Scholarships (Undergraduate)

How to apply

Each application form should be completed with additional qualifications. (Note: Each form list 4 specific qualifications to be met before the application can be reviewed)

IN ADDITION TO YOUR APPLICATION, you must have on file at TTU:

• Official Transcript(s)
• Scores on the A.C.T. or S.A.T (prospective freshmen). Other applicants should furnish cummulative GPA.

Deadline for Applications

The deadline for FY 2014-2015  - February 1st, 2014

Scholarship Selection Timeline

• Forms Available NOW - Applications available for PDF download Forms
• February 1 - Applications and support materials are due by 5 PM
  (Note: if the 1st of the month falls on a weekend, the application is due the first business day following the deadline)
• March 1 - Winners will be notified by email
• April - Winners recognized at our Conference Luncheon & Scholarship Awards Presentation
  
  Note: Winners will be publicly recognized at the All-University Conference luncheon. Scholarship recipients and members of their immediate family are welcome to the luncheon at no charge as a guest of the Women's Studies Program.

Undergraduate

• The Florence Brown En Avant Club Scholarship is established by Preston F. Gott in memory of the scholarship given to Edna Maynard Gott when she was a student at the University of Texas in the 1940's. Dr. Gott later became the first woman awarded tenure in the TTU Department of Economics. The scholarship is designated to be awarded to a full time, undergraduate female student who has a record showing academic excellence and interest in the pursuit of knowledge concerning women's issues. The scholarship award is $500 for one year and may be awarded repeatedly for a total of four years. The scholarship may be carried into graduate work if renewed. A new application must be filed each year.
  (GPA 3.0 TTU Cumulative in academic work)
  
  
• The Gwen Sorell Scholarship Endowment is established in honor of the late Dr. Gwen Sorell in recognition of her tireless work on behalf of the Women’s Studies Program. The scholarship is designated to be awarded to a full time, undergraduate female student who began pursuing her undergraduate degree after the age of 25. The scholarship award is $500 for one year.
  (GPA 3.0 TTU Cumulative in academic work)
  
  
• The Rae Nell Griggs Scholarship Endowment is established by the generosity of the Lubbock Area Lights Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association. The scholarship is designated to be awarded to a full time, undergraduate or graduate student. Student must be enrolled in a class associated with the Women’s Studies Program at Texas Tech University, or a course pertaining to women’s and gender studies (as deemed by the Women’s Studies Program Director.) Upon receipt of the award, student is required to attend at least one meeting of the Lubbock Area Lights-American Business Women’s Association for gift recognition. The scholarship award is $250 for one semester (Fall or Spring) and may be awarded repeatedly at the discretion of the Director of Women’s Studies. A new application must be filed each year.
  (GPA 3.2 TTU Cumulative in academic work)

Forms

Click on the following to download and print the PDF file of each application form for each scholarship

• Florence Brown En Avant Club Scholarship -PDF
• Gwen Sorell Scholarship Endowment - PDF
• Rae Nell Griggs Scholarship Endowment - PDF

Check List

• Spelling, grammar, punctuation and articulation of written materials
• GPA Requirements (see each scholarship for details)
• Completion of a brief essay (not more than 500 words) explaining the applicants interest and involvement in matter's particularly relevant to women's lives
• Two (2) letters of recommendation
• A brief summary of extracurricular activities such as honors, achievements, scholastic awards, and professional accomplishments

Note: It is the responsibility of each applicant to gather and coordinate delivery of the information, listed above, as required for each scholarship.

Delivery & Mail

• The Women's Studies Program
  Attn: Scholarship Committee
  Box 4-2009
  DOAK Hall RM 125
  Lubbock, TX. 79409-2009

TTU Resources

• Texas Tech General Scholarship Information
  
  
• Other Scholarship Opportunities
  
  
• Other Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships
  
  
• Sandy River Memorial Scholarship

Application Forms

The deadline for
FY 2014-2015
February 1st

Florence Brown En Avant Club Scholarship
Application Form
PDF

Gwen Sorell Scholarship Endowment
Application Form
PDF

Rae Nell Griggs Scholarship Endowment
Application Form
PDF

Delivery & Mail

• The Women's Studies Program
  Attn: Scholarship Committee
  Box 4-2009
  DOAK Hall RM 125
  Lubbock, TX. 79409-2009

Past Awards

• FY 2013-2014
• FY 2012-2013
• FY 2011-2012