Sent to All Student - January 6, 2022
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Scholarhips Available |
Awards $500
Application Deadline: Submit your completed application by Friday, February 4, 2022
Eligibility
- Be a Full-time Stony Brook student in current academic year
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- Demonstration of financial need
- Demonstrate leadership qualities and community involvement
- Demonstrate potential and promise
About the McAdoo Scholarship
The Dr. William McAdoo Memorial Scholarship was established in 2004 to honor the former
Chair of the Africana Studies Department, who was an ardent supporter of diversity,
equality, and social justice. The Dr. William McAdoo Memorial Scholarship has been
created in his name to acknowledge exceptional students who excel in their studies
while actively advocating for social justice issues; display their interest and commitment
by
participating, organizing and coordinating
a variety of extracurricular and community
outreach or organizing activities;
demonstrate leadership qualities; and
make contributions to diversity related
programs on the Stony Brook University
campus or in their communities.
About the Watkins Scholarship
The Ralph Watkins Memorial Scholarship
was established in 2006 in memory and
honor of the former Director of Special
Projects at Stony Brook University in the
late 1970s which included the supervision
of EOP/AIM, Upward Bound, and Disabled
Student Services. Once serving as a
Tuskegee Airman in WWII, he became a
zealous supporter of social justice, and
served as the Chairman of Suffolk County
Human Rights Commission. The Ralph
Watkins Memorial Scholarship was
established for underrepresented students
who are admissible under regular criteria
but due to financial constraints may be
unable to complete their education.
How to Apply
You may submit your application for either or both scholarships online. When submitting
your
application, please include the following:
- Your Resume
- Your personal statement
- Two letters of Recommendation (See applicatiion for details)
For more information please contact oea@stonybrook.edu.