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Scholarships

The History Department is pleased to announce the availability of the following scholarships for outstanding undergraduate and graduate history majors.

For more information or to apply for these scholarships (unless otherwise noted below), visit the SDSU Scholarships portal.

Undergraduates

The Andrew Bell Appleby Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility: Undergraduate history majors who have completed at least 75 units with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.

The Jon Sutherland Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility: Undergraduate history majors who have completed at least 12 upper division units in history and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher; preference for students with an emphasis in ancient or medieval history.

The Katherine M. Ragen Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility: Outstanding history majors at the end of their junior year with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Undergraduates and Graduate students

Lionel Ridout Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility: Undergraduate or graduate history students with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. 

Colonial Latin American History Scholarship

Eligibility: Undergraduate or graduate history students who have taken a minimum of 6 units in these courses: History 115, 415, 550, 640, and/or independent study at the undergraduate or graduate level; cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher; current FAFSA on file, as financial need is considered.

Gene Gleeson Endowed Scholarship

Eligibility: Undergraduate or graduate history students.

Elijah James Blum Memorial Endowed Award

Eligibility: Undergraduate or graduate History majors who aspire to work in K-12 education.

Arthur C. Wimer History Prize

Eligibility: SDSU students in any program or major conducting research that uses the SDSU Network Television News Archive. Contact Professor Andrew Wiese at [email protected] for application requirements and deadlines.

Graduate students

Richard T. Ruetten Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility: Graduate students in history who have completed at least 12 units of graduate work and have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.  

The Dorothy and Kenneth Stott Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility: Graduate students with two years of upper-division coursework in history and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.