Dear Students,
Please find information (pasted below and attached) on the 2009-2010 Swan Scholarship.  The information and form are also available online: http://www2.uta.edu/sociology/default.asp?include=announcements.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Robert M. Kunovich
Associate Professor of Sociology
Sociology Graduate Advisor
Telephone: 817-272-3796
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Internet: http://www.uta.edu/faculty/kunovich/





The Swan Scholarship
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Texas at Arlington

The Swan Scholarship is a competitive scholarship that awards $1,000 toward tuition to one full-time undergraduate student majoring in Sociology or one full-time graduate student pursuing a Master's Degree in Sociology.

Eligibility requirements:
Full-time undergraduate students majoring in Sociology and full-time graduate students pursuing a Master's Degree in Sociology are eligible to apply.  Recipients must be U. S. citizens or legal residents

Preference will be given to students: (1) who are single parents, (2) who have had to overcome personal obstacles in the pursuit of their educational goals, or (3) who have had an interruption in their educational careers (i.e., they have not been enrolled in an educational program, including secondary school, junior college, college, or university, for the past 10 years and are newly enrolled or have been enrolled at UT Arlington for the past several semesters).

Application materials:
Please submit a completed application form (available from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology's web page; select Sociology Program and News and Announcements: http://www.uta.edu/sociology-anthropology/), an unofficial transcript if available (these are free of charge; see: http://www3.uta.edu/registrar/transcript.asp), and an essay (1,000 words or less) that discusses the challenges facing you as you pursue your degree, your interest in Sociology, and your goals for the future.  Only complete files postmarked by or received by Wednesday, October 28, 2009 will be considered.

Submit all materials to:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Box 19599
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX 76019
Attention: Student Awards and Scholarship Committee

Please direct any questions to Professor Robert Kunovich, Department of Sociology and Anthropology (telephone: 817-272-3796; e-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).

The deadline for submission is Wednesday, October 28, 2009



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