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Department of English Undergraduate Awards and Scholarships


We are excited to announce that we are extending our scholarship awards to all the undergraduate class levels!
 
The previous requirement for completing English 100, 200, and 300 along with two major English classes to qualify for some of the departmental scholarships has been eliminated.
 
We look forward to awarding all levels of undergraduate English majors in the Spring 2024 semester.
 
Click the following link to complete the 2024 Scholarship Application. 
 

 

Scholarship

Prerequisites

FIRST YEAR CREATIVE WRITING/ARTS SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship is administered by Potter College and has separate deadlines and instructions.

ALAN MILLER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

  • Full-time English or ESL major
  • Must be freshman in first year of study at WKU
  • Financial need is considered
  • Outdoor/environmental justice is considered, but not required
  • This scholarship has a separate deadline of SEPTEMBER 15. 

KIIS-WKU DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIP

  • New scholarship! 
  • Full-time English major or minor
  • Slated to participate on a KIIS study abroad program
  • Overall GPA of 2.0+

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIP FOR RACIAL EQUITY

  • Full-time English major
  • English GPA of 2.0+
  • Open to students who are members of underrepresented or historically disadvantaged groups: Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Asian or Asian American, or two or more races

 

FRANK L. ATKINSON SCHOLARSHIP

 

  • Senior standing
  • Resident of Kentucky
  • Overall GPA of 3.0+
  • English GPA of 3.0+
  • Students who pay dues to social societies are ineligible.
MARY LUCILLE SCOTT SCHOLARSHIP
  • English major
  • Resident of Kentucky
  • Top 25% of high school graduating class
  • Overall GPA of 3.0+
  • English GPA of 3.0+
THOMAS G. JONES SCHOLARSHIP
  • English major or minor (preferably in creative or professional writing)
  • Sophomore standing or above
  • Overall GPA of 3.0+
  • English GPA of 3.0+
NOMA DUNN SCHOLARSHIP
  • English major or minor (specifically grammar, semantics, usage)
  • Aspiring to teach (not specific to high school)
  • Good character
  • Overall GPA of 3.0+
  • English GPA of 3.0+
PAT AND WALLACE NAVE SCHOLARSHIP
  • English major
  • Junior or senior standing
  • Overall GPA of 3.0+
  • English GPA of 3.0+
  • Students who pay dues to social societies are ineligible.
  • Financial need is taken into consideration.
EARL A. MOORE SCHOLARSHIP 
  • English major
  • Resident of Kentucky
  • Overall GPA of 3.0 +
  • English GPA of 3.0+
  • Full-time student
DR. KAREN PELZ SCHOLARSHIP
  • Creative or Professional Writing major or minor
  • Senior standing
  • Overall GPA of 3.3+
  • English GPA of 3.3+
JIM WAYNE MILLER SCHOLARSHIP
  • Creative Writing major or minor
  • Junior or senior standing
  • Overall GPA of 3.2+
ADDIE HOCHSTRASSER ESTATE FUND FOR THE JIM WAYNE MILLER SCHOLARSHIP IN CREATIVE WRITING
  • Creative Writing major or minor
  • Junior or senior standing
  • Overall GPA of 3.2+
  • Full-time student
  • Must possess the personal qualities of character, integrity, dependability, industriousness, and human compassion, which produce leaders
DR. NANCY HIGHTOWER DAVIS SCHOLARSHIP
  • English major
  • Sophomore standing or above
  • Overall GPA of 3.2+
  • Full-time student
  • Must possess the personal qualities of character, integrity, dependability, industriousness, and human compassion, which produce leaders.
  • Financial need is an important consideration.
BETTY JEAN AND DOUG MOSLEY SCHOLARSHIP 
  • Full-time student
  • English Major
  • Overall GPA of 2.5+
  • Must possess the personal qualities of character, integrity, dependability, industriousness, and human compassion, which produce leaders and merit the honor of the award
  • Financial need is an important consideration
PATRICIA MINTON TAYLOR SCHOLARSHIP
  • Full-time junior or senior
  • English major with a literature concentration
  • Overall GPA of 3.0+
  • English GPA of 3.5+
COLONEL EDGAR BRYANT AND EDITH R. STANSBURY SCHOLARSHIP
  • Must be a full-time student majoring in English
PAUL BUSH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
  • Recipients must be a full-time student at Western Kentucky University.
  • Recipients must either be currently enrolled in 3 hours of preparatory/co-req (English) classes or passed at least 3 hours (ENG 105) at Western Kentucky University (no developmental transfer work will be considered).
  • Recipients must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7.
  • Financial need is an important consideration.
JIM & LANA FLYNN STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIP 
  • Must be a full-time sophomore, junior, or senior majoring in English literature or English for Secondary Teachers or a graduate student specializing in literature.
  • Overall English GPA of 3.3+
  • Preference will be given to students applying to programs led by WKU English faculty members and to students without access to other study abroad scholarships.
  • Must submit a statement and most recent unofficial transcript.
EARL A. AND CLEO B. MOORE—TERRENCE E. AND SARAH D. KELSAY STUDENT AID FUND
  • Full-time student majoring in English 
GORDON WILSON SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP   
  • Full-time student majoring in English 

 

Awards

The English department honors students with a variety of awards throughout the academic year.

These awards include:

  • Departmental Scholarship Award Winners
  • Fall Literature Conference Winners
  • Sigma Tau Delta Conference Winners
  • Alan Miller Award Winners
  • Goldenrod Poetry Contest Winners
  • PCAL Award Winners
  • Frank and Cellia Conley Award Winners
  • Outstanding Student in Creative Writing
  • Outstanding Student in English for Secondary Teachers
  • Outstanding Student in Linguistics
  • Outstanding Student in Literature
  • Outstanding Student in Professional Writing
  • Outstanding Student in Gender & Women's Studies
  • Outstanding Graduate Student(s)
  • Zephyrus Winners

Prize-Winning Work

2016 English Rocks! Essay Winner: Leaps of Faith by Abby Ponder


For more information about scholarships, please contact Professor Megan Miller. 

 

Award and Scholarship Winners 2023:

Award and Scholarship Winners 2023 Video Preview

 

Previous winners:

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

 

 

 


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 Last Modified 10/5/23