Fulbright College Department Awards and Scholarships
For New Freshmen
Anthropology
Contact: Carl Hitt, 575-2508, chitt@uark.edu
Robert L. Stigler, Jr. Scholarship. Residents of Jefferson County, Arkansas, interested in archeology.
Art
Contact: Lynn Jacobs, ljacobs@uark.edu, 575-5202
Okerbloom Awards. Incoming freshmen are eligible for Okerblooms, typically four awards of $500 to incoming feshmen and one scholarship of $1,000 to an incoming MFA student.
Chemistry
Contact: Bill Durham, bdurham@uark.edu, 575-4601
DuPont Chemistry Scholarship. Chemistry/biochemistry majors; freshmen; ACT scores, letters of recommendation. Renewable for 8 semesters with 3.0 GPA.
Jacob & Wilma Sacks Scholarship. Chemistry/biochemistry majors; freshman; academic ability; ACT; letters of reference; 4-year renewable; 3.0 GPA.
Samuel & Betty Siegel Scholarship. Chemistry majors; freshman; high school transcript; ACT/SAT; recommendations; renewable; 3.0 GPA.
Drama
Contact: Andy Gibbs, dagibbs@uark.edu, 575-2953
Wally & Mary Ingalls Drama Scholarship/Award. Drama majors.
George & Portia Kernodle Unitrust Scholarship. Drama students; actively engaged in his/her art or craft; contribute to drama program; academic performance.
Theodora M. Hallin Endowed Memorial. Speech-communication or theatre arts majors; Fayetteville High School graduates; 3.0 GPA; active in theatrical productions or debate; community activities; financial need.
History
Contact: Tricia Starks, tstarks@uark.edu, 575-3001
David Edwards Scholarship. History majors, financial need
Mary Dengler Hudgins Arkansas History Research Fund. Graduate students in history performing research in Arkansas history.
Mary D. Hudgins Endowed Scholarship. Undergraduate or graduate history majors with a special interest in Arkansas history.
Sidney A. Moncrief Scholarship. History majors or minors, interest in Black history, academic ability, entering students, four-year renewable.
George William Ray Memorial Award Fund. History majors.
Mathematical Sciences
Contact: Kathy Tate, kathy@uark.edu, 575-3351
John and Faye Keesee Award. Undergraduate mathematics major; high school GPA, high ACT.
Davis P. Richardson Scholarship. Mathematics majors.
David E. Johnson and Wilda S. McMurry Honors College Fellowship
David E. Johnson and Wilda S. McMurry Honors College Academy Scholarship
David E. Johnson and Wilda S. McMurry Endowed Scholarship
Lawrence Jesser Toll Jr. Endowed Fund
Ernest and Martha Olson Trust
Droke-Dunn Scholarship Fund
Droke-Dunn award
Music
Many scholarships are available for incoming freshman, both music majors and non-majors, and are generally linked to ensemble participation.
Music scholarships (voice, strings, piano, some winds), contact Stephen Gates, sgates@uark.edu, 575-4701.
Band scholarships, for students who participate in the Razorback Marching Band, contact Connie Vick, cvick@uark.edu,
575-4100.
For applications and more information on music or band scholarships, visit the department Web site.
For New Transfer Students
Anthropology
Contact: Jerry Rose, jcrose@uark.edu, or Carl Hitt, 575-2508, chitt@uark.edu
Robert L. Stigler, Jr. Scholarship. Residents of Jefferson County, Arkansas, interested in archeology.
Drama
Contact: Andy Gibbs, dagibbs@uark.edu, 575-2953
Wally & Mary Ingalls Drama Scholarship/Award. Drama majors
George & Portia Kernodle Unitrust Scholarship. Drama students; actively engaged in his/her art or craft; contribute to drama program; academic performance.
History
Contact: Tricia Starks, tstarks@uark.edu, 575-3001
David Edwards Scholarship. History majors, financial need
Mary D. Hudgins Endowed Scholarship. Undergraduate or graduate history majors with a special interest in Arkansas history.
Sidney A. Moncrief Scholarship. History majors or minors, interest in Black history, academic ability, entering students, four-year renewable.
George William Ray Memorial Award Fund. History majors.
For Currently Enrolled Students
American Studies
Robert Cochran, 575-7708, rcochran@uark.edu
Phydella Hogan Award. Outstanding student of American culture.
Anthropology
Carl Hitt, 575-2508, chitt@uark.edu
Arkansas Undergraduate Scholarship in Anthropology. Undergraduate junior or senior with financial need, overall 3.0 GPA and 3.0 GPA in anthropology courses.
Arkansas Graduate Fellowship in Anthropology. Full-time graduate student in anthropology, to support research and academic work.
Robert L. Stigler, Jr. Scholarship. Residents of Jefferson County, Arkansas, interested in archeology.
The Samuel C. Dellinger, Margaret J. and Michael P. Hoffman Scholarship. Annual award to outstanding undergraduate major.
Richard G. Condon Prize. Outstanding student in cultural anthropology.
Davis Internship in Public Archeology. Graduate student pursuing an internship in public archeology.
Art
Contact: Lynn Jacobs, 575-5202, ljacobs@uark.edu
The Art Department offers several scholarships and awards. Most of these are awarded on the basis of the work submitted at the spring prize competition, usually held in early March. To be eligible, you must be a currently enrolled art major. These amounts and all details are subject to change.
To be considered for an award, each applicant must obtain a data sheet from the art department office, turning it into the office by the deadline. Works will be presented for faculty jury and will be displayed in assigned rooms from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Students must have their work up and ready for review by 11:00 a.m. and must pick up the work promptly afterwards. Students may display up to 10 works.
Art in Rome Award. Supports studies in Rome, Italy.
Bedford Camera Prize and Collier Photo Prize. Bedford Camera awards $125 in photo supplies/services, while Collier Photo gives $100 in photo supplies and services. No restrictions.
Collier Camera Prize. Photo supplies & services. $100
David Durst Art Award. One award of $500 to a continuing MFA student, based on art ability and financial need.
Blanche Elliott Award, $500, rising juniors and seniors.
Blanche Elliott Award, $500, best art history paper.
Blanche Elliott Scholarship, $1,000, rising juniors and seniors.
Nina J. Erickson Memorial Scholarship. $1000 for rising sophomores.
Charles Okerbloom Award. $500 for incoming freshmen.
Charles Okerbloom Scholarship. $1,000 for rising juniors, seniors, and incoming MFA students.
Tom Turpin and Neppie Conner Prizes. Turpin prize to a rising sophomore; Conner prize to a rising junior.
Pauline Gantert West Prize, $200 deluxe watercolor set
*("Rising" in each category means that the student will be a sophmore, junior or senior in the fall.)
Biological Sciences
Contact: Fred Spiegel, 575-4248, fspiegel@uark.edu
David Causey Prize for Graduate Study. M.S. or Ph.D. students; not renewable.
Neil Compton Scholarship in Natural Sciences. Established by the Ozark Society and awarded to a junior, senior, or graduate student whose major course of study is in biological sciences or geosciences and who has attained academic distinction.
Dr. Allan Arthur Gilbert Sr. Endowed Scholarship. Pre-med majors; academic standing; renewable.
William M. Harris Memorial Pre-Medical Award. Pre-med students; outstanding seniors; accepted to medical school; financial need; active in Alpha Epsilon Delta.
Mary & Leta Potter Endowed Scholarship. Pre-medical majors; Arkansas residents; academic achievement, financial need.
Delbert Swartz Memorial Award. Majors in botany/microbiology/bacteriology; outstanding senior.
Chemistry
Contact: Bill Durham, 575-4601, bdurham@uark.edu
Amis Chemistry Scholarship.
Barbara Wertheim Campbell Award. Chemistry majors; seniors; undergraduate work completed at Fayetteville campus, 3.5 GPA.
A.W. Cordes Teaching Award. Chemistry/biochemistry majors, graduate assistants; student course evaluations.
Barrett and Peggy Duff Doctoral Fellowship. Distinguished and talented graduat student pursuing a career in chemistry research.
Arthur and Lois Fry Scholarship Fund. Chemistry/biochemistry majors; sophomores, juniors, or seniors; 3.0 GPA preference: planning to teach or conduct research; financial need.
Allan Arthur Gilbert Sr. Premedical Scholarship. Outstanding student pursuing a career in medicine.
William Harris Memorial Premedical Award. Outstanding senior premedical student who has been accepted into medical school and who has been active in Alpha Epsilon Delta.
Coulter Jones Scholarship. Chemistry/biochemistry majors; Arkansas residents (native Arkansans); financial need; preference: undergraduate students.
Frederick A. Kekule Award. Chemistry majors; outstanding sophomores; emphasis on organic chemistry; scholarship; professional promise.
Kathy Noland Chemistry Award. Freshman/outstanding laboratory work.
William K. Noyce Scholarship. Chemistry/biochemistry majors; academic achievement; financial need; active in department and professional organization.
Mary and Leta Potter Endowed Premedical Scholarship. Outstanding Arkansas resident pursuing a career in medicine.
Jacob Sacks Chemistry Award. Exceptional junior premedical chemistry major.
Jacob and Wilma Sacks Scholarship. Chemistry/biochemistry majors; freshman; academic ability; ACT; letters of reference; 4-year renewable; 3.0 GPA.
Communication
Contact: Myria Allen, myria@uark.edu, 575-5952
Richard S. Arnold 1st Amendment Research Excellence Award. Honors award for 1st Amendment studies and research.
Athens Scholars in Communication. Awarded annually to outstanding communication seniors selected by the faculty on the basis of academic achievement and service to the campus and the community.
Virgil and Lillian Baker Scholarship. Outstanding communication student.
M. Blair Hart Scholarship. Communication majors; scholarship, leadership, school activities, college service, financial need.
Norman DeMarco Scholarship.
Drama
Contact: Andy Gibbs, dagibbs@uark.edu, 575-2953
Carrie Hamilton Memorial Scholarship. To advance a student's work in playwriting.
Wally and Mary Ingalls Drama Scholarship. Drama majors.
George and Portia Kernodle Drama Scholarship. Drama students; actively engaged in his/her art or craft; contribute to drama program; academic performance.
Laurence Luckinbill Award in Theatre Arts. For students who work in theater.
English
Contact: Lyna Lee Montgomery, montgo@uark.edu, 575-4301
Baucum-Fulkerson Award for Fiction. Competitive award, fiction or drama.
Betty Moore Brown Endowed Scholarship. Arkansas students who major in English.
Claude W. Faulkner Endowed Award. English majors, outstanding graduate students, teaching and academic performance.
John Clellon Holmes Memorial Award. Graduate student in creative writing.
Ben Kimpel Memorial Fund Award. English majors, graduate students, literary scholarship, GPA.
Felix Christopher McKean Memorial Award. English students, prizes for literary works.
Lyna Lee Montgomery Endowed Award. Awarded to a student of demonstrated achievement in advanced grammar, syntax, and writing-intensive courses who aspires to a career in teaching, publishing, editing, or writing.
Jessie O'Kelly Freshman Essay Award. Student who excels in a freshman writing competition.
Lily Peter Creative Writing Fund. English students, graduate creative writing majors, achievement, promise.
Vance & Mary Celestia Parler Randolph Fellowship. English majors in language, literature or folklore; academic achievement; leadership, graduate students.
Leo and Nola Van Scyoc Award in English. Outstanding senior English major preparing to teach in public schools.
Walton Creative Writing Fellowship. Awards fellowships to recruit and retain talented people into the program.
Blair Rouse Scholarship. Superior acaemic achievement by a Ph.D. candidate in English.
Sonnet and Sestina Prize. In memory of James T. Whitehead, to the undergraduate winner of a departmental poetry competition.
Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Contact: Diane Ogden, dogden@uark.edu, 575-2951
Lisa Huffington Duque Award. Foreign language majors in Spanish, study abroad.
Holly Turner Meeks Scholarship in Foreign Languages. Outstanding foreign language students studying abroad.
Cecilia Russell Memorial Scholarship. Foreign language majors or minors, French; study abroad.
Geosciences
Contact: Doy Zachry, dzachry@uark.edu, 575-3355
Chesapeake Energy Graduate Fellowship. Awarded as part of the Chesapeake Scholars Program to promote graduate studdents aspiring to work in the energy industry.
W. Joe Edwards, Jr. Scholarship. Geology majors; geological studies.
Dan Gabor Memorial Field Camp Scholarship. Undergraduate or graduate geology students, academic potential, financial need, participate in geology field camp.
Mark & Theresa Gentry Land & Water Resources Scholarship. Undergraduate or graduate geology majors, full-time, demonstrate academic achievement, potential leadership and financial need; interest in land and water resources management; renewable; preference given to Arkansas residents.
Jack D. Mussett Scholarship. Undergraduate or graduate geology majors, academic achievement, leadership, renewable for four years.
Vernon Peppard Scholarship. Undergraduate or graduate geology majors, academic achievement, financial need.
Quantitative Geography Award. Earth science students, specifically in quantitative geography.
James Harrison Quinn Memorial Scholarship. Undergraduate or graduate geology majors, academic achievement, financial need.
James Elliot Sherman Scholarship Fund. Geology majors, undergraduate scholarships and graduate study loans, academic record and financial need.
Robert L. Tucker Memorial Award. Geology majors, academic ability and financial need.
George H. Wagner Excellence in Geochemistry Award. Student researching water quality.
John Glynn Williams Endowment. Geosciences students engaged in graduate research or undergraduate honors research.
History
Contact: Tricia Starks, tstarks@uark.edu, 575-3001
Arkansas History Research Fund. Graduate students in history performing research in Arkansas history.
Walter Lee Brown Scottish Rite Scholarship Award in History. Undergraduate or graduate students researching and writing on American history to complete an honor's thesis, master's thesis, or doctoral dissertation.
David Edwards Scholarship. History majors, based on financial need.
The Helen and Hugo Goecke and Adlyn and Harry Kennedy Memorial Travel Fund. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty support for travel expenses related to research. Preference is for travel abroad.
Mary Dengler Hudgins Arkansas History Research Fund. Graduate students in history performing research in Arkansas history.
Mary D. Hudgins Endowed Scholarship. Undergraduate or graduate history majors with a special interest in Arkansas history and are pursuing research for an honors thesis, master's thesis, or doctoral dissertation.
Sidney A. Moncrief Scholarship. History majors or minors, interest in Black history, academic ability, entering students, four-year renewable.
George William Ray Memorial Award Fund. History majors with preference for students displaying financial need.
Margaret J. Roberts Endowed Award Fund. Financial assistance and encouragement to students based upon academic merit.
G.V.G. "Tori" Saunders Award. Student with highest overall GPA who is a veteran, spouse of a veteran, or the child of a veteran.
Jesse Taylor Jr. Endowed Scholarship in History. History majors and graduate students, with preference to graduate students.
Ralph V. Turner Award Fund. Supports travel for faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students for research in England and Scotland.
Honors Program
Contact: Mary Ellen Hartford, mhartfo@uark.edu, 575-2509
Harold D. Hantz Honors Award. Highest ranking graduates in program.
International Relations
Hoyt Purvis, hpurvis@uark.edu, 575-3601
Hoyt and Jane Purvis Memorial Award. Seniors in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and contributions to international education and international relations.
Journalism
Contact: Phyllis Miller, pmiller@uark.edu, 575-5213, or Gerald Jordan, gjorda@uark.edu, 575-6306
A.W. Blake Journalism Scholarship. Journalism majors.
Arkansas Broadcasters Association Scholarship. Tuition for 12 hours, no fees, one year, need-based, preference is given to Arkansas residents.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Scholarship. Editorial, $2,500 semester, must be a graduate from an Arkansas high school and maintain a 2.5 GPA in college.
Arkansas Press Association, Editorial, $1,500 year, apply in journalism office.
Wanda A. Belzung Scholarship. Ad/PR, varies from $500-$750 semester, apply in journalism office.
A.W. Blake Memorial. Journalism, varies from $500-$1,500 semeste, apply in journalism office.
Clifford Cooper Memorial Scholarship. Up to $2,000, three students annually.
Richard F. Cooper Scholarship. $1,000 to $1,500 annually.
Ernie Deane Journalism Scholarship. Editorial or Ad/PR, $750 semester, apply in journalism office.
J.E. Dunlap, Jr. Editorial, $500 semester, apply in journalism office.
John B. "Tony" Dyke Scholarship in Sports Writing. Journalism, full tuition, books, fees for a year; renewable, based on academic achievement and sports reporting experience.
James and Joyce Faulkner Family Chancellor's Scholarship in Journalism. Chancellor's Scholar who pursues a degree in journalism.
Edsel Ford Memorial Scholarship. Journalism, varies from $1,000-$1,500 semester, need-based, apply in journalism office.
George A. Gearhart Scholrship. Journalism, $500 semester, preference given to editorial.
James Jones Memorial Scholarship. Editorial, $500 semester, apply in journalism office.
Richard Koch Memorial Scholarship. Journalism, varies from $250-$500 semester, non-traditional students only.
KUAF Endowed Scholarship. Undergraduate broadcast journalism student who shows potential for a career in radio and is active in student media or campus radio.
Lemke Alumni Association. Journalism major, $500 annually, student whose academic performance may currently be borderline below the standard GPA set by the journalism department for departmental scholarship awards.
Walter J. Lemke Memorial Award. Journalism, varies from $500-$1,500 semester, apply in journalism office.
Memphis Gridiron Larry Williams Endowed Scholarship. Journalism major with preference to student from Memphis or the mid-South.
Elizabeth Barnes Messner Scholarship. Journalism, full tuition, books & fees year, renewable for one year, based on high academic achievement and proven writing ability.
Jim Morriss Journalism Scholarship. Journalism major who demonstrates great leadership and has an interest in print media and local news reporting.
Northwest Arkansas Advertising Federation Scholarship. Outstanding journalism major studying advertising.
Ronald A. Robinson Endowed Scholarship. $1,000 to $1,500 annually.
John Rosso Endowed Scholarship. ad/PR, $750 semester, apply in journalism office.
Society of Professional Journalists NW Arkansas Chapter Award. Journalism students who best represent the ideals and values of the organization.
Television Broadcasters of Arkansas Scholarship. Broadcast journalism major.
Joseph A. Thalheimer Memorial, Journalism, varies from $500-$1,500 semester, apply in journalism office.
All scholarships are for journalism majors, who must apply through the department office. For more information on department awards and for application forms, visit the Web site.
Mathematical Sciences
Contact: Kathy Tate, kathy@uark.edu, 575-3351
Droke-Dunn Scholarship in Mathematics. Mathematics major, outstanding Senior planning to continue graduate work in mathematics.
John & Faye Keesee Award. Undergraduate mathematics major; high school GPA, high ACT.
Davis Richardson Endowed Scholarship. To outstanding mathematics majors in honor of a former professor and chair of the department.
Music
Contact: Ronda Mains, rmains@uark.edu, 575-4702
Arkansas Territorial Sesquicentennial Scholarship. Music majors, students in piano, organ, violin, or voice.
Margaret & George Bowen Scholarship. Music majors/instrumental; junior, senior, or graduate students; participants in the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the University Chamber Orchestra; full-time students; 4-year renewable; 2.5 GPA.
Margaret Windsor Clark Endowed Scholarship. Music majors.
Bing Cunningham Memorial Scholarship. Junior or senior music majors, piano.
Nina J. Erickson Memorial Scholarship in Music. Music majors.
Robert P. and Carolyn Simms Evans Music Scholarship. Financial assistance for exceptional undergraduate students in music, with preference given to piano majors.
William C. Gant Scholarship. Freshman music majors, piano, financial need, potential for excellence in piano and pedagogy.
Mary Dengler Hudgins Arkansas Music Scholarship. Music majors.
Wallie B. and Mary Ingalls Music Scholarship. To advance students' education in music.
Anne Kitrell Memorial Music Scholarship. Music students, Arkansas residents.
Music Department Scholarship. For students who are among the best in their class.
Presser Foundation Scholarship. Presented to the outstanding rising senior; $1,500 from the Presser Foundation and $750 from the university. Selection by chair and faculty.
Wayne Alan Stevens Memorial Scholarship. Undergraduate music majors, ability and talent, three-year renewable.
James E. Tancred Memorial Scholarship. Music majors, piano.
Alcia Yoes Scholarship. Student must be actively participating in one of the fine arts—music, art, dance, architecture, or theatre. Must be a junior or senior, an Arkansas resident, and be employed or earning part of his or her University expenses. Requires a 2.5 GPA.
For applications and more information on music scholarships, visit the department Web site.
Philosophy
Contact: Sherry Sparks, ssparks@uark.edu, 575-3551
Philip S. Bashor Scholarship. Graduate philosophy majors.
Dr. Harold D. Hantz Scholarship. Undergraduate philosophy majors, academic excellence, financial need a secondary consideration, application required.
Physics
Contact: John Stewart, johns@uark.edu, 575-2506
Admiral William C. Bryson Scholarship. Physics majors, interest in astronomy, preference given to academic achievement and progress, 3.0 GPA, renewable.
Amgen Fellowship for Teach for America. Emphasizes recipient's achievement, perserverance, critical thiking, ability to motivate others and respect for low-income communities.
Hach Scientific Foundation Scholarship. Awarded to chemistry majors planning to teach in the public schools.
Lloyd Ham Memorial Research Award. To outstanding physics teaching assistant.
Steve T. Hildebrand Endowed Fund. Supports exceptional students in physics.
Raymond Hughes Graduate Fellowship. To support the research and travel of Ph.D. candidates.
George D. Lingelbach Memorial. Undergraduate physics majors, given at Honors Day.
Robert D. Maurer Physics Research Fund. Physics majors; scholarships, fellowships and research.
Physics Department Scholarship. To outstanding physics majors.
Physics Fellowship. To outstanding physics majors at any level on the basis of scholastic achievement.
Charles B. Richardson Senior Fellowship. Junior or senior physics majors, 3.0 GPA, undergraduate research.
Paul C. Sharrah Scholarship Physics majors.
Society of Physics Scholarship. To outstanding physics students.
Political Science
Contact: Margaret Reid, mreid@uark.edu, 575-3356
Dr. Henry M. Alexander Memorial Award. Senior political science majors, highest GPA.
William Jennings Bryan Award. Political science majors, outstanding students.
Rita Snoddy Davis Access Arkansas Scholarship. Provides need-based scholarships to capable undergraduate students. Recipients chosen according to the criteria established by the Access Arkansas Initiative.
Minna Rosenbaum Divers Endowed Scholarship and Award. Undergraduate political science majors, merit and academic record, interest in public service.
Hugh T. Henry Endowed Memorial Fund. Master of public administration candidates.
Emil M. and Pearl K. Larson Internship Experience. Award provides financial assistance in support of an internship for an undergraduate political science student.
Psychology
Contact: Douglas Behrend, dbehrend@uark.edu, 575-4256
Lynn Waite Dunlap Memorial Fund. Undergraduate or graduate psychology majors.
Walter J. Richards Memorial Award. Psychology majors, awarded Honors Day.
R. H. Waters Memorial. Psychology majors.
Marie Wilson Howells Trust Fund. Provides graduate student stipends and graduate assistantships.
School of Social Work
Contact: Marcia Shobe, 575-4734, mshobe@uark.edu
Schmieding Research Fellowship in Arts and Sciences. Graduate or undergraduate social work student interested in experiencing an intensive educational experience at the Schmieding Center for Senior Health, which focuses on geriatric health care and provider training.
Sociology and Criminal Justice
Contact: Brent Smith, bls@uark.edu, 575-3206
Jones Chair in Community Undergraduate Award. To support student research in building thriving, diverse communities.
Stephen Stephan Memorial Scholarship. Sociology major, academic excellence and leadership. Amount: $1,500. Deadline: February 1.