Echols
What you can do as an Echols Scholar
The Echols Scholars Program is predicated upon the Jeffersonian ideal of freedom of inquiry and the development of critical thought.
It offers special opportunities to those undergraduates in the College of Arts & Sciences who are its most avid learners.
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Benefits of the Echols Scholars Program
- Exemption from area requirements in the College
- Priority registration times in selecting courses
- Option to declare Echols Interdisciplinary Major
- A shared first-year living experience
- A select cadre of faculty advisors
- Participation in the Echols news and information electronic network
Announcements
The new Ingrassia Family Echols Scholars Research Fund will support Echols Scholars preparing for fourth year capstone projects such as theses, scientific experiments, art exhibitions, musical performances, and the like.
The maximum award will be $2,000.00. Applications will be accepted immediately and decisions will be made on a “rolling” basis. The deadlines for 2011-2012 applications are:
December 9, 2011, March 16, 2012, and July 6, 2012
Please schedule an appointment with Deans William Wilson, Beverly Adams, Shawn Lyons, or Sandra Seidel for any further questions.
InGrassia Application (.doc, 52KB)
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Rare Book School announces a fellowship opportunity for UVA students to study with an international faculty at the world's premier educational institute for the history of books and printing.
Information Session: 15 March 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
116 Alderman Library
Application Deadline: 23 March 2012
Learn more about Rare Book School's fellowship program for distinguished undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Virginia. The RBS-UVA Fellowship Program is designed to enhance UVA student research employing special collections, including written, printed, and born-digital materials, as well as to encourage interdisciplinary learning across departments and institutions. Thanks to a generous grant made possible by the Jefferson Trust, an initiative of the UVA Alumni Association, RBS is able to offer seven fellowships in 2012, including a $250 stipend for each fellowship winner. In addition, RBS will award a $500 prize for the most distinguished project submitted by fellows accepted to the program in 2012. To be considered for a fellowship, students must apply by 23 March 2012.
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Dean Wilson's hours for the Spring 2012 semester:
Walk-in Hours
Tuesday and Thursday - 9:30-10:45
Wednesday - 4:00-5:00
Friday 2:30-4:00
For personal appointments email wmw2v@virginia.edu
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