robert and Karen Walter Special Education Scholarship
Scholarship: Provide financial assistance for two students, who will received $750 each in the Spring semester.
Rose E. Parker Graduate Student Scholarship
The Rose E. Parker Graduate Student Scholarship was established in 1989 through a gift from the Rose E. Parker Trust. The fund provides financial support for a graduate student in the Special Education Department who intended to teach children with disabilities. Candidates much be enrolled in good standing at Illinois State University as a ...
Sertoma Club of Springfield, Illinois Scholarship in Special Education
The Sertoma Club of Springfield, Illinois Scholarship in Special Education was established in 2023 by members of the Sertoma Club of Springfield, Illinois in order to provide financial assistance to students majoring in Special Education: Deaf Hard of Hearing at Illinois State University.
Vivette Ravel Rifkin Memorial Scholarship
The Vivette Ravel Rifkin Endowed Scholarship was established to honor Vivette Ravel Rifkin, who dedicated her life to assisting persons who are blind and/or visually impaired. Vivette began reading books to her daughter, Jill, to help her experience the joys of reading. Realizing that other individuals had the same need, Vivette founded ...
Wanda and Dale Weaver Endowed Scholarship and Fellowship
This endowment was established in 2002 by Wanda and Dale Weaver. The scholarship is awarded to a junior, senior, or graduate student in special education with special consideration given to those in the deaf or hard of hearing sequence.
Waneta Sedgewick Catey Scholarship
This endowment was created in 1999 by Waneta Sedgewick Catey, an ISNU staff member from 1936-1943 and 1946-1952. In addition to supervising teachers in the one room school major, she also served as Principal of the Special Education school at Fairchild Hall. The scholarship is awarded to a full-time sophomore or junior majoring in Special ...
Ward Family Trust Memorial Scholarship
Candidates for the James and Edith Aagesen Ward Family Trust Memorial Scholarship must be enrolled as a full-time junior or senior Special Education student in good standing at ISU, have demonstrated academic achievement via cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, have demonstrated commitment and skills to educate ...
Wheeler Foundation Fund for Special Education Students
The Wheeler Foundation Fund for Special Education Students was established upon the passing of Charles and Maxine Wheeler. Maxine, a special education teacher and Charles a psychologist, dedicated their lives to enriching and empowering students with learning and behavioral challenges. From 1964-2002, the Wheeler's operated the Wheeler home ...
joyce gillie gossom Endowed Special Education Scholarship
The joyce gillie gossom Endowed Special Education Scholarship was established in 2020 by joyce gillie gossom and Thoms Gossom, Jr. The scholarship supports students in the Learning and Behavior Program in the Department of Special Education. Preference given to students who are graduates of a Chicago Public School.