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Eligibility. Eta Sigma Phi members. Two scholarships, one to the Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome and one to the Summer Session of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, are open to members who have received a Bachelor’s degree within the eight years prior to application (or shall have received it by June 1st of the current year) and who have not received a doctoral degree. A third scholarship, to a Summer Session of the Vergilian Society at Cumae, Italy, is open, in addition to those eligible for the first two scholarships, to members who will be rising juniors or seniors in the coming summer, and preference will be given to such undergraduate students. Recipients may receive graduate or undergraduate credit applicable toward a degree, provided advance arrangements have been made.
Amount.
Scholarship to the American Academy in Rome has a value of
up to $3975.00. Additional information:
http://www.aarome.org/summer/css/ or
info@aarome.org.
The Brent Malcolm Froberg Scholarship to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
has a value of up to $2,700, which includes the remission of one-half of
all fees by the
Selection Committee: T. Davina McClain, Director, Louisiana Scholars College at Northwestern State University, chair (2009), Francis Dunn of the University of California at Santa Barbara (2008), and Frederick J. Booth of Theta Delta at Seton Hall University (2010). Application. Address inquiries and request for application forms to Eta Sigma Phi, Monmouth College, 700 East Broadway, Monmouth, IL 61462 or toms@monm.edu. For scholarship eligibility requirements, click here; For scholarship application, click here. Applicants must submit a transcript of undergraduate work, letters of recommendation, and a statement not to exceed 500 words to include purpose and reasons for desiring the scholarship. Mail applications and letters of recommendation to:
Professor T. Davina McClain
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Eta Sigma Phi Bernice L. Fox Latin Teacher Training Scholarship Eligibility: Eta Sigma Phi members
● who are now teaching, or preparing to teach, at the pre-collegiate level; ● who have received a Bachelor’s degree since within the last ten years or who expect to receive it before the summer of the current academic year; ● and who have not received a doctoral degree.
The Award of $500 will support a summer activity contributing to the recipient’s preparation for teaching (e.g., American Classical League Institute, the Kentucky Language Institute, or the Illinois Pedagogy Workshop) or university courses leading to certification.
To apply: go to http://department.monm.edu/classics/esp/scholarships/foxapplication.htm Annual Application Deadline: February 1st The recipient will be announced at the National Convention. This scholarship honors Bernice L. Fox, who taught English, Latin and Greek at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, from 1947 to 1981, and who served as chair of the Department of Classics from 1970 until her retirement in 1981. Throughout her long and dynamic career she worked tirelessly to promote the Classics in Illinois high schools and colleges. In 1956 she founded Monmouth College's Gamma Omicron Chapter of Eta Sigma Phi. She was the author of Tela Charlottae, the Latin translation of E. B. White's Charlotte's Web. In 1991 Monmouth College conferred on her the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. She died in 2003. The committee who will select the scholarship recipient was appointed by the Eta Sigma Phi Board of Trustees. Its members are Mary Pendergraft of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. (chair), Helen Moritz of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, and Terry Papillon of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. For further information and questions, please contact Dr. Mary Pendergraft, Committee Chair, at pender@wfu.edu. |
This page is maintained by the Executive Secretary of Eta Sigma Phi, Professor Thomas J. Sienkewicz of Monmouth College. If you have any questions about this page, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.