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The
Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the availability
of four scholarships for the 2004-2005 academic year. These scholarships
have been made possible by the generosity of the Whittington family,
the Friends of Philosophy, and an anonymous donor, for which the
Department is extremely grateful.
The
recipients will each receive $500, a specially printed certificate
from the Department, and recognition in the program for May graduation
2005. Two of the four scholarships are in honor of Prof. Paul Tang's
parents, Dr. Pei-Sung Tang and Violet Tang. The eligibility requirements
for these are different from the other two described below. For more
information about the Tang Memorial Scholarships, please see the Department
of Philosophy office (or Prof. Tang). Scholarships
available for both Undergraduate and Graduate Philosophy Students
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Whittington Scholarship: $500
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Friends of Philosophy Scholarship: $500
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Dr. Pei-Sung Tang Memorial Scholarship: $500
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Violet Tang Memorial Scholarship: $500
Whittington
Scholarship
The
Whittington Scholarship was established with a generous gift from
Marie Whittington and her late husband, Edward Whittington, retired
Los Angeles commercial photographers and long-standing friends of
the CSULB Philosophy Department. After the Whittingtons raised their
three children, Marie Whittington returned to college and received
a B.A. degree in Philosophy in 1979 from CSULB, graduating "with
great distinction." Her name appeared on the President's list
numerous times, and she was named the Outstanding B.A. graduate.
In addition, she served as President of Phi Sigma Tau. Mrs. Whittington
then returned to complete an M.A. in Philosophy in 1982, writing
her Master's thesis on the topic "Why Preserve Species?"
After receiving her M.A. degree, Mrs. Whittington taught philosophy
for some years as a part-time lecturer at CSULB, Golden West College,
and Marymount College. The annual scholarship is supported by the
interest on a substantial endowment gift from the Whittington's.
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Violet
Tang Memorial Scholarship
This
scholarship is donated by a friend of the Philosophy Department
in honor of Professor Paul Tang's mother. At a time (1920's) when
few Asian women attended university, Violet Tang studied chemistry
at the University of Washington in Seattle. After receiving her
B.S. degree, she pursued graduate study at Johns Hopkins University
in Baltimore, where she met her husband-to-be, who was completing
his Ph.D. in cell biology and biochemistry. After receiving her
M.S. from Hopkins, Mrs. Tang pursued a Ph.D. in pharmacology at
Harvard University, but did not finish her doctoral thesis because
of illness.
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Dr.
Pei-Sung Tang Memorial Scholarship
Friends
of Philosophy Scholarship
Friends of Philosophy scholarships
are supported by generous donations from CSULB alumni and others.
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Eligibility
To be eligible for any of these Scholarships,
applicants must meet the following requirements:
1. Be enrolled for at least 12 units (if an undergraduate) or at
least 6 units (if a graduate student) in fall 2003.
2. Be an upper-division or graduate student majoring in philosophy
at the time of application
3. Have completed at least 12 undergraduate or 6 graduate units
in Philosophy at CSULB prior to the Fall semester, 2003.
4. Have a cumulative undergraduate or graduate GPA (whichever is
applicable) of at least 3.2 overall.
5. Plan to complete his or her B.A. or M.A. in Philosophy at CSULB.
Previous recipients of the Whittington Scholarship are ineligible
for a second Whittington Scholarship. Previous recipients of other
scholarships in the Department are eligible for a second scholarship,
but will receive a lower priority, based on financial need.
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Application
Process
To apply, submit just one application and you will be considered
for all scholarships for which you are eligible:
1. The one-page "Scholarship Application" form available
by clicking
here.
2. A cover letter stating why you believe you deserve this scholarship.
Please explicitly address the three criteria of merit, promise,
and need. This letter may also contain additional information which
you feel would be helpful in evaluating your application, including
special accomplishments while at CSULB such as activity or leadership
in organizations, community involvement, research, honors, awards,
etc., your plans for further study or a career after you complete
your degree objective at CSULB, or special financial need.
3. A transcript of all college work completed at schools other than
CSULB. [The Department will directly access your transcript for
work at CSULB, so you do not need to submit a CSULB transcript.]
4. One sample of your philosophical writing (e.g., a paper written
for a class).
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Application
Deadlines
The
complete application must be received in the Department of Philosophy
(MHB-917) no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 6, 2004. The
scholarship winners will be announced no later than December 17,
2004. We expect that checks will be issued in January, 2005.
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*If insufficient qualified applications
are received to award all scholarships, funds will be held for scholarships
in the 2004-2005 academic year. The Department of reserves the right
not to award all the scholarships available in a given year.
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Scholarship Information
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Violet Tang
Memorial
Friends of Philosophy
Eligibility
Application Process
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