Scholarships & Awards
The English Department is extremely fortunate to have a history of generous donors who love the English Department and have left endowments to support students across our major–from professional writers, to students studying linguistics, to creative writers, to students focusing on literature, to students studying to become secondary English teachers.
These endowments make it possible for us to award approximately $200,000 in scholarships to our strongest undergraduate English majors each year, allowing them to continue their degrees and focus on their coursework, as well as helping them to potentially take part in research, study abroad, and other opportunities. The following scholarships are awarded to English majors based on grades, success in classes, financial need, or a combination of criteria.
Erma M. Scholtz Coppage & Richard P. Coppage Scholarship
Financial Need: Not Required; this is a merit-based scholarship
Required Class Levels: FR, SO, JR, SR
Required Major(s): English
Other Requirements: Recipient should excel in departmental activities
Required Minimum: GPA: 2.5
Application: No application—English students are automatically considered.
Earl & Ada David Scholarship
Financial Need: Not Required; this is a merit-based scholarship
Required Class Levels: FR, SO, JR, SR
Required Major(s): English
Required Minimum: 3.0
Application: No application—English students are automatically considered.
Hogue Family Centennial Literary Scholarship
Financial Need: Not Required; this is a merit-based scholarship
Required Class Levels: SO, JR, SR
Required Major(s): English
Other Requirement: Promising professional writer or journalist
Required Minimum: 2.5
Application: No application—English majors are automatically considered.
Gayle Hungerford Memorial Scholarship
Financial Need: Not Required
Required Class Levels: Freshman
Required Major(s): English
Other Requirement: High school graduate from city of Moscow
Application: Notify the English Department or your high school English instructor of your eligibility for this scholarship.
Grace V. Nixon - English Scholarship
Financial Need: Not Required
Required Class Levels: FR, SO, JR, SR
Required Major(s): English
Other Requirements: Awarded to students who intend to teach English.
Application: No application - English students are automatically considered.
Malcolm & Carol Renfrew English Scholarship
Financial Need: Not Required; this is a merit-based scholarship
Required Class Levels: FR, SO, JR, SR
Required Major(s): English
Required Minimum GPA: 2.0
Application: No application - English students are automatically considered.
Leishman English Award
Financial Need: Not Required; this is a merit-based scholarship
Required Class Levels: SR
Required Major(s): English
Required Minimum GPA: 2.0
Application: No application—English majors are automatically considered.
George W. & Kathryn S. Woodbury Scholarship
Financial Need: As determined by FAFSA
Required Class Levels: FR, SO, JR, SR
Required Major(s): English
Required Minimum GPA: 3.0
Application: English majors are automatically considered and may also apply.
The Banks Award
Provides stipends to reward excellent writing done by students in English classes. Faculty members submit the best work they receive, and once a year, at the end of the Spring semester, these pieces are judged for each category (first-year writing, literary analysis, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, etc.)