Scholarship and Fellowship Funds  


Scholarship and Fellowship Funds

There are fellowships and scholarships for both undergraduate and graduate students that have been funded through donations. Some of these are awarded for specific accomplishments and others are given to the best students in a certain category.

  • Hazel  Bucy Scholarships: Awards are made to mathematics majors and graduate students on a competitive basis. Some are awarded to the best freshman, sophomore, junior or senior mathematics major. These are funded by the Hazel Bucy Endowment.
  • Emeritus Mathematics Faculty Scholarship:  These are awarded to undergraduate mathematics majors in a similar fashion to the Hazel Bucy awards. The endowment for these scholarships is funded from gifts given in honor of retired members of the mathematics faculty.
  • Jeanne LeCaine Agnew Fellowship: This fellowship is awarded to a graduate student to support research activities leading to travel to a professional meeting and giving a presentation. The endowment was established by Theodore Agnew in memory of his wife who was a mathematics faculty member. Professor Jeanne Agnew served as a faculty member from 1953 until her retirement in 1984. During this time she directed 18 doctoral dissertations. Her distinguished teaching was recognized by both the Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award and the OSU Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award. She also  published two textbooks, Exploration in Number Theory and Linear Algebra with Applications.
  • John and Caryl Jobe Graduate Mathematics Fellowship: This fellowship is given to a new graduate student. The endowment was provided by the Jobe's and gifts of alumni. Dr. John Jobe received his Ph. D. in 1966 from Oklahoma State University in point-set topology under the direction of Dr. O. H. Hamilton. Dr. Jobe then embarked on a career of dedicated and outstanding service to the Department of Mathematics at Oklahoma State University until his retirement in spring 1994. During this time Dr. Jobe served as Director of the Graduate Program from 1982 to 1987 and Chairman of the OSU Faculty Council from 1979 to 1980. Dr. Jobe was very active in the Mathematical Association of America, serving as Governor from 1975 to 1978, and Secretary-Treasurer from 1978 to 1991, for the Oklahoma-Arkansas Section. Throughout his career at OSU, Dr. Jobe was known, both on and off campus, for his energy and commitment to students at the undergraduate and graduate level. He has received awards recognizing his teaching at the undergraduate level and his educational out-reach efforts, and he has directed a number of graduate students in their thesis work at the Master¹s and Doctoral levels.

    Caryl Jobe was also an educator of equal energy and commitment. Caryl Jobe retired from teaching 5th grade at Westwood Elementary School in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1993. During her teaching career she has received recognition for her teaching excellence, both in the community and from the state of Oklahoma. In 1991, Caryl Jobe received the prestigious Presidential Distinguished Teacher award. Additionally, she has been acknowledged by former students as the teacher most responsible for their success.

  • O.H. Hamilton Award: This award goes to a graduate student who excels in topology. Dr. Olan H. Hamilton was a professor of mathematics at Oklahoma State University from 1938 to 1976. He was an artistic and inspirational teacher of mathematics. He was outstanding across the world as a research topologist. He was a beautiful person. The award honors O.H. Hamilton who was a faculty member at OSU who worked in topology.
  • E. K. McLachlan Award: This award is given to an outstanding student who has passed his doctoral examinations. Dr. E. K. McLachlan was Professor of Mathematics at Oklahoma State University from 1958 to 1978. He was the department's director of the graduate program from 1965 until 1978. During this time 46 Ph.D.'s, 79 Ed.D.'s and over 100 Master's degrees were earned in the department. He advised all of the graduate students in both an official and personal way. He was gentle, clear, and firm.
  • Schiller J. Scroggs Distinguished Graduate Fellowship: The Fourjay Foundation funds this award which goes to a graduate student who has a strong record of scholarship and leadership. The award honors an alumnus Schiller J. Scroggs, who completed a masters degree at OSU in the area of symbolic logic.