Resources, Scholarships and Grants
General Funding Resources
Funding - General information about scholarships and grants offered through and outside WSU
Graduate Professional Scholarship - The Graduate School administers the Graduate-Professional Scholarships that are offered on a competitive basis related to the size of department graduate programs and the number of applicants. Apply to be considered for a scholarship.
New Gayle L. McCreedy Memorial Scholarship in History
Gayle McCreedy was an ardent supporter of Labor@Wayne and all that it houses at Wayne State University. She served the Department of History for thirty-five years as Academic Services Officer and Academic Advisor, among her many other roles. For Labor@Wayne, from an early point in our North American Labor History Conference, she became involved in administering it in tandem with a faculty coordinator and committee. Gayle and her work with us, like much of her work at WSU, was deeply appreciated and will be sincerely missed. She was a good friend to our staff and our WSU community as a whole.
The History Department has decided to establish a scholarship in Gayle’s memory specifically to help history majors finish their degree with the goal of reaching the $25,000 needed to endow it. We see this as a fitting way to help carry on her legacy of dedication to student success and hope that you do as well. If you would like to contribute to the scholarship, you can do so in the following ways:
- For online donations, the dedicated page for the Gayle L. McCreedy Memorial Scholarship in History is: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/41049/donations/new or Wayne State University · GiveCampus.
- For phone donations, please contact Wayne State’s Office of Gift Processing at (313) 577-2263 and specify that you would like to give to the “Gayle McCreedy Memorial Scholarship.”
- For mail-in donations, please send a check made out to Wayne State University to the following address. Please be sure to include on the memo line either “Gayle McCreedy Memorial Scholarship” or the index number 222903.
Wayne State University Gift Processing
PO Box 441970
Detroit, MI 48244-1970
Scholarships and Grants Specifically for Employment and Labor Relations
Calvin “Hank” Hulbert Endowed Fund
Awarded at the discretion of the Director of Labor@Wayne to support undergraduate and graduate students, full-time or part-time, doing an internship with a labor organization. Selection on the basis of appropriate skills and coursework, relevant prior work and community experience.
Douglas and Winifred Fraser Chrysler Endowed Scholarship Fund
Selection on the basis of scholastic achievement, leadership, and financial need. Recipient is a Chrysler employee, retiree, or child, grandchild, or any future generation of a Chrysler worker. Amount varies. Financial aid selects recipient.
Ethel Schwartz Memorial Scholarship for Labor Education
This scholarship fund is established to recognize the importance of labor education, to encourage worker advocacy and activism in the labor movement and to provide assistance to students in financing their labor education at the Wayne State Labor School and/or Labor School graduates who go on to enroll in the Labor Studies Bachelor of Arts program. For more information on the Ethel Schwartz Memorial Scholarship for Labor Education, click here.
John DeWan Memorial Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Awarded annually to a student in good academic standing in the Bachelor of Arts in Employment and Labor Relations or Master of Arts in Employment and Labor Relations program, with a preference for students who are members in good standing of the UAW, or their spouses or children or individuals for whom they are the legal guardian; if there are no eligible applicants who meet the criteria, the recipient should be a member in good standing of the AFL-CIO, or their spouses, children, or individuals for whom they are legal guardian. One ($1000) scholarship awarded annually, chosen by the CLAS Scholarship Committee.
L. Rodger Webb Labor Activist Scholarship
The family of L. Rodger Webb established this scholarship to encourage worker advocacy and activism in the labor movement by providing assistance to students in financing their labor education at the Wayne State Labor School and/or Labor School graduates who go on to enroll in the Labor Studies Bachelor of Arts program. For more information on the L. Rodger Webb Labor Activist Scholarship, click here.
Labor@Wayne Scholarship Fund
This is a scholarship fund was recently created for Employment and Labor Relations program students. Labor@Wayne Scholarship committee selects recipient. Amount varies.
Louis R. and Katherine M. Giannasi Endowed Scholarship in Labor History and Contemporary Labor Practices
The purpose of the fund is to support students in the Labor School non-credit certificate program and full-time or part-time undergraduate (BA) and graduate students (MA) pursuing degrees in the Employment and Labor Relations program. Eligible degree-seeking students must have at least a 3.0 G.P.A., and all scholarship applicants must demonstrate financial need for award consideration. Labor@Wayne Scholarship Committee selects recipients.
Mark and Elaine Kahn Endowed Scholarship in Employment and Labor Relations
MA-ELR student. 3.25 GPA and/or 75 percentile GRE/GMAT score (this latter for incoming students). Selected by Labor@Wayne Director. Dependent on funds in account. This year, we will award $500.
Massaron Endowed Scholarship Fund
BA/MA student, full-time or part-time, Labor Studies or current Employment and Labor Relations program. Recipient to be selected by Labor@Wayne Scholarship Committee.
Michigan Quality of Work Life and Bluestone Endowed Scholarship Fund
Scholastic achievement, character and leadership, and financial need criteria. $500 annually to support a BA student taking courses or in a major related to labor studies and labor/management relations. Selected by Financial Aid.
Zelda and Irving Bluestone Endowed Fund
Directed at student and faculty support and for research on labor and labor relations. The Director of Labor@Wayne assigns scholarships. Three were awarded in 2022-2023.
To apply to many of these scholarships and grants, please use the Financial Aid Portal.
For questions, please consult Financial Aid.
Education, Job Opportunities, and Research
- Huron Valley Worker Organizing and Research Center (HV-WORC)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA)
- Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
- Labor Research and Action Network (LRAN)
- Michgian Labor History Society (MLHS)
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- United Association for Labor Educators (UALE)
- UnionJobs.com
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Walter P. Reuther Library
- Worker Organizing Resource and Knowledge (WORK) Center
Unions on campus and in affiliation with WSU
