Scholarships
The East Asian Studies Scholarships for 2025/26 will open in March 2025.
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The 2025/26 scholarships have not yet been awarded.
The Sarah Ann Wirth Memorial Scholarship is an annual endowed scholarship awarded to an East Asian Studies major or a History major with a minor in East Asian Studies.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Must be currently enrolled at WWU and plan to study full-time (minimum 12 credits) at least one quarter of the 2025/26 academic year
- Declared major in East Asian Studies or History with a minor in East Asian Studies
- Junior or senior status fall quarter of awarding year
- Minimum 3.00 grade point average, both cumulative and in the major
The East Asian Studies Scholarship is an annual scholarship awarded to an East Asian Studies Major.
ELIGIBILITY:
- Must be currently enrolled at WWU and plan to study full-time (minimum 12 credits) at least one quarter of the 2025/26 academic year
- Declared major in East Asian Studies
- Junior or senior status fall quarter of awarding year
- Minimum 3.00 grade point average, both cumulative and in the major
APPLICATION DOCUMENTS & DIRECTIONS: Please attach the following documents to one email and submit to East Asian Studies – eas@wwu.edu
- Application – page 2 of the EAS scholarship application document
- Brief statement explaining your interest in continuing study in East Asian Studies. Do not exceed one double-spaced, single-sided page.
- An unofficial copy of your transcripts (academic history available in Web4U).
- Unofficial transcripts of college-level work other than WWU.
- Two letters of recommendation in support of your application.
- Letters may be from a faculty member, employer, or a community or campus organization. (Start planning early in your requests for letters. Usually writers appreciate at least two weeks notice, if not more.)
- The writers of these letters must submit via email directly to eas@wwu.edu
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 15, 2025
NEXT STEPS: Scholarship Committee will review all completed applications. Announcements will be shared by the end of spring quarter via email. The earliest quarter that scholarship funds may be applied is Fall 2025.