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Scholarships & Awards

Available Scholarships & Competitions

Undergraduate
Graduate
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Award Recipients for 2010

Writing Awards

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Undergraduate Scholarships

■  Friends of Sharon Marglous Memorial Scholarship
       Award:  $750
       Application Deadline: April 2011
       Criteria:  Student 25 years or older, in transition, resident of St.
          Louis city or county, demonstrating academic promise. 
          Preference for female recipient. Certificate earner preferred.        
          Full-time student.

■  Women as Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship
       Award:  Up to $1,500
       Application Deadline: April 2011
       Criteria:  Undergraduate WGS Certificate seeker, cumulative 2.5
          GPA, serious financial need. Requires FAFSA application
          submitted to Financial Aid Office by March 15.  Full-time   
          student.

 ■  Robert and Fern Mreen Scholarship
      Award:  Up to $1,500
      Application Deadline: April 2011
      Criteria:  Undergraduate WGS Certificate seeker, cumulative 2.5
            GPA, serious financial need. Requires FAFSA application
            submitted to Financial Aid Office by March 15.  Full-time
            student.

■   The Alan Ross Achievement Scholarship   
     (Undergraduate and Graduate)
      Award:  $2,500
      Application Deadline: April 2011
      Criteria:  Full-time undergraduate WGS Certificate seeker, cumulative  3.0 GPA.

Application materials must include transcripts, two letters of recommendation, and a one-page formal letter of application outlining qualifications for each specific scholarship you are seeking (each scholarship must have a separate application) as well as significance of gender studies to your life goals. Applications that do not meet these criteria will not be considered.  Send materials to Scholarship Committee, GS, 212 Clark Hall. Gender Studies welcomes applications from both female and male students. For further information on the Institute, visit the website at www.umsl.edu/~gs or call 516-5581.

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Graduate Scholarship & Assistantship

McAffrey Family Scholarship

Award:  Up to $1,000
Application Deadline: 09 April 2010
Criteria:  Cumulative GPA 3.0 in WGS courses, student 25 years
           or older, needing to enter or return to the workplace, in
           financial need. Full-time graduate student enrolled in GS        
           certificate program.

The Alan Ross Achievement Scholarship
(Undergraduate and Graduate)

Award:  $2,500
         Application Deadline: 09 April 2010
Criteria:  Undergraduate  or Graduate WGS Certificate seeker, cumulative  3.0 GPA.  Full-time student enrolled in GS certificate program.

Application materials must include transcripts, two letters of recommendation, and a one-page formal letter of application outlining qualifications for each specific scholarship you are seeking (each scholarship must have a separate application) as well as the significance of Women’s and Gender Studies to your life goals. Applications that do not meet these criteria will not be considered.  Send materials to Scholarship Committee, GS, 212 Clark Hall. The Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies welcomes applications from both female and male students. For further information on the Institute, visit the website at www.umsl.edu/~gs or call 516-5581.

 

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Other Scholarships

American Association of University Women
Criteria: Mature female undergraduate student attending at least part time and maintaining a cumulative GPA of 2.5, demonstrating a financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Elisabeth A. Horkids Fund
Criteria: Minimum GPA 3.0, prefer female, full time, demonstrating financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

George Dewey Ross Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Sophomore, junior, or senior pursuing a degree in the humanities. The recipient shall be an outstanding student who demonstrates financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and who is active in the community on behalf of the disadvantaged an/or themselves be a member of a racially or economically disadvantaged group. Students must be enrolled full-time and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

Gwendolyn M. Tsadik Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Minority of disadvantaged student living in the St. Louis Metropolitan area with special emphasis on inner-city youth. First consideration given to immediate family members of Gwendolyn M. Tsadik.

Hazel L. Kohring for Women in Transition
Criteria: Cumulative GPA 2.25, displaced female, 25 years or older, in transition, resident of St. Louis city or county.

Lena Key Cassidy Memorial
Criteria: Sole or primary financial supporter of themselves and one or more dependents; undergraduate or graduate, qualify for degree within four semesters, demonstrating financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin Scholarship
CriteriaLWomen demonstrating financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Mason Family Science
Criteria: Min GPA 3.0, female minority with financial need pursuing degree in sciences.

May Department Stores Minority Scholarship
Criteria: Preference to African-American students with financial need and strong academic performance. Internship may be required.

Monxmode Foundation Parent/Child Scholarship
Criteria: Missouri resident, African-American single parent with a cumulative GPA of 3.0. Must have completed between 60 and 90 credit hours and demonstrate financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Must be full-time and enrolled in a degree program. The recipient will have at least one child between the ages of six weeks to five years. As a requirement of this scholarship, the recipient must agree to enroll the child in the UM-ST. Louis University Child Development Center. This expense will be paid as a part of the scholarship Award.

Peter W. & Helen M. Goode Fund
Criteria: Minimum GPA 3.0, rank in top 10% of HS class or top 15% on ACT/SAT for MO students; possess leadership abilities, minorities and women, MO resident.

Professional Women of Southwestern Bell Foundation, Inc.
Criteria: Min GPA 3.0, undergraduate, St. Louis metro residents, top 20% of class or ACT/SAT, financial need.

Ray and Lucia Kramer Collins Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Preference to junior or senior single parents returning to formal higher education and undergoing significant lifestyle or career change and demonstrating financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Must be full-time student and be supporter of one or more dependents.

Theodore McNeal Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: Minority student desiring a career in public service, a graduate of an accredited St. Louis area high school, who maintains a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above.

Towards Independence
Criteria: Minimum GPA 2.0, female in transition, financial need.

UM-St. Louis African-American Alumni Chapter Scholarship
Criteria: Preference to African-American junior or senior attending at least part-time (6 or more hours). The recipient shall have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5.

UM-St. Louis Women Fund
Criteria: Cumulative GPA 2.5, completed 12 hours, undergraduate, female in transition, financial need.

Women’s Connection Network Scholarship
Criteria: Female in transition, 25 years or older working towards a certification or degree after a significant lifestyle or career change. May be a full or part-time student with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 and demonstrating financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

NOTE: a female in transition refers to a female undergoing significant lifestyle or career change; or a female needing to enter or return to the workplace.

 

Contact Information

For the GS Writing Award, Women as Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship, and the McAffrey Family Scholarship, please contact GS: call Fern Mreen 314.516.5581 or email GS.

For all other scholarships please contact the UMSL office of Financial Aid:
call 314.516.5526 or 314.516.7212 or for more scholarship information and online applications, please visit UMSL Financial Aid online.

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