{"id":764,"date":"2015-02-13T18:05:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T22:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/polsci\/?page_id=764"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:42:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:42:45","slug":"scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/polsci\/scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"
To apply for scholarships, visit the Student Financial Aid<\/a> site for more information or scan the QR code. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Questions? Contact Dr. Damien Arthur<\/a><\/p>\n

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Current Awards Available:<\/h2>\n

The Simon Perry Scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n

We award the Simon Perry Scholarship to a student who demonstrates excellence in the academic<\/em> pursuit of knowledge in political science.<\/p>\n

Submit an essay (800-1,000 words) detailing your academic<\/em> (rather than practical) interest in politics and political science. What political ideas, concepts, authors, actors, time periods, etc. are fascinating to you? Why are you a political science major? The recipient must be an undergraduate political science major at Marshall who has completed at least 60 credit hours with a GPA of 3.3 or higher.<\/p>\n

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The Lawrence E. Bruce, Jr. Scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n

We award the Lawrence E. Bruce, Jr. Scholarship to a student who demonstrates an international spirit<\/u> during their time at Marshall.<\/p>\n

Submit a cover letter (300-600 words) demonstrating evidence of \u201cinternational spirit\u201d as determined by: 1) an interest in a career in international affairs, 2) humanitarian service, and\/or 3) a concern for children in the developing world. Applicants must also submit an essay (300-500 words) based on research about UNICEF or<\/u> Lawrence E. Bruce, Jr. and the perpetuation of his spirit. Applicants must have junior or senior standing with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.<\/p>\n

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The Harold E. Neely Scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n

We award the Harold E. Neely Scholarship to the student who can best explain how an academic work has influenced their academic development.<\/p>\n

Submit an essay (500-750 words) in which you discuss a book or article in the discipline of political science that has influenced your academic development. Applicants must be a political science major with at least sophomore standing (30 or more credit hours) and a GPA of 3.5 or above.<\/p>\n

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The Matthew A. Reese, Jr. and Martha Sedinger Reese Scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n

We award the Matthew A. Reese, Jr. and Martha Sedinger Reese Scholarship to a student who demonstrates a sustained history of activism for social justice.<\/p>\n

Submit a biographical essay (800-1000 words) that demonstrates your sustained political involvement in their community on behalf of progressive causes, organizations, and\/or candidates concerned with issues of peace, justice, or social welfare. Applicants must be a West Virginia native who has graduated from a West Virginia public high school with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Preference given to students whose major student is in the College of Liberal Arts.<\/p>\n

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The Robert \u201cChuck\u201d Chambers Scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n

We award the Robert “Chuck” Chambers Scholarship to a student who demonstrates an interest in government and public service in West Virginia.<\/p>\n

Submit an essay (500-750 words) detailing your interest in West Virginia state government and a commitment to public service in West Virginia. Applicants must be full-time students at the junior or senior level with a 3.5 GPA or higher.\u00a0 Preference given to residents of Mingo county and demonstrated financial need.<\/p>\n

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The Robert R. \u201cBobby\u201d Nelson Scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n

We award the Robert R. “Bobby” Nelson Scholarship to a student with a dedicated interest in state and local government.<\/p>\n

Submit an essay (600-750 words) detailing your interest in state and local government. Applicants for this scholarship must be residents of West Virginia and full-time political science majors with a 2.5 GPA or higher and in good academic standing. Preference given to residents of Boone and Cabell Counties.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To apply for scholarships, visit the Student Financial Aid site for more information or scan the QR code. Questions? Contact Dr. Damien Arthur Current Awards Available: The Simon Perry Scholarship We award the Simon Perry Scholarship to a student who demonstrates excellence in the academic pursuit of knowledge in political science. Submit an essay (800-1,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-legacy.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-764","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/polsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/polsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/polsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/polsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/polsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/polsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1716,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/polsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/764\/revisions\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/polsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}