Scholarships & Awards

 

 

Sophomore English major Adam Dorsheimer, recipient of the Lancelot Minor Harris Scholarship, explains what this financial support makes possible. 

 

 

Conseula Francis Annual Scholarship

The English Department, the African American Studies Program and the Avery Research Center have honored our beloved former colleague’s achievements by establishing the Conseula Francis Scholarship Fund, which will award annually $2500 to a student at the College of Charleston concentrating in African American Literature or African American Studies. 

Current Recipient: DeCoria Owens

English Alumni Award Program

The Department's English Alumni Awards are funded by faculty and alumni donations. As donations grow, we hope this program will fund a range of scholarships to support student success.

English Alumni Award: Study Abroad

The English Alumni Award: Study Abroad is a $500 award that seeks to support students in an approved summer study abroad program. Preference will be given to those students who have enrolled in a program that is directed by a faculty member of the English Department or one in which an English Department faculty member is teaching. Applicants must be English majors and have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0. Financial need, though not a requirement, will be taken into consideration. 

Application due FRIDAY, APRIL 28th, 2023.

Download the English Alumni Award Study Abroad Application 

English Alumni Award: Financial Need

The English Alumni Award for Financial Need is a $500 award that seeks to support financially disadvantaged students who show promise of academic excellence in the study of English. Applicants must be English majors, have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0, and demonstrate financial need. 

Application due FRIDAY, APRIL 28th, 2023.

Download the English Alumni Award Financial Need Application

Lancelot Minor Harris Scholarship

The Lancelot Minor Harris Scholarship is an award of $4,600 that seeks to support incoming, first-year, or second-year students from traditionally under-represented populations (such as first-generation, African-American, Hispanic, and financially disadvantaged students), who show significant academic potential and intend to major in English.  The scholarship is renewable up to four years as long as the student majors in English, is enrolled full time, and maintains a minimum overall grade point average of 3.5. Not available during this cycle. 

Current Recipient: Grace Harey

Download the Lancelot Minor Harris Scholarship Application 

Marilyn Shiely Coste Memorial Scholarship

The Marilyn Shiely Coste Memorial Scholarship is an award of approximately $1,800 that seeks to support students who have been innovative and strategic in the way they have combined their major with extracurricular opportunities, such as sustained involvement in community literacy outreach programs, professional internships, sustained work as a tutor, or achievement as a published writer.  Eligible students must be English majors at the sophomore or junior level and have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0.  This scholarship is renewable up to a maximum of two years after the initial award as long as the student remains enrolled full time, maintains a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0, and continues to be involved in sustained and meaningful extracurricular activities.  See CSAS for complete details.

Current Recipient: Adam Dorsheimer

CSAS (Cougar Scholarship Awarding System)

Nan Morrison Scholarship

The Nan Morrison Scholarship is an award of $2,500 that seeks to support incoming or first-year students in financial need, who show significant academic potential.  The award is renewable up to three years as long as the student maintains a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and continues to major in English. Not available during this cycle. 

Current Recipient: Bailey Ford

Download the Nan Morrison Scholarship Application 

Marjorie Elizabeth Peale Memorial Scholarship

The Marjorie Elizabeth Peale Memorial Scholarship is an award of approximately $2,000 that seeks to support financially disadvantaged students at the freshman or sophomore level who show promise of academic excellence in the study of English.  Eligible students must be English majors, have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0, and demonstrate financial need.  The scholarship is renewable up to a maximum of 3 years after the initial award as long as the student is enrolled full time and maintains a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0. Not available during this cycle. See CSAS for complete details.

Current Recipient: Caitlyn Dorn

 CSAS (Cougar Scholarship Awarding System) 

Macy Ezell Cooke Scholarship

The Macy Ezell Cooke Scholarship is an award of approximately $1,000 that seeks to support students who are writing a Bachelor’s Essay or working on an Independent Study project. The scholarship is not renewable and will be awarded to the student whose project is deemed especially promising, innovative, or academically substantial. Students who plan to attend graduate school in the humanities are strongly encouraged to apply for this scholarship. Your proposal, which should be prepared according to the guidelines available below, will serve as your application for this scholarship. All submitted proposals will automatically be considered for this scholarship. Propsals are due April 4, 2023.See CSAS for complete details.

Current Recipient: Noah Meier

Download the Bachelor's Essay and Independent Study Proposal Guidelines

CSAS (Cougar Scholarship Awarding System) 

School of Humanities and Social Sciences Awards

For more award opportunities check out those offered by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.