RL SCHOLARSHIPS 2009-2010

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Queretaro Scholarship, Summer 2009

January 13, 2009

The Department of Romance Languages announces scholarships available for study in Summer 2009 and/or the academic year 2009-10.

Eligibility: These scholarships are open to current UO undergraduate students who are declared majors or minors in the Romance Languages Department. They are also open to graduate students in the Romance Languages Department.

The following criteria apply to all scholarships (additional criteria may apply to individual scholarships, as indicated).

The completed application is due in the Romance Languages Office by Friday, March 13th, 2009, and must include:

1. A statement of purpose in applying for the scholarship (maximum of three pages). The statement should include personal qualifications, professional interest in the target language, and intended use of the scholarship.
2. If studying abroad is part of the intended use of the scholarship, describe the program that you plan to attend. Documentation attesting acceptance into a program may be requested by the RL department.
3. Two letters of recommendation from faculty members. Please use departmental form attached.
4. A current unofficial transcript (minimum requirement: 3.75 GPA in Romance Languages and 3.50 GPA overall).
5. A financial need statement.

***Any scholarship award may have an impact on financial aid. Please check with the Financial Aid Office prior to accepting any scholarships.***

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

Françoise Calin Scholarship - One $600 for an undergraduate student to continue studies in French.  Priority will be given to applicants planning to study abroad.  Limited to juniors and seniors who are majors or minors in French or Romance Languages.

Emmanuel Hatzantonis Scholarship - Two $750 scholarships to carry out Italian studies in Italy with a UO-sponsored program.  LImited to major or minor in Italian or Romance Lanugages.

Helen Fe Jones Scholarship - Two $750 scholarships for undergraduates to study Spanish in a Spanish-speaking country.
Limited to juniors and seniors who are majors or minors in Spanish or Romance Languages.

Perry J. Powers Scholarship – Two $600 scholarships for study in the Romance Languages department.
Limited to undergraduate majors and minors in the Romance Languages department.

Perugia Summer Program Scholarships – Two scholarships (approximately 650 Euros each) for study on the 2009 Summer Program in Perugia.  In the absence of applicants who meet the precise requirements for the Perugia Scholarships, the members of the Italian faculty in the Department may choose to consider applicants with eqivalent qualifications for fulfilling the objectives of the program.

J.W. Vogan Essay Prize – A $250 prize for an essay dealing with some aspects of Hispanic culture: literature, history, customs, politics, etc. Contest open to all undergraduate students of Spanish as a second language. The essay must have a maximum length of 5 pages (double-spaced, 12-point Times font). The essay should contain a title only; author’s name should not be included on the essay since reviewing is anonymous. Submit three copies of the essay along with a sealed envelope containing the essay title, author name, and contact information (email address).

Stickels Scholarship –See description in the graduate section below.

GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

Stickels Scholarship – Two or three $2000 scholarships to study in a Spanish-speaking country. Limited to graduate students of Romance Languages with a concentration in Spanish, expressing an intention to become language teachers. Preference given to those going to Mexico. In the absence of graduate student applicants, undergraduates majoring in Spanish and intending to become language teachers will be considered. Undergraduates in the other Romance Languages intending to become language teachers may be considered in the absence of Spanish majors applying for this scholarship.

James T. and Mary Alice Wetzel Graduate Fellowship – One or two $1000 scholarships. Limited to graduate students in Romance Languages, to support specific research projects.

Helen Fe Jones Scholarship - One $750 scholarship for graduate students to pursue research in a Spanish-speaking country.

Graduate School Research Award – One $1000 scholarship. Limited to Romance Languages graduate students for expenses directly related to carrying out research, professional development activities, and/or receive special training.

Beall Graduate Dissertation Scholarship – Three or four $3000 scholarships providing Romance Languages doctoral students with a term with no teaching duties. Students must have been advanced to candidacy and must have written approval from the dissertation advisor. (Note: Awardees will hold a GTF of .20 with research assistant duties to be determined by the Department.) (Scholarship excludes travel expenses.)

***Any scholarship award may have an impact on financial aid. Please check with the Financial Aid Office prior to accepting scholarships.***

 

Download Application Forms- 2009/2010 Academic Year

 Application Forms can be download by clicking on the link above, or can be aquired in person in the Romance Languages Office in 102 Friendly Hall during regular business hours. 

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Scholarships and GTF position for “Mundo a Mundo/World to World” workshop in Queretaro, Summer 2009 (July 6-17)

Scholarships

Two $ 2,250.00 scholarships will be granted to support graduate student participation in the “Mundo a Mundo/World to World” workshop in Queretaro, Summer 09 (6-17 July 2009). These scholarships have been established through the Beall Scholarship Endowment Fund.

The purpose of these scholarships is to cover the cost of tuition, travel to Queretaro, housing and meals with a Mexican family, and course materials.

Elegibility

• Be currently enrolled full-time in a master’s or doctoral degree program in Spanish or Romance Languages.
• Be in satisfactory standing in his/her graduate work, with no incompletes or grades of B- or below, and a GPA of 3.0 in overall courses.

Applicants should submit the following:

a. Author, title, genre and a brief description of an individual translation project that you might bring to the workshop. This can be a work in an arguably literary genre (including narrative, poetry, drama, performance, testimonio, literary, creative non-fiction, etc.). The page-length does not matter per se: a two-week workshop will permit limited, but intensive development of your project. Typical projects include 2-3 sections of a novel, 1-2 short stories, a short series of poems, and the like. This may be an ongoing project or one you will start next summer; note that you may benefit most by bringing work already underway.
b.  Applicants should make clear the importance of the project both to their graduate work and to their own future professional objectives.

4.     One letter of recommendation from a faculty member who can speak to the student’s academic record and the value of the workshop for his/her graduate studies. 5.     Copy of letter of acceptance to the Workshop (submit your application to IUSI by January 23, 2009, in order to have this letter by the due date for applying to this scholarship).

All materials must be submitted to the Romance Languages department by 5 p.m., February 6, 2009. Submit application to: Christina Spencer, Graduate Secretary (541) 346-4013, cjs@uoregon.edu

GTF Position in Queretaro In addition to the Beall Scholarships

The Department of Romance Languages is offering two $250.00 GTF positions for the selected applicants.

The GTF positions involve the following duties:

The selected GTFs are expected to assist the organizers and faculty leader (Amanda Powell) with course-related activities for the workshop.

The responsibilities include 10 hours of work in Eugene during Winter and Spring terms, and 10 hours in Querétaro prior to and during the workshop.  Total time commitment: 20 hours.

During the period between the award of the scholarship and the beginning of the workshop, the student will assist Powell and the Interamerican University Studies Institute (IUSI) here in Eugene with preparation activities including but not limited to assistance in the preparation of an anthology of readings, photocopying selected exercises, and other clerical duties. 

The student will arrive in Querétaro not later than Thursday July 2, 2009, and report for duty on the morning of Friday July 3.

On a daily basis during the time of the workshop, responsibilities may include scheduling and administrative duties (e.g. liaison to IUSI office staff for workshop-related arrangements); organization, preparation, and photocopying of class materials; correspondence (phone or email) and “reminder” contact with workshop speakers. The student must maintain daily communication with the course faculty, performing these duties under her supervision.

The job gives an opportunity for some further professional contact with Mexican and other writers and translators who will visit the workshop and with support staff at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Applicants should indicate in their application for the scholarships their desire to be considered for the GTF position.

For more information

http://www.iusi.org/programs/workshops/worldtoworld.html

http://rl.uoregon.edu/