Center for Graduate Studies
Nancy Gathings Bunch Scholarship
Established by Metropolitan Center retired Dean Nancy Gathings Bunch, this scholarship is available to students who are highly motivated, have financial need and who wish to direct their work in the service of others.
Empire State College Scholarship
Established through private contributions to the college, this scholarship provides aid to undergraduate or graduate students with financial need.
Foner Fellowship in Work, Culture and Social Change
Established in honor of Moe Foner, founder and director of the Bread and Roses Cultural Project of the National Hospital Workers Union, this fellowship is available to graduate students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program who are studying work, culture, the arts, education or social change and who are dedicated to the cultural and artistic enrichment of their community, as Moe Foner was.
Peter Gilbert Scholarship
Established in honor and memory of Mentor Peter Gilbert, this is available to undergraduate or graduate students who demonstrate a strong interest in technology and human values.
James W. Hall Scholarship
Established in honor of the first president of Empire State College, James W. Hall, this scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students.
Marjorie Meinhardt ’77 Scholarship.
Established in honor of alumna and long-time Empire State College director of alumni and student relations, Marjorie Meinhardt ’77, this scholarship is available to all undergraduate and graduate students.
Peter Silverhart Scholarship
Established by former Empire State College Foundation board member Sondra Silverhart in memory of her son Peter, this is available to undergraduate or graduate students who demonstrate a strong commitment to helping people.
Rosa Parks Scholarship
Established in 1999 by an alumna of the Graduate Studies program, this scholarship is intended to help further the graduate education of active trade unionists in the college’s labor and policy studies program by providing for partial graduate tuition. Students who wish to be considered for this award should write a letter to the chair of the graduate labor and policy studies program indicating their interest to be considered and the trade union to which they belong. The deadline for the letter of application is January 1 of each year. For more information, contact Roger Keeran, labor and policy studies chair, at Roger.Keeran@esc.edu.
State University of New York (SUNY) Graduate Diversity Fellowship Program (GDFP)
This program will assist the college in the recruitment, enrollment and retention of students in master's level programs who can demonstrate that they will contribute to the diversity of the student body in their program and that they have overcome a disadvantage or other impediment to success in higher education. Preference is given to applicants who have not yet enrolled as a matriculated graduate student at Empire State College. The fellowship covers tuition and fees for the fall and spring terms. Contact the assistant director for student services at the Center for Graduate Programs for information, 518 587-2100, ext. 2267or Pat.Ryan@esc.edu.
David Yamada '99 Labor Relations Scholarship
Established by alumnus David Yamada '99, this scholarship is available to graduate students with financial need enrolled in the labor and policy studies program who are studying labor education and labor organizing.
Additional Graduate Student Fellowships, Internships and Scholarships
For additional information on graduate student fellowships, internships and scholarships, please click here (goes to another portion of the Empire State College website).
