Applications for Awards
The Center for Women's and Gender Studies is pleased to offer awards and scholarships to WVU students, faculty, and staff. We encourage all who are interested to review the criteria for the individuals awards below and apply!
Please email kelly.watson@mail.wvu.edu with any questions.
All applications for Academic Year 2023-2024 awards and scholarships are due no later than 11:59 PM on March 22nd, 2024
- Outstanding Women's and Gender Studies Senior
- Outstanding Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Sallie Lowther Norris Showalter Award for Excellence in Mathematics
- Velma Miller / West Virginia Alliance for Women's & Gender Studies Graduate Scholar Award
- Winifred South Knutti Graduate Scholarship in Women's Studies
- Stitzel/Temple Finding Paths Award
- Carrie Koeturius Scholarship
Outstanding Senior
Faculty members and Graduate Teaching Assistants may nominate an outstanding senior no later than March 22nd, 2024. The Women's and Gender Studies Awards Committee will select the recipient from these nominees. You may preview the survey
here , but you must complete the official form via the link below. Your progress will be saved automatically.
Nominate an outstanding WGST Senior today!
Recent Recipients: Lilly Runion (2022), Sarah Smith (2021), Hannah Jack (2020), Alayna Kimble (2018)
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
Faculty members, Graduate Teaching Assistants, and undergraduate students may nominate an outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant no later than March 22nd, 2024. The Women's and Gender Studies Awards Committee will select the recipient from these nominees. You may preview the survey
here , but you must complete the official form via the link below. Your progress will be saved automatically.
Nominate an outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant today!
Recent Recipients: Tre' Thomas (2022), Juliana Spradling (2021), Kalo Sokoto (2020), Megan McGee (2018)
Sallie Lowther Norris Showalter Award for Excellence in Mathematics & Related Disciplines
Funds shall be used to provide an annual scholarship foran undergraduate student at West Virginia University. The recipient will be selected based on high academic achievement in mathematics or mathematics-based study and involvement in, or demonstrated awareness of, social justice and/or women’s studies issues. The selection of the recipient will be conducted by the Women’s Studies Committee in consultation with WVU Student Financial Services, which will also consider which applicant best exemplifies the high standards of scholarship and leadership set by Sallie Lowther Norris Showalter during her career at WVU. Sallie Norris Showalter was one of the first ten women admitted to WVU in 1889. She won the freshman math prize in 1890 and was an outspoken advocate for women in higher education. You may preview the survey here , but you must complete the official form via the link below. Your progress will be saved automatically.
All portions of the application must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM on March 22nd, 2024
Recent Recipients: Kaitlyn Hepler and Rylan Tampoya (2022), Laura Worthen (2021), Aradhita Yadava (2020), Anna Katherine Turner (2018)
Velma Miller/West Virginia Alliance for Women’s & Gender Studies Graduate Scholar Award
Funds shall be used annually or otherwise for graduate students who have been accepted into a post-baccalaureate degree program at WVU. The recipients must be enrolled for a minimum of nine graduate credits in the semester during which the award is made and have a graduate GPA of 3.0 or higher. Candidates must be nominated by university faculty and/or staff, and their coursework and/or theses must have significant women’s studies content. Successful candidates must demonstrate marked leadership ability and/or show unusual promise as disciplinary, career, or community leaders who are committed to social justice. The award may, at the discretion of the Director of the WVU Center for Women’s Studies and in cases of exemplary merit, be renewed for up to three years. The coursework and/or theses of the candidates should have significant women's and gender studies content. In addition, successful candidates must demonstrate leadership ability and show unusual promise as leaders in their fields who are committed to social justice. You may preview the survey here , but you must complete the official form via the link below. Your progress will be saved automatically.
Apply for the Velma Miller/West Virginia Alliance for Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Scholar A ward!
All portions of the application must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM on March 22nd, 2024
Recent Recipients: Savannah Thomas (2022), Alexandria Ebert (2021), Olivia M. Lee (2020), Lacey Bonar (2018)
Winifred South Knutti Graduate Scholarship in Women’s Studies
This scholarship supports graduate work in women’s and gender studies. The award honors the first woman to receive a graduate degree at WVU in 1889. Funded by the WVU Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund, it celebrates the first century of women’s education at WVU, and the centenary goal of excellence through equity. Candidates must be currently enrolled in good standing in a WVU graduate program and, when possible, their course of study and/or research should adopt a women’s and gender studies perspective. They must be a West Virginia resident and document financial need. You may preview the survey here , but you must complete the official form via the link below. Your progress will be saved automatically.
Apply for the Winifred South Knutti Graduate Scholarship in Women's Studies Award!
All portions of the application must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM on March 22nd, 2024
Recent Recipients: Morgan McMinn (2022), Susana Mazuelas Quirce (2021), Olivia M. Lee (2020) Catherine Ferrari (2018)
Stitzel/Temple Finding Peaceful Paths Award
The Stitzel/Temple Finding Peaceful Paths award supports WVU Center for Women’s and Gender Studies majors, WGST and LGBTQ Studies minors, and WGST graduate certificate programs students’ progress beyond the classroom in their efforts to explore, develop and apply feminist perspectives and non-violent solutions to personal, institutional and environmental challenges and conflicts. When funds and circumstances permit, students may work with a faculty mentor, or as a member of a university club to undertake their project.
All portions of this application must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM on March 22nd, 2024.
Recent Recipients:
Carrie Koeturius Scholarship
This endowment shall provide scholarships for students who are admitted or readmitted as undergraduate or graduate students within the Women's Studies Program, with a preference for students who are returning to WVU after an interruption in their education. Carrie Koeturius is a former Morgantown women’s rights activist who came to WVU to finish her bachelor’s degree in social work. You may preview the survey here , but you must complete the official form via the link below. Your progress will be saved automatically.
Apply for the Carrie Koeturius Scholarship!
All portions of the application must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM on March 22nd, 2024
Recent Recipients: Alysse Baker (2022), Nayreshca Pacheco Sanchez (2021), Cheyenne L. Mallory (2020)