The Julia Moynihan Hickey Memorial Scholarship

Criteria: (Amount Equal to One Full Annual Tuition Award) The Julia Moynihan Hickey Memorial Scholarship is awarded by the donor to a full-time freshman who has demonstrated a high degree of industry, maturity, motivation and responsibility while attending Worcester State University. Students who apply must be employed either full or part time and should reference their employment in their application.

Julia was the mother of Barbara Hickey O’Brien, a graduate of the class of 1957. Julia was born February 7, 1904, in Ireland and immigrated to the U.S. in 1923 and married James M. Hickey in 1933. A homemaker most of her life, Julia was loved by everyone who came in contact with her. She always had a smile and a song in her heart and on her lips. Her husband often said throughout the years, “When God made her, He broke the mold.”

The Julia Moynihan Hickey Memorial Scholarship is designed by the donor to ensure that the recipient is guaranteed a tuition-free education toward a baccalaureate degree at Worcester State University. The donor, Barbara Hickey O’Brien, Class of 1957, awards this scholarship in memory of her mother, Julia Moynihan Hickey.