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Please note: Most of the scholarships described below are endowed scholarships. The criteria are established by the people who generously chose to donate the money for them. The specific amount of each scholarship depends on the endowment fund, but most are in the range of $1,000 to $2,000. The Geography Award is $500. To download an application for any of these awards, click here.
To honor Mrs. Vance Cates, this scholarship is to be awarded to a rising senior History major who is a member of Phi Alpha Theta or Pi Gamma Mu and who is recommended by the department. The student must be from North Carolina.
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. G. Shail Troxler and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Watterson, this scholarship is to be awarded to an outstanding History major (can be any year). The primary criterion is academic achievement; however, when the departmental faculty must choose a recipient from equally outstanding students, financial need should be the next criteria. It is renewable for up to a total of 4 years if the recipient maintains a 3.2 GPA and continues satisfactory progress toward completion of the major.
Established by Dr. George Troxler and Dr. Carole Troxler to provide financial assistance to a History major. To be awarded to a History major by the departmental faculty. Students from any year may apply, but the scholarship is part of the Powell challenge, which means recipients must be from North Carolina, and that preference goes to students from Alamance County, then piedmont North Carolina, then the state in general.
In memory of William H. Duncan, Sr., this scholarship is awarded to a rising sophomore History major who has financial need and is renewable for two years upon maintaining 3.0 GPA and recommendation of the department.
Provides financial assistance for one or more students to study abroad and shall be awarded upon the recommendation of the department to a student who has shown solid academic performance and has demonstrated financial need. Students must be North Carolina residents, with preference to Alamance County residents. Essay required.
Provides $500 to help defray the cost of studying abroad. Eligibility: Apply in the spring of the preceding year for study travel in the following summer, fall, winter or spring. Essay required.
Also, keep your eyes open for another annual competition, The Phi Alpha Theta Historical Paper Prize, which usually takes place in April.