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Walter Edwin Thompson
& Dr. Regina Bloch Thompson Scholarship Fund
The Department of Germanic and Slavic
Languages and Literatures is in the enviable position of having access
to this generous scholarship fund, which we are sharing with three other
Pennsylvania institutions. Amounts ranging from over $1,600 for qualifying
junior and senior undergraduates, $2,824.50 for graduate students in residence,
and $3,766.00 for graduate students in Germany or Russian-speaking countries
are disbursed each May (with the total of $102,000 awarded in 2001).
These funding opportunities substantially
increase any graduate support departmental students receive. Excerpts
from the scholarship description are as follows:
"...A perpetual trust where the net
income is to be distributed to or among students at Villanova University,
Villanova, PA; The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA;
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA; and Widener University, Chester, PA."
Eligibility: Third and fourth
year undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Russian or German
languages at the above named colleges and universities who have maintained
an academic average of at least 80 or B (or the approximate equivalent)
in their Russian or German language college level courses, and who display
financial need by completing a Financial Aid Form (9FAF) shall be eligible
to be considered for scholarship awards.
Scholarship awards for students selected
"...shall be paid directly to the college or university to cover tuition
costs and book costs. However, in the case of graduate students traveling
to Russia or Germany, my trustee may apply all or a portion of a student's
award to cover his or her transportation costs..."
In addition to the scholarship application,
the following are required: 1) Transcript of college grades, 2) Copy
of Financial Need Statement, and 3) Completed application form. Application
forms are available on-line in January and are to be submitted by
the beginning of March directly to:
Professor Barton Browning
Department of Germanic and
Slavic
Languages and Literatures
The Pennsylvania State University
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