Creative and Performing Arts Award
These awards are distributed among students studying art, creative writing, forensics, music, theatre, and dance.
Criteria: Applicant must demonstrate outstanding talent in art, creative writing, forensics, music, theatre, or dance and must maintain a 2.4 GPA.
Application: Contact Department of English, 359 Eddy Hall.

Cross-Cultural Understanding Scholarship*
This scholarship is made possible by contributions of friends of the English Department.
Criteria:  Applicant must be an undergraduate English major with 60 credits or a graduate English major with 15 credits prior to receiving the award (at least two semesters remaining).  Selection is based upon a demonstrated commitment to international/cross-cultural issues and education, a GPA of at least 3.0 (undergraduate) or 3.25 GPA (graduate) and demonstrated financial need. 
Application:  Undergraduates complete the University’s on-line scholarship application. Graduate students contact the Department of English, 359 Eddy Hall or call 491-6428.

Judith A. Dean Memorial Scholarship
This endowed scholarship was created in memory of Judith A. Dean, a graduate of the master’s program in the Department of English and prominent professional in the English teaching field and the organizations that support it.
Criteria: Applicant must be a declared English major with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Application: Complete the University’s on-line scholarship application.

James J. Garvey Undergraduate English Language Scholarship
This scholarship is made possible by English Department emeritus professor, James J. Garvey.
Criteria:  Documented interest and coursework (at least six credit hours) in English Language (declared language concentration, teaching licensure concentration, or courses: Introduction to the Study of Language; English Language for Teacher I and/or II; Development of the English Language; and Teaching English as a Second Language.  An interest in diversity must be demonstrated.  First generation status preferred.  Demonstrated financial need and minimum 3.3 GPA in related courses.  Transfer students and English minors are eligible to apply if they have the course equivalents.
Application:  Complete the University’s on-line scholarship application.

James J. Garvey Graduate English Language Scholarship*
These two scholarships are made possible by English Department emeritus professor, James J. Garvey.
Criteria:  Enrolled in at least the second semester of TESOL, Communication Development, Composition/Rhetoric, or English Education, with six credits of language courses: Phonology/Morphology; Syntax for ESL/EFL; Semantics, Pragmatics, and Discourse; Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language; Theories of Foreign/Second Language Learning; Research in Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language; Workshop in TESOL; Special Topics in Linguistics; English Phonetics and Phonology.  First generation status preferred and minimum 3.66 GPA in related courses.
Application:  Contact the Department of English, 359 Eddy Hall or call 491-6428.

William McBride Scholarship

Page Jones Richards Palmquist Families Scholarship
Established through the Page Jones Richards Foundation by Michael Palmquist and Jessica Richards-Palmquist, this scholarship supports students who express themselves through the creative and performing arts and who share a commitment to service and scholarship.
Criteria: Applicant must be a major in the Department of Art, Music, Theatre, and Dance, or English (with a writing or creative writing concentration), maintain a 3.5 GPA, demonstrate academic excellence as expressed through faculty support and a focus on service through academic pursuits, and demonstrate financial need.
Application: Complete the University’s on-line scholarship application.

Smith-Schamberger Literature Fellowship
This scholarship was established to honor Charles Smith and Edward Schamberger, who taught in the English Department.
Criteria: Recipient must be a full or part-time incoming graduate student majoring in English literature. Recipient has demonstrated exceptional promise or may be a continuing student who is a contributing member of the literature program. Minimum 3.0 GPA.
Application: Complete the University’s on-line scholarship application.

Tremblay-Crow Creative Writing Fellowship*
This scholarship was established to honor Charles the talent and inspiration of Bill Tremblay and Mary Crow who have taught for years in the English Department.
Criteria: Recipient must be an incoming Masters of Fine Arts graduate student whose writing shows exceptional promise or to continuing students who are contributing members of the MFA program and whose writing has shown exceptional growth.  Minimum 3.0 GPA.
Application: Complete the University’s on-line scholarship application.

TESL/TEFL Scholarship*
This scholarship is given to an outstanding student in the TESL/TEFL graduate program, funded by the Intensive English Program. 
Criteria:  Admitted to TESL/TEFL graduate program, 2 years TESL/TEFL teaching experience, 3.25 undergraduate GPA and demonstrated financial need.
Application:  Contact the Department of English, 359 Eddy Hall or call 491-6428.

John and Pat Venable CSUWA Scholarship

Donna Weyrick Memorial Scholarship
Established in 1991, this scholarship honors the memory of Donna Weyrick, a 1962 alumna in the Department of English. This endowed scholarship is made possible by contributions from the Weyrick family and friends.
Criteria: Applicant must be a declared English major with 60 credits completed prior to receiving the award, have at least two semesters remaining, possess exemplary character, have a GPA of at least 3.0, and demonstrate financial need.
Application: Complete the University’s on-line scholarship application.

Ann Zimdahl Memorial Scholarship*
The two Zimdahl Memorial Scholarships are awarded in memory of Ann Osborn Zimdahl, a 1981 graduate of the Colorado State University M.A. TESL/TEFL program.  Ann taught in the Intensive English Program and contributed to the international community of the University and Fort Collins.  Ann was strongly committed to cross-cultural understanding and enthusiastically shared her love of new cultures with her students both here and abroad.
Criteria:  3.0 GPA and demonstrated financial need.  One award is given to an outstanding graduate student in the TESL/TEFL program who is committed to international education and language teaching for the second year of study.  The other award is given to an outstanding graduate student in their first year of study in any program in English.
Application:  Contact the Department of English, 359 Eddy Hall or call 491-6428.