Urban & Regional Planning

The Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association Scholarship offers $3,000 to undergraduate and graduate students. Started in the 1980s, this tradition reflects the strong encouragement and support for higher education in professional planning programs.

To be qualified for this scholarship you must be a member of APA and a full-time student working towards a Master of Urban & Regional Planning (MURP) at EWU.

The APA scholarship will be awarded to the student who demonstrates the most overall:

• Academic excellence
• Commitment/experience in planning and the APA
• Potential future effectiveness in the field of planning
• Financial need
• Interest in specific planning issues.

Mr. King Cole was perhaps the most influential planner in the history of Spokane—as the leader and organizer for economic revitalization as well as being the person most responsible for the 1974 World’s Fair. Redevelopment and revitalization still shape an evolving, successful downtown that builds on our legacies of preserving the natural environment. Although he never worked as a planner for the city, Mr. Cole worked tirelessly through business and non-profit organizations to form Spokane as a 20th-century city.

The King and Jan Cole Scholarship shall be administered as an endowment of $1,000, the annual earnings of which will be used to support an undergraduate student planning to major in Urban and Regional Planning. The criteria for selection of the candidate to fill this scholarship are as follows:

• The recipient must be an undergraduate student of at least junior standing (no post-graduate student applications).
• The recipient must have a minimum of 2.5-4.0 grade point average at time of initial application. 3.0 grade point average for scholarship renewal.
• The recipient must demonstrate financial need.
• Applicants will be screened by a committee appointed by the Department Chair.
• Permission is given for the appropriate release of information regarding the fund, e.g. in the Annual Report published each year by the Foundation.
• Opportunity with Downtown Partnership or area Chambers of Commerce for internships and volunteer experience.

Mr. Len Zickler is an alumnus of our program and a prominent landscape artist. The Len Zickler Planning Scholarship has a value of $1,000.

The scholarship will be managed according to the following stipulations:

• The recipient must be an undergraduate/graduate, junior/senior majoring in Urban and Regional Planning.
• It is preferred that the recipient come from a family with a demonstrated challenge or hardship (i.e. one or both parents deceased, or a single parent aspiring to attend college)
• The recipient must demonstrate financial need
• The recipient must have a minimum grade point of 2.8 or higher
• Suitable candidates will be identified and selected through the general scholarship application process by the University Scholarship Selection Committee. Candidate(s) names will be forwarded to: 1) The Urban and Regional Planning program, and; 2) the donor.

Frank Schadegg was an exceptional professor in geography, fascinated with action research and field applications across the Inland Northwest. He was a strong force in creating and promoting planning in rural areas, and responsible for the formation of the Planning Association of Washington. Schadegg was the founder of our program, the product of his keen interest in teaching and learning in the field. An endowment for this $1,000 scholarship was established by planners, alumni, and friends of Schadegg to continue the tradition of applied planning and field research among students.

The scholarship shall be administered with the following stipulations:

• Overall GPA of 3.0 or better
• Active participation and leadership in community service
• Demonstrated financial need