The Mu of DKE Foundation Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students and alumni of Colgate University. These scholarships are named in honor of Mu of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Colgate University’s oldest fraternity and total more than $200,000 since 2015.
During Mu’s Annual Scholarship Awards at the Yale Club in February 2024, a $2,000,000 scholarship fundraising campaign was announced with a goal of securing ten $200,000 named endowed scholarships. The ultimate goal is to have a scholarship endowment that will sustain awarding around $100,000 annually in undergraduate scholarships.
Over $150,000 has been committed towards the first of these ten scholarships, The Ellis-Talling Award, named in memory of Brothers Lane Ellis and Greg Talling from the Class of 2005 (146).
If you would like to endow a named scholarship (either by yourself or with a group of brothers) or contribute what you can towards the general scholarship fund, please reach out to sfitzmichaeld@msn.com to learn more.
Three types of scholarship awards are available: 1) Merit Scholarships for academic excellence; 2) Community Project Scholarships for educational programing and philanthropic and civic engagement in Central New York; and 3) Greek Financial Aid Scholarships to help Colgate University undergraduates defray the costs of joining recognized Greek organizations.
Merit Scholarship
Applicants for the Merit Scholarship awards must be full-time undergraduate students at Colgate University for the current academic year or a graduate of Colgate University within the last five years and enrolled in an accredited graduate degree program. In addition, applicants must have a minimum 3.33 grade point average on their cumulative academic work at Colgate University or in the accredited graduate degree program.
Community Project Scholarship
Applicants for the Community Project Scholarship awards must be full-time undergraduate students at Colgate University for the current academic year and have a minimum 3.0 grade point average on their cumulative academic work at Colgate University. Group applicants for the Community Project Scholarship awards are accepted.
Greek Financial Aid Scholarship
Applicants for the Greek Financial Aid Scholarship awards must be full-time undergraduate students at Colgate University, be members, or prospective members, of recognized Greek organizations at Colgate University and have a minimum 3.33 grade point average on their cumulative academic work at Colgate University.
To apply for The Mu of DKE Foundation Scholarships, click here to download the forms and send the information by January 15th to sfitzmichaeld@msn.com.
The Mu of DKE Foundation’s Scholarship Committee evaluates the scholarship applications and makes recommendations to the Mu of DKE Foundation’s Board for approval of the awards. The Scholarship Committee currently consists of Doug Wilson ’57, Lee Carter ’60, M. Peter Madsen ’69, James A Placa ’07, Jonathan Berk ’07, and Michael Abrahamson ’11. If you are a brother and interested in joining the Scholarship Committee, please contact sfitzmichaeld@msn.com.
Recipients:
2015 – $5,000 Gabrielle Woleske ’18 GPB
2015 – $5,000 Mike Abrahamson ’11
2016 – $10,000 Jay Lincoln ’15
2017 – $7,500 Seamus Fitzhenry ’18
2017 – $7,500 Austin Hatch ’18
2018 – $5,000 William Besen ’19
2018 – $5,000 Matthew O’Hanlon ’20
2018 – $10,000 Andrew Karsh ’20
2019 – $10,000 Sharrod Gorum ’20
2019 – $10,000 W. Caio Driver ’20
2020 – $7,000 Charlie Zane ’21
2020 – $7,000 Finn Simpkins ’21
2020 – $7,000 Chris Shammas ’22
2021 – $5,000 Shane Bowler ’21
2021 – $10,000 Chris Shammas ’22
2021 – $5,000 Jasper Lim-Goyette ’23
2021 – $5,000 Sam Kotkin ’23
2022 – $5,000 Eddie Lynch ’23
2022 – $5,000 Tyson Echols ’23
2022 – $5,000 Sam Kotkin’ 23
2022 – $5,000 Will Churchill ’24
2022 – $5,000 Jack Feedenberg ’24
2022 – $5,000 TJ Brock ’23
2022 – $5,000 Jasper Lim-Goyette ’23
2023 – $7,500 Will Churchill ‘24
2023 – $5,000 Emmet Santry ‘25
2023 – $7,500 Matt Freund ‘26
2023 – $5,000 Max Boubin ‘24
2023 – $5,000 Justin Ordway ‘24
2023 – $5,000 George Wilson ‘25
2023 – $2,500 Sawyer Brown ‘25
2023 – $2,500 Matt Leopold ‘25
COLGATE UNIVERSITY DELTA KAPPA EPSILON ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
In addition, members of Mu of DKE are encouraged to support Colgate University’s Delta Kappa Epsilon Endowed Scholarship, established by Colgate University in honor of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. When making a gift to Colgate University, please designate your gift to the “Delta Kappa Epsilon Endowed Scholarship.” The Delta Kappa Epsilon Endowed Scholarship has a market value of over $197,000 (as of June 30, 2021) and provides over $8,000 in financial support to Colgate University students every year.
Recipients:
2013-2014: Jack Crowe ’16
2014-2015: Jack Crowe ’16
2015-2016: Jack Crowe ’16
2017-2018: Matthew Carandang ’19
2018-2019: Dzenan Celjo ’20
2019-2020: Nicholas Wiley ’22
2020-2021: Nicholas Wiley ’22
2021-2022: Jacob Jaworski ’24
2022-2023: Justin Bugarin ’25
2023-2024: Carson Hobler ’24