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APA-AIA Minority Scholarship Program

 

General Information on Minority Scholarships in Classics and Classical Archaeology

Call for applications | Friends and Supporters of the joint apa/aia minority scholarship program

We are contacting you on behalf of the Joint Committee on Minority Scholarships of the American Philological Association and the Archaeological Institute of America.  Every year the APA and AIA award at least one minority undergraduate a scholarship for summer study in Classics or Classical Archaeology. In 2008 we awarded two awards, one of $3000 and one of $2000. These funds are intended to facilitate a challenging and transformative academic experience that helps launch well-qualified minorities into graduate study and an academic career in Classics or Classical Archaeology. 

We seek your help in identifying prospects for this award.  In the past, the strongest candidates have been well prepared in one of the ancient classical languages and have demonstrated aninterest in one of the disciplinary sub-fields. Typically, the winners have used the scholarship to study abroad at an established institution, like the American School of Classical Studies in Athens or the American Academy in Rome or in field schools in Italy, Greece, Egypt, etc., but well-conceived programs of directed study at museums and other research institutions have been funded in the past as well. Proposals might also include language training at institutions in the U.S, Canada, or Europe.

Candidates will be judged on the basis of (a) academic qualifications, including demonstrated ability in aclassical language or in fields that prepare a student to become a classicist or classical archaeologist; (b) the quality of the proposal for study, particularly as preparation for a career in classics or classical archaeology, and (c) financial need.  The maximum amount of an award will be $3,000.  The winner will be announced by January 31, 2008.

Please encourage all of your qualified undergraduates to apply for this award.  Eligibility for this scholarship is open to students who belong to groups identified by current federal guidelines as minorities: Black/African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans.  Better yet, put an application (see attached) in their hands and tell them they're applying!

Many thanks for aiding our effort to increase the representation of minorities in our fields.

Applicants:

 

Please submit your completed application by the receipt deadline of December 12, 2008 to:

Adam D. Blistein, Executive Director
American Philological Association
292 Logan Hall
University of Pennsylvania
249 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304
(215) 898-4975 phone
(215) 573-7874 fax
email: apaclassics@sas.upenn.edu
website: http://www.apaclassics.org

Submissions via FAX or e-mail will not be accepted. Include in your application:  

(1) the completed application form

(2) a letter describing your specific plans for Summer 2008 as well as broader career goals;

(3) an undergraduate transcript;

(4) two letters of recommendation from faculty members or other professionals who have worked with you during the past two years and can comment on your ability to complete the proposed project.  At least one recommender should be an APA or AIA member.

Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, Co-chair (2007-10), Dept. of Classical
Studies, University of Michigan - APA

Helen Nagy, Co-chair (2006-09), Emerita, University of Puget Sound - AIA

Matthew Gonzales (2006-09), Classics Dept., St. Anslem College - APA

Nicolas Gross (2005-08), Dept. of Foreign Languages, University of
Delaware - APA

Sebastian Heath (2007-2010), American Numismatic Society, New York,
NY - AIA

Jodi Magness (2006-09), Dept. of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill -
AIA

Jackie Murray (2008-11), Dept of Classics, Skidmore College - APA

Victoria Pagan (2006-09), Dept. of Classics, University of Florida - APA                                                                            

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Friends and Supporters of the joint apa/aia minority scholarship program

(APA and AIA Members, Department or Unit Heads, friends of Classics and Classical Archaeology)

Building a fund for the Minority Scholarship Program is a high priority for the American Philological Association and the Archaeological Institute of America in their joint effort to benefits to minority students

and to further diversify our disciplines.  Therefore, please consider designating the Minority Student Scholarship Program when you give to the APA or AIA   You may send a donation directly to either the APA or the AIA Executive Director or contribute on line using the links below..    

In addition, please support this important program by purchasing tickets for and attending this year's fundraising breakfast atthe Joint Annual Meetings of the AIA and APA at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.  The breakfast will take place at 7:15 a.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2008; the program will include testimony from past recipients of minority scholarships concerning the impact of the award on their careers.  Each breakfast ticket costs $40 and includes three raffle tickets; additional raffletickets are $10 each or three for $25.  Lucky winners will get a bag full of great books generously donated by participating Annual Meeting exhibitors (as listed at the APA and AIA web sites). 

To purchase breakfast and raffle tickets, go to the link at:

http://www.apaclassics.org/Administration/Comm/cmsraff.html

To contribute to the Minority Student Scholarship Program, go to:

http://www.apaclassics.org/Administration/contributions.html

or

http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10014

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