Richard Phillips "Teaching Torch" Scholarship
The Richard Phillips “Teaching Torch” Scholarship is available through the University of Central Missouri Alumni Foundation for full-time, Pell eligible students in good academic standing who are Missouri residents enrolled in the teacher education program in the College of Education.
After Richard’s passing in 2025, his family and friends established this scholarship in his memory so that his lifelong example of education and service may live on at the institution he loved, the University of Central Missouri, and inspire future teachers to join the profession.
- Award
- Varies
- Scopes
- College of Education
- Deadline
- 03/15/2026
- Supplemental Questions
- Submit a 300 word essay responding to the prompt: Share what has inspired you to pursue a career in teaching and how you plan to carry the "teaching torch" forward to ignite learning and possibility in others. Be sure to confirm your commitment to teaching in either a rural or urban school setting, and reflect on how you hope to make a lasting impact in that community.
- Do you currently live on campus?
- Do you plan to live on campus?