The Joyce Huffaker Education Scholarship was established at the University of Montana Western in Dillon, Montana via a legacy gift from Joyce. 

The selection criteria shall be as follows:

• Full time student who is enrolled and in good standing
• Student majoring in Education
• Minimum GPA is 3.0
• Student can receive scholarship multiple years

In 1959, Joyce Freseman (Huffaker) graduated from Montana State Normal School (now the University of Montana Western) as a promising English education major, ready to make her mark in teaching. Although born in Helena and raised in Butte, Joyce ventured to Arizona, where she would dedicate more than four decades to teaching English and AP English in the Mesa School District. Throughout her career, Joyce fostered a love of learning and creativity, mentoring debate teams, sponsoring the National Honor Society, and creating unique, collaborative teaching environments alongside her husband, Jerry Huffaker, also a lifelong educator.