Scholarships

Saunders Endowed Scholarships

Theodore J. & Betty Jane Altier

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1988 to provide scholarship support to students enrolled in RIT's Saunders College of Business. Preference is given to minorities and/or women who demonstrate financial need.

Ames Amzalak

Endowed Scholarship Fund

Established in 1990 to provide support for a student in RIT's Saunders College of Business, with preference given to those students from Monroe County.

Ruth Levi Bernhardt Memorial

Scholarship

Established in 1995 by Dr. Raymond S. Bernhardt in loving memory of his wife, Ruth, to provide scholarship support to RIT students enrolled in the Finance program within Saunders College of Business.

Joseph A. and Helen A. Blatecky Memorial

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1996 through the estate of Helen A. Blatecky to provide scholarship support to students enrolled in RIT's Saunders College of Business.

Karin A. Blood

Endowed Scholarship

Established through a bequest intention in 2010, this fund was gifted in 2015 to support students in RIT's Saunders College of Business with a preference for students who are working to support themselves through college.

Marjorie B. Burdick

Endowed Fund

Established in 2009 to provide scholarships to students in the Hospitality & Service Management Program in RIT's College of Applied Science and Technology. Students selected to receive this scholarship will be enrolled as full-time undergraduate students in the Hospitality & Service Management Program. Students will be in good academic standing with demonstrated financial need. Marjorie graduated from East High, Rochester, NY and had the good fortune of being able to attend RIT's School of Hospitality. Marjorie feels it is important to be able to provide a similar opportunity for other students, who might otherwise not be able to attend RIT. She is grateful for her RIT experience and her career and wants other students to have similar opportunities.

C3controls

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 2021 to support a student residing in Beaver County PA and greater region.

Philip J. Cichanowicz, Sr.

Endowed Scholarship Fund

Provides scholarships to undergraduate students enrolled in E. Philip Saunders Saunders College of Business. Recipient must demonstrate financial need. In the event there are no eligible students from this program, the scholarship will be used to support students in the most closely related/any area of study at RIT.

Hope & Lance Drummond

Scholarship

Established in 2017 to provide scholarship support to RIT students with a preference for students from Jamaica, or of Jamaican or African American descent, enrolled in Saunders College of Business.

Raymond J. Englert

Scholarship

This fund honors a man who devoted his life to the sensitive application of business and financial matters in order to benefit the lives of the people he served in his work. Mr. Englert retired as Vice President, Trust Officer, and head of financial planning for Security Trust Company in 1972. This scholarship was created in 1979 through a gift from a former client of Mr. Englert's in appreciation of his work. The fund provides scholarships to worthy students in Saunders College of Business.

Gerald M. Ephraim Memorial

Endowed Scholarship

Established in December of 1993 through gifts from loving family and friends of Mr. Ephraim to provide a scholarship to a qualified student studying corporate travel management and business policy in RIT's School of Hospitality & Service Management. Mr. Ephraim was the travel manager at Kodak.

Harry C. Eyer Memorial

Endowed Scholarship

Established in July 1990 by the Eyer Educational Corporation, income from this endowed fund is for deserving students in Saunders College of Business, with preference given to students of the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies. Scholarships are granted on the basis of merit, with exceptional consideration given to transfer students. The Eyer Educational Corporation, established in 1936 after the death of Rochester businessman, Harry C. Eyer, was a non-profit organization that made loans and grants to students to help them meet the high cost of college or graduate school. Mr. Eyer helped many students in his lifetime, and it was his wish that deserving students be rewarded in perpetuity.

Dr. Eugene H. Fram

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 2002 to students in Saunders College of Business at RIT.

Gelsomino

Endowed Scholarship in Entrepreneurship

Established in February 2007 to provide academic scholarships annually to current students in the E. Philip Saunders Saunders College of Business who are pursuing a minor in Entrepreneurship. Undergraduate student(s) will be eligible for this scholarship. The student(s) must have a minimum GPA of 3.2 and be pursuing a minor in entrepreneurship. The recipient must demonstrate financial need. In the event there are no eligible students from this program in a given year, the funds will be awarded in the following year. If the minor in entrepreneurship ceases to exist, the E. Philip Saunders Saunders College of Business will identify students from an appropriate program that should receive the scholarship.

Isaac Gordon – State of Israel

Scholarship

Endowed in 1987 by the Isaac Gordon Foundation, Inc. to provide annual scholarship support to qualified, full-time students from Rochester and the Monroe County area who are enrolled in good standing in Saunders College of Business.

Manufacturers Hanover

Endowed Scholarship

This fund was established in August 1987 to perpetuate the Manufacturers Hanover's interest in the human resource of business professions by encouraging young people to prepare for productive careers in business through enrollment in the professional education programs in Saunders College of Business. The recipient must be an entering or enrolled student in a business program and must have and maintain a high level of academic achievement, as well as possess the characteristics of strong motivation and character.

The Brian E. Hickey and Jean P. Hickey

Endowed MBA Scholarship

Established in October 2004, and revised in 2016, the Brian E Hickey and Jean P. Hickey Endowed MBA Scholarship provides academic scholarship(s) annually to full or part-time MBA or EMBA students in Saunders College of Business at RIT, with a preference for students who are graduates of St. Bonaventure University.

Edwina B. Hogadone & Gertrude J. Larwood

Scholarship Fund in Saunders College of Business

Created in 1982 by Miss Edwina Hogadone, this fund honors the memory of her long-time dear friend, Gertrude Larwood, and perpetuates Miss Hogadone's interest in RIT and its Saunders College of Business. Miss Hogadone retired in 1970 as Dean of Saunders College of Business after a 37-year career at RIT. She was the nation's only woman dean of a Saunders College of Business and the first woman dean of any college at RIT. Miss Larwood, beginning as an RIT co-op student at Sibley's Department Store, held a number of positions in her 42-year career at that store. Awards are made to upper-class students who demonstrate financial need and high scholastic achievement.

Susan Riedman Holliday ’85 MBA Graduate

Endowed Fellowship

Established in 2013 and updated in 2017 to provide fellowship support to RIT students who have completed their undergraduate studies in any RIT bachelor's degree program.

Frank & Jeanne B. Hutchins

Endowed Scholarship

Established in December 1999 to provide academic scholarships annually to one or more students with financial need in Saunders College of Business.

Arther H. Ingle Memorial

Scholarship

Established at RIT in 1983 by the Farrell Corporation and renamed to honor Mr. Ingle, a former RIT trustee. This scholarship provides scholarship support to children of the former Farrell Rochester employees, and RIT students in programs that reflect Mr. Ingle's interest in engineering and business.

Jay & Stephanie Levine

Endowed Scholarship in Accounting

Established in May 2003 to provide academic scholarships annually to students majoring in the field of Accounting in Saunders College of Business at RIT. Preference will be given to female students majoring in the field of accounting.

Dorothy Kitizing & Elizibeth Kitizing

Endowed Scholarship

Scholarship fund for undergraduate business students.

Bernard & Molly Kozel

Endowed Scholarship in Entrepreneurship at Saunders College of Business Entrepreneurship Programs

Established in 2006 to provide academic scholarships annually to current students in Saunders College of Business who have a minor in Entrepreneurship.

Leenhouts Family

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1999 to provide scholarship support to students studying in RIT's Saunders College of Business. The families of recipients must live in the Rochester area.

Levine Family

Endowed Scholarship in Entrepreneurship

Established in February 2009 to provide academic scholarships annually to RIT undergraduate students in Saunders College of Business who have declared a minor in entrepreneurship.

Donald Margolis CPA

Endowed Scholarship

Established to provide annual scholarship support for qualified and deserving students from the Rochester Metropolitan Area who are selected by virtue of merit, need, and interest to aspire, to careers as Certified Public Accountants.

Warren & Lois McClure

Endowed Scholarship

Established by Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren McClure in 1997, this endowment provides scholarships to RIT's best and brightest freshman students through the Presidential Scholarship selection process. Presidential Scholarships are an exceptional recruitment tool for RIT to attract high school seniors who have demonstrated high academic achievement. Recipients of this award must be Saunders College of Business freshmen, or returning students who received a Presidential award last year. Scholarships are renewable provided the recipients maintain a GPA of at least 2.0. Mr. McClure is a Trustee Emeritus of RIT and has been a board member since 1973. Mr. & Mrs. McClure's leadership and generosity to RIT has had a significant impact on the success of the university.

Barbara Mills Milliman

Scholarship

Established in 1984 by Mrs. Barbara Milliman to commemorate the 50th anniversary of her graduation from RIT, the income from this fund was originally designated to provide scholarship aid to worthy students enrolled in the retailing program of the College of Business. Although the retailing program no longer exists, the scholarship continues to support Saunders College students, with a preference for upper-class students with demonstrated financial need.

Drew Montecuollo Momorial

Endowed Award Fund

An annual award to be given to a senior in the School of Food, Hotel & Tourism who demonstrates creativity & high standards.

Michael P. Morley ’89

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 2010 to provide graduate scholarships to students attending Saunders College of Business.

Naylor

Endowed Scholarship

Established in October of 1996 by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Naylor to provide scholarship support to students in RIT's Saunders College of Business who demonstrate financial need and maintain a GPA of at least 2.70. Donald Naylor is a 1961 alumnus of Saunders College of Business.

Gerald & Pamela Pelano

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1996 to provide support for undergraduate students in Saunders College of Business at RIT.

Prentice Family

Scholarship

Established in 2010 to provide scholarships to undergraduate students enrolled in any field of study in Saunders College of Business at RIT. Recipient(s) must be in good academic standing and demonstrate financial need. First preference will be for eligible students who are the first generation in their family to attend college.

QCI Asset Management

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1997 to provide scholarship support to undergraduate and graduate students in RIT's Saunders College of Business.

P.V.R. Rao

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 2011 to provide scholarships to graduate students, including those enrolled in the Executive M.B.A. (EMBA) program, in Saunders College at RIT.

Robbins and Myers

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1998 to provide scholarship support to students in RIT's Saunders College of Business and Kate Gleason College of Engineering, alternating between the two colleges.

Madelon & Richard Rosett

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1996 by RIT's former Saunders College of Business Dean, Richard Rosett, and his wife Madelon, to provide merit-based scholarships for full-time undergraduate or graduate business students.

The Rubens Family Foundation

Endowed Scholarship

Established in September 2002 by Nathan J. Robfogel to provide academic scholarships annually to students in Saunders College of Business at RIT.

Saunders College of Business Women’s Alumnae Network

Endowed Scholarship

Established in September 2002 to provide academic scholarship(s) annually to women students enrolled in Saunders College of Business at RIT.

Saunders College of Business Alumni Scholarship

Endowment Fund

College of Business Alumni Endowed Scholarship

Saunders Class Gift

Endowed Scholarship

Established in November 2002, the Saunders Class Gift Endowed Scholarship provides academic scholarships annually to students in Saunders College at RIT. It is the founder's intent that this scholarship be awarded to an individual(s) that have demonstrated strong character and a dedication to the improvement of the Saunders and RIT community. Grade point average is not the primary factor in selecting the recipient of this award. Selection for this scholarship will be based on the recipient's enrollment in Saunders College. Recipients must be juniors, seniors, or graduate students and be in good academic standing. Additional, recipients must demonstrate that receiving this award will enable them to more actively contribute to the betterment of the Saunders and RIT community.

Saunders College of Business Recent Alumni

Endowed Scholarship (COBRA)

Established in September 2002, the Saunders College of Business Recent Alumni Endowed Scholarship provides academic scholarships annually to students in Saunders College at RIT who have displayed outstanding leadership and academic abilities. SCBRA was founded in September 2001 with the intent of providing a means for recent alumni to stay connected and contribute to the betterment of RIT's Saunders College of Business. With approximately 20 active members in the Rochester area, SCBRA sponsors between 10 and 15 social, networking, and service events each year.

Saunders College of Business Faculty

Endowed Scholarship

Established in May 2003 to provide scholarships annually to students in Saunders College of Business at RIT.

E. Philip Saunders Graduate

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 2018 to provide scholarship support to RIT graduate students enrolled in Saunders College of Business.

E. Philip Saunders

Endowed Business Scholarship

Established in 2006 and revised in 2017 to provide two four-year academic scholarships annually to high school graduates of Avon, Dansville, Livonia, Mt. Morris, and York high schools in Livingston County, New York, with first choice going to Livonia graduates.

Sharyn and Steven Janis Saunders

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1998 to provide scholarship support to undergraduate students in RIT's Saunders College of Business.

The Sidney Smith Family

Endowed Scholarship in Graphic Media Marketing

Established in May 2005 to provide scholarships annually to students majoring in the field of New Media Marketing in Saunders College of Business.

C. Sherwood Southwick Jr.

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1997 by C. Sherwood "Woody" Southwick, Jr., this scholarship is for full-time students enrolled in RIT's Saunders College of Business. Mr. Southwick was a 1939 "Retailing" graduate who owned a successful antiques business in Ithaca for years. He died in 2006. The C. Sherwood Southwick, Jr. Endowed Scholarship is for full-time students enrolled in RIT's Saunders College of Business. Students must be in good academic standing and demonstrate financial need. Scholarships are renewable.

Peter H. Sykes

Endowed Scholarship in Saunders College of Business

Established in January 2006 to provide academic scholarships to attract and retain talented students in Saunders College of Business.

Taysom Family Business Excellence

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 2017 to provide scholarship support to students enrolled in RIT's Saunders College of Business, with a preference for MBA students with an academic background in STEM and sustainable practices.

Daniel D. Tessoni

Endowed Scholarship in Accounting

Established in October 2007 to provide scholarships annually to students majoring in the field of Accounting in Saunders Saunders College of Business at RIT.

Daniel D. Tessoni EMBA

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 2012 to provide scholarship support to on-campus RIT Executive MBA students with financial need.

Donald & Christina Truesdale

Endowed Scholarship in E. Philip Saunders College of Business

Established in January 2007 to provide academic scholarships to RIT undergraduate students in Saunders College of Business who have declared a minor in entrepreneurship.

Turrie & Browne

Endowed Scholarship Print Media

Established in 1989 to provide scholarships for students in RIT's School of Printing Management and Sciences and Saunders College of Business.

Phil Tyler

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 2008 to provide scholarships annually to students majoring in the field of Marketing in RIT's Saunders College of Business.

Louis A. Wehle

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1987, this fund provides annual scholarship support to students in Saunders College at RIT, who by virtue of merit, need, or interest, aspire to careers in business professions.

Jane Wentworth

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 2017 to provide scholarship support to undergraduate RIT students enrolled in Saunders College of Business or accepted in Saunders College of Business, with a preference for female students who demonstrate financial need and academic merit.

John J. Wittman II Memorial

Endowed Scholarship

Established in 1986 to provide a monetary merit award to students in Saunders College at RIT who demonstrate the qualities of perseverance and hard work. The award will recognize the accomplishment and scholastic achievement of students pursuing an undergraduate degree in Saunders College of Business.

Orrilla Wright Butts Graduate

Scholarship

This Orrilla Wright Butts Scholarship has been established to recognize outstanding Hospitality & Service Management students. The scholarship is awarded in the memory of Ms. Butts, who was an alumna of the program in 1926. This award is to be given to graduate students in the F.H.T.M. program and the recipients are chosen by the Graduate Director of the Hospitality program. All the awards are competitive, made on the basis of past performance and future potential, and a required minimum GPA of 3.0.

Orrilla Wright Butts Undergraduate

Scholarship Fund

This Orrilla Wright Butts Scholarship has been established to recognize outstanding Hospitality & Service Management students in the memory of Ms. Butts, who was an alumna of the program in 1926. This scholarship is to be endowed for full-time undergraduate students in RIT's F.H.T.M. program. The awards are competitive and require a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75. RIT's Financial Aid Office will administer the funds.

Donald Zrebiec

Scholarship Fund

Established to provide annual scholarship support for qualified and deserving students in RIT's Saunders College of Business, who by virtue of merit, need or interest, aspire to careers in business.

Donald A. Zrebiec

Endowed EMBA Scholarship

Established in 1998 and revised in 2010 to provide scholarships to students employed by not-for-profit agencies and enrolled in RIT's Executive MBA (EMBA) program in Saunders College of Business, primarily with the goal of improving management capabilities of not-for-profit agencies and to strengthen their roles in the community. Such a scholarship will significantly benefit and enrich the agencies involved, the greater Rochester community, and the EMBA classroom experience