Dorothy F. Schmidt College Of Arts And Letters

Undergraduate Scholarships

Laura Sylvia Myers Scholarship:

This scholarship recognizes one undergraduate student who has demonstrated a commitment to scholarship and/or leadership in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program with a monetary award. It is available to students who earn a Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. 

Laura Sylvia Myers Memorial Award

Laura Sylvia Myers was born in 1962 and died in a car accident in 1984. Each year, the Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies (WGSS) awards a $1,000 scholarship to an undergraduate student in Laura’s memory. The WGSS Director solicits applications in February with a submission deadline March 15 of each year. The scholarship recognizes a student who has demonstrated:

  • Scholarship and/or leadership in the WGSS Program

Eligibility Requirements

  • The award is given to an undergraduate student who plans to earn a WGSS Certificate from Florida Atlantic 

 Materials to be Submitted

  • An unofficial copy of the transcripts
  • A two-page essay that describes your qualifications for the award
  • At least two letters of recommendation from instructors in courses taken for the WGSS Certificate

Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships

  • Annette Van Howe Fellowship:

          Awarded to support outstanding full-time graduate students in WGSS.

  •  The Friends of the WGSS Skeets Friedkin & Lisa Armbrust Award

          Awarded to support exemplary research and/or teaching by a graduate student in WGSS.

  • The Feminist Fund

         Community supported fund to support study, research, teaching, and events in WGSS at Florida Atlantic.

Contact the WGSS Director, Dr. Carla María Thomas for more information at  carlathomas@fau.edu .

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

The College of Arts & Letters offers degree programs and certificates in the performing arts, fine arts, languages and social sciences.