DeVeaux Scholarships

This is a great gift that we have here in Western New York. My daughter was honored to be a DeVeaux scholar.


It is again time to publicize the DeVeaux Scholarships available for Western New York Episcopal students attending Niagara University. Please encourage and inform your parish families during November, December, and early January. The recipients of the 2010-11 DeVeaux awards were published in the Spring/Summer edition of Journeys , the diocesan magazine.

Scholarships to be awarded in the academic year 2011-2012 are:

• Three three-thousand dollar ($3000) tuition scholarships.
• Judge DeVeaux Endowed Scholarships. The number and amount of these grants depend on the number of applicants and the interest available in the fund. For the 2010-11 academic year eight (8)grants averaging twenty-nine hundred dollars ($2900) each were awarded.

The scholarships are restricted to full time students at any undergraduate level at Niagara University and to high school seniors who are considering entrance to Niagara University for the fall of 2011. Students must be residents of the Diocese of Western New York and have their clergy or church warden submit a short letter of recommendation to the Deveaux Commission.

Letters of recommendation should contain the following:

• Student's name, address, and phone number.
• Present high school/present year at Niagara University ( Freshman, Sophomore etc.).
• Attributes that make the student a worthy candidate for the award.
• Contributions the student has made to their school, church, community.
• Parent's name, address, and phone number.

Letters should be mailed to the DeVeaux Commission at 1159 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222.

The deadline for all recommendations is January 15, 2010. When all procedures are completed awards will be granted by this commission through Niagara's Financial Aid Department and Admissions Office.