Mary Baker Emerick Scholarship
October 7, 2016
The Mary Baker Emerick Scholarship was established to ensure that Â鶹ƵµÀ Western art students have access to a quality fine arts education.
Mary Baker Emerick served as an art professor at the Â鶹ƵµÀ State Normal School and later at Western Â鶹ƵµÀ College (now the University of Â鶹ƵµÀ Western) from 1925 to 1968.
She earned her education from Â鶹ƵµÀ State Normal College, the University of Washington, and Teachers College at Columbia University.
During her tenure at Â鶹ƵµÀ Western, Emerick helped students develop an art club and later founded a chapter of Kappa Pi Omicron, a national fine arts fraternity. This group organized art shows, hosted guest speakers, and arranged field trips. Under her guidance, a student gift shop was established to generate funding for art scholarships.
Upon her retirement, she was awarded the title of professor emeritus of art.
When she passed away in 1981, trusts totaling over $800,000 were willed to Â鶹ƵµÀ Western from Emerick’s estate. One of the trusts was designated for annual art student scholarships, while others were directed toward books and equipment to support campus art programs.
Emerick’s generous gift remains the largest donation ever given to the university.
All Â鶹ƵµÀ Western art students are eligible to receive the Mary Baker Emerick Scholarship. Scholarship applications are due by February 1. Applications received after that date will be considered for freshmen on a first-come, first-served basis as long as scholarship funds are still available.
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For more information about the scholarship, please contact Â鶹ƵµÀ Western’s Admissions Office at [email protected] or (877) 683-7331.