IX. Scholarships and Other Awards
Bachelor of Science
Entrance Scholarships
| Amos & William Lowe Memorial Scholarship [E0158] |
| Endowed by the late William B. Lowe of Fort Francis, Ontario. Preference will be given first to eligible students from the district of Rainy River, then from the district of Kenora or Thunder Bay, and finally from the remaining districts of Northern Ontario. Application not required. Two awards of $1,250 paid in two installments of $625. |
| Donor(s): |
William B. Lowe and Amos Edgar Lowe
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| Qualification(s): |
Student entering any of the undergraduate degree programs of the Ontario Agricultural College. |
| Amount: |
2 awards of $1,250 |
| Angelo and Frank Agro Undergraduate Scholarship [E0520] |
| Provided by the Agro Scholarship Fund. Apply by April 1 to Student Financial Services, including a covering letter describing your activities within 4H (details of 4H club membership, creativity in support of 4H activities, participation in activities and events, volunteer leadership roles, etc.) and a letter of reference from a 4H club official attesting to your involvement. $4,000 ($1,000 annually for four years). |
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| Qualification(s): |
Full-time students entering semester 1 who have attained a minimum 80% admission average in their graduating year from high school. The scholarship will be awarded to the eligible student demonstrating the greatest past or continuing involvement with 4H activities. Recipients must maintain full-time studies and at least a 70% program average each year for continuation of the award. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $4,000 |
| Board of Governors' Scholarships [E0317] |
| The scholarship will be paid in eight equal installments with the first and second payments payable shortly after registration in semesters 1 and 2. The 3rd to 8th payments are contingent upon obtaining a minimum average of 80% over the previous two semesters of full-time study. Students who fail to qualify for a payment may re-qualify by subsequently obtaining an 80% or better average over the previous two semesters of full-time study. Application not required. Twenty-five awards of $8,000 ($2,000 annually for 4 years). |
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| Qualification(s): |
Outstanding students entering semester 1 |
| Amount: |
25 awards of $8,000 |
| December 6th Memorial Scholarship [E0005] |
| This scholarship, established by the Faculty Association, is awarded in memory of the fourteen women murdered in December 1989 at Ecole Polytechnique and is intended to attract women to a profession that is largely comprised of men. Application not required. $2,250 ($750 in each of semesters 1, 3 and 5). |
| Donor(s): |
University of Guelph Faculty Association
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| Qualification(s): |
Female student who is a Canadian Citizen or Permanent resident of Canada enrolled in the College of Physical and Engineering Science. The recipient will be selected on the basis of academic performance. For continued eligibility beyond semester 1, the student must maintain a minimum of 70% cumulative average. Demonstrated financial need may also be considered. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $2,250 |
| Earl B. MacNaughton Entrance Scholarships [E0172] |
| Established by friends, faculty, staff, alumni and students of the University to honour Earl B. MacNaughton, former head of the Department of Physics and founding Dean of the College of Physical Science. Application not required. |
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| Qualification(s): |
Students with high academic standing, entering an honours program in the College of Physical and Engineering Science. Emphasis will be given to academic achievement in high school science and mathematics. |
| Amount: |
4 awards of $1,000 |
| Elite Swine Entrance Scholarship [E0532] |
| This award is provided by Elite Swine Inc. to assist students entering an OAC undergraduate Program. High schools will forward nominations to the OAC Awards Committee by September 15. |
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| Qualification(s): |
High school graduates who have applied to OAC undergraduate programs, based on admission average, contributions to their schools and communities and on their potential to become leaders in society. Preference will be given to students with a strong interest in animal science, particularly swine production. |
| Amount: |
5 awards of $1,000 |
| Frederick Hutt Scholarships [E0319] |
| Dr. Frederick B. Hutt, O.A.C. '23 and Professor Emeritus of Animal Genetics at Cornell University offers this scholarship. Application not required. |
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| Qualification(s): |
Students from Wellington County entering a College of Biological Science program with a minimum admission average of 85%. |
| Amount: |
2 awards of $700 |
| Gordon McNally Memorial Award [E0203] |
| In memory of Gordon McNally, Professor of Zoology in the Ontario Agricultural College (1934-1971) and College of Biological Science (1971-1979), who had a great interest in extracurricular activities. Applications by students or recommendations by high school teachers should be made by letter to the Associate Registrar, Student Financial Services by April 1. |
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| Qualification(s): |
Students entering any undergraduate program in the College of Biological Sciences. The recipient will be selected on the basis of academic performance and demonstration of outstanding contributions to extracurricular activities and/or community services. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $500 |
| Gordon W. Innes Scholarship [E0140] |
| Established by the Gordon W. "Sparky" Innes Scholarship Fund Committee of the Woodstock Agricultural Society. Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
Gordon W. 'Sparky' Innes Scholarship Fund Committee of the Woodstock Agricultural Society
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| Qualification(s): |
Student from Oxford County with the highest admission average. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $1,400 |
| Honours Chemistry [E0130] |
| Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
Faculty of the Department of Chemistry and their scholarship fund
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| Qualification(s): |
Student entering the first semester level of the B.SC. program. The student must declare the intention to pursue an honours program in Chemistry. The award will be made in 2 installments of $250 each in the student's first 2 semesters provided an average of 80% is obtained in the 1st semester. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $500 |
| Honours Mathematics or Statistics Scholarship [E0131] |
| Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
Faculty of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, via the CPES Scholarship Fund
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| Qualification(s): |
Student entering the first semester level of the B.SC. or B.A.program who declares the intention to pursue an honours program in Mathematics or Statistics. The scholarship will be made in 2 installments of $250 in each of the student's first 2 semesters with the second installment to be conditional upon the student obtaining an average of 80% in the 1st semester. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $500 |
| Honours Physics Scholarship [E0132] |
| Offered by the Department of Physics, these awards will be made based on the student's admission average. A minimum 85% admission average is required to be considered. Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
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| Qualification(s): |
Students entering the first semester level of the B.SC. program or the B.SC. (Tech.) program with high academic standing and a declared intention of pursuing a major in Physics, Physics and Technology, Biophysics, Chemical Physics, or Theoretical Physics, or a Co-op stream of these programs. |
| Amount: |
Several awards of $4,000 |
| International Student Entrance Scholarships [E0408] |
| In support of the University's strategic direction of internationalism, entrance scholarships are available each Fall semester to the top international students entering their first semester of an undergraduate degree program at the University of Guelph. Applicants must submit all relevant documentation for admission consideration by March 1 to be considered for a scholarship. These scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis. Application not required. |
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| Qualification(s): |
Students on a "student visa" entering an undergraduate degree program at the University of Guelph with a record of high academic achievement and extracurricular involvement, and studying full-time. This award is offered for the first year of study. |
| Amount: |
Several awards ranging in value from $500 - $6,000 |
| J.D. MacLachlan Scholarship [E0170] |
| Provided by the family of J.D. MacLachlan. Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
The J.D. MacLachlan Trust
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| Qualification(s): |
Student entering the University with the highest admission average. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $1,500 |
| Lincoln Alexander Chancellor's Scholarship [E0493] |
| These scholarships, named to honour Lincoln Alexander, Chancellor of the University of Guelph and former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, on his 80th birthday, are awarded to academically distinguished entering students who are Aboriginal, persons with a disability or members of a racial minority, and who have made significant contributions to their schools and communities and demonstrated the potential to become leaders in society. These scholarships are intended to enhance student diversity and are amongst the most prestigious entrance awards at the University of Guelph. Nominations are made by high school principals and are to be sent to the Associate Registrar, Student Financial Services, by March 1. Two awards of $20,000 ($5,000 annually for 4 years). |
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| Qualification(s): |
Entering students of academic distinction who are Aboriginal, persons with a disability or members of a racial minority, and who have made significant contributions to their schools and communities and demonstrated the potential to become leaders in society. Financial need may be taken into consideration. |
| Amount: |
2 awards of $20,000 |
| McArthur-Humphries Scholarship [E0183] |
| Provided by the Wilhelmina McArthur Humphries Trust Fund. This scholarship is awarded to students entering any undergraduate degree program and are based on the highest admission average. Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
Wilhelmina McArthur-Humphries Trust Fund
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| Qualification(s): |
Students entering semester 1 with a minimum 75% admission average. Preference will be given to those students from Lanark and Wellington Counties. An equal number of awards are available to students from each county. In the case of insufficient eligible applicants from one county, the awards will be given to eligible applicants from the other county. |
| Amount: |
12 awards of $1,000 |
| P.A.J. Clarke Family Scholarship [E0381] |
| Paul and Aileen Clarke and their family established the endowment for this entrance scholarship in honour of Paul's father, the late Jack Clarke, a Blenheim area farmer. Apply by letter outlining extracurricular and/or community activities, ensuring that you have completed a Need Assessment Form for Entrance Awards, and submit to Student Financial Services by April 1. Students who have applied to the University for admission will receive information on completing a Need Assessment Form for Entrance Awards from the University early in the calendar year. This award is not tenable with the President's or Lincoln Alexander Chancellor's Scholarship. Annual payments are contingent upon full-time enrolment and maintaining a minimum 70% average on the previous Fall and Winter semesters. One award of $12,000 ($3,000 annually for 4 years). |
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| Qualification(s): |
Students with a minimum 80% average with a record of leadership and community participation are eligible. Preference will be given to candidates from Blenheim district or Kent County and who were raised, or have worked, on a farm. Students may be contacted to provide special need circumstances if there is a short list of equal candidates. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $12,000 |
| President's Scholarship [E0238] |
| The most prestigious entrance awards at the University of Guelph. Twelve scholarships of $20,000 ($5,000 annually), named to honour their donors or distinguished members of the University, are awarded to entering students of academic distinction who have made significant contributions to their schools and communities and demonstrated the potential to become leaders in society. Nomination packages are sent to Canadian high schools each fall. This award is tenable with the University of Guelph Entrance Scholarship, the University of Guelph Accessibility Scholarship or the Regsitrar's Entrance Scholarship, but no other Entrance Scholarships.. High school principals must submit their nominations using the application material sent to the school's Guidance Office in the fall, to the Associate Registrar, Student Financial Services, by March 1. |
| Donor(s): |
A number of President's Scholarships have been named in honour of the following people and/or donors:
Dick Brown
Two of the scholarships, endowed by Dr. Patrick Lett are awarded to winners whose leadership qualities best reflect those demonstrated by Dick Brown in University Athletics from 1968 to 1988.
Cecil H. Franklin and Ingrid Franklin
In honour of Cecil Franklin, former Chair of the Board of Governors and Honorary Fellow of the University, the University of Guelph has named one of these twelve prestigious entrance awards to recognize his financial contributions and volunteer support to the President's Entrance Scholarship program.
Charles S. Humphrey
In memory of Charles S. Humphrey, a former President of Hart Chemical Company Canada Ltd. and long-time friend, the University has named one of these twelve prestigious entrance awards to recognize his financial contribution through his estate to the President's Entrance Scholarship program.
Jack R. Longstaffe
The University of Guelph has named one of these twelve prestigious entrance awards in memory of Jack R. Longstaffe to recognize his financial contribution through his estate to the President's Entrance Scholarship program.
Burton C. Matthews
The University of Guelph has named one of these twelve prestigious entrance awards in honour of Burton C. Matthews to recognize his insight and leadership in establishing the President's Entrance Scholarship program.
Kathleen and Frederick Metcalf
Mr. and Mrs. F.T. Metcalf of Guelph have endowed this award. After a distinguished career in cable TV, broadcasting and publishing, the late Mr. Metcalf retired as President of Maclean Hunter Ltd. and Chairman of the Board of Maclean Hunter Cable Ltd. He was Honorary Chairman of Maclean Hunter Cable Ltd. and a member of the University of Guelph Heritage Board (1996).
Rol-land Farms Limited
Two of the scholarships are endowed by the four shareholders of Rol-land Farms Limited of Blenheim, Ontario, Hank, Peter, Arthur and Eric Vander Pol and their families. The Vander Pol families are generous supporters of a number of University projects and programs.
Lillian Stewart Usher
The University of Guelph has named one of these twelve prestigious entrance awards in honour of Lillian Stewart Usher a friend of the University to recognize her financial contribution through her estate to the President's Entrance Scholarship program.
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| Qualification(s): |
Entering students of academic distinction who have made significant contributions to their schools and communities and demonstrated the potential to become leaders in society. |
| Amount: |
12 awards of $20,000 |
| Robert Orr Lawson Microbiology Entrance Scholarship [E0489] |
| Provided through a generous bequest from the estate of Robert Orr Lawson, with matching support from the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, this scholarship is intended to encourage study and research related microbiology of foods. The scholarship will be paid over four years in installments of $1,000. The second to fourth payments are contingent upon obtaining a minimum average of 77% over the previous two semesters of full-time study in the major. Students who fail to qualify for a payment may re-qualify for the subsequent payments by obtaining a 77% or better average in the succeeding two academic semesters of full-time study. Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the estate of the late Robert Orr Lawson
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| Qualification(s): |
Student entering the Microbiology major in the B.SC. program with the highest admission average, providing it is a minimum of 80%. This scholarship may be held with any other awards except the Microbiology Entrance Bursary, or any of the other Robert Orr Lawson Microbiology Scholarships. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $4,000, paid in four installments of $1,000 |
| Samuel Acker Memorial Scholarship [E0001] |
| This scholarship is not tenable with other Senate awards. Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
The trustees of the estate of the late Samuel Acker (Mr. David Acker and Mr. Abraham Acker)
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| Qualification(s): |
Student entering the first semester level of the B.SC. program in the College of Physical and Engineering Science. Preference may be given to students whose home residence is in either Wellington, Waterloo or Perth County. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $400 |
| The Jack and Lillian MacDonald Scholarship [E0379] |
| Family, friends, and colleagues of Lillian MacDonald and Dr. Jack MacDonald, Vice-President, Academic, of the University of Guelph from 1986 to 1995, have established a scholarship that recognizes their commitment to increasing the accessibility of post-secondary education to aboriginal persons. Apply by letter to Student Financial Services by April 1. |
| Donor(s): |
Jack and Lillian MacDonald
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| Qualification(s): |
In the first instance, the award will be given to an entering student coming from the Grand River Polytechnical Institute (GRPI) and who has received the highest cumulative average in the Native University Access Program. If there is no entering student in any one year, the scholarship will be awarded to the in-course student who is a graduate of the GRPI who has the highest cumulative average at the University. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $900 |
| University of Guelph Entrance Scholarships [E0291] |
| This scholarship is based on the final admission average and program of study that is calculated by Admission Services, based on 12U, 12M, or OAC courses. These will be awarded based on the final high school grades that are submitted to the University in July. A minimum 85% final admission average guarantees an award. The scholarship will be applied directly to the student's financial account in two equal payments in the Fall and Winter Semesters. You can view the scholarship amounts at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/studfin/fall_current_merit.shtml. Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
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| Qualification(s): |
Students entering their first year of post-secondary studies for the first time and have a minimum 85% final admission average. |
| Amount: |
Several awards ranging in value from $1,500 to $3,000 |
| University of Guelph Faculty Association Scholarship [E0292] |
| Award is payable at $750 per annum in the student's 1st, 3rd, and 5th semester levels, provided a cumulative average of at least a 70% is maintained. To receive the final payment, the recipient would normally be entering the 5th semester level within a period of 3 calendar years from the date of admission. Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
University of Guelph Faculty Association
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| Qualification(s): |
Student entering an undergraduate degree program at the University of Guelph with the highest admission average who has been a resident in the County of Wellington during the previous twelve months. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $2,250 |
| W. Penri Morris Memorial Scholarship [E0430] |
| Established by the family in memory of Penri Morris, who was killed World War II action in 1944 at the age of 21. Penri grew up on the family fruit farm near Forest, Ontario. After graduating from high school, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and was attached to the Royal Air Force Bomber Command as a navigator at the time of this death. Awarded to the student with the highest cumulative academic performance above 75% in all courses of the last year in high school study (full-time or equivalent study). Application not required. |
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| Qualification(s): |
Students entering first year of any undergraduate program from North Lambton Secondary School in Forest, Ontario, in their absence, from Lambton County, and their absence, from Ontario. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $1,000 |
| W.C. Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics [E0029] |
| Application not required. |
| Donor(s): |
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| Qualification(s): |
Student entering the first semester level of the B.SC. program, who declares the intention to pursue an honours program in Physics. |
| Amount: |
1 award of $550 |
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