Dr. Diana Cook and Philip Swettenham Endowed Scholarship in Secondary Education

The Dr. Diana L. Cook and Philip Swettenham Endowed Scholarship in Secondary Education was created in 2007 by Dr. Diana L. Cook and her husband, Philip Swettenham, in support of students pursuing degrees in the College of Education Secondary Education programs. Dr. Cook received all three of her degrees from The University of Akron: a B.A. in education in 1982, an M.A. in education in 1986, and her Ed.D. in 1988. During her undergraduate years at The University of Akron, Dr. Cook was a member of the women’s tennis team, and throughout her master’s and doctoral programs, she served as a graduate assistant in the College of Education.

With a strong belief in the transforming power education can play in an individual’s life, Dr. Cook and Philip Swettenham established this scholarship to encourage University of Akron students residing in the state of Ohio to continue their education and to assist these students in meeting the financial demands associated with furthering their education. Income from this endowed fund shall be used to provide renewable annual scholarship awards to incoming freshmen pursing degrees in secondary education.

Recipients of this scholarship shall be students with a 3.0 or higher accumulative GPA from high school who maintain the same GPA standards while attending The University of Akron. The recipients of this scholarship will be selected by the College of Education Office of Student Affairs in cooperation with the Office of Financial Aid.