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.