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Robertson Scholarship

Requirements

Applicants for this one-time $200 scholarship must be undergraduate English majors at Troy University’s Troy campus and must have at least a 3.00 GPA. Students may apply more than once.

Instructions

Please use the following checklist to make sure you complete all parts of the application:

Complete the following form (type in this file and print it; the date at the bottom of the first page should update when you print).

Make sure to sign the form at the end of the first page after you print it (the signature is required).

Remember to answer the questions on the second page of the application.

Attach your curriculum vitae (also called a CV; it lists your activities, honors, employment, etc.).

Optional: Include any other material you think might strengthen your application (for example, a transcript, a recommendation from a professor, etc.).

Print all the materials (the form, the CV, and any optional items that you decide to include), and then:

Scan the entire packet into PDF form, and e-mail it to .

OR

Send the application packet to the address below. If you’d like to save postage, you may hand deliver the

packet or use campus mail.

Dr. Ben P. Robertson
English Department (Smith Hall, Room 274)
Troy University (501 University Avenue)
Troy, AL 36082 / The deadline is March 1. Responses to applications will be sent by e-mail. Talk with Dr.Robertson or e-mail him at if you have any questions.

Application Form

Click each field or press the TAB key to jump from one field to the next (press SHIFT+TAB to move backwards). Pressing the space bar will place an X in checkboxes. Fields will expand as you type, and all of them are required.

Last name: First name: Middle name:

Troy University student ID number (NOT your social security number):

Mailing address:

Telephone number:

E-mail address:

Classification: Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior

Number of upper-level English credit-hours completed: Overall GPA:

Major(s): English Minor(s):

By signing below, I apply for the Robertson Scholarship; I agree to allow Dr. Robertson to use my name and photograph to promote the scholarship and university in print and online; and I give him permission to access and to share my academic records with the scholarship committee of his choice.

Signature: ______Date: 5 March 2011


Last name and first initial:

Please respond to the following questions with at least one paragraph each (the fields will expand as you type):

1. Why should this scholarship be awarded to you, and how would you use the money?

2. What are your career plans?