Awards and Scholarships
The Financial Accounting Peer Tutoring Scholarship
$1,000 award to a junior Accounting major with a minimum grade of B in Accounting 301 and 302, as well as a willingness to tutor during the senior year. Supported by Dr. Harry Howe and selected by faculty in the School of Business.
Advantage Professionals Scholarship
$500 award to outstanding senior accounting student to assist with tuition. Supported by Mark P. Pautler, President, AP Professionals
Ambassador Apartments Scholarship in Accounting
$450 scholarship awarded on a competitive basis to an outstanding student majoring in Accounting. Recipient selected based upon academic merit, citizenship, and service. Recipient selected by faculty in School of Business. Endowed by Frank Csapo, Ambassador Apartments.
Beta Gamma Sigma Scholarship
$500 award to a student member of the Honor Society of Beta Gamma Sigma in the School of Business. This $500 award from the department will be combined with $500 from the Beta Gamma Sigma central office to provide an award of $1,000 to a deserving student.
William D.J. Cotton Scholarship for Accounting Students
$500 award to an outstanding student who participates in a corporate Management Accounting Internship in the summer between the junior and senior year or other such time frame as determined by the Scholarship Committee of the School of Business. Supported by William Cotton.
DeMott & Smith Senior Accounting Scholarship
Annual award of $2,000 for superior academic achievement in Accounting and demonstrated potential for success in the Accounting profession. In addition to financial assistance, the award includes a paid internship for academic credit at DeMott and Smith. Supported by DeMott and Smith.
Federation of Home Bureaus Scholarship
$440 award to deserving student in the field of Management. Endowed by the NYS Federation of Home Bureaus, Inc. Recipient chosen by local Chapter.
The Experiential Learning Award
$500 award sponsored by Forum Financial Services. This special award recogizes a student or a team of students for outstanding performance on a particular "real-life" project that extends learning beyond the boundaries of the classroom and into the community. The selection of the winning student/team is made by jurors appointed by the School of Business.
FTT Manufacturing Scholarship Award
$300 award to Business major in his and her junior year who is judged by the business faculty as being the most improved student from freshman to junior years, but in more than grade-point average. Student must show demonstrated humanistic values through volunteer activities, intercollegiate or intramural athletic, or by community service organization. Student should have qualities that suggest potential for success in business, including in the entrepreneurial sense of creating a business. Established by FTT Manufacturing. Not available in 2011.
The Humphrey Family Endowed Scholarship - Wyoming County Bank
$1,400 scholarship to assist business students with tuition, based on the following criteria: students enrolled in the School of Business whose home address is in Livingston or Wyoming Counties, are juniors who have cumulative grade point averages of 3.0 or better, and demonstrate potential for leadership and success in business through participation in student clubs, volunteer activities, inercollegiate or intramural athletic, or by experience in jobs or internships. Recipients selected by the School of Business Faculty Scholarship Committee. Supported by the Humphrey Family.
The Flanders Group Insurance Career Scholarship
A $1,200 award to School of Business juniors with a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in insurance and a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75. The recipients must complete a three credit internship at one or more insurance companies, providing 115 hours of work over the course of a semester. Supported by The Flanders Group.
The Eleanor Chamberlin Memorial Scholarhip
$1000 award to a senior at SUNY Geneseo with a solid academic record (minimum of 3.0 GPA) majoring in Business Administration and who demonstrates leadership and integrity. The recipient will be chosen by a scholarship committee in the School of Business. Supported through an endowment established by Marilyn Lyon, in memory of her Aunt Ellie.
The Ryan Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Fund
$1000 award for an undergraduate in the School of Business with a minimum GPA of 3.0. The recipient must be involved in extra curricular activities and must be someone whose life has been touched by cancer. The fund was established by Adam Turkewotz '05 and other friends of Ryan Kennedy. Ryan was an accounting major who graduated from SUNY Geneseo in 2005 and who lost his life to cancer shortly thereafter.
Business Advisory Council/Gary A. Moore Internship Scholarship
Three $500 awards for students participating in the Internship Program during the fall, spring, and summer semesters. Supported by the School of Business Advisory Council.
Business Advisory Council Merit Scholarships
Two $500 scholarships based on academic merit. Recipients chosen by Advisory Council Scholarship Committee in consultation with the School of Business Scholarship Committee. Supported by the School of Business.
Jones Memorial (Livingston Chamber of Commerce) Scholarship
$1,000 award to an outstanding undergraduate student in the School of Business. The Chamber of Commerce stipulates that preference be given to Livingston County student.
Dr. Gregor Lazarcik Prizes
Three $200 awards to top students of Accounting, Business Administration, and Economics in the School of Business as recommended by the School's faculty. Supported by Dr. Gregor Lazarcik, Professor Emeritus.
Dr. Gregor Lazarcik Endowed Scholarship
$2,000 award to deserving undergraduate in the School of Business as chosen by the School's faculty. Endowed by Dr. Gregor Lazarcik, Professor Emeritus.
EFPRotenberg and Co. Scholarship
$3,000 award to a student who has completed the freshman year as a Pre-Accounting major with a GPA of at least 3.2 with plans to continue as an Accounting major, and evidence of good citizenship/community serve. Recipient will be guaranteed a summer paid internship with Rotenberg & Co. Selected by the School of Business Scholarship Committee.
The Yan Zhu Cindy Guan Memorial Scholarship
$850 award to a full time graduate student in the MS in Accounting program. Recipient must have earned a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 and distinguish him or herself in the undergraduate program leading to this study. Preference will be given to students who recieved their undergraduate degree from Geneseo.
The Charles VanArsdale Scholarship
$1,500 award to a high school senior who plans to enroll as a full-time freshman pre-major in the School of Business and lives in either Livingston, Wyoming, Monroe, Ontario or Genesee Counties. The applicant should demonstrate academic excellence and potential for success in business, including an interest in entrepreneurism. Supported by an endowment gift from the Bank of Castile. Recipient is selected by the School of Business Faculty Scholarship Committee.
John '95 and Stephen '99 Vamossy Scholarship
$1,200 award given to a student entering the M.S. in Accounting Program. The recipient will be announced in the spring of his/her senior year, and will be selected by faculty in the School of Business. Award criteria include: active membership in an organization outside the School of Business; demonstrated financial need; and academic success. Applicants will be asked to submit an essay addressing the importance of a balance between academic success and involvement in activities/organizations outside the classroom. Supported by John '95 and Stephen '99 Vamossy.
Richard Bosco Memorial Scholarship
$1,000 award to a full time School of Business junior or senior who has a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 at the start of the fall semester. Student applicants must be returning to Geneseo in the spring to earn their bachelor's degree. Additional criteria for selection includes the potential for leadership and success, which may be demonstrated through involvement in extracurricular activities, participation in athletics, work experience, and/or community service.