THE MOLLER AWARD
The Julie Moller Scholarship for students of French, German, and Spanish carries a stipend of $1500 and requires that a student spend at least six weeks in a country where the language being studied is the native language. The Department reserves the right to withhold an award in any year if it deems the applications inadequate.

 

The 2004 Moller Award recipient is Jenny Kotzenmacher(German Studies), pictured with Jonathan Conant.

 
 

 

THE HAIKE FRIEDRICHSDORF SCHOLARSHIP

 

This scholarship carries a stipend of $500 and is awarded in honor of the late Haike Friedrichsdorf, who established the foundation for the German language and culture course in Potsdam. Students eligible to apply need to be participants in this program. They follow the same application process as for the Moller Award.

 

The 2004 recipients of the H. Friedrichsdorf Scholarship are Natasha Matt and Nikki Jensen

 

                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 
 

How to Apply

To be considered for the Moller award, an applicant must be eligible for financial aid.

A complete application consists of a 750-word essay in the language being studied, the purpose of which is to justify the program of study abroad in the applicant's intellectual development. The essay ought to explain the applicant's background, how he or she became a student of the language and its culture, why this is the appropriate time for studying abroad, precisely (as possible) how the time abroad will be spent and what contribution the experience is expected to make to the applicant's progress, and finally where the overall program of study is expected to lead in the applicant's future.

Applications will be judged first on how complete, how convincing, and how detailed they are. Then they will be judged on the quality of the language, both its accuracy and its style. If an applicant is eligible for financial aid, that should be mentioned in a footnote.

Applicants may discuss the content with anyone they wish, but may not have the essay or parts or drafts thereof reviewed or adjusted by anyone. The essay is to be the applicant's own work entirely.