Departmental

Departmental Scholarships

For more information on each scholarship and to apply visit ASAP.appstate.edu. If you have specific questions, see contacts based on each department below.


Anthropology

Contact Dr. Krista Lewis, Department Chair

  • Dr. L. Jill Loucks Memorial Scholarship in Anthropology Endowment
  • Dr. L. Jill Loucks Summer Stipends
  • Stephen Richard Weller Memorial Scholarship for Anthropology

Awards

  • Dr. Susan E. Keefe Award for Practicing Anthropology
  • Dr. L. Jill Loucks Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior

Biology

Contact Dr. Ava Udvadia, Department Chair

  • Bill Hubbard Memorial Scholarship in Biology Endowment
  • Biology Alumni and Faculty Emeriti Endowed Scholarship
  • Dr. Carolyn H. Hampton Research Scholarship for Biology
  • Dr. F. Ray Derrick Endowed Biology Scholarship
  • Dr. Kevin Bell Memorial Endowed Optometry Scholarship
  • Ida Belle Ledbetter Memorial Scholarship in Biology Endowment
  • James C. Greene Graduate Fellowship in the Sciences (Graduate)
  • Lloyd L. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship for the Physical Sciences
  • Mitchell D. Hoyl and Paul A. Patacchiola Scholarship in Biology
  • Wayne R. Richardson Memorial Graduate Fellowship for Biology (Graduate)

Awards

  • Gary Walker Outstanding Graduate Student in Biology Award
  • Richard Henson Biology Endowed Field Trip Fund

Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences

Contact Dr. Jennifer Cecile, Department Chair

  • A.R. Smith Chemistry Memorial Scholarship Endowment 
  • Jake Whitaker Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry 
  • Lloyd L. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship for the Physical Sciences
  • Martella Fermentation Sciences Diversity Endowment

Computer Science

Contact Dr. James Fenwick, Department Chair

  • Advisory Board Scholarship for Excellence in Computer Science
  • Camelot Scholarship for Computer Science
  • ECRS Computer Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scholarship
  • Edith A. Goodman Memorial Scholarship for Mathematics and Computer Science Endowment
  • John W. and Mary L. Taylor Memorial Scholarship for Math and Computer Science Endowment 
  • Mark Harris Endowed Scholarship for Computer Science
  • Samanage Success Scholarship for Computer Science
  • S-STEM Scholarship Program

English

Contact Dr. Leonardo Flores, Department Chair

  • Cratis D. Williams Memorial Scholarship in English Endowment 
  • Department of English Endowed Scholarship 
  • Dr. Hans G. Heymann Scholarship for English "Honors" Students
  • Ella Thompson Hobbs Endowed Scholarship for English Majors
  • Graydon and Daisy Eggers English Scholarship Endowment
  • Jeffrey Kermit Lowe Memorial for English Majors Endowment
  • Jeni Gray Memorial Endowed Scholarship in English
  • Kate Peterson Scholarship for English
  • Mary Montgomery Dunlap Scholarship in English
  • Mary Willis Shores Memorial Scholarship in English
  • Richard H. Rupp and Henree Rupp Study Abroad Scholarship for the English Department
  • Rogers and Janice Whitener Creative Writing Scholarship
  • The Rosemary Horowitz Memorial Scholarship

Awards

  • John Foster West Endowed Creative Writing Prize
  • Loyd Hilton Endowed Award for Excellence in English
  • Majorie South Idol Prize for Fiction and Creative Prose
  • Majorie South Idol Prize for Poetry
  • Marian Coe Scholarship in Creative Writing
  • Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship for Creative Writing

Geography and Planning

Contact Dr. Saskia van de Gevel, Department Chair

  • ASU Local Government Alumni Association Planning Scholarship
  • Faye and Moses Crutchfield Outstanding Planning Student Award
  • Geography Scholarship for International Study
  • Jennifer DeHart Scholarship in Geography
  • Julian Yoder Outstanding Geography Student Scholarship 
  • Neal Lineback “Geography in the News” Scholarship
  • Robert E. Reiman Scholarship Endowment for Geography and Planning
  • Stephen Vacendak Graduate Fellowship for Geography (Graduate)

Geological and Environmental Sciences

Contact Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, Department Chair

  • aGES Undergraduate Research Assistantships
  • Fred Webb, Jr. and Barbara Haynes Webb Endowed Scholarship for Geology Summer Field Course 
  • Lloyd L. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship for the Physical Sciences
  • Loren A. Raymond Student Research Scholarship Endowment
  • Mark DeBroder Memorial Scholarship Endowment for Geology
  • McKinney Paleontology Scholarship Fund
  • Triassic Trip Endowment Scholarship

Awards

  • Geological and Environmental Sciences Transfer Student Award

Government & Justice Studies

Contact Dr. Cathy Marcum, Department Chair

  • Andy Nobles Memorial Scholarship for Criminal Justice
  • David Sutton Endowment Fund for Political Science and Criminal Justice
  • Dr. Edward M. Allen Jr. Scholarship for Political Science
  • Government and Justice Studies Opportunities Scholarship
  • Jimmy C. Draughn Scholarship for Local Government 
  • Mark Don Browder III Insurance Memorial Scholarship
  • Marvin Hoffman Local Government Scholarship
  • Matt Winn Williamson Scholarship for Town, City, County Manager
  • Mayor Roy Maness Local Government Endowment
  • North Carolina Sheriff's Association Scholarship in Criminal Justice
  • North Carolina City and County Managers Association Scholarship
  • Robert G. Hester Scholarship Endowment for Local Government
  • Roland Frederick Moy Study Away Scholarship
  • Southern Corrosion Local Government Association Scholarship Endowment
  • Utility Services Local Government Scholarship

Awards

  • Richter H. Moore, Jr. Law and Society Research Award (Graduate)

History

Contact Dr. Jason White, Department Chair

  • Clara Dougherty Brown Memorial Scholarship in History Endowment
  • Dr. H. Lawrence Bond Memorial Scholarship for History
  • Evelyn Shepherd and Brenda Greene History Scholarship
  • History Matters Scholarship
  • Joseph E. Sawyer Jr. Scholarship for History
  • Mary Etta Moretz Scholarship
  • Professor Thomas K. Keefe History Scholarship
  • Robert D. Warren Endowed History Scholarship 
  • The Benjamin Frosst Little Endowed Scholarship for International Travel
  • The Dr. Donald B. Saunders Memorial Scholarship for History Honors Students
  • Worth Sweet Scholarship for History, Secondary Education

Interdisciplinary Studies

Contact Dr. Maria Pramaggiore, Department Chair

  • Anne and Alex Bernhardt Endowed Scholarship in Appalachian Music
  • Cratis D. Williams Memorial Graduate Fellowship in Appalachian Studies Endowment (Graduate)
  • Do Unto Others Scholarship in Appalachian Studies (Graduate)
  • Dr. Carl A. and Charlotte T. Ross Scholarship for Appalachian Studies
  • Edward J. Cabbell Endowed Scholarship in Appalachian Studies (Graduate for Research/Travel)
  • Frances Holland Black Endowment for Women's Studies
  • The Arthel (Doc) Watson Endowed Scholarship for Traditional Mountain Music
  • William C. Lindley, Jr. Memorial Scholarship for the Center for Appalachian Studies (Graduate)

Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Contact Dr. Paul Worley, Department Chair

  • Foreign Language and Literatures Endowment

Mathematical Sciences

Contact Dr. Tracie Salinas, Department Chair

  • G. T. Buckland Scholarship in Mathematics Endowment
  • Edith A. Goodman Memorial Scholarship for Mathematics and Computer Science Endowment
  • Inez Harris Scholarship in Mathematics Endowment
  • John W. and Mary L. Taylor Memorial Scholarship for Math and Computer Sciences Endowment
  • Palmer Math Transfer Student Scholarship
  • Paul Patterson Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics Endowment
  • S-STEM Scholarship Program

Awards

  • George Dewey Bingham, D.D.S. Endowed Award for Mathematics
  • Jimmy Smith/Bill Paul Endowment for Mathematics Education (Graduate - Math Secondary Education Concentration)

Philosophy and Religion

Contact Dr. Mathew Foust, Department Chair

  • Charles T. Davis Scholarship in Philosophy and Religion Endowment
  • The Richard T. Guy Scholarship for Philosophy

Physics and Astronomy

Contact Dr. Tonya Coffey, Department Chair

  • Andy Graham Lecture Demonstration Scholarship for Physics and Astronomy
  • Jack and Roger Graham Endowed Scholarship for Physics and Astronomy
  • James C. Greene Graduate Fellowship in the Sciences (Graduate)
  • Jeremy and Rebecca Ehret Scholarship in Physics and Astronomy
  • Laurance Brown Memorial Scholarship Endowment for Physics and Astronomy
  • Lloyd L. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship for the Physical Sciences

Awards

  • J. W. Byrd Endowed Award for Physics - Outstanding Senior Award
  • Karl C. Mamola Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy Research
  • The Walter C. Connolly Award for Physics

Psychology

Contact Dr. Rose Mary Webb, Department Chair

  • Donna Jane Clark Memorial Fellowship for Clinical Psychology (graduate)
  • Dr. Frank R. Terrant, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Psychology
  • Dr. Paul Fox Scholarship for Psychology Majors
  • Drs. Eric and Carole Hatch Memorial Scholarship Fund for Psychology
  • Finley and Lillian Moore and the D. Frank and Gail Moore Memorial Endowed Scholarship in School Psychology (graduate)
  • James Long and Elizabeth Whitener Long Scholarship for Education and Psychology (admissions)

Awards 

  • WiSE Research and Travel Awards

Sociology

Contact Dr. Cameron Lippard, Department Chair

  • Albert and Maxine Hughes Scholarship in Sociology
  • Ann Louise Page Endowment for Excellence in Sociology
  • Janice Rienerth Endowment for Sociology

Watauga Residential College

Contact Dr. Laura Ammon, Director

  • McFarlane Family International Travel and Research Endowment for Watauga Global Community
  • Watauga Residential Scholarship

For more information on each scholarship and to apply visit ASAP.appstate.edu.