Scholarships in ag policy

Requirements:

1. Must be an agricultural and rural policy studies (Ag Policy) major (undergraduate) or have agricultural and rural policy studies (Ag Policy) the declared major for incoming freshmen.
2. Top 20% of graduating high school class or if a current student, shall have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale.
3. Preference given to incoming freshman students.
4. Scholarship will be for one year only.

Eric O. Hoiberg was born March 30, 1944 in Fayette, Missouri. He received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (in 1966, 1969 and 1973). He joined the department in 1974 and served for 21 years as a faculty member and as the advisor for and coordinator of the Public Service and Administration in Agriculture Program (1974-1995). In 1995 he became the Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences where he remained until his retirement in 2004.

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences made the initial contribution and established this award to honor Dr. Hoiberg for his 30 years of service to the University and to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Friends, former students, colleagues and family also contribute to this fund. Dr. Hoiberg’s wish is that the scholarship be used primarily to recruit outstanding students into the Agricultural and Rural Policy Studies (Ag Policy) program.

Requirements:

1. Undergraduate and graduate students majoring within any discipline of sociology (sociology, rural sociology, agricultural and rural policy studies (Ag Policy) or criminal justice).
2. Demonstrates financial need (U.S. citizens must have submitted FAFSA by early priority deadline). Graduate and undergraduate non-U.S. citizens must have answered the OneApp General Application question or the department Apply-To question explaining your family’s financial situation if it presents obstacles to pursuing your degree.).
3. 2.5 or above GPA.
4. Good citizenship and character.
5. Demonstrates promise of succeeding in chosen profession.

The George Henry and Maude Drew Von Tungeln Scholarship was established in 1969 by Mrs. Maude Drew Von Tungeln in honor and memory of her husband, George Henry Von Tungeln. Mrs. Von Tungeln received her M.S. degree from Iowa State in 1929. She passed away in 1973.

George Von Tungeln was born and raised on a farm near Golconda, Illinois. He received a bachelor’s degree in 1909 from Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Missouri, an M.A. in 1910 from Northwestern University, was a fellow at Harvard from 1911-1913 where he also received the Ph.D. He was one of the early pioneers in rural sociology and has been closely associated with its expansion in the United States.

In 1913, Dr. Von Tungeln was hired as an assistant professor of sociology at Iowa State College in the Department of Economic Science to teach two courses in sociology and one or more courses in economics. These first two sociology courses were rural sociology and applied sociology.

Dr. Von Tungeln initiated the first formal rural sociology research project with Agricultural Experiment Station funding at Iowa State College in 1915. In this project he introduced an element in his phase of farm tenancy which later became standard in all states and in the federal censuses (classifying tenants as (1) those related to the land owner, and (2) those not related to the land owner).

In 1919, Dr. Von Tungeln was one of a committee of 24 called to Washington, D. C. by President Wilson, through Secretary of Agriculture Houston, to discuss the possible organization of a Rural Life Study Section in the Department of Agriculture and to formulate a program and policy of work for the same, if it was decided that such a section should be organized. The organization of the Section on Farm Population and Rural Life Studies, USDA, came as a result of this committee’s work and counsel with the secretary of agriculture. In 1934 he was elected Chair of the Rural Sociology Section of the American Sociological Society. During his term of office he was instrumental in organizing the Rural Sociological Society. He was also a member of the committee which organized the Midwest Sociological Society.

Extension work in the department was begun in the field of rural sociology in 1921. Activities included conducting rural leader training schools, helping rural groups to organize and develop community activities and programs of service, providing program service help and direction for organizations, development of state programs and standards for rural group activities, and helping with the correlation and coordination of rural organizations’ activities in the state.

By 1932, Dr. Von Tungeln was Head of the sociology section of the department which had been renamed the Department of Economics and Sociology. There were 14 sociology courses being offered with an annual enrollment of 700 students. Four national organizations had asked sociology staff to assist them with their research: 1)The Committee on Cost of Medical Care; 2) Social Science Research Council; 3) President Hoover’s Commission on Social Change and Social Trends, and 4) National Probation Association of America.

Dr. Von Tungeln died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack on April 6, 1944 at 61 years of age as he was completing his thirty-first year as a member of the Iowa State College faculty.

Requirements:

1. Must be an undergraduate student majoring in agricultural and rural policy studies (Ag Policy) or a graduate student majoring in rural sociology.

Requirements:

1. Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
2. Sophomore through graduate class standing at the time of award dispersal.
3. Enrolled in any major within the discipline of sociology (sociology, rural sociology, agricultural and rural policy studies (Ag Policy) or criminal justice).
4. Recipient should demonstrate community involvement, how they have reached out to others and how they would use the scholarship to further their career goals.
5. Preference given to those demonstrating record of volunteerism.
6. References needed: one from service organization or community agency.

Sadie Gardine Lasley (1905-1992), the daughter of a pioneer farm family in Schuyler County, Missouri. She received a teaching certificate from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, now known as Truman State University, where she embarked on a teaching career until her marriage. When expecting their first child, she had to quit teaching (in those days, pregnant women were not permitted to continue teaching). She devoted her life to the family farm, and raising her own family including some of her grandchildren one of whom was Paul Lasley (Professor of Sociology, who served as Department Chair, 2002-2015). She helped raise Paul and his five siblings so that Paul’s mother could work outside of the home to help make a living.

Sadie Lasley’s life reflected the central sociological values of community, neighbors and family. She led a humble and modest life that focused on giving to others. She was a strong proponent of equality for everyone, which was perhaps influenced by the rural sociology course she took at NE Missouri Teachers College in 1924. Throughout her life, she wrote short stories and editorials for a wide variety of farm magazines, ladies magazines and newspapers. These writings date from 1929-1987.

This scholarship was created by Sadie’s grandson, Paul Lasley, to award a promising undergraduate or graduate student in the Sociology Department who best represents Sadie Lasley’s ideals. The recipient must demonstrate leadership, community volunteerism, and evidence of a passion to help others.

Requirements:

1. Junior, senior, or graduate student at the time of award dispersal.
2. Major or minor within any discipline of sociology (sociology, rural sociology, agricultural and rural policy studies (Ag Policy) or criminal justice).
3. Completed 12 credits in sociology at ISU.
4. 3.0 or above GPA at time of nomination.
5. Demonstrates actual or potential leadership ability.
6. Demonstrates desire to facilitate integration of students of color and/or international students into the department, university and/or community.

The George Freeman Memorial Scholarship was established in 1953 in memory of George Freeman, a former Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Iowa State University.

Freeman was born February 22, 1912 in Kansas City. His father was a railroad brakeman, and his mother was one of the first black teachers in the Kansas City elementary school system. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from South Carolina State College in 1935, where he was a football and basketball star and a campus leader. He was married in 1939.

After teaching at the high school level and working as a supervisor of a National Youth Administrative Camp, he entered the armed forces in 1942 and served in the African, European and Pacific theaters in the Quartermaster Corp during World War II. After the war, he entered Kansas State University, received his M.S. in 1949 and enrolled at Iowa State in the fall of 1949.

He was active in many campus organizations, served as President of the Gamma Chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta (the sociology honorary), and was head resident of Friley Hall in addition to his teaching duties and graduate studies. He was the first black person on the instructional staff at ISU. His predecessor, George Washington Carver, had been on staff as a researcher and scientist.

George Freeman died May 8, 1953 before completing his Ph.D. He was a diligent student, a dedicated humanitarian, active in many organizations but especially interested in interpreting and helping people better understand Black Americans. He believed he had to demonstrate by action and example competence as a representative of a minority group. After his death, his relatives and friends at Iowa State and from many parts of the United States set up and contributed to the George Freeman Memorial Scholarship.

Requirements:

1. Non-traditional female student returning to college as an undergraduate and enrolled in any major under the discipline of sociology (sociology, agricultural and rural policy studies (Ag Policy) or criminal justice).
2. Demonstrates financial need (U.S. citizens must have submitted FAFSA by early priority deadline). Non-U.S. citizens must have answered the OneApp General Application question or the sociology Apply-To question explaining your family’s financial situation if it presents obstacles to pursuing your degree.).
3. Demonstrates academic achievement and professional potential.

Mary W. Lees was born December 30, 1926 in Howard, Kansas. She received the B.A. in sociology from the University of Kansas in 1949 and after being married and raising seven children, she enrolled at Iowa State University as a nontraditional student in 1971, receiving the M.S. degree in sociology in 1973. She became the undergraduate academic advisor in the Department of Sociology in 1973.

Mary was active in campus activities and in 1978 was named Outstanding Academic Advisor by the ISU Student Alumni Association and was given the ISU Excellence in Advising Award as well. In 1985 she was named Outstanding Advisor for the College of Sciences and Humanities; she received the ISU Alumni Distinguished Service Award, and the Office of Student Life recognized her for her contributions to the university community in the area of human relations.

Mary was also very involved in activities of the United Methodist Church at the local, district and conference levels, including committee work and serving as a part-time lay pastor for several years. Memberships included the American Sociological Association, the National Council on Family Relations, the National Organization of Women, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Iowa Civil Liberties Union, the Daughters of Sarah, Chapter CZ of PEO, and Phi Beta Kappa.

Mary Lees was a beloved student advisor and mentor until she died of cancer in June, 1986. Before her death, she negotiated the establishment of this scholarship in her name to assist nontraditional female students returning to college.

Requirements:

1. Undergraduate with a major or minor in sociology, agricultural and rural policy studies (Ag Policy) or criminal justice.
2. Papers judged on quality of writing and soundness of sociological theory.
3. Must be enrolled as a full-time student during the past academic year (both fall and spring terms).