Lists of English Department Scholarships and Awards
(Information Last Updated 5.2.16)
The university sets the deadlines for scholarship applications, usually January 15 for graduate applications and February 1 for undergraduate applications.
Links to scholarship application forms are provided at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/scholarships/howToApply.php.
Students must complete the FAFSA in order to be considered for scholarships requiring evidence of financial need,
but a completed FAFSA is not required if a student wishes to be considered only for merit-based scholarships.
With one application, a student will be considered for all scholarships for which he or she is eligible.
Undergraduate Scholarships from the Department of English
Name of Award
Required Classification
Restrictions
Attributes
Pulla Maha-Nanda
Akkaraju Scholarship
Undergraduate students.
Full-time English majors with a
minimum 2.5 GPA.
Andrew Aycock
Memorial Scholarship
Entering freshmen from
Monterey High School in
Lubbock, Texas.
Preference given to those studying
literature in English. The honoree had
interests in Women’s Literature.
Preference given to students with an
interest in the Honors College.
The Truman and
Virginia Camp English
Scholarship
Undergraduate students.
The Helen Locke Carter
Memorial Scholarship
Junior or senior
undergraduate students.
Entering freshmen from
Lubbock Monterey who intend
to major in English and who
have a minimum Monterey GPA
of 3.5 (or the GPA required by
Monterey for honors students.)
Letter of recommendation from a
Monterey English teacher is
required.
English majors with some
Leadership and promise.
financial need and academic
achievement worthy of the
award.
English or Technical
Communication majors who
have demonstrated scholarly
interest in or show promise in
Dr. Ann Daghistany
Endowed Scholarship
Junior or senior
undergraduate students.
Dr. Dale W. Davis and
Alan Kent Davis
Memorial Scholarship
Entering freshmen from
Coronado High School
in Lubbock, Texas.
Linda S. Fuller Endowed
Scholarship
Sophomore and above
undergraduate students.
Rushing Family
Endowed Scholarship in
English
Susan & Eric Stotzer
Technical
Communication
Scholarship
Lenore M. Tunnell
Memorial Tuition
Scholarship in English
Dr. William Wilbanks
Technical
Communication
Scholarship Endowment
Undergraduate students.
Undergraduate students.
the theory and practice of
literacy.
English majors with evidence of
or potential for creativity and the
recommendation of an English
faculty member.
Entering freshmen from
Lubbock Coronado who intend
to major in English and who
have a minimum Coronado GPA
of 3.5 (or the GPA required by
Coronado for honors students.)
Technical Communication
majors who have completed at
least 30 hours with at least a 2.5
GPA.
English majors exhibiting
academic excellence with a GPA
of 3.0 or above.
Technical Communication
majors.
Sophomore students.
English majors with a GPA of 3.0
or above.
Undergraduate students.
Technical Communication
majors with a GPA of 3.0 or
above.
Creativity.
If no student from Coronado qualifies,
students may be considered from
Lubbock High, Frenship, or other area
schools. Financial need can be considered
subsequent to merit.
If all other qualifications are equal,
financial need can be a determining
factor.
Undergraduate and/or Graduate Student Scholarships from the Department of English
Name of Award
Required Classification
Restrictions
Attributes
The Allen L. Carter and
Olga Meloy Carter
Memorial Award
Undergraduate or
graduate students.
In addition to academic excellence,
students should have positive traits such
as creativity, a talent for self-expression,
enthusiasm, and an ability to inspire
others.
English Faculty and
Alumni Scholarship
Junior or senior
undergraduate students
or graduate students.
Undergraduate or
graduate students.
English majors studying
Shakespeare or Chaucer or
Scandinavian, German, Early
English or Early American
Literature with a GPA of 3.5 or
above.
At least a 3.5 GPA
English majors with academic
achievement (overall GPA of
3.0, English GPA of 3.5) and
one other distinguishing
characteristic, such as problemsolving ability, creativity,
ability to influence others,
social service or ability to
complete school in spite of
financial problems or health
problems. Short essay (250-500
words) and recommendation
letters from two faculty
members are expected.
Majors in Technical
Communication who show
exceptional promise as a
member of the academic or
For equally qualified candidates, financial
need may be considered. The applicant's
short essay should describe his or her
goals as well as his or her one
distinguishing characteristic. Two letters
of recommendation are expected.
Benjamin Gregory Rude
English Endowed
Scholarship
Dr. Carolyn Detjen Rude
Technical
Communication
Scholarship
Undergraduate or
graduate students.
Students with exceptional promise as a
member of the profession.
Integrity; personal generosity is sharing
skills; and contributions to the
development and growth of TCR
program.
corporate TCR world.
Undergraduates must have
completed nine hours in TCR
courses; graduate students
must have completed six hours
in TCR.
Graduate Student Scholarships from the Department of English
Name of Award
Required Classification
Restrictions
Attributes
Bruce Family Memorial
Scholarship
Graduate students.
Preference given to an incoming student.
Mary Sue Carlock/Joyce
Thompson Graduate
English Scholarship
Graduate students.
For a student born in Texas
who is studying American
Literature.
For students majoring in
American Literature.
The Helen Locke Carter
Memorial Scholarship
Graduate students.
The William Bryan Gates
Graduate Award in
English
Graduate students.
Bruce G. & Cara Pollard
Herlin Creative Writing
Excellence Scholarship
Graduate students.
English majors who have
demonstrated scholarly interest
in or show promise in the
theory and practice of literacy.
For students studying English
language and literature with a
minimum GPA of 3.5.
Creative writing students with
GPA of at least 3.0 and financial
need.
Positive traits such as creativity, a talent
for self-expression, good judgment,
enthusiasm, and an ability to inspire
others.
Thomas Langford
Endowed Graduate
Scholarship
Dr. George T. Prigmore
Graduate Scholarship in
English
Graduate students.
Graduate students.
For students studying the
relationship between
Christianity and literature.
Minimum 3.5 GPA with a
commitment to teaching
English at high school or
college level.
For example, students working on Milton
or Browning might be appropriate
candidates.
Creativity, a talent for self-expression,
good judgment, enthusiasm, and an
ability to inspire.
List of English Department Awards
(Information Last Updated 5.2.16)
For awards other than the Huffman Poetry Award, students must be nominated by faculty members in order to be considered.
That is, unless otherwise announced, students do not apply for awards other than the Stephan Ross Huffman Poetry Award.
The Huffman Poetry deadline is in the fall. The nomination deadline for the other awards will be announced in the spring.
Students do not need to complete scholarship applications in order to be considered for the awards below.
Writing and Teaching Awards from the Department of English
Name of Award
Required Classification
Restrictions
Attributes
Alumni in Technical
Communication Award
Undergraduate students.
Project to be judged on appropriateness of
aim and audience, effectiveness of design,
meeting of professional standards.
Mary Sue Carlock Award
for Best Sophomore
Literature Paper
First-Year Composition
Awards
Sophomore
undergraduate students.
Award for best project by a TC
major or minor in an ENGL
4366 or 4367 class. Winner
selected by an alumni panel.
Best critical essay written in a
sophomore English class.
Freshmen undergraduate
students.
For first year students who
write the best essay in one of
three categories.
Stephan Ross Huffman
Memorial Poetry Award
Undergraduate students.
Award for an aspiring poet of
any major. Submission of a
single poem and a paragraph
stating why s/he is interested
in receiving the award by the
announced deadline, which is
usually around November 1.
Winner selected by a creative
writing panel.
Current categories are Best Personal Essay,
Best Expository Essay, and Best Research
Paper. Papers must be nominated by faculty
(students do not apply).
The winning poem should show the same
passion, thought and creativity found in
Stephan Ross Huffman’s poetry.
Papers must be nominated by faculty
(students do not apply).
J.T. McCullen Award for
Best Advanced
Undergraduate
Literature Paper
Teaching Awards for
Graduate English
Instructors
Undergraduate students.
Warren S. Walker Award
for Critical Writing
Graduate students.
M.A. and Ph.D. students
who are classroom
instructors or document
instructors for English
1301 and 1302.
Award for the best critical
essay on a literary or linguistic
topic written in a junior or
senior level English class.
Awards for Best M.A.
Classroom Instructor; Best
M.A. Document Instructor;
Best Ph.D. Classroom
Instructor; and Best Ph.D.
Document Instructor.
Award for the best essay in an
organized graduate course in
English. Chapters of theses
and dissertations are not
eligible.
Papers must be nominated by faculty
(students do not apply).
Recipients are selected by faculty.
Papers must be nominated by faculty
(students do not apply).