APPLICATION FOR 2007 IUN ANTHROPOLOGY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Up to $1500.00 in awards will be given out this spring to several IUN anthropology students. The awards are based entirely on merit, not on financial need.

Awards include the:

CLARKE JOHNSON MEMORIAL of $500

TINA SPIVAK MEMORIAL OF $250

NANCY JAKUBIN MEMORIAL OF $250

and smaller awards as merited.

Spring 2007 Academic Achievement Awards will be given out at the Arts & Sciences Honors Tea in April.

Eligibility: Open to all IUN anthropology students, defined as students who fit any of these categories: have officially declared an Anthropology AA Degree Major or an Anthropology Minor; have declared a BA major in Sociology and are pursuing the Anthropology Track within that four year program; or have demonstrated their pursuit of a Minor in Anthropology by having completed nine credit hours in anthropology by that time. (Any student can declare Anthropology in addition to any current majors or minors by application at the office of Diane Robinson, Recorder of Arts and Sciences, room Tamarack 55.) Students who have completed any degree are also eligible if their records demonstrate continued pursuit of an anthropology education by continued enrollment in anthropology courses. Award recipients must have a Grade Point Average of 2.5 overall and 3.0 in their anthropology courses. It does not matter if applicants have also declared other majors, or even completed degrees at IUN or elsewhere. Students must have completed a total of twelve credit hours at IUN in any subject during the 2006 calendar year (spring, summer and fall combined), and be enrolled for at least one course in the spring of 2007.

Criteria: Student’s 1) performance in, and choice of, anthropology courses; 2) cumulative and 2006 Grade Point Average; 3) answer to the brief essay question below; and 4) extra-curricular activities on or off campus related to anthropology. Criteria will be weighted in the order given. The winner will be decided by a committee of three: two IUN teachers and a graduate of the Anthropology AA program; their decision is final. Eligibility will be determined by a representative of the DeanМs Office of the College of Arts and Sciences. Submitting an application authorizes the committee to review the student’s academic record. Awards funded by the IUN Anthropology Club; club membership and participation is not necessary to win.

Completed applications should be sent by mail to Bob Mucci, IUN Anthropology Program, Lindenwood 214, 3400 Broadway, Gary IN 46408, or delivered to Lindenwood 214 in person. Email applications are not acceptable.

Applications must be received by noon Tuesday March 20, 2007.

PRINT YOUR NAME: Student ID #:

Mailing Address:

Telephone # email address:

Please answer these two questions on additional sheets of paper.

A) Answer in 200 words or less: Why is studying anthropology an important part of your educational and career goals?

B) Please describe your extra-curricular activities, past and present, related to anthropology both at IUN and off campus; possibilities include (but are not limited to) participation in the IUN Anthropology Club, attendance and work at any anthropology related events on campus, field trips, tutoring in anthropology classes, participation in archaeological excavations, work at museums or zoos, research, community activities or service, attending conferences, teaching, writing about anthropology, and promotion of anthropology in any form. Please interpret the relationship to anthropology in a very broad sense; even if an activity is associated with a different discipline, it should be listed if it relates to or overlaps with anthropology.

rev Feb 20, 2007