Dear Students and Teachers of German,
We would like to announce the
opening of the application process of the German Society's Scholarship
Program for the upcoming academic year.
The scholarship award is intended to provide financial assistance to
selected undergraduate students majoring in German language and
literature. Awards are based primarily on the student's
achievement and promise, although financial need may also be
considered.
The average awards in recent years have been about $2500, with the
dollar amount and number of recipients varying from year to year.
The awards may be applied only to tuition, are paid in two
installments at the beginnings of the fall and spring semesters, and
are transmitted directly to the recipient's college or university upon
certification of enrollment by that institution. Students are
expected to enroll in at least one German course during each semester
for which they receive support.
Applicants must meet the following recipients:
- Resident of the Greater Delaware Valley
- Senior in high school intending to major in German, or a German
major at one of the colleges or universities listed below.
(Double majors are also eligible.)
Schedule:
- March 17 - Applications due at the German Society by 5:00pm
- April 3 - Notification of finalists
- April 12 - Interviews of finalists at the German Society
- April 16 - Notification of recipients
- April 26 - Announcement of the scholarship recipients at the AATG Awards Program at the German Society
The required application materials include:
- Completed application form (download available below)
- German writing sample, up to one typewritten page in length
- Transcript from the most recent semester/year of school
- Two letters of reference
The application and essay are to be submitted as MS Word or pdf
attachments via email to the German Society. The student may send
the transcript via regular mail, or may have the school mail the
transcript directly to the German Society. At least one reference
letter must be from a recent German teacher of the applicant. The
letters should be addressed to the Scholarship Committee, and may
be submitted either via email or by regular mail. Please use the
email address printed on the application for all correspondence.
All materials must be received by 5:00pm on March 17, 2008. Incomplete applications will not be considered. (Note: This is not a postmark date.)
Please direct further questions to
the German Society. We thank you for your interest and commitment
to German language and culture and wish you all the best for your
school year.
Sincerely,
The Scholarship Awards Committee
Current German majors at the following colleges and universities are eligible for
consideration for these awards:
Bryn Mawr College
Elizabethtown College
Franklin & Marshall College
Haverford College
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Lafayette College
LaSalle University
Lehigh University
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Moravian College
Muhlenberg College
Penn State Lehigh Valley
Rosemont College
St. Joseph's University
Swarthmore College
Temple University
University of Delaware
University of Pennsylvania
Ursinus College
Villanova University
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
