September 15, 2021
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The following is being sent on behalf of Jeffrey Stopple, Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education
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From: Jeffrey Stopple, Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education
Re: National Scholarships
Dear Colleagues,
We are writing to ask for your continued assistance in sharing information on national scholarship opportunities for UCSB’s top undergraduate students, in all colleges. In particular, we wish to highlight the following upcoming event:
National Scholarships Workshop
October 18, 2021, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
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At this workshop we will share information and application strategies for the national scholarships our office facilitates. Faculty, staff, and students of any level and from all disciplines are welcome.
Faculty participation has always been essential to our students’ success in national scholarship competitions, but it is even more critical in the current pandemic conditions, where students face increased challenges in connecting with potential mentors and supporters. We hope that you will continue to ask members of your department to review these unique scholarships and fellowships, and encourage our most outstanding and qualified students to apply.
Nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships of note with deadlines in the coming year include:
- Beinecke Scholarship (graduate school in HFA/SS disciplines)
- Boren Scholarship (language study abroad in critical regions)
- Carnegie Junior Fellows Program (policy research internship in DC)
- Fulbright Student Program (English Teaching Assistant or Open Study/Research programs abroad)
- Goldwater Scholarship (undergraduate STEM research)
- Knight-Hennessey Scholarship (graduate study and global leadership program at Stanford)
- Strauss Scholarship (scholarship & grant funding public service project)
- Truman Scholarship (public policy/service, graduate/professional school)
- Udall Scholarship (environment/conservancy, native health care, or tribal policy)
Faculty efforts in identifying and supporting stellar applicants were critical in UCSB's success in 2020-21 competitions, where we had two Goldwater recipients and one Churchill recipient. These and other recent recipients can be found on our website.
Our successes have taught us that competitive applications require months of preparation. Xaiojian Zhao, Associate Dean and Chair of the National Scholarships Faculty Selection Committee, and Nick Alward-Saxon, Executive Assistant to the AVC, assist in coordinating campus endorsements and can provide guidance to prospective applicants. Students who are interested in applying for a national scholarship should make an appointment to see Nick or Xiaojian by writing to: scholarships@ltsc.ucsb.edu
For detailed information on the many national scholarships that require campus endorsement, see our website:
http://duels.ucsb.edu/academics/scholarships/endorsement
We look forward to working with you and helping our students to achieve even greater success in national scholarship competitions.
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Jeffrey Stopple
Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education
Glenn Beltz
Associate Dean
College of Engineering
Gerardo Aldana
Dean
College of Creative Studies