Emily Menlo Marks Scholarship Program

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UNH has supported member agency staff with scholarships for higher education since the early 1990s. Currently, UNH provides tuition assistance for applicants pursing a college degree or certificate.

The scholarship is named for UNH's former Executive Director, Emily Menlo Marks in honor of the extraordinary contributions she made to social justice and community building in New York City over the course of her career. The scholarship was developed to ensure that there is a next generation of leaders within UNH member agencies equipped to carry on her tradition of excellence.

View the list of Spring 2012 winners here! UNH was able to offer 34 staff members from 18 UNH member agencies with scholarships to help them continue their education. 

See the list of colleges scholarship recipients have attended.

Most scholarship recipients are attending four-year colleges or universities:

• 87% attending a four-year college or university
• 8% attending a community college
• 5% attending another type of institution (i.e., New York Psychotherapy Institute)

Scholarship Recipient Spotlight: Asuba Men Maa

Asuba Men Maa, a Head Start teacher at Union Settlement Association in East Harlem, is improving learning outcomes for the low-income and special needs pre-school children in his program. With UNH’s scholarship help, Asuba completed his bachelor’s degree and is now finishing his master’s in Special Education. Asuba is especially proud that he will be the first man in his family to complete graduate level education, and he has already moved from a classroom aide to a head teacher. His work focuses on literacy, and he has been able to improve his assessment of the children, many of whom come from homes where English is a second language. “I see the results. I am better able to draw out the neediest children, to give them the opportunity to learn to their potential and, I hope, to give them a real head start in life.”

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