Paul Woodring Arts & Sciences Scholarship

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The Paul Woodring Arts & Sciences Scholarship was established to support students of exceptional talent who are enrolled in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) or the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) and who are recognized, by faculty members who know them, as likely to make substantial contributions to society as a result of their liberal arts education.

Only students who have been nominated by a department within CHSS or CSE are eligible to apply. 
 

Application Requirements

  1. You must be nominated by a department or program within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) or the College of Science and Engineering (CSE). Only one student can be nominated per department.
  2. Provide statements about your education goals, service activities, and significant accomplishments.
  3. Attach an essay (up to 1,500 words) in which you describe how you plan to use your liberal arts education to make a substantial contribution to society.
  4. Attach unofficial copies of your WWU transcript.
  5. The nominating department will submit a letter of recommendation on your behalf attached to an email to CHSS.scholarship@wwu.edu.

 

Personal Information

Educational Background

Current Class Standing
Are you a transfer student?
Graduation Term

Past Colleges and Universities

Please list the colleges and universities you've attended, including Western, and your GPA for each school.

GPA

Educational Goals & Community Involvement

Required Attachments

Essay should be 1,500 words or less.
One file only.
16 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx.
One file only.
16 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx.
How to obtain a copy of your unofficial transcript?
To obtain a pdf copy of your unofficial transcript, navigate to your Unofficial Transcript (Academic History) in the Student Records portion of Web4U. Select "Print" from your browser and change the printer from the default setting to print a pdf document, which can be saved and uploaded to this application.

Department Recommendation

Please copy the CHSS Faculty Recommendation form link below into an email and send it to the person from the nominating department who will be writing your letter of recommendation: https://chss.wwu.edu/chss-faculty-recommendation-form.
 
 

Certification of Accuracy

By submitting this form, you are certifying that the information contained in this application is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, and you grant permission to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to share information contained in this application with the Scholarship Committee members.

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