$500 for Study Abroad ! ! !Janet D. Sheridan Scholarship
$500 for Study Abroad ! ! !

Student qualifications:

• Officially registered as a major in French, German or Spanish in the Department of Foreign Languages

• Minimum overal G.P.A. of 3.0 and demonstrates excellence in his/her area of language concentration.

• Completed coursework through the intermediate level and will have taken at least 2 foreign language courses at VCU by the end of the semester in which the award is recieved.
  

Application Requirements:

• Two written recommendations from two teachers in the Department of Foreign Languages

• Typed letter of application (600 words or fewer) to the Scholarship Committee, stating clearly and coherently how the applicant intends to profit fro the scholarship. Preference will be given to students intending to use the scholarship to support study and travel abroad.  The applicant will indicate in thei letter which upper-level courses he-she would like to take upon return from abroad.  Top candidates will be interviewsed by the Committee.

• Upon completion of the scholarship period, the successful applicant agrees to submit a brief written report and to visit several language classes to share his/her experience with other students to encourage them to become Foreign Language majors/minors.

• Letter of application should be sent by February 15, 2002 to:
  

Janet D. Sheridan
Department of Foreign Languages
820 West Franklin Street
Richmond, Virginia 23284-2021