Awards
and Scholarships
General Information
Each year in early
March, student scholarship and award
applications are solicited. All award
recipients are announced at the Honors
Convocation in April.
The Barbara Putnam Award
To receive this award
the student of any major
must have attained junior or senior
standing. The student must have
demonstrated a career interest in the
environmental resources area and must be a
participant in a natural resources program
at Albion College. The Barbara Putnam
Award is awarded based on merit and need.
The recipient does receive a monetary
award.
To apply:
Submit a brief essay in
which you indicate your present aims in
life, especially in relation to your
environmental interests, your present
activities related to them, and how you
see your Albion College education relating
to those aims. Attach to your essay a
current Albion College student transcript.
Turn paper and transcript in to the
Biology Department Office.
Steven D. Reed Award for Excellence in
Student Laboratory Teaching
The recipient of the
Steven D. Reed Award is chosen by the
Biology Department Faculty from those
students who have assisted in the
department. No formal application is made
for this award.
The Marilyn Young Vitek Merit
Scholarship in Biology
To be awarded this
scholarship you must be a Biology
Major, and have an overall GPA of
at least 3.5. A sophomore must have
completed 3 units of biology; juniors must
have completed 5 units of biology. A brief
essay is also required. The essay should
indicate your present goals in life, both
biological and otherwise, the origins of
those goals, and how you see your Albion
College education, including your studies
in biology, as related to them. Attach to
your paper a current Albion College
student transcript. Turn essay and
transcript in to the Biology Department
Office. The recipient does receive a
monetary award.
The Ewell A. and Barbara
J. Stowell Scholarship in Environmental
Biology
To be awarded this
scholarship you must be a Biology
Major with a GPA of at least 3.0.
The criteria listed below must also be
met. The recipient does receive a monetary
award.
1. Successful completion
of at least one year of work at Albion
College
2. Demonstrated interest in environmental
aspects of biology
3. Well-defined goals and apparent
motivation toward those goals
4. Demonstrated teaching and leadership
potential
5. Recommendations from two instructors,
one a biologist and one not
6. A 2-3 page essay will be used to assess
goals and an interest in environmental
biology, attach to your paper a current
Albion College student transcript.
Turn essay, transcript and letters of
recommendation in to the Biology
Department Office.
The A. Merton
Chickering Prize in Biology
A. Merton Chickering
taught at Albion College for forty-four
years, chaired and shaped the Biology
Department for thirty-nine years, and was
an arachnologist of international
reputation. The prize will be awarded
for student research in biology. The
criteria are listed below:
1. The biology research
project must have either been carried out
at Albion College or, if off campus, under
the active direction of an Albion College
Biology staff member.
2. The student must have either junior or
senior standing at the time the research
is done.
3. The student must submit an abstract and
a two to three page written summary of the
research project. The abstract must be
written in 12 point font, single spaced,
and fit within a space 7" wide (i.e.,
use 1" left and right margins) and
3.5" long. The abstract should
include the title of the research project,
the name of the student, the name of the
faculty advisor, and a succinct
description of the goals, methods, and
conclusions of the project. The abstract
will be included in an abstract volume
which will be distributed at the Biology
Student Research Symposium. The written
summary should not exceed three pages and
should expand on the content of the
abstract. Abstracts and research summaries
are to be submitted to the Biology
Department Chair no later than Friday,
March 17 (the Friday following Spring
Break).
4. A fifteen minute oral presentation of
the work must be presented at the Biology
Student Research Symposium on the Friday
afternoon of March 24, 2000. Presentations
are open to the public; all Biology majors
will be encouraged to attend.
5. Written presentations will be evaluated
by all biology faculty. At least six
biology faculty members must attend the
oral presentation.
6. A monetary award will accompany the
honor of the Prize.
The Lyman S.V. Judson Award for the
Outstanding Senior Biology Major
The recipient of the
Lyman S.V. Judson Award is chosen by the
Biology Department Faculty. No formal
application is made for this award.
Premedical Scholarships
for which you might be eligible (see
below).
For application
information contact Marikay Dobbins,
Coordinator of the Pre-Medical/Pre-Health
Institute.
The Lepard Family Scholarship
The Lepard Family
Scholarship is for a premedical
student of any major. This
scholarship is awarded to a premedical
student by the Premedical/Predental
Advisory Committee. The applicants must
have achieved sophomore standing and
normally must have completed three
semesters of study at Albion College. The
applicant must have established a
commitment to enroll in medical school
upon graduation from Albion. The applicant
must have achieved and maintained a
minimum cumulative grade point average of
3.4. This scholarship is renewable.
Stefan H. Kobiljak Premedical
Scholarship
The
scholarship, in memory of Dr. Stefan
Kobiljak Jr. (Albion College class of
1981), was established by his family.
Applicants must have achieved sophomore
standing and completed three semesters of
study at Albion College. Applicants must
establish a commitment to enroll in
medical school upon graduation from
Albion. Applicants must have achieved and
maintained a minimum cumulative grade
point average of 3.49.
Currently this
scholarship is awarded to two premedical
students of any major by the Premedical/Predental
Advisory Committee. This scholarship is
renewable.
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