For more information about the following Theatre Department Scholarships go to http://www.fau.edu/divdept/schmidt/theatre/oldsite/the_und.htm
Guggenheim Scholarship – Preference will be given to FAU former athletic students who are pursuing a graduate degree. Priority will be given to former members of FAU’s football team, followed by former members of FAU’s women’s athletic teams. Additional preference will be given to graduate students seeking a degree in the College of Business (COB). Application: http://www.fau.edu/finaid/images/generalsch_app2.pdf
“Do Unto Others” Scholarship – This scholarship is open to outstanding students attending FAU who meet the following criteria: must major in people and community oriented fields of work, must be full-time undergraduate or graduate with a 3.25 GPA, must demonstrate financial need, must submit an essay on the applicant’s philosophy of life and his/her ideals, detail personal interests, hobbies, accomplishments and summarize history of volunteer work – essay must also include a statement of the applicant’s living a healthy lifestyle. Application deadline is September 30, 2005.Application: http://www.fau.edu/finaid/images/generalsch_app2.pdf
Bank Atlantic Monthly Scholarship –$200 scholarship will be awarded to eligible students for the month.For more information please refer to application and website links. Application deadline is September 30, 2005. Application: http://www.fau.edu/finaid/images/ba_scholarship.pdf
National Scholars Honor Society Scholarship – The society strives to reward and encourage personal growth and development, as well as engender a sense of civic responsibility and dedication to our nation’s great political process. Our members include thousands of America’s brightest minds and top achievers in the Arts, the Sciences, Medicine, Law, Business and Politics. The National Scholars Honor Society grants scholarships to highly qualified achievers from all academic pursuits. Scholarship eligibility is determined for each new applicant at the time of acceptance, and is reviewed biannually for as long as the member continues to update his file on an annual basis. $19,000 will be awarded in scholarships. Check out the website for more details and the membership online application at http://www.collegehonors.org
The Mark Twain Scholarship Fund, Inc.– This fund will award eight scholarships. This scholarship is designed to promote and assist the post-secondary education of qualified young students in their chosen discipline with the fields of Arts and Humanities, Applied Arts, Education, Science, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, or Law. Applicants must be of a Freethinking persuasion (freed from all ancient or modern mythic interpretations of life and living, against all efforts to impose superstitious religious teachings and interpretations on society), must be registered full time students at a University/College/Institute which awards B.S. and B.A degrees, must submit an essay or no less than 750 words on a topic chosen yearly by the scholarship committee. All applications must be postmarked by December 31, 2005. More information can be found at: http://www.atheistalliance.org/florida/Twainessay/twain%20app.htm
IAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton Fellowship – This fellowship is in honor of the outstanding research, visionary leadership and memory of TIAA-CREF Trustee and Michigan State University professor, Dr. Ruth Simms Hamilton. This year, TIAA_CREF will award one or more fellowships, totaling $30,000, to graduate students at U.S. colleges and universities, in recognition of their academic achievements and cutting-edge research that furthers the study of the African Diaspora. Fellowship applications will be accepted from September 1, 2005 to October 15, 2005. Applicants will be asked to submit an online application, an original research paper and several other items. TIAA-CREF will notify each fellowship winner via U.S. mail by December 31, 2005. More information can be found at: http://www.tiaa-crefinstitute.org/awards/hamilton/index.html.
FBI – Common Knowledge Scholarship- This scholarship is based on what you know. Four (4) $1000 first place cash scholarships will be awarded every week during the month of December. No essays, no minimum GPA, or financial background information is required. More information can be found at: http://www.cksf.org.
All scholarships are found at http://www.fau.edu/finaid/.
