English Programs Scholarships
Scholarships are available for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in English. You can apply for most through the Financial Assistance Office system.
- Please review the requirements for each scholarship.
- The priority application deadline is November 15 each academic year-and the final deadline is February 15. Note that the Oswald, Voss, and Weaver/Smith scholarship have a later deadline and a separate application.
Alexis-Athena Wyatt Memorial Scholarship
Recipient must be either full-time or part-time, on-campus, undergraduate student majoring in English. Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0. Scholarship is renewable.
Wilma Baker Fund
Available to students majoring in English, Sociology, or Business Management.
Eleanor Bogart Scholarship
Available for students in the English MA program; must be full-time with 3.3 GPA.
Katherine I. Bogart Scholarship
Recipients must be classified as a junior or senior, majoring in English, Classics, Languages, Literature, Philosophy, History, Art of the Ancient World, or a related discipline and possess a 3.5 GPA.
English Programs Scholarship
English Programs offer scholarships annually to students majoring in English.
English Development Fund Scholarship
Scholarships for students majoring in English.
Kay Gilmore Memorial Scholarship
Recipient must be an undergraduate, on-campus, full-time student within English Programs. Must have a minimum 3.5 GPA in English courses and 3.0 GPA overall. Must be a resident of Kansas. Must be a junior, with the funds to be used senior year. Consideration will be given to a student with financial need.
Graduate Student English Award
Beginning and returning graduate students in English, enrolled full time (9 hours or more). Minimum GPA 3.5 in English.
Elizabeth Jane “Betty” Lenz Scholarship
Preference to students majoring in English who plan to teach.
Michel Marks Literature Scholarship
Junior English major, 3.0 GPA or better, renewable for senior year if criteria are met.
Alice McFarland English Scholarship
Award for English majors who plan to teach in a secondary school.
Non-Traditional Student English Award
Available to English majors who qualify as non-traditional students.
Lloyd Oswald Scholarship
Preference for English graduate students enrolled in the Summer MA program from western Kansas. Deadline April 1. Application form
Maurine Bergland Sayler Memorial English Scholarship
The recipients of these scholarships shall be a juniors or seniors properly enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences at Fort Hays State University, majoring in English with concentration in Writing. Each applicant must submit an example of creative writing with the applications.
Pamela Shaffer Memorial Scholarship
Available to graduate students in English.
Ann Smedley Scholarship
The recipient of this scholarship shall be an undergraduate (junior or senior) or graduate student intending to choose a career in education, specifically English or the Humanities. Preference given to student from Western Kansas.
James R. and Ruth Start Scholarship
Recipients must be classified as juniors or seniors majoring in English with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Roberta C. Stout Scholarship
Awarded to English majors.
Dr. Ralph F. Voss/Ruby Feldkamp Scholarship
Recipient will be a student properly enrolled in Fort Hays State University majoring in English. Preference will be given to a student in the Masters program with next preference for a student of sophomore, junior or senior status. Deadline: April 1. Application form
Brett Weaver/Linda Smith Scholarship
Two recipients will be selected each year for this scholarship. Recipients must be a junior or senior undergraduate student and/or graduate student majoring in English with a Writing Concentration. Preference will be given to students with a minimum 3.5 GPA in their major field of study who demonstrate financial need. (Deadline April 1) Application form
James A. Wickizer and Eleanor Winters Wickizer
The recipient of this scholarship must be a junior or senior student studying within the areas of English, History, Health and Human Performance, Journalism, or Media Studies at FHSU. The recipient must have graduated from a Kansas high school or been home-schooled in Kansas.