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Undergraduate Scholarships

Laura Sylvia Myers Scholarship:

This scholarship recognizes one undergraduate student who has demonstrated a commitment to scholarship and/or leadership in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program with a monetary award. It is available to students who earn a Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. 

Laura Sylvia Myers was born in 1962 and died in a car accident in 1984. Each year, the Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies (WGSS) awards a $1,000 scholarship to an undergraduate student in Laura’s memory. The WGSS Director solicits applications in February with a submission deadline March 15 of each year. The scholarship recognizes a student who has demonstrated:

• Scholarship and/or leadership in the WGSS Program

Eligibility Requirements

• The award is given to an undergraduate student who plans to earn a WGSS Certificate from ³Ô¹ÏÍø Atlantic 

 Materials to be Submitted

• An unofficial copy of the transcripts

• A two-page essay that describes your qualifications for the award
• At least two letters of recommendation from instructors in courses taken for the WGSS Certificate

Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships

• Annette Van Howe Fellowship:

          Awarded to support outstanding full-time graduate students in WGSS.

•  The Friends of the WGSS Skeets Friedkin & Lisa Armbrust Award

          Awarded to support exemplary research and/or teaching by a graduate student in WGSS.

• The Feminist Fund

         Community supported fund to support study, research, teaching, and events in WGSS at ³Ô¹ÏÍø Atlantic.

Contact the WGSS Director, Dr. Carla María Thomas for more information at  carlathomas@fau.edu .