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·     PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS of $2000 per year.  These scholarships are renewable for up to four full years.  Maintaining the scholarship requires a minimum GPA of 3.0, as well as continued good standing in the Global Honors Program.

·     ACADEMIC HONORS SCHOLARSHIPS of $2000 for first year honors students.  These are one-year scholarships.  Each year thereafter, $1000 Academic Honors Scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis to five sophomores, five juniors and five seniors who have demonstrated superior academic performance and who are in good standing in the Global Honors Program.

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Current Honors Students

Academic Honors Scholarship- $1000 Academic Honors Scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis to five sophomores, five juniors and five seniors who have demonstrated superior academic performance and who are in good standing in the Global Honors Program. These are one-year scholarships.

1.      PASSHE Summer Honors Program-  Each year two LHU Global Honors Program students join honors students from the other 14 PASSHE university honors programs to engage in a deep study of the artistic, cultural, historical or political character of another country or region of the world.  Participants take two courses and earn six credits.  The courses begin on the campus of the host university.  After studying the country in question for approximately a week, the participants and their professors travel as a group to the country under investigation in order to continue their study of it on a first hand basis.  Recent programs have focused on diverse countries including Egypt, Belgium, China, and Ghana.  Each participant receives a full scholarship to cover the major costs of this program.  These include tuition, travel, accommodations and meals.

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1. Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Program

The purpose of the Foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.

Applicable Majors: mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering

Eligibility: sophomore or junior; Have a college grade-point average of at least "B"

Award: up to a maximum of $7,500 annually

Application deadline: January 30, 2010

Citizenship Requirement: live in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and, considered as a single entity, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

2.    Fulbright Fellowship

Fulbright grants allow students to pursue their academic interests in more than 100 countries around the world. Student Fulbrighters either study at a university or pursue independent research in the host country that they have selected. There are special programs for foreign language teachers.

Applicable Majors: All

Eligibility: graduating senior; hold a B.S./B.A. degree; are a master's or doctoral degree candidate; or are a young professional or artist; good health

Award: one fully covered academic year in foreign study

Application deadline: October 20, 2010?

Citizenship Requirement: U.S. citizen; Permanent residents are NOT eligible

3.    The Harrisburg Internship Semester (T.H.I.S.)The Harrisburg Internship offers an exceptional opportunity for students in the SSHE System to spend one semester in their Junior or Senior year actively involved in our State governing process. These internships are not limited to students in political science or government, although such students will find this internship invaluable. Some of our current interns are working in: the Office of the Budget, Commission on Women, Bureau of Consumer Protection, House Education Committee, Department of Mental Health, Department of Labor and Industry, Environmental Studies, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Other areas of state government are waiting to be discovered by motivated student interns.

Applicable Majors: All but political science or government will benefit more

Eligibility: Junior or Senior

Award: students receive a work-study stipend to cover tuition, room, and board. They also receive 15 credits...9 credits actual internship, 3 credits for a weekly seminar, and 3 credits for an independent study project. Students may opt to receive these credits in Communication Studies or (with some restrictions) in student's major.

Application deadline: March 17 (Early applications) and September 21, 2009

Citizenship Requirement: None

4.    Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship ProgramThe Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program honors excellence by supporting outstanding community college students with financial need as they transfer to and complete their bachelor’s degrees at the nation’s top four-year colleges and universities.

Applicable Majors: All

Eligibility: applicants must have achieved a cumulative college grade-point average of 3.50 or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent) and plan to transfer to a four-year college; sophomore status

Award: $30,000 annually

Application deadline: check back in fall 2009 for 2010 deadlines

Citizenship Requirement: None

5.    James A. Finnegan Foundation

The Finnegan Foundation provides practical training in government and politics for undergraduates by offering a ten-week paid internship in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania over the summer break.

Applicable Majors:

Eligibility: completed at least on semester at a four year college

Award: $1,500

Application deadline: February 2010

Citizenship Requirement:

6.    James Madison Memorial Fellowship

The James Madison Memorial Foundation awards Junior Fellowships to students who are about to complete, or have recently completed, their undergraduate course of study and plan to begin graduate work on a full-time basis. Junior Fellows have two years to complete their degree. Fellowship recipients must enter a master’s program that prepares them to become full-time secondary education social studies teachers.

Applicable Majors: Be a teacher, or plan to become a teacher, of American history, American government, or social studies at the secondary school level

Eligibility: Possess a bachelor’s degree or plan to receive a bachelor’s degree no later than August 31 of the year in which you are applying.

Award: The maximum amount of each award is $24,000, prorated over the individual period of study

Application deadline: March 1, 2010

Citizenship Requirement: Be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.

7.    Marshall Scholarship

Marshall Scholarships support students graduating from US universities to complete graduate degree programs at any university in the United Kingdoms. Support is comprehensive and generally lasts for two academic years, though an additional year can be obtained. Students selected for this scholarship represent “potential leaders, opinion-formers and decision-makers” of the United States.

Applicable Majors: Any field of study

Eligibility: (by the time they take up their scholarship ie September 2010) hold their first undergraduate degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States; have obtained a grade point average of not less than 3.7 (or A-) on their undergraduate degree.

Award: All expenses related to study in the UK for two years

Application deadline: First week in October 2009 for 2010 scholarship

Citizenship Requirement: must be citizens of the United States of America (at the time they apply for a scholarship)

8.    Mellon Fellowship

The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies are designed to support students who show exceptional promise as future teachers and scholars in humanistic disciplines.

Applicable Majors: English, History, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Women’s studies, etc.

Eligibility: Graduating Seniors

Award: Around 85 fellowships are available. The fellowship covers full graduate tuition and required fees for the first year of graduate study and includes a stipend of $17,500.

Application deadline: December 18

Citizenship Requirement: US citizen

9.    National Security Education Program (NSEP)

NSEP scholarship provide US undergraduates with generous financial support to both study abroad and to learn languages of less commonly studied countries. The goal of the program is to advance the competencies of US citizens with respect to cultures and countries that are less often studies.

Applicable Majors: Any field of study

Eligibility: A high school graduate, or have earned a GED, and are matriculated in an undergraduate degree program in a U.S. post-secondary institution; Applying to engage in a study abroad experience in a country outside of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand that meets home institution standards

Award: up to $20,000 towards your study abroad experience

Application deadline: late January early February 2010

Citizenship Requirement: U.S. citizen at the time of application

10.  Pennsylvania House of Representatives Legislative Fellowships

This is a 13-week paid internship at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. It can be a valuable experience for students of any field of study or interest. It is sponsored by the leadership of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, through the Bipartisan Management Committee.

Applicable Majors:  Any field of study

Eligibility: college seniors and second semester juniors from all Pennsylvania colleges and universities

Award: A bi-weekly stipend of $750 is provided.  The fellowship is considered full-time

Application deadline: The deadline dates are the first Friday in May for the Fall semester and the first Friday in October for the Spring semester

Citizenship Requirement:

11.  Truman Scholarships

The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields.  Students must be college juniors at the time of selection.  The Foundation also provides assistance with career counseling, internship placement, graduate school admissions, and professional development.  Scholars are invited to participate in a number of programs:  Truman Scholar Leadership Week, The Summer Institute, The Truman Fellows Program, and the Public Service Law Conference

Applicable Majors: required to work in public service for three of the seven years following completion of a Foundation funded graduate degree program as a condition of receiving Truman funds.

Eligibility: Junior

Award: up to $30,000 in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields.

Application deadline: February 3rd

Citizenship Requirement: None

12.  Udall Scholarships

Demonstrated commitment to environmental or natural resource issues; or

Demonstrated commitment to tribal public policy; or

Demonstrated commitment to Native American health care

Applicable Majors: course of study involving the environment, health care or tribal policy

Eligibility: Sophomore or Junior

Award: Up to $5,000 for tuition, room and board, or other educational expenses

Application deadline: March 3 (around this time)

Citizenship Requirement: US Citizen