Harriet L. Green Elementary Education Scholarship

The Harriet L. Green Elementary Education Scholarship fund will provide an opportunity for aspiring elementary school teachers to carry on the tradition of excellence as inspired by Harriet.

Criteria

Each applicant must be an undergraduate student enrolled full-time (minimum of 12 credits each semester) in good standing at Winona State University
Each applicant must declare a major in Elementary Education, with preference given to those applicants with a desire to teach in the lower grades
Each applicant must be classified as Junior or Senior when receiving the award
Each applicant must maintain a minimum G.P.A. of 2.75 (4.0=A)
It is a preference that each applicant have financial need as determined by their FAFSA

Biography/Motivation

Harriet L. Green received her two-year degree from Winona State Teachers College in 1932 and in 1945 earned her Bachelor of Science degree in education from Winona State Teachers College. She taught in several Minnesota school districts including Lewisville, Grand Meadow, Owatonna, Faribault, Lewiston and Mable. In addition, she taught in Juneau, Alaska and Carson City, Nevada. Winona students benefited from her expertise as an elementary teacher for more than 30 years at Jefferson and Central schools. She also supervised student teachers and was named the Honor Teacher in Grade One by WSU. After retiring in 1975, she volunteered for 20 years working with first and second grade reading students. She was an active member of the Iota Chapter of Delta Gamma Society International. In 2005 she was named the Iota Chapter Woman of Achievement. Her commitment to elementary education and the betterment of the lives of young people will be carried on by elementary education graduates of Winona State University.

Harriet loved teaching first and second graders and especially working with them in their reading skills. Throughout her teaching career and her retirement years she always talked about her Winona State professors and the many positive experiences she had while attending Winona State Teachers College. Harriet always wanted to establish a scholarship to provide assistance to an elementary education major(s) who aspired to work with students in the lower grades.