The APEX Scholarship Fund was created in honor of the innovative program started in the 1970s by Frank Watson and Charles Rathbone. This fund provides scholarship support to students pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education.

The Campus Children's School (CCS) began in 1990 and is a social constructivist program that places value on children's abilities and desires to participate in meaningful inquiry related to their multiple layers of community life. It is a full-year, full-time program involving children from six weeks to five years of age and is used as a laboratory school for our teaching program. This fund supports professional development, student activities, and various projects at the school.

The Janet Bossange Memorial Scholarship Fund supports undergraduate students in the College of Education and Social Services. Preference is given to students who exemplify the qualities that Dr. Bossange herself embodied: interest in education, leadership, service learning, as well as a commitment to the community. Beyond these qualities, preference is given to students in need of financial assistance and students who help advance the University’s goal of creating a diverse community.

This scholarship supports graduate students pursuing an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, with preference given to those from Vermont. Dr. Robert Carlson is professor emeritus at the University of Vermont and he, in collaboration with his colleagues, founded and was the original director for ten years of the doctoral program in the College of Education and Social Services.

In memory of their daughter Lara, Alex and Bobbi Sobel established a scholarship for Social Work students at the University of Vermont. Since then, many people have expressed their desire to contribute in Lara’s memory, so the Founding Donors and the University have opened the fund to additional contributors. This fund supports Master's of Social Work students in their second year of the program. Please visit the Lara Sobel Memorial Scholarship web page to learn more.

This fund supports the general purposes of the Middle Level Education Program, which include professional development opportunities for teachers, student and faculty travel, and statewide efforts.

The College of Education and Social Services strives to create a more humane and just society, one that is free from oppression and maximizes human potential and quality of life for all individuals, families, and communities. This fund directly supports our mission by enabling us to focus resources on poverty and human capability education, research, and community engagement.

This fund supports the general purposes of Vermont Connection (the student group of the HESA graduate program), including professional development, alumni and networking events, and production of the journal publication.