William Lomis Cox Memorial Scholarship

The William Lomis Cox Memorial Scholarship supports students from the Whakatane area of New Zealand who wish to train as teachers, with particular emphasis on social science subjects. First awarded in 1958, the scholarship was established by Norman Cox in the name of his late father to support Whakatane area students training to be teachers, with the hope they would return to Whakatane to share their knowledge and skills with the new generation of school students. The scholarship is available to students who normally reside in the area covered by the Whakatane District Council, have attended a State-owned post-primary school in the region for at least one year, and intend to enter the primary or secondary teaching profession. Eligible students may be about to commence or continue their tertiary study, provided their course of study includes social science subjects such as anthropology, economics, geography, history, philosophy, psychology, political science, or sociology.