Undergraduate Scholarships
Laura Sylvia Myers Scholarship:
This scholarship recognizes one undergraduate student who has demonstrated a commitment to scholarship and/or leadership in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program with a monetary award. It is available to students who earn a Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Laura Sylvia Myers was born in 1962 and died in a car accident in 1984. Each year, the Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies (WGSS) awards a $1,000 scholarship to an undergraduate student in Laura’s memory. The WGSS Director solicits applications in February with a submission deadline March 15 of each year. The scholarship recognizes a student who has demonstrated:
- Scholarship and/or leadership in the WGSS Program
Eligibility Requirements
- The award is given to an undergraduate student who plans to earn a WGSS Certificate from Florida Atlantic
Materials to be Submitted
- An unofficial copy of the transcripts
- A two-page essay that describes your qualifications for the award
- At least two letters of recommendation from instructors in courses taken for the WGSS Certificate
Florida Atlantic Financial Aid Office
Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships
- Annette Van Howe Fellowship:
Awarded to support outstanding full-time graduate students in WGSS.
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The Friends of the WGSS Skeets Friedkin & Lisa Armbrust Award
Awarded to support exemplary research and/or teaching by a graduate student in WGSS.
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The Feminist Fund
Community supported fund to support study, research, teaching, and events in WGSS at Florida Atlantic.
Contact the WGSS Director, Dr. Carla María Thomas for more information at carlathomas@fau.edu .