Graduate Fellowship Program
Every year, Phi Kappa Phi awards fifty $5000 fellowships and thirty $2000 Awards of Excellence. Each individual chapter may nominate one person to be considered for these awards. This nominee receives a lifetime membership in Phi Kappa Phi. The award is designed to assist students in their first year of graduate or professional study.
The nominee from Chapter #260 also will receive a monetary award that will be paid directly to the graduate school they choose to attend.
Promotion of Excellence Award
Chapter 260 presented its first Promotion of Excellence Award to John Blue in 2000. This award is reserved for those groups or individuals who, in a significant way, have worked to emphasize and reward academic excellence. In 1960, Mr. Blue initiated the annual Academic Excellence Banquet, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Rotary Club, that honors the top 10 percent of the graduating seniors from Notre Dame and Cape Central high schools. In May, the 41st annual Academic Excellence Banquet will be held on the campus of Southeast.
Scholarships and Awards
Phi Kappa Phi's mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others." It is not surprising, then, that Phi Kappa Phi offers 5 different scholarships or awards at the national level.
Phi Kappa Phi National Fellowship
Fellowships are granted monies that provide support for specific expenditures during a graduate program. Phi Kappa Phi fellowships are for $5,000 (60 awards) or $2,000 (40 awards to first year graduate or professional study students). Each year, our local Phi Kappa Phi chapter selects one candidate from its applicants to present to the national competition for fellowships. There are several fellowships available. The Slater Fellowship is for top students in the biological sciences. The Yoeger Presidential Fellowship is awarded to students in one of the basic sciences, such as engineering, agriculture, or chemistry. Domestic and family science students can apply for the Ruth E. Brasher Fellowship. Preference there is given to Brigham Young University students. Agriculture, Classical Language, and English students may apply for the Alfred M. Wolfe Fellow; the Kathleen Greey Fellowship goes to outstanding applicants in fields outside of the sciences. The Marjorie Schoch Fellow is a much broader fellowship, is awarded to a top ranking nominee, and is not limited to a specific discipline. Finally, the Walter and Adelheid Hohenstein Fellows go to regional applicants in the Northeast, Southeast, Central US, etc.
Details of the application process, application forms, fellowship facts, and advice for applicants can all be found at http://www.phikappaphi.org/Web/Scholarships/graduatefellowship.html .
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