We are pleased to announce the fourth year of merit-based, partial scholarships to help support students with the costs of participating in travel courses. The Travel Course Scholarships are funded through the generosity of the MCLA Foundation.
The amount available for this academic year will be divided proportionately among the travel courses. Faculty teaching each course will decide how many scholarships the allotted money for their course will support.
About the Travel Course ScholarshipsPurpose:
The purpose of the Fund is to endow travel course scholarships for academically-qualified
full-time students with sophomore or above status* who demonstrate strong commitment
to travel learning and potential for significant scholarly and personal growth through
the academic travel experience. In furtherance of that purpose, the scholarship will
be available to full-time students with a grade point average of 3.0 or better who
have received the instructor's permission to enroll in a specific travel course. Scholarship
recipients will be selected from the applicant pool by the Travel Scholarship Faculty
Advisory Group.
*First year students are still encouraged to apply and will be considered for an award, pending the availability of sufficient funds.
• Full-time student
• Sophomore, junior, or senior status*
• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0
• Good academic standing
• Two (2) faculty letters of recommendation, one of which may be from the faculty
member supervising the travel course.
• Submission of both the standard scholarship application and travel course essay (essays
topics are designed for individual travel courses by faculty planning and teaching
the course).
All applicants must complete the general scholarship form as part of the application process Scholarship Application Form.
Japan: Applicants for the Japan Travel Course Scholarship will write an essay of 600-700 words that answers the following questions:
Travel Course Scholarship applications will be completed online through the link above. Faculty recommendations may be sent to Student Financial Services, either emailed to finaid@mcla.edu or dropped off at the office in Eldridge Hall.
Carrie Alibozek
Michael Birch
Mariana Bolivar
Dave Cupery
Anthony Daly
Jenn Dix
Eric Doucette
Richard Glejzer
Anne Goodwin
Ely Janis
Anna Jaysayne-Darr
Graziana Ramsden
Laura Standley
Elena Traister
Kebra Ward
Bob Ziomek
Thanks to: The MCLA Foundation and the Financial Aid Office.
