The Stamps Eminence experience is one of opportunity but also one of responsibility and commitment.
Students awarded the Stamps Eminence Scholarship are part of a select group of undergraduate Honors students that embark on a unique, four-year journey of academic rigor, service, and leadership. The program provides extraordinary opportunities and support for students that want to make a positive contribution to the world. Stamps Scholars demonstrate academic achievement, intellectual curiosity, high regard for humanity, and significant involvement both on and off campus.
While the program recognizes the value of learning as part of a community and facilitates opportunities to do so, individual goals and aspirations are nurtured. Stamps Scholars go on to pursue advanced study at the nation’s top graduate programs, gain admittance to competitive professional schools, and have garnered national awards including Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Churchill, and Goldwater scholarships. Graduates that enter the work force immediately upon graduation draw from high-profile internships to pursue their dream career.
Students in the Stamps Eminence Scholarship Program are recognized as Stamps Eminence Scholars. As a Stamps Scholar, students join an internationally prestigious scholarship program and community that helps exceptional students become meaningful leaders throughout society. The Stamps Scholars Program was founded by E. Roe Stamps and his late wife Penny in 2006 and all Ohio State Stamps Eminence Scholarship Program participants gain the full benefits of being a national Stamps Scholar. As a Stamps Eminence Scholar, students join a legacy scholarship program that began at Ohio State in 2012.
The Stamps Eminence Scholarship Program invests in young leaders that strive to make a difference in the world.
Several Stamps Eminence Scholars are additionally supported by our generous partners including:
In 1994, Jeanne Bonnet McCoy initiated a scholarship with the goal of supporting preeminent students with significant academic achievement. The McCoy family has expanded the scholarship several times since inception and today there are 14 McCoy scholarship recipients with one new student added annually.
In 2000, Nanette N. Hoge and Robert M. Hoge started three preeminent scholarships to support distinguished students. Today the Nanette N. Hoge Scholarship, the Robert M. Hoge Scholarship and the Bruce W. Erickson Scholarship support high achieving students studying in STEM related fields or Business.
In 1997, David and Ann Brennan started a scholarship to attract the “best and brightest” students through preeminent support. While the scholarship is open to all students that meet the academic merit component, preference is given to students from Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School.