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Sociology - CSU, Chico

Scholarships and Awards Information

Scholarships and awards are given for a wide variety of things, including financial need, academic achievement community service, overcoming hardship, and travel. Applications are available in the Sociology Department Butte 615 or at this link: Department Scholarship and Award Application pdf

SOCIOLOGY SCHOLARSHIPS

Barbara Holland Peevers Memorial Scholarship

This is a need-based scholarship for students majoring in Sociology with a minimum GPA of 3.0 who will have completed at least 60 units by Fall 2008. Your essay for this scholarship should outline your academic goals and identify how winning the scholarship will help you. This award is a based on a family investment fund and the amount awarded will vary each year depending on the interest earned, but typically ranges from about $1000-1500.  

Travis Williams Humanitarian Scholarship

This scholarship honors a student who has shown dedication to the betterment of society through community involvement locally or elsewhere. Applicants should have completed at least 60 units by Fall 2008, and have a minimum GPA of 2.0. This scholarship is not based on need. Essays for this scholarship should address the work you have done to improve the lives of others. One scholarship of $500 will be given.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES:

Scholarships are designed to help cover your educational expenses next year. In order to be eligible for Sociology or university scholarships, then, you must be continuing as a full-time student in Fall 2008. To apply for a Sociology scholarship, you must complete both of the following:

1. The university application, which must be completed online at www.csuchico.edu/fa . The university application asks for some basic information, as well as short answers to a handful of open-ended questions about yourself and your accomplishments. Please note that the university application also requires that a faculty member submit a letter of recommendation for you. The deadline for the university application (including the letter of recommendation) is January 1, 2008.
2. The departmental application to the Department of Sociology, which consists of filling out an Awards Application Cover Sheet, and writing a brief, one-to-two page essay specific to the scholarship to which you are applying. The Application Cover Sheet is available in the Sociology department office located in 615 Butte Hall. The deadline to turn in this essay and its accompanying cover sheet is February 4, 2008.

If you apply for more than one scholarship, you will only need to complete one online application, but will need to write separate essays for each scholarship for the department application. Scholarship applicants are strongly encouraged to also apply for Sociology Department Awards.

 

 

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AWARDS

W. E. B. duBois Award

This award recognizes Sociology juniors or seniors who have overcome obstacles and challenges in life and in their educational pursuits. Students with a minimum 3.0 GPA may apply. Essays should address the obstacles you have overcome, your commitment to Sociology, and how the award will contribute to the completion of your degree.

Robert P. Rankin Award

This award recognizes students who have put their sociological knowledge into action through a civic engagement project, activism, community-based research, or leadership in a campus or community organization. Applicants should be Sociology majors with a GPA of 3.0 or higher who will graduate in the spring, summer or fall of 2008. Essays should describe how you have applied your sociological knowledge in hands-on ways for the benefit of others.

Best Scholar Award

This award honors a student for outstanding academic achievement. Applicants should be Sociology majors whose GPA is 3.5 or higher, and who will graduate in spring, summer or fall 2008. Students are nominated for this award by Sociology faculty. Faculty members must submit a letter of recommendation to the Awards Committee and inform the student in sufficient time for you to complete the essay, which should address how your experience in the Sociology program has contributed to your worldview and how you expect to use your degree to achieve your career objectives. If you would like to be nominated for this award, you should speak with the faculty member who you think can best nominate you.

Educational Enhancement Award

This award is for special use related to expenses for travel to a conference or some other academic event, for study abroad, or for research or special projects. Sociology majors and minors may apply for this award. Essays should address your commitment to the field of Sociology, and describe what you hope to gain from your plans to travel, study abroad, or engage in a special project.

AWARD APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES:

To be eligible for a Sociology Department Award, you must be a full-time enrolled sociology major during Spring 2008. Unlike the Sociology Scholarships, however, you do not have to be continuing as a Chico State student in Fall 2008 in order to apply. Sociology minors may apply for the Educational Enhancement Award. To apply for a Sociology Department Award you must fill out a Sociology Award Cover Sheet, and submit a brief essay of one-to-two pages (see details of each award). You may apply to more than one award, but should write a separate essay for each award you are seeking. Awards are funded by donations made by Sociology faculty members and alumni, and award amounts depend on the balance in the Awards Fund, but typically range from $200-400 each. The deadline for Sociology Department Award applications is February 4, 2008.

 

An important measure of the quality of the sociology program is the number of awards received by sociology majors. Our students have been recognized locally, regionally, and nationally. Locally, sociology majors have received more than their proportionate share of the Glenn Kendall Public Service Awards and the Lt. Robert Merton Rawlins Awards, the two most prestigious student awards on campus. Regionally and nationally, our students have participated in professional organizations, including the American Sociological Association, the Pacific Sociological Association, the California Sociological Association, and the Western Anthropology-Sociology Undergraduate Research Conference. We have also placed students on the USA Today All American Academic Team and The Washington, D.C. Minority Student Leadership Internship Program.

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