English Department Graduate and Undergraduate Scholarships & Awards Donations If you would like to make a financial contribution to the Department of English Undergraduate or Graduate Funds, please contact Harriet Linkin, Department Head. Photo Here Contact Information Deparment of English Box 30001, MSC 3E Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001 Phone: (505) 646-3931 Live, Learn and Thrive. Fax: (505) 646-7725 www.nmsu.edu/~english
General Scholarship Awards Our Students... Vera Newman Rule Endowed Memorial Scholarship Graduate Awards One substantial monetary award will be given to an outstanding Study language, literature, student with the highest GPA. Selected by the Department Head in and culture from traditional consultation with the Graduate Studies Committee. No applications as well as emerging scholarly accepted. perspectives through both Charles M. and Pamela S. Sphar Endowed Scholarship undergraduate and graduate A $400 award for an outstanding female English Department graduate programs. student with a GPA of 3.0 or better in need of fjnancial assistance. Financial need is established through the Financial Aid Offjce. Selected by the Department Head in consultation with the Graduate Studies Committee. Sutherland-McManus Awards Creative Writing/Poetry Scholarship Awards Two $250 awards given annually to graduate students who have written for an English class either 1) the best literary critical essay, The Frank Waters Fiction Lectureships or 2) the best work of nonfjction prose (including essays, reports, and electronic documents). Selecte by the Graduate Studies $1000, $750, and $250 awards for three outstandin graduate Committee. student fjction writers currently enrolled in the MFA in Creative Emerson Award Writing program. Selected by the Creative Writing faculty. The deadling for this award is October 17, 2005. Recognizes outstanding writing by graduate students in English. Keith Wilson/Joe Somoza Poetry Prize One Sutherland-McManus award-winning selection will be cited as the Emerson Award recipient. Selected by the Graduate Studies In honor of retired NMSU facult members Keith Wilson and Joe Committee. Somoza, $700, $200, and $100 awards for three outstanding graduate student poets currently enrolled in the MFA in Creative Deadline for all graduate award applications is Writing program. Selected by the Creative Writing faculty. The November 7, 2005, unless noted otherwise. deadline for this award is October 17, 2005. Ruth Scott Academy of American Poets Prize To be eligible for a scholarship students must be enrolled during the semester of the academic year A $100 award for an outstanding graduate student poet currently award. enrolled in the MFA in Creative Writing program. Selected by the Creative Writing faculty. The deadling for this award is October 17, 2005. Submit completed application materials to the Harris-Kunz Endowed Award in Poetry Department of English, Clara Belle Willams Hall, room 132. A $350 award for a graduate student poet currently enrolled in the MFA in Creative Writing program who is completin a thesis and For application information, contact the Department graduating within 12 months of the award. Selected by the Creative of English at 505-646-3931 Writing Faculty. 1 2
General Scholarship Awards Undergraduate Awards Vera Newman Rule Endowed Memorial Scholarship Our Students... Substantial monetary awards will be given each year to the junior and senior majoring in English with the highest GPA. Selected by the Develop writing abilities in general Department Head in consultation with the Undergraduate Studies composition, technical and business Committee. No applications accepted. communication, and creative writing (fjction, poetry, and drama). Marion P. Hardman Endowed Memorial Scholarship A $650 award given annually to an outstanding junior or senior majoring in English. Selected by the Undergraduate Studies Committee. Mary Powell Ambrose Endowed Memorial Award A $500 award given annually to an outstanding junior or senior majoring in English. Selected by the Undergraduate Studies Committee. Creative Writing/Poetry Scholarship Awards Joseph H. Forsyth Endowed Memorial Scholarship Robert A. Wichert Endowed Memorial Award for A $350 award given annually to one or more juniors majoring in Creative Writing English, New Mexico natives, who have maintained a GPA of 3.5 or Two $300 awards given annually to the undergraduate students who better. Selected by Dr. Jane Allen and the Department Head. have written the best fjction, poetry, or drama in an English class. Dr. Larry L. Wilson Endowed Memorial Scholarship Selected by the Creative Writing faculty. A $600 award given annually to a New Mexico resident majoring in Corrine Robinson Peterson Creative Writing Scholarship English, who has maintained a GPA above a 3.0 and who demonstrates need, but is not eligible for fjnancial aid. Preference will be given to a A $200 awared given annually to a U.S. citizen with a GPA above 3.0 who is returning student. Selected by the Department Head and the Dean of taking a creative writing course in the English Department. Nominations the College of Arts & Sciences. accepted from Creative Writing Faculty. Selected by the Creative Writing Faculty. Sutherland-McManus Awards Deadline for all undergraduate award Two $200 awards given annually to the undergraduate students who applications is November 7, 2005, unless noted otherwise. have written for a English class either 1) the best literary critical essay, or 2) the best work of nonfjction prose (including essays, reports, and electronic documents). Selected by the Undergraduate Studies To be eligible for a scholarship students must be enrolled during the semester of the academic year Committee. award. Emerson Award Submit completed application materials to the Department of English, Clara Belle Willams Hall, room Recognizes outstanding writing by undergraduate students in English. One 132. Sutherland-McManus award-winning recipient will be cited as the Emerson Award recipient. Selected by the Undergraduate Studies For application information, contact the Department of English at 505-646-3931 Committee. 3 4
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