Featured byEastern Michigan University
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to $900
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
This Distinguished Leaders Scholarship Award fund is named in honor of EMU’s first-generation of women’s studies faculty upon the retirement of several original members, Dr. Daryl Hafter, Dr. Marie Richmond-Abbott, Dr. Rachel Brett Harley, and Dr. Betty Barber.
With others, these founders began the first Women’s Studies minor in the state in 1975. The fund enhances the educational advancement of WGST majors through a scholarship award.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The award range is typically $400 to $900.
Eligibility
Current EMU WGST majors (junior standing and higher) and graduate students, who exhibit outstanding academic success as demonstrated by:
- Research project(s) focused on women and gender;
- Academic service directly related to the study of women and gender, and
- Other measures of academic success (GPA, academic presentations, honors, etc.)
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
17 Feb 2026
Submit an online application to Dr. Beth Currans and include the following:
An application form including the name of your faculty nominator. Faculty may nominate one undergraduate student and one graduate student per year. (Students cannot nominate themselves for this award.)
An essay of no more than three double-spaced pages, 12 pt. type, and 1-inch margins. You should describe your academic success in Women’s and Gender Studies in terms of award criteria.
A student record showing classes taken and GPA (normally, this is an informal transcript).
The letter of recommendation must be sent electronically to Dr. Currans from your faculty nominator explaining how you meet the award criteria.