Scholarships

Charlotte Schmidlapp Scholarship Application, Spring 2023

EKU Women & Gender Studies, the Department of History, Philosophy, & Religious Studies, and the Department of Social Work invite undergraduate students at EKU to apply for a Charlotte Schmidlapp Scholarship. Awards of $1,500, $1,000, and $500 will be deposited into the Eastern Kentucky University accounts of the first-, second-, and third-place undergraduate winners, respectively. Award winners must have a Fall 2023 or later graduation date from EKU.

All essays pertaining to women’s and gender-related history (including papers from any discipline with a cultural/historical component) are eligible for consideration.

Please return this form along with your 300-400 word abstract containing no identifying information to Dr. Lisa Day in EKU Women & Gender Studies (Keith 126) by NOON on March 10, 2023. You may also send an email with attachments of this completed form and your unmarked abstract to lisa.day@eku.edu.

The Grise-White Scholarship

EKU Women & Gender Studies invites applications for the Grise-White Scholarship. This award of $500 will be deposited into the Eastern Kentucky University account of the selected recipient. Award winners must hold a 2.75 GPA or higher and anticipate a Fall 2023 or later graduation date from EKU.

Scholarship criteria state that current EKU undergraduate students with a minor in Women & Gender Studies and a major in English may submit an original piece of poetry or other genre of creative writing for review by the selections committee.

Please return the form below along with your piece of writing containing no identifying information to Dr. Lisa Day in EKU Women & Gender Studies (Keith 126) by NOON on April 7, 2023. You may also send an email with attachments of this completed form and your unmarked abstract to lisa.day@eku.edu.

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NOTE: Application forms are available for download as PDF documents. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view and print the file.