Undergraduate
GENERAL INFORMATION
Each spring semester, the Department of English hosts a merit scholarship competition. To be eligible for these awards, students must: be a declared major in English; have a minimum 3.65 University of Texas at Austin GPA; have completed 60 credit hours, including 45 hours in residence, as of January 1 of the application year; have completed 12 hours in English or Rhetoric & Writing, including 6 hours in residence, as of January 1 of the application year; be an undergraduate, full-time enrollee (in both the application year and the award year). The application is available below. Additional information, including paper copies of the application, is available in the English Advising Office (PAR 114).
2009-2010 Scholarship Application
ENDOWED PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
The University of Texas Development Board established the Endowed Presidential Scholarship (EPS) program in 1973 to provide merit-based scholarship support. A number of these $2,500 scholarships, listed below, are awarded to English majors each year. Depending upon available endowment funding, the Department has awarded from 6 to 14 Endowed Presidential Scholarships each year. The Department also nominates a number of our students for the “Unrestricted” EPS competition, administered by the President’s Office. Many of our nominees have been successful in that university-wide competition.
• Janet Guthrie Andrews Endowed Presidential Scholarships
• Betty Yarnell Brown Endowed Presidential Scholarships
• A.J. and W.D. Thaman Endowed Presidential Scholarships
• Joanne Marye Thaman Endowed Presidential Scholarships
OTHER ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIPS
The Department of English awards a number of other merit scholarships, varying in amount from $250 to $3,000, listed below.
• Bedicheck Scholarships in English
• Adele Steiner Burleson Scholarships
• Cora Crawford Scholarships
• Sarah Dodson Scholarships in English
• Lois Ware Scholarships
• Witt Family Scholarships
• Orville Wendell O’Neal Scholarships
COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
English majors also receive a number of scholarships provided by the College of Liberal Arts and other University of Texas entities. See the following web sites for more information:
www.utexas.edu/cola/scholarships/ -and- www.texasscholarships.org/
CONTESTS AND AWARDS
Finally, the Department of English also administers a number of creative writing contests, a thesis prize, and other monetary awards. Information is sent to all students (or, in some cases, eligible students) through e-mail and/or other advertisements.
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