Scholarships

The department offers three scholarship opportunities for outstanding students:

  • the Stephen Stephan Award,
  • the Elaine Ogden McNeil Endowed Scholarship Award, and
  • the Community and Family Institute Outstanding Sociology Undergraduate Student Award.

Please consider nominating your best students for these three important awards.

 2016-2017 Awardees:

  • Stephen Stephan Endowed Scholarship Fund for Sociology—Hannah Bell, Criminal Justice and Sociology major; Legal Studies minor
  • Elaine Ogden McNeil Endowed Scholarship— Tatianna Balis, Sociology & Kinesiology major
  • Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Community—Cynthia Martinez, Sociology major; Social Work minor

2015-2016 Awardees:

  • Stephen Stephan Endowed Scholarship Fund for Sociology—Jill Niemeier, Sociology major, Anthropology minor
  • Elaine Ogden McNeil Endowed Scholarship—Jeremiah King, Criminal Justice and Sociology major, Arabic minor 

2014-2015 Awardees:

  • Stephan Stephan Endowed Scholarship Fund for Sociology—Kiefer Dooley, Criminal Justice and Sociology major; Business Economics minor
  • Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Community—Aaron Arredondo, Sociology major; Cody Tuttle, Criminal Justice and Sociology major

2013-2014 Awardees:

  • Stephen Stephan Award—Mollie Wildmann (Criminal Justice and Sociology major)
  • Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Community—Gail O’Connor, Sociology major; Carolina Vargas, Criminal Justice and Sociology major, Human Development & Family Science minor, Business minor

2012-2013 Awardees:

  • Stephen Stephan Award—Megan Handley, Criminal Justice and Sociology major
  • Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Community –Don Willis (Sociology major);

2011-2012 Awardees:

  • Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Community —Kimberly Murray, Criminal Justice and Sociology major, English minor

2010-2011 Awardees:

  • Stephen Stephan Award—Rebecca Shores ( Sociology and Criminal Justice major).                                
  • Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Community—Deborah Suen, Sociology and Anthropology major); Shila Hawk-Tourtelot, Criminal Justice and Sociology major

Student Eligibility and Nomination Information

Stephen Stephan Award

To be eligible for the Stephen Stephan Award, students need to be juniors in any social science major (sociology, criminology, economics, psychology, political science, history, anthropology, or geography).

To nominate a student, please communicate with the Departmental Award Committee Chair Dr. Song Yang. The nomination should include the students name, eligibility, and a description of evidence of excellence to include: GPA, class performance, research aptitude, activities, or any other extracurricular activities.


Elaine Ogden McNeil Endowed Scholarship Award

To be eligible for the Elaine Ogden McNeil Endowed Scholarship Award, the awardees need to be juniors majoring in Sociology.

To nominate a student, please communicate with the Departmental Award Committee Chair Dr. Song Yang. The nomination should include the students name, eligibility, and a description of evidence of excellence to include: GPA, class performance, research aptitude, activities, or any other extracurricular activities.


Community and Family Institute Outstanding Sociology Undergraduate Student Award

This award is offered annually to acknowledge the outstanding undergraduate student who best exemplifies the mission and vision of the Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Community. Highest preference will be given to students involved in community outreach, research or advocacy that is focused on the Northwest Arkansas community.

In addition, preference will also be given to more advanced students who are at or near completion of their undergraduate degree work. Faculty are invited to nominate any undergraduate student that they believe would be an appropriate candidate for this award and one who has devoted their time and outreach effort toward better understanding families and/or communities in Northwest Arkansas.

To nominate a student for the CFI award, submit a letter of nomination addressed to the chair of the Departmental Award Committee Chair Dr. Song Yang, along with the student’s resume.