Floretta M. Murray Scholarship

The Floretta M. Murray Scholarship is created for students majoring in the Art Education program. Each recipient must show ability and promise in his/her chosen major.

Criteria

1. Each recipient must be an undergraduate student enrolled full-time (minimum 12 credit hours) at Winona State University
2. Each recipient must be classified as a sophomore, junior, or senior and be in good standing at Winona State University with a minimum grade point average (g.p.a.) of 3.0 (4.0=A).
3. Each recipient must be a declared major in Winona State University’s mathematics program (B.A. or B.S. degree excluding statistics) or art education program.
4. Each recipient must show ability and promise in his/her chosen major.
5. Each art education recipient must be enrolled in the Teacher Education Program.

Biography/Motivation

Floretta M. Murray began teaching at Winona State as an art supervisor of Phelps Campus School in the fall of 1932 following her graduation. She began teaching in the college art department at WSU in 1941 and eventually became head of the art department. During her time as head of the department, the B.A., B.S. and M.A. programs were developed. She also established art internships for art majors at the Minneapolis Art Institute, the Minnesota Museum of Art in St. Paul, and the U.S. department of Fish and Wildlife. She taught for one year and several summers at the University of Minnesota in the art and education departments as well as at Bemidji State, The College of St. Teresa and St. Mary’s College here in Winona. After her retirement from WSU in 1976 she was name Professor Emeritus.