Myrl Rose Crocker Howe McGraw Scholarship

Established by Robert C. Howe to benefit promising students who graduated from McGraw or a Cortland county high school. Students majoring in a program that will lead to a career as an elementary school educator and require financial aid are first priority.

Selection Criteria

  • awarded to a sophomore, junior or senior level student in good academic standing at SUNY Cortland
  • is majoring in Childhood Education
  • has a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average
  • is a graduate of McGraw high school or a Cortland county high school
  • has demonstrated leadership and involvement in campus life
  • has demonstrated financial need by way of filing a FAFSA

Preference
is given in the following priority

  • student graduates from Cortland County
  • student graduates from upstate NY, counties including: Tompkins, Brome, Onondaga,
    Chenango, Cayuga, Madison, St. Lawrence, Clinton, Herkimer, Otsego, Oneida
  • student graduates from any county in New York State
  • has demonstrated financial need by way of filing a FAFSA

Renewal Information

  • may be renewable, renewals are dependent on available funding as provided by the Cortland College Foundation
  • is majoring in Childhood Education
  • has a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average
  • maintain satisfactory academic progress per SUNY Cortland’s published Federal Good Academic Standing guidelines

Funding is determined by the Cortland College Foundation. Scholarship amounts and availability are subject to change.

Award
Funding Amount Varies
Deadline
02/01/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. In essay format please address the importance of women in teaching and leadership roles
  2. In essay format please address the value of a quality childhood education and explain how you would put the needs of your students above those of parents and administrators.