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Undergraduate Accounting Scholarships

Crews Accounting Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • Must be enrolled in 12 credits or more
  • Declared accounting as a major
  • Maintain a 3.0, or higher, cumulative GPA
  • Preference can be given to candidates who have demonstrated financial need
  • Special consideration will be given to the prior year's recipient provided that the student continues to meet or exceed the stipulations above.

Dr. Lillian H. Chaney Business Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • Applicant should be a full-time junior or senior undergraduate student in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics with a minimum grade point average of 3.0.
  • Relatives of faculty and staff employed by the University of Memphis are ineligible
  • Preference will be given to students with demonstrated financial need as determined after review of the student's completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.

George F. Cooley Scholarship in Accounting (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • Current, Full-time student(s) majoring in Accounting
  • Student(s) who have good academic standing and 3.25+ cum GPA
  • Preference given to students who have financial need as determined after review of the student's completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.

James F Link Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • Declared Accounting as their major and be a Junior or Senior enrolled in 12 credit hours minimum
  • Minimum and maintained cum GPA 2.5
  • Demonstrated financial need as verified by the FAFSA, and deemed truly in financial hardship
  • Preference will be given to single parents who are from Shelby County, TN.

J.W. McMurray Accounting Scholarship

  • Enrolled in 12 credits or more
  • Declared accounting as a major
  • Maintain a 3.0, or higher, cumulative GPA
  • Preference can be given to candidates who have demonstrated financial need.

Kelman-Lazarov Inc Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • F/T student enrolled in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics
  • First-semester junior with 60 hours earned
  • Declared finance or accounting as a major
  • Maintain a 3.0, or higher, cumulative GPA
  • Applicant must enroll in academic internship for credit course for the 1st semester the scholarship is received
  • Special consideration will be given to the prior year's recipient(s) provided that the student continues to meet or exceed criteria 1, 3, and 4 (with the exception for the first year when scholarship is awarded)
  • In addition, the recipient shall be offered a paid intern position with Kelman-Lazarov Inc. for a semester following the awarding of the scholarship.

Keystone Laboratories Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • African American Student
  • Must be enrolled full-time and majoring in Accounting
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA and Must be a U.S. Citizen
  • Priority given to students with financial need
  • Recipient must give at least four hours of community service a week to an organization, which lends itself toward helping others
  • Recipient shall have demonstrated merit and interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.

Kimmelman Scholars Program Fund (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • Awarded to new students or new Accounting majors who have not obtained senior status
  • Minimum 3.2 GPA & ACT 25
  • Full-time enrollment Prior recipients must remain Accounting majors every year thereafter
  • Two letters of recommendation demonstrating Scholarship and service from an appropriate source (i.e. school of origin, professor, employment, other)
  • 1st preference given to prior recipients and then new Accounting majors. Minimum GPA 3.2
  • Scholarship only available for 4 Years
  • Participate in Beta Alpha Psi, an internship, and/or the Kimmelman Scholars Program during the 4 Year course of study
  • Recipient GPA Requirements:
    • Year 1: Minimum GPA 3.2 or higher
    • Year 2: Minimum GPA 3.0 or higher
    • Year 3: Minimum GPA 3.0 or higher
    • Year 4: Minimum GPA 3.0 or higher.

Kim & Fred Hiatt Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • Must be an undergraduate student
  • From the Memphis metropolitan area (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Memphis-Forrest City, TN-AR-MS Combined Statistical Area)
  • Student must be majoring in, or intend to major in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics
  • Must demonstrate a financial need
  • Preference given to an underrepresented student majoring in the Crews School of Accountancy or Department of Finance.

LaHaie Family Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • Must be an undergraduate student
  • From the Memphis metropolitan area (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Memphis-Forrest City, TN-AR-MS Combined Statistical Area)
  • Student must be majoring in, or intend to major in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics
  • Must demonstrate a financial need
  • Preference given to a student in the Crews School of Accountancy or Department of Finance.

Susan Halford Scholarship in Accountancy (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • This award(s) shall be given to undergraduate students enrolled in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics majoring in accounting with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
  • Preference shall be given to non-traditional students
  • Thomas Yates Owen (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)
  • Resident of the United States
  • Majoring in Accountancy
  • Demonstrated financial need and outstanding academic achievements.
  • Minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA.

Theresa M. Adams Endowed Accounting Scholarship

(Provides an annual scholarship to 1 F/T UofM employee obtaining a major or minor in accounting)

  • Must be enrolled in two courses per semester 
  • Must maintain a minimum 2.8 GPA
  • Preference given in the following order:
    • First preference - F/T employee seeking a degree in accounting (BS 1st pref./MS 2nd pref.)
    • Secondary preference - part-time UM employee seeking a degree in ACCT (taking minimum of 2 courses per semester and maintaining a minimum 2.8 GPA).

Watkins and Uiberall Accounting Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

Award shall be provided annually to F/T students who meet the following:

  • Must be accounting majors, enrolled in the School of Accountancy,
  • Must have and maintain a 3.0 minimum GPA, both overall and in Accounting courses,
  • Must demonstrate academic merit and interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills,
  • If there are equally qualified candidates on the above criteria, then the students demonstrating financial need will have priority.

Wedaman Family Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics)

  • Must be an undergraduate student
  • From the Memphis metropolitan area (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Memphis-Forrest City, TN-AR-MS Combined Statistical Area)
  • Student must be majoring in, or intend to major in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics
  • Must demonstrate a financial need
  • Preference given to a student majoring in the Crews School of Accountancy.

**If there are no qualified candidates, no award will be made that year.

 

ATA Accounting Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business and Economics) 

  • Annual scholarship for undergraduate students who are rising juniors enrolled  
  • Declared as an accounting major in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics (FCBE).  
  • Minimum GPA requirement of 3.0. 
  • Special consideration will be given to candidates who demonstrate financial need as determined after review of the student’s completed Free Application for Federal 
  • Student Aid (FAFSA) and diverse candidates from underserved populations who meet all other requirements. 

 

Hubert S. Menke Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business and Economics) 

  • Must be an undergraduate student 
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA and Must be a U.S. Citizen 
  • From the Memphis metropolitan area (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Memphis-Forrest City, TN-AR-MS Combined Statistical Area) 
  • Declared accounting as a major in CREWS School of Accountancy 
  • Must demonstrate a financial need 
  • Exhibit academic merit, interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills. 

 

Professor Philip Babin, CPA, CMA Accounting Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business and Economics) 

  • Declared accounting as a major in CREWS School of Accountancy 
  • Maintain a 3.0, or higher, cumulative GPA 

 

Warren J Ransom Memorial Scholarship (Fogelman College of Business & Economics) 

  • Recipients must have a demonstrated financial need 
  • Declared Accounting Major 
  • Have a minimum GPA 2.5 
  • Preference will be given to alumni of Whitehaven High School