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Scholarships
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The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
seeks to recognize outstanding students in several ways.
• Scholarships for First Year Students
• Scholarships for Upper-class Students
• Department Awards
• Honor Societies
| SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS |
$1,000
Scholarship for First Year Students Who Will Major
in Classics, French, German or Spanish
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Deadline for Fall 2009: January 30, 2009 postmark |
• Access on-line
exam for First Year Student Scholarship Application (only German and Spanish applicants take the exam on-line).
Valparaiso
University announces its annual competition for
$1,000 scholarships for first year students who will
major in Classics, French, German, or Spanish.
These merit awards are renewable three times for
a total of $4,000 if the student remains a foreign
language major and makes satisfactory academic
progress. Scholarship holders may have two majors.
There are three parts of the application
process:
1) SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, including an essay
of 200 words about your academic and career goals.
You may submit the application in one of two ways:
• Complete the on-line
application form (with essay)
or
• Print off the application
form (pdf) and mail it along with
your essay to Dr. Nelly Zamora-Breckenridge (see address
below)
2) OBTAIN A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION from your high school language teacher
who will then mail the letter to:
Dr. Nelly Zamora-Breckenridge
123 Meier Hall
1800 Chapel Drive
Valparaiso University
Vaparaiso, IN 46383
3) COMPLETE A LANGUAGE EXAM
• If you are in German or Spanish, you will take
the on-line
language exam (step 4 in the
on-line application). Even if you submit your
application form by regular mail, you must
take the language exam for German or Spanish
on-line by clicking on the link above.
• If you are in Classics (Latin)
or French, we will send the language
exam to your teacher or you may take it at
Valpo during a visit to campus before January
31, 2009.
| SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR UPPER-CLASS STUDENTS |
CLASSICS:
• The Reverend and Mrs. Arthur L. Reinke and The
Reverend and Mrs. Augustus Reinke Memorial Scholarship
• The John and Dorothea Helms Endowed Scholarship
• Eta Sigma Phi Scholarships
Classics scholarships are available to
students who have completed at least one year of Classics
studies at VU. These scholarships recognize excellence
in academics and serve as an incentive for students
to continue their studies in Classical culture and language. More information about eligibility is available on the Classics website.
FRENCH:
• The Professor Carol Petersen Scholarship is awarded to an incoming student majoring in French or German.
• The Patterson McLean Friedrich French Scholarship is awarded to a Junior student majoring in French.
GERMAN:
• The Professor Carol Petersen Scholarship is awarded to an incoming student majoring in French or German.
• The Reutlingen Semester Scholarship
• The Tübingen Orientation Scholarship
These scholarships are supported by
the Made Kade Foundation and are available to sophomores, juniors
and seniors who are studying in Germany through the VU study abroad program.
• The Henry and June Giebel Scholarships provides financial assitance for students who spend a full year studying in Germany. Preference is given to future German teachers and VIEP-German students.
Each year in May, the Foreign
Language faculty hold an "end-of -the-year"
Honors Reception during which they give special recognition
to their graduating majors and present awards to those
students who have done superior work in their field.
The senior French major who has demonstrated
outstanding achievement and promise in French studies
is presented with the Roger and Hazel Guillaumant Award.
The French section also awards book prizes to students
who have demonstrated superior work in their language
studies.
The senior German major who has demonstrated
excellence in German studies is awarded the Walther
M. Miller Memorial Prize; the outstanding junior student
in German studies is awarded the Thora Moulton Prize.
Exceptional students of Spanish and of Chinese and Japanese are also recognized with book prizes
at this time.
The Classics section publicly
recognizes those students who have been awarded scholarships
in Latin and Greek.
VU maintains active chapters of
several foreign language honor societies. Outstanding
students may apply for membership into the following
societies:
Classics -- Eta
Sigma Phi
French -- Pi
Delta Phi
German -- Delta
Phi Alpha
Spanish -- Sigma
Delta Pi
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