Other

  • Graduate Awards
  • Undergraduate Awards
    • Alumni Award
    • William H. Benson Scholarship
    • Pearl Schumann Bloch / James J. Bloch Memorial Endowment
    • Don E. Bruner Memorial History Scholarship
    • Benjamin F. Byerly Memorial Scholarship
    • Anderson A. Cordill Memorial Scholarship Fund
    • Eleanor S. and Alma J. Dickerson Scholarship
    • Hazel E. Johnson Colorado History Award
    • Hazel E. Johnson Personal Achievement Award
    • Edward James Nicholas, Jr. Scholarship (Presently Inactive)
    • Outstanding Junior History Award
    • Outstanding Senior History Award
    • Elizabeth and John S. Welling Scholarship

Graduate Awards

Oliver M. Dickerson Memorial Scholarship

  • Graduate students working towards a master’s degree in History
  • Selections made on basis of scholarship, personality, and promise of future growth
  • Renewable
  • Department award
  • Selected by History graduate committee
  • Amount of award up to $4,000

[Back to Top]

Diversity Award

  • Awarded upon History recommendations by the graduate school
  • Shows excellent academic ability and performance

[Back to Top]

Undergraduate Awards

Alumni Award

  • History major
  • Minimum 3.5 history GPA, 3.0 overall cumulative GPA
  • Minimum 90 credits
  • Demonstrates exceptional ability and performance in History
  • Awarded by History faculty
  • Non-renewable
  • Estimated amount awarded to recipient $275

[Back to Top]

William H. Benson Scholarship

  • Completed a minimum of 30 credit hours
  • History major
  • Demonstrates ability and performance with a GPA of al least 3.25
  • Renewable
  • Awarded by History faculty
  • Estimated amount awarded to recipient $500

[Back to Top]

Pearl Schumann Bloch / James J. Bloch Memorial Endowment

  • Full-time student
  • Submit a paper on the European Holocaust
  • Non-renewable
  • Selected by History faculty / Holocaust Committee
  • Estimated amount awarded to recipient $400

[Back to Top]

Don E. Bruner Memorial History Scholarship

  • Be eligible for a provost scholarship
  • History major, preferably one who is also interested in anthropology
  • Colorado resident
  • Must be eligible for financial aid, and complete the UNC scholarship application
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Renewable

[Back to Top]

Benjamin F. Byerly Memorial Scholarship

  • Third-year undergraduate history major with an emphasis in European history
  • Minimum 3.5 history GPA
  • Minimum 3.0 overall cumulative GPA
  • Submission of a 1,000-word essay on the importance of the study of history and your own specific interest
  • Financial need not a consideration
  • Non-renewable scholarship
  • Awarded by the European Historians, committee
  • Estimated amount awarded to recipient $500

[Back to Top]

Anderson A. Cordill Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Be eligible for a provost scholarship
  • Full-time history major
  • Demonstrates above average academic standing, ability, and future promise

[Back to Top]

Eleanor S. and Alma J. Dickerson Scholarship

  • Junior social science student, including History
  • Demonstrates scholastic achievement, personality, and promise of future growth
  • Apply in junior year for award in senior year
  • Estimated amount awarded to each recipient $1,900

[Back to Top]

Hazel E. Johnson Colorado History Award

  • Complete an outstanding research paper in Colorado history (preference given to, but not limited to, papers on Weld County)
  • Selected by head of department with aid of committee
  • Awarded to one undergraduate student and one graduate student
  • Estimated amount awarded to each recipient $275
  • Non-renewable

[Back to Top]

Hazel E. Johnson Personal Achievement Award

  • Student must show “zest for life,” a commitment to history, a propensity to share life with others, and be one who inspires others
  • Non-renewable
  • Selected by head of department with aid of committee
  • Estimated amount awarded to recipient $275
  • Edward James Nicholas, Jr. Scholarship (Presently Inactive)
  • Full-time sophomore or junior history major
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Not entirely need-based, although selection will be based on the likelihood that this financial assistance will provide a greater opportunity for future education
  • Renewable
  • Department award

[Back to Top]

Outstanding Junior History Award

  • History major
  • Minimum 3.5 history GPA, 3.0 overall cumulative GPA
  • Minimum 60 credits
  • Demonstrates exceptional ability and performance in History
  • Awarded by History faculty
  • Non-renewable
  • Estimated amount awarded to recipient $250

[Back to Top]

Outstanding Senior History Award

  • History major
  • Minimum 3.5 history GPA, 3.0 overall cumulative GPA
  • Minimum 90 credits
  • Demonstrates exceptional ability and performance in History
  • Awarded by History Faculty
  • Non-renewable
  • Estimated amount awarded to recipient $275

[Back to Top]

Elizabeth and John S. Welling Scholarship

  • Social science student, preferably a History or Political Science major
  • 3.0 GPA
  • Shows financial need
  • Apply in sophomore year for award in junior year
  • Estimated amount awarded to each recipient $3,900

[Back to Top]

 

 

Unless otherwise noted, you must use the UNC Universal Scholarship Application available through URSA to apply for any of these scholarships.