Baccalaureate Awards

Business and Accounting

One annual award will be presented to a graduating senior who will be entering the MS in Public Accounting Program at Mercy University. The candidates must have demonstrate academic excellence, exhibit leadership within the community, and be an active accounting program student participant. 

Annual award for a Mercy University student who has completed an undergraduate degree in Marketing and who has shown outstanding work in their college years. If no Marketing Major is available in a given year then any undergraduate within the School of Business will be eligible. The student awardee must display a determination to continue their studies at a graduate level at Mercy University within the School of Business.

Recognizes a graduating student who has majored in Accounting and who exemplifies the characteristics valued by Prof. Kuchinsky: academic achievement, conscientiousness, diligence, effort, hard work, professionalism and school spirit.

The purpose of the Elting Memorial Award in Accounting is to honor the memory of Professor James M. Elting by recognizing, at the University's annual Baccalaureate Ceremony, a graduating student who has majored in Accounting and who exemplifies the characteristics valued by Professor Elting: academic achievement, proficiency in taxation, personal growth and service to the University community.

To provide tuition assistance to students in the MS portion of the “4+1” BS/MS in Public Accounting Program. Students will be selected by the Accounting Faculty and receive an award of $1,000 per quarter term up to a maximum of five quarter terms. Eligible students must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA.

Liberal Arts

Annual scholarship award for a Mercy University student who is pursuing a career in Advertising, Marketing, Digital Media or Graphic Arts and who has shown outstanding work in their college years. If no Advertising, Marketing, Digital Media or Graphic Arts student is available in a given year, then any undergraduate within Department of Communication and The Arts will be eligible.

One annual award of $500 will be given to a graduating senior who will pursue a graduate degree in English Literature at Mercy College. Preference will be given to applicants who will focus their studies on medieval literature and/or who are graduating from the Bronx campus.

Annual award for a journalism student at Mercy University who has demonstrated integrity and scholarly inquiry during their training for a career in journalism.

The student awardee must display a determination to continue their studies at a graduate level at Mercy University and display an interest in Drama and the use of Drama as a teaching technique.

Provides a baccalaureate award to a graduating senior who has shown outstanding work.

Provides an award to one or more outstanding graduating seniors of the English literature program who have been accepted into a graduate program in any field at Mercy University or any other graduate school.

The Howard Kellogg award for excellence in computer studies is given to an outstanding student in computers who demonstrates intellectual curiosity and creativity, as well as service to others.

The Sister Mary Cunningham Award in History is established in memory of Sister Cunningham. Sister was a founding member of the History major who taught at the University for over two decades.

Provides an award to a Mercy University student who has shown outstanding work in the field of creative writing.

Health & Natural Sciences

To support a Mercy student who has completed their undergraduate degree program in Veterinary Technology within the School of Health and Natural Sciences who has shown outstanding work in their college years. 

Nursing

Two partial scholarships are awarded annually to one undergraduate and one graduate student majoring in nursing. Scholarship selection is based on academic excellence. Established in memory of the former chairperson of the Nursing Department, Dr. Jessie Mae Pepper. Please see the program director for more information.

Social & Behavioral Science

The Frances T.M. Mahoney Scholarship for graduate studies, endowed by Catherine Mahoney Follis, class of 1974, in honor of her sister and a beloved professor, is presented to a Mercy University graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in his or her undergraduate studies and has been accepted in one of four Mercy University graduate programs in the field of psychology.

An award up to $500 annually will be bestowed on a student who has completed any undergraduate degree within the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and has shown outstanding work. The recipient must continue his/her graduate studies at Mercy.