The Department of English awards more than $5,000 in scholarships each year, including two scholarships
for graduate students.
MADELINE S. GITTINGS SCHOLARSHIP: Undergraduate and Graduate Students.
The English Department awards three Gittings scholarships each year from the Madeline S. Gittings Endowed
Scholarship Fund. One of these scholarships is awarded to an incoming first-year student in the
undergraduate English major, one to a continuing student in the major, and one to a graduate student in
English. The primary criterion for the first scholarship is financial need; the criteria for awarding other
two scholarships are financial need and exemplary progress toward degree completion.
ROONEY SCHOLARSHIP: Graduate Students
A scholarship awarded to a graduate student in English. Academic achievement and perseverance in the
pursuit of a degree are equal considerations.
Community, regional, and national foundations offer scholarships for graduate students; the department will make every effort to help graduate students pursue these awards based on student interests and accomplishments.
The English department also presents two awards each year: a Graduate Student Teaching Award and a Graduate Student Paper Award.
The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences awards a Graduate Teaching and Graduate Research Award
each year. An English department GTA has won the teaching award each of the first 5 years these awards
have been offered.