Department of Mathematics
Annual Awards and Scholarships

The Department of Mathematics offers several awards and scholarships each academic year. All applicants must be declared Mathematics majors.

The following two do not require an application:

1. Academic Achievement Award: The three senior Mathematics majors with the highest grade point averages are recognized with this award.

2. E.O. Box Memorial Scholarship: The rising senior Mathematics major with the highest mathematics grade point average is recognized with this award named in memory of E.O. Box who worked at ECU from 1953 to 1960 as an instructor of physics.

The following four do require an application:

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1. James O. Danley Scholarship: Several Mathematics majors are recognized with this award named in memory of James O. Danley who worked at ECU from 1956 to 1980. He was Chairman of the Mathematics Department (1966-1980) and Dean of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education (1971-1980)

2. Kate K. Knight Scholarship: One Mathematics major is recognized with this award named in memory of mathematics instructor Kate K. Knight. She was an original member of the ECU faculty (1909-early 1940s), and the residential facility Knight Hall built in 1937 bears her name

3. Darrell Terrell Memorial Scholarship: One Mathematics major is recognized with this award named in memory of mathematics instructor Darrell Terrell who worked at ECU from 1959 to 1983

4. East Central Credit Union Applied Mathematics Scholarship: One Applied Mathematics major is recognized with this award from the Credit Union.