The Florence Borozan Memorial Award for Russian and Slavic Studies

Call for Applications

The Florence Borozan Memorial Award for Russian and Slavic Studies honors Florence Borozan, a distinguished alumna of the Russian and Slavic program at the University of Arizona. This award is made possible by the most generous gift of an endowment created by Sam Borozan, Florence Borozan’s son.

Applicants must be full time undergraduate or graduate students with a minimum 3.0 GPA, making satisfactory progress toward their degree, and enrolled in coursework in Russian and Slavic Studies at the University of Arizona. Incoming freshmen are not eligible to apply.

An award committee comprised of the Head of the Russian and Slavic Studies and faculty will review applications. The committee will evaluate each student based on academic merit and other relevant criteria. Financial need is not a criterion for the award.

The number and amount of each award will be determined by available funds. Award recipient(s) are eligible for renewal consideration if they continue to demonstrate satisfactory academic progress as defined by the eligibility criteria. Scholarship awards are intended to pay toward the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies, study abroad programs, academic research, or other academic related needs.

There is one award of $3000 available during the spring 2018 semester.

The 2018 application deadline is 4:00pm on March 16.

Applications consist of a complete student application dossier (see below). The student application dossier should be submitted to the Florence Borozan Memorial Award Coordinator, Holly Lysne (, 3rd floor of the Learning Services Building).

The student application dossier should contain the following materials:

  1. A completed cover sheet (see below).
  2. A statement of purpose: This is a typed essay in English of 800 to 1000 words in length. The essay should be in Times New Roman 12 point font and should be double-spaced. It must be signed and dated by the applicant. In your essay, explain your purpose(s) for studying Russian/Slavic language, literature, and culture and how this study fits into your intellectual interests, academic plans, and plans for life after graduation.
  3. University of Arizona transcript (unofficial campus copy is acceptable) and transcripts from any other colleges or universities attended after high school graduation (official copies for transcripts from other institutions).
  4. Two letters of recommendation: Recommenders must submit a completed copy of the Florence Borozan Memorial Award Recommendation Form with their letter (see below). Both letters of recommendation must be submitted to the Florence Borozan Memorial Award Coordinator [Holly Lysne, , 3rd floor of the Learning Services Building] by the deadline indicated above. If submitted in hard copy, recommendations must be submitted in sealed envelopes, with the author’s signature over the seal. For all applicants, at least one of the recommendations must be from a faculty or staff member in Russian and Slavic Studies (RSSS) at the University of Arizona.

The Florence Borozan Memorial Award for Russian and Slavic Studies

Application Dossier Cover Sheet Please type or print clearly!

1. Name and contact information

First Name: ______

Last Name: ______

UA Student ID: ______

UA e-mail: ______

Current address: ______

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Permanent address: ______

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2. Enrollment Information

Current status: Freshman Sophomore Junior SeniorGraduate Student

Majors / minors: ______

Course number and year of course(s) taken in RSSS (Example “RSSS101/2015”):

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3. Names of referees List here the names of the two referees writing recommendations for this application and their departmental affiliation:

1. ______

2. ______

Signature of student applicant: ______

Date: ______

Florence Borozan Memorial Award Recommendation Form

To be completed by the applicant:

Name of Student Applicant (PRINT) ______

Recommendation Deadline ______

I, the above named student, hereby waive the right of access to this letter of recommendation.

Signed: ______Date: ______

To be completed by the referee:

Please answer the questions on this form and append to this form a signed letter with a descriptive evaluation of the applicant. In your written evaluation, please provide evidence of the student's intellectual abilities, academic achievement(s), engagement in Russian/Slavic studies, openness to different points of view, ability to work with others, and any other information you think relevant to consideration of this student's application for a Florence Borozan Memorial Award for Russian and Slavic Studies. Please send your completed recommendation to the Florence Borozan Memorial Award Coordinator, Holly Lysne [ [301 Learning Services Building, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721] , by the deadline indicated above, either in a sealed envelope with your signature over the seal or in an email from your official academic email address.

1. Please mark the grid in accordance with your overall evaluation of the student's

Top 2% / Top 5% / Top 10% / Top 20%
Intellectual promise
Motivation
Communication Skills
Maturity

2. Overall evaluation: (Please check one)

______I very highly recommend this student

______I highly recommend this student

______I recommend this student

______I do not recommend this student

Name & title of recommender: ______

Institutional Affiliation: ______

Contact information (work address, phone, e-mail address):

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Signature: ______Date: ______