Scholarships & Awards
SCHOLARSHIPS
The following scholarships are specific to FILL IN students/majors. To learn more about these scholarships, click here. Search for the scholarships by name or search by major/minor to learn more.
Charles and Sylvia ALVA Scholarship in Linguistics Studies
Each applicant must meet the following elements:
- Upper division student
- Focused area of study will be English linguistics
- This includes:
- English majors with a Linguistics concentration
- Linguistics minors
- Students seeking a TEFL certification
- Humanities majors with a Linguistics focus
- Language arts education majors (Secondary/middle-high school language arts teaching)
- This includes:
Preferences: Applicants with a desire to teach English in secondary schools
David & Dennis Eddings Scholarship in Literature & Writing
Each applicant must meet the following elements:
- Be a prospective or current full-time student at Western Oregon University
- Have an earned grade point average (GPA) in the major of 3.5 or higher
- Have academic standing of sophomore or higher in 2015-2016
- Have a declared major in Literature, Writing, or Language Arts
R.S. Baker Memorial Scholarship
Each applicant must meet the following elements:
- Be a prospective or current full-time student at Western Oregon University
- Be age 24 or older
- Have an earned grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher
- Have a declared major in the Humanities [Communication Studies, English Studies—any concentration, German Studies, Humanities, Philosophy, Spanish]
Leonard W. Rice Memorial Scholarship
Each applicant must meet the following elements:
- Be a senior at Western Oregon University
- Have a declared major in the Humanities [Communication Studies; English – Literature, Linguistics, Writing; German; Humanities; Philosophy; Spanish]
- FAFSA and WOU General Scholarship application, only, are required
Ready to apply? You must be an admitted WOU student with access to the portal. Click-on “Sign In” from wou.academicworks.com (make sure you are signed into the portal) or find the “WOU Scholarships” link in the portal under “Programs for Everyone.” Complete the general application and any additional questions as requested.
