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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Value unknown
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Glenn Grever English Education Scholarship Endowment was established in 1996 in memory of Professor Glenn Grever. The scholarship is awarded to a full-time or part-time senior, majoring in English Education and student teaching during the semester that the scholarship is available.
Mr. Grever was born Dec. 13, 1929, in Barrington, a son of Herman and Emma Grever. He married Jean Murphy on June 12, 1965, in Normal. Mr. Grever received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Illinois State University in 1951 and 1952, and his doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Illinois in 1972. He was a veteran of the Korean War. From 1958 to 1965, he taught English at Ottawa Township High School where he was chairman of the English department.
In 1965, he joined the faculty of ISU's English department and taught at ISU for twenty-seven years. He was past president of the Illinois Association of Teachers of English, had served eight years on the Illinois State Board of Education Curriculum Council and was active in many professional organizations.
Benefits
The benefits and monetary value of the scholarship are unknown.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be senior English Education majors and either have completed student teaching or be student teaching during the semester the scholarship is awarded.
- Be a full- or part-time senior at Illinois State University majoring in English Education.
- Have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above.
- Have completed or be currently enrolled in English 296 and English 297.
- Demonstrate promise as a future teacher of secondary English.
- Have completed or be student teaching during the semester the scholarship is available.
- Be recommended by a member of the English Department faculty at Illinois StateUniversity.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Language Studies
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Eligible students who wish to be considered for the Glenn Grever English Education Scholarship must submit:
A written statement (two double-spaced pages in length) that explains how the applicant expects to apply what has been learned in the English Education program to student teaching.
A completed application form along with at least one letter of recommendation from a member of the English Department faculty at Illinois State University.