Scholarship

Prerequisites

FIRST YEAR CREATIVE WRITING/ARTS SCHOLARSHIP

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. 

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

• English major who is active in the department
• Senior standing
• Resident of the state of Kentucky
• Overall GPA of 3.0+
• English GPA of 3.0+
• Students who pay dues to social societies are ineligible.

• English major
• Resident of Kentucky
• Top 25% of high school graduating class
• Overall GPA of 3.0+
• English GPA of 3.0+

  *Can be renewed for up to four (4) years

• English major or minor (preferably in creative or professional writing)
• Sophomore standing or above
• Overall GPA of 3.0+
• English GPA of 3.0+

  *Can be renewed for up to four (4) years

• English major or minor (specifically grammar, semantics, usage)
• Aspiring to teach (not specific to high school)
• Good character
• Willing to work
• Overall GPA of 3.0+
• English GPA of 3.0+

• English major
• Junior, senior standing, or graduate student
• Overall GPA of 3.0+
• English GPA of 3.0+
• Students who pay dues to social societies are ineligible.

• English major
• Resident of Kentucky
• Overall GPA of 3.0 +
• English GPA of 3.0+

• Creative or Professional Writing major or minor
• Senior standing
• Overall GPA of 3.3+
• English GPA of 3.3+

• Creative Writing major or minor
• Junior or senior standing
• Overall GPA of 3.2+

• 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

• 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

• Full-time student at WKU
• In pursuit of a degree in the English department
• 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

• Full-time junior or senior at WKU majoring in English with a literature concentration
• Overall GPA of 3.0+
• English GPA of 3.5+

• Must be a full-time student majoring in English, within the WKU Department of English, within PCAL

• Must be a full-time junior or senior from the Commonwealth of Kentucky
• Overall GPA of 3.5+
• Must be majoring in English with an interest in teaching at the secondary or collegiate level

• 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 within the department of English in PCAL
• 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 an essay and most recent unofficial transcript

• Full-time junior or senior
• Resident of Kentucky
• Must complete requirement for certification to teach English in public education systems in Kentucky following graduation

• Full-time student majoring in English within PCAL

• Full-time student majoring in English within PCAL

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 to be an important consideration.)