Endowments
Endowment funds are like blocks of granite. They last. And last. And one way you extend your influence into the future is by carving your name in a Texas Woman’s University Foundation endowment fund.
Generations from now, the students, faculty, and staff of Texas Woman’s University will benefit from your foresight and generosity. They will see your name on your endowment and know that you once cared enough to support the ongoing mission of Texas Woman’s University.
You can create an endowment in your own name or you can memorialize a loved one or someone else who strongly impacted your life, such as a teacher, a spouse or a trusted friend.
Endowments can be established with the Texas Woman’s University Foundation now, during your life. You can use cash, securities, real estate—almost anything of value. Or you can arrange for an endowment to be established through your will at the time of death. You may also name the TWU Foundation as a beneficiary to your insurance policy or retirement plan.
Some alums and friends do both. They establish an endowment now so they can watch it grow and enjoy the satisfaction of seeing their fund benefit students, faculty, and staff. They may add to it periodically and possibly encourage family members and friends to get involved. Then, through their wills, they make a provision for a final and often larger contribution to the endowment.
One reason for establishing an endowment now is to have in place a means whereby friends and loved ones can tangibly express their thoughtfulness in your honor or during times of bereavement. Being able to give to something permanent that represents your ongoing influence can mean a lot to them.
When you establish an endowment, you accomplish several things. You express confidence in the future of Texas Woman’s University; you create a lasting heritage; you encourage present and future leadership; and you truly make a difference in the lives of so many students, faculty and staff.
Scholarships - Academic and Program
| Betty J. Reynolds Anderson Endowment Fund | supports research in Health Sciences at the TWU Houston Center |
| Julia Hill Atwell and Mary Marshall Memorial Endowment Fund | support for registration and all travel expenses to regional and national conferences; preference to students majoring in the area of Art |
| Marilyn Bagwell Faculty Development Endowment | support for professional development of faculty in the College of Nursing |
| Dianne I. Baker Athletics Scholarship Endowment | support gymnastics athletic scholarships |
| Mary Ann Mathews Baker Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships in the College of Nursing |
| Albert Barstis Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring within the Social Work Program |
| Robert O. Benfield Memorial Endowment | scholarships for students who plan careers in higher education and educational enhancement through college courses or professional development opportunities for staff employed at a level below that of Director in Fiscal Affairs |
| Richard and Marji Bentley Music Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for undergraduate students majoring in music education |
| The J. Wilkes Berry, Ph.D. Memorial Endowment Fund | scholarships which encourage the career, educational, and personal growth of non-managerial staff; preference to those seeking a baccalaureate degree |
| Henry H. and Evelyn M. Blagg Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring in English |
| Sondra Bonnington Endowed Special Education Scholarship | scholarships for students in Special Education |
| Judge Ben Boyd Memorial Scholarship Fund | scholarships for nursing students |
| Linda Joanne Brock Endowed Professorship | support for faculty in Family Sciences emphasizing teaching, research and scholarship in human sexuality and family diversity |
| Nita Parker Brogdon Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring in Library & Information Studies |
| The Richard Brooks Scholarship Endowment | scholarships in the field by the Southwest Institute of Design |
| Jessie Northcutt Brown Scholarship Endowment Fund | supports scholarships for nursing, social work, music and/or women's studies |
| Dr. Derrell Bulls Endowment Fund | student scholarships & faculty development in equal measure within Business & Economics |
| Shaun Burns Scholarship | general scholarships |
| The Dr. Helen A. Bush Nursing Endowment | scholarships for outstanding graduate students in College of Nursing |
| Grace Fewell Carothers Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships to undergraduate students demonstrating academic excellence and financial need; first preference is Early Childhood Ed majors; and second preference is for majors in other fields within the College of Education & Human Ecology |
| John Winston Carter Scholarship Endowment Fund | grants, scholarships & awards shall be made in aid of students attending the College of Nursing on the Houston campus |
| Chancellor's Endowed Scholarship Fund | scholarships for outstanding new full-time students on the basis of outstanding academic achievement, leadership/service in school and community activities |
| LaVerne Collins Chatfield Scholarship Endowment Fund in the Department of Business and Economics | scholarships for students majoring in Business & Economics |
| Alice Collier Clark Endowment | scholarships for graduate students in the School of Management |
| Class of 1952 Endowed Scholarship | scholarship for full-time undergraduate students |
| 1953 Class Endowed Scholarship Fund | scholarship for full-time undergraduate students on the Denton campus |
| 1954 Class Endowed Scholarship Fund | scholarship for full-time undergraduate students |
| 1959 Class Endowed Scholarship Fund | scholarship for undergraduate students; student must be a Junior or Senior |
| Alan W. Cockerline Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for in-state undergraduate students majoring in biology |
| Coffee-Tumlinson Endowment Fund | supports Faculty Development |
| Sarah Verna Cox Coffey Endowed Scholarship | scholarships for full-time students majoring in music; preference in piano |
| Dr. Boots Cooper Athletic Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for athletes; preference to an athlete whose career goal is the practice of medicine |
| COPE Centennial Scholarship Fund | scholarships for graduate students in professional education (teacher education, bilingual education, ESL education, special education, or educational administration) |
| Anita Cowan Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring in social work |
| Sarah Lucretia Cowan Scholarship Endowment Fund | supports one full student academic scholarship annually; preference given for students majoring in Home Economics; additional earnings may be used for faculty development |
| Josephine Henry Cox Scholarship Endowment Fund | general scholarships |
| Nancy Johnson Coyle Endowment Fund | benefits students in the master's program of Women's Studies |
| Gabrielle and Joseph Crighton Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for graduate students within Early Childhood & Special Education; preference given to students studying dyslexia |
| Angela Denise Crockett, Officer Candidate Seaman U.S. Navy TWU, Class of 1992 Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for the College of Nursing |
| Joyce M. Cronk, Ph.D., Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring in health, physical education & recreation |
| Catherine Currie Endowment in Occupational Therapy | scholarships, faculty development, lectureship or research as directed by a faculty committee in OT |
| Curry Endowment Fund | support for single parents with dependent children |
| Arlyne Hagaard Daly Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for Business & Economics |
| Ethelyn Davis Graduate Fellowship Endowment Agreement in Sociology | benefits a graduate fellowship in Sociology |
| Dawson Endowment | scholarships for singleparents who reside in single parent housing |
| Dr. John L. Dawson Sr. Endowment Fund | scholarships for students in the Doctoral program in Rhetoric |
| Professor and Mrs. John L. Dawson, Sr. and Dr. and Mrs. Hubert G. Driggs Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships in History & Government |
| Edith & Edgar Deen Communications Scholarship | benefits students enrolled full-time with GPA at least 3.0 |
| Dorothy D. DeMoss Memorial Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for students majoring in History & Government |
| Susan Cass Doroghazi Faculty Excellence Awards Endowment | support faculty excellence awards in the College of Nursing |
| Mildred Dulaney Scholarship Endowment Fund | support scholarships in Library Sciences |
| Virginia Chandler Dykes Scholarship Fund | scholarships for graduate students in OT |
| Catherine Cloud Edwards and Code Errol Edwards Endowment Fund | supports program development, faculty development and scholarships in Visual Arts |
| The Rowena Caldwell Elkin Endowment Fund | scholarships for Visual Arts |
| Maurine Faulkner Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for students majoring in Nutrition & Food Sciences or Mathematics |
| Bernice A. Fischer Endowment Fund for Faculty Excellence | support for faculty development within the Department of English, Speech, & Foreign Languages |
| Amanda Flemming Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders |
| Soraya and Joseph Fletcher and Carolyn S. Gunning Nursing Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for licensed vocational nurses enrolled in the nursing program |
| Norman G. Foster Endowment in Chemistry | scholarships for students majoring in Chemistry |
| Herb and Della French Scholarship Endowment | supports scholarships for undergraduate students pursuing a career in adapted physical education |
| Dr. Robert Fuerst Endowment | scholarships for students and faculty in the Department of Biology |
| Lavon B. Fulwiler Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students in the Department of English, Speech & Foreign Languages |
| Galvan Scholarship Endowment Fund | general scholarships |
| Hoy Casey Gatlin Endowment | scholarships for undergraduate students in Business & Economics |
| The Hoy and Gene Gatlin Scholaraship Endowment Fund | supports scholarships for students majoring in Business within the School of Management |
| The Grace Emanuel Gilkeson Fellowship | fellowship for a students seeking a Ph.D. in OT |
| Nancy Glick Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for students majoring in Dental Hygiene |
| Mary Beth Glover Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring in Business & Economics with special consideration for Accounting, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts |
| Dr. Ben Goldbeck Endowment Fund for the Department of Mathematics | support initiatives of the Department of Mathematics |
| Kathleen May Gonzalez Scholarship Endowment Fund | general scholarships |
| Katherine Warren Gould Endowment | support for the TWU Libraries |
| Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition Endowment | scholarships for graduate photography students in Visual Arts |
| Margaret Griffin Doctoral Scholarship Endowment In Reading | scholarships for students admitted as doctoral students in Reading |
| Carolyn S. Gunning Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships in the College of Nursing |
| Gladys Hobbs Hall Endowment Fund in Memory of Ruth Budd Galbraith | support the acquisition of library books for Women's Studies |
| Charles Harrill Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring in Drama |
| Mildred McCauley Hawk Scholarship Endowment in Reading | scholarships for students in Reading |
| William Randolph Hearst Endowment For Students/Parents | educational costs, which may include living expenses, healthcare and childcare for student/parent ,with a special emphasis on single parents who intend to reside in the US after completing their studies |
| Joan Mansfield Henkhaus Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for students majoring in Nutrition & Food Sciences, Family Sciences, and Fashion & Textile with preference to single parents |
| Kate Adele Hill Scholarship Fund | general scholarships |
| Bart and Ruth Hodges Endowment Fund | support tuition, fees and books for students entering the freshman level and who are enrolled in the Honors Scholars Program |
| Lucille Hook Charitable Remainder Unitrust | support for faculty development who teach English in the Department of English, Speech, & Foreign Languages |
| Mary Evelyn B. Huey Scholarship | for general support of the Library |
| Millie Hughes-Fulford in Memory of Charlie Hughes Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for TWU students who are also parents |
| Dr. Karen A. Jackson Psychology Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for full-time undergraduate students majoring in Psychology |
| Mary Gibbs Jones Endowed Scholarships in Nursing | scholarships for students who have been accepted for admission or are enrolled in upper division or graduate level nursing courses in the TWU College of Nursing |
| Mrs. Tilford (Audrey) Jones Scholarship | annual scholarship for students enrolled in the College of Health Sciences |
| Sheila K. Kellagher Occupational Therapy Endowment | supports priority needs or projects of the School of OT |
| Sheila K. Kellagher Endowment For Physical Therapy | supports the priority needs or projects of the School of PT |
| Jacinda Simone Kennedy Memorial Scholarship | scholarships for students majoring in Health Studies |
| Marian Woodland Kirkpatrick Endowment Fund for the Center for Research on Women's Health | supports the Center for Research on Women's Health |
| The Darlene A. Kluka Scholarship | annual scholarship for full-time students majoring in Kinesiology |
| Dr. Turner Kobler Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for graduate students in Historical Rhetoric |
| Dr. Leslie R. Kreps Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for graduate students in English, undergraduate Jr./Sr. English majors or undergraduate speech students |
| Norma M. Kudiesy Athletic Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for a playing member of a TWU pioneers athletic team |
| Jo Kuhn Endowment Fund for Women's Athletics | scholarships for student athletes participating in the Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Scholarship program |
| The Pauline Bishop Leman Memorial Scholarship Fund | annual award to graduating senior students who have made "the most outstanding artistic achievement" |
| The Pauline Bishop Leman Memorial Award | supports annual expenses of the Memorial Award |
| Vivian Liddell Scholarship Fund | supports scholarships for deserving female students by providing one-half of their tuition and fees each semester for all four (4) years at the university. The scholarship shall be made to a female student of good moral character who has a financial need and at least a "C" (2.0 Grade Point Average). The scholarship will be administered by the TWU Scholarship Committee. Preference given to student who meets criteria and is pursuing a career in teaching. Recipients must maintain at least a "C" average each semester or lose the aid for the remainder of her college career. |
| Aileen S. Lockhart Scholarship Endowment | scholarships within the Dance Program; preference given to graduate students |
| Marilyn N. and Ken Love Endowment Fund | general scholarships |
| Lawrence and Stel Marie Lowman Faculty Enrichment Endowed Fund | supports annual faculty enrichment and retention of the College of Nursing - Houston Campus |
| Dr. Helen A. Ludeman Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students within the Department of Chemistry |
| Nora Edna Manning Scholarship Endowment | scholarships within the School of Fine Arts; with an emphasis on music and/or art majors |
| Mabel E. Maxcy Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for female graduate students studying in any field of Visual Arts |
| Dorothy and Wendell Mayes Scholarship Endowment Fund | support scholarships for one or more graduates of Brownwood High School in Brownwood, Texas |
| JoAn Rutledge McDaniel Endowment Fund | scholarships for undergraduate students majoring in the Drama program, and for undergraduate students whose majors are within the area of English or whose studies are within the area of English, Speech & Foreign Languages |
| Melanie F. McWaters Scholarship | annual scholarship for undergraduate students in the College of Professional Education who has a family member in the US Military on either active duty, retired or reserve status |
| Mary Cartwright Brown Merrick and Helen Baldwin Bauer Smith Endowment Fund | scholarships students majoring in sociology, history or the fine arts |
| Mary Alice Harris Metcalf Scholarship Endowment | support students in the College of Nursing- Houston Center |
| Helen B. Miniter Scholarship for Native American Indians and African-Amricans | supports one full academic scholarship annually for an undergraduate, senior student whose academic performance meets the required number of semester credit hours needed to graduate; preference shall be given to Native American Indians and African-Americans. |
| J. R. B. "Bob" Moore Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for an undergraduate student at the junior level pursuing a career in nursing |
| Edward W. Morrison, Jr. Endowment Fund for Nutrition and Food Sciences | |
| Marguerite Ann & Mary Agnes Murphy Memorial Scholarship in Kinesiology | scholarships for Kinesiology students |
| Dr. Bettye Myers Endowed Scholarship Fund | scholarships for graduate students whose studies are within the area of sports management |
| Antoinette M. Nagengast Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for incoming or transfer students majoring in Nursing and/or dietetics |
| Helen Coniglio Norgaard Endowment Fund | support the development of the Women's Collection Digital Library |
| Stella Owsley Endowed Memorial Scholarship | general scholarships |
| Pacesetters of Greater Lewisville Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for female residents of Lewisville, Flower Mound, Highland Village, of Denton County, Texas, who are at least twenty-one years of age |
| Roberta "Bobbie" Peters Scholarship | annual scholarship for full-time students majoring in Kinesiology |
| Maude Hemperley Pettit Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for students majoring in Business |
| Gerry F. Pullium Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring in Occupational Therapy |
| Sadie Jones Ragsdale Memorial Scholarship Fund | scholarships for students majoring in speech or hearing fields |
| J. Newton Rayzor Endowment Fund | general scholarships |
| Ermance Rejebian Scholarship | annual scholarship for students majoring in Library & Information Studies; preference given to Children's Service Librarian or School Librarian majors |
| Myrtle Budd Richardson Memorial Scholarship Endowment | scholarships to students majoring in Fashion Merchandising or Fashion Design |
| Joyce Phillips Rinehart Endowment Fund | scholarships for students within the School of Library & Information Studies |
| Richard Rodean Music Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for students majoring in Music |
| Dorothy Halle Sinks Rodgers Endowment Fund | for purchase of professional journal subscriptions for the School of OT and to update the TWU library's collection of books for the School of OT |
| Flora Nell Roebuck Endowment | benefits student based on academic excellence, financial need and high quality of interpersonal and social skills and dedicated to the education of the "whole child" |
| Ila Bost Roebuck Endowment Fund | benefit students dedicated to English grammar teaching in public secondary schools |
| Betty Lee Russell Scholarship Endowment Fund | benefit students majoring in OT |
| Melvin E. Rust Memorial Scholarship Endowment | benefit students majoring in Teacher Education |
| Sammons Fellowship Endowment Fund for the School of OT | endowed fellowships for graduate education of outstanding OT students |
| Sanborn Scholarship | scholarship for full-time student majoring in Kinesiology |
| Mabel Pearson and Charles H. Saunders Endowment Fund | scholarships for women majoring in Business & Economics |
| Mary Beth Foshee Scull Scholarship | Preference given to students who have previously held a Mary Beth Foshee Scull Scholarship in Mass Communications and who may still be attending TWU in another field of study. |
| Mary Marshall Settlemyre Endowment Fund | support TWU's recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty |
| Dr. Lee Rowe Sewell Scholarship Fund | supports scholarships for graduate students majoring in occupational therapy |
| Sigma Phi Alpha Scholarship Endowment | supports scholarships for students in the Department of Dental Hygiene |
| The Alvin A. Smith, Dora Mae Smith, and Bettye Smith Mischen Dunbar Memorial Education Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for students in the pursuit of an Education degree with a major in Administration as a first priority, Math as a second priority followed by Elementary Education or English |
| Rose Marie Smith Endowment Scholarship for Student Teachers in Mathematics and Computer Science | scholarships for students during their student teaching experience in Mathematics and/or Computer Science |
| Sterling L. Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund | scholarships for undergraduate biology majors |
| Hazle Ruth Nelson Snodgrass Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring in Art |
| Mabel Williams Sowell Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarship for student majoring in Family Sciences |
| Patricia George Sparks Endowment | general scholarships; preference to students majoring in Chemistry |
| Bill and Ann Stokes Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for students majoring in Drama |
| Ann Stuart, Ph.D. and Ray R. Poliakoff Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarship to be given to a student that demonstrates significant financial need, must score 1050 or more on the SAT or equivalent score on the ACT. Once selected, this will be a four year commitment if the student maintains a 3.3 GPA |
| E. Anne Sugars Endowment Fund | scholarships for student whose studies are within the area of Adapted PE |
| Ruth Ramey Sweeney Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for students majoring in the counseling program within the Department of Family Sciences |
| Taiwanese Student Association | scholarships for graduate students |
| Dr. Deborah Tapler Scholarship Endowment In Nursing | scholarship for senior nursing students attending the Dallas Parkland Center |
| The Van Q. and Jane Ellis Telford Endowment for the Little Chapel-in-the-Woods | support for the Little Chapel-in-the-Woods |
| Texas Foundation for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Endowment Fund | support lecture programs on athletics for women |
| Texas Woman's University Athletics Hall of Fame Endowment | underwrite and support the annual TWU Athletics Hall of Fame induction program and related activities |
| Texas Women's Hall of Fame Endowment | support for the Texas Women's Hall of Fame at TWU |
| Elizabeth Thomas Library Endowment Fund | support for the preservation of the TWU Library's photograph collections and/or to establish an oral history project to preserve the history of profesional women such as educators, pilots, writers, and artists |
| Joyce Thompson Friends of the Library Endowment Fund | support for lecture programs for the "Friends of the Library" |
| Tumlinson Stroke Center | support research at the TWU Stroke Center - Dallas; the potential of pharmacolgic approaches to accelerate recovery from stroke and the research of the efficacy of a drug combination paired with language therapy to accelerate recovery from aphasia following stroke |
| Clarice Mixson Turner Endowment | support scholarships within the College of Arts & Sciences, first preference given to students majoring in English |
| TWU Great 100 Nursing Alumni Faculty Excellence Endowment | support for TWU nursing faculty member(s) to participate in vital professional opportunties |
| TWU Leadership Institute | support for the TWU Leadership Institute |
| TWU Woman's Collection Endowment Honoring A. Elizabeth Taylor | support for the TWU Woman's Collection |
| Dr. G. Ann Uhlir Endowed Fellowship for Higher Education Administration Fund | support a fellowship in higher education administration to a TWU academic administrator, faculty member, or student |
| Bill and Ruth Vogel Endowment Fund for TWU Gymnastics | support for the TWU Gymnastics program as set out by the Head Gymnastics Coach under the rules and guidelines of the NCAA regulations |
| Peggy and L. M. Waddell Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students who are pre-med or Science majors |
| Women Airforce Service Pilots, WW II Endowment Fund | support for the WASP, WWII Archival Collection |
| Sarah Weddington Scholarship Endowment | scholarships for students majoring in History and Government |
| Ralph and Kay West Endowment Fund in Honor of Frances Myers deCordova | scholarships for students majoring in areas within Library & Information Sciences |
| Fred Westcourt Scholarship | scholarships for students majoring in the College of Arts & Sciences |
| Autrey Nell Wiley Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund | scholarships for students majoring in English |