Aikey Foundation

This Ruth M. Aikey Memorial Scholarship is a four-year scholarship for promising individuals who are current residents of either the city of Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Berea, Birmingham, Brookpark, Columbia Station, Elyria, Grafton, Kipton, LaGrange, Lorain, Middleburg Heights, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Olmsted Falls, Rochester, Sheffield Lake, South Amherst, Strongsville, Vermilion, or Wellington in Ohio and are citizens of the United States of America.  This scholarship will pay a full four-year full-tuition for one new bachelor degree-seeking recipient per year who is or will be attending Kent State University in either their Early Childhood Education or Middle Childhood Education program major and can show a financial need for receiving this scholarship, grades, and answer to the essay question.

This scholarship will assist in the expansion of the knowledge of individuals concerning the world around them and all that it entails through the use of financial assistance.  Throughout their lives, Mr. Harry A. Aikey and Mrs. Ruth M. Aikey have assisted individuals who sought out to expand their horizons through higher education studies, especially in areas involving service to others or their community.  Mrs. Aikey was an elementary education teacher within the Elyria, OH and Olmsted Falls, OH school districts throughout her life.  This foundation's purpose is to continue that legacy into the future by "Helping in the Education of Future Educators(TM).

Failure to maintain any one or more of these criteria may immediately disqualify the applicant for future scholarship payments.  Only applications submitted on-line during the open application acceptance time frame will be accepted.