See information below or contact the Department Office: 507-389-2116 or AH227. Only one application form is needed if applying for multiple applications except for the Heise scholarship which has its own application.
[DOC] Waldorf Scholarship (29 KiB): for students of Spanish: one $500 Scholarship. Dr. Waldorf taught at Mankato State from 1949 to 1976. He was in many respects the "father" of the Department of World Languages & Cultures. When it began, he was the whole department, but during the years to his leadership it expanded to a point where at least 15 full-time faculty members taught courses in five languages. Although his major field was Spanish, he also enjoyed teaching French and, more rarely, German when the departmental schedule would allow it. He and his wife loved to travel and believed strongly in getting students into the countries where the language they were studying was spoken. As a result he started the department's first study abroad program. For 17 years he and his wife took students to study in Mexico.
The Scholarship will be awarded this year in their honor. All language students who will be attending MSU during the 2012-2013 academic year, graduate or undergraduate, are encouraged to apply. The possibility of consecutive awards is not precluded. [DOC] Application forms (28 KiB)are due April 6, 2012 and should be turned into the main office (AH227) with an unofficial transcript.
[DOC] Florence L. & Raymond H. Sponberg (25 KiB): one $500 scholarship. A scholarship will be awarded this year to an outstanding female modern language major. All female majors who will be attending MSU next year, graduate and undergraduate, are encouraged to apply. The possibility of consecutive awards is not precluded. [DOC] Application forms (28 KiB)are due April 6, 2012 and should be turned into the main office (AH227) with an unofficial transcript.
[DOC] Dept. of World Languages & Cultures: French (24 KiB): one $500 scholarship available. [DOC] Application forms (28 KiB)are due April 6, 2012 and should be turned into the main office (AH227) with an unofficial transcript.
Dept. of World Languages & Cultures: [DOC] Scandinavian (27 KiB): one $500 scholarship available. [DOC] Application forms (28 KiB)are due April 6, 2012 and should be turned into the main office (AH227) with an unofficial transcript.
Dr. Karl H. Heise Scholarship for Study in Spain: one $3000 scholarship available.
Dr. Heise is retiring this year after 35 years at MSU-Mankato. He has dedicated many hours of service throughout the years to thousands of students who have studied abroad. In honor of his long dedication and vital contribution to the Spanish program, the language institute Estudio Sampere has endowed a scholarship in the name: The Dr. Karl H. Heise Scholarship for Study in Spain. We warmly congratulate him on this well-deserved honor.
All world languages and cultures students, both undergraduate and graduate, currently attending during the 2012-2013 academic year are encouraged to apply. The possibility of consecutive awards is not precluded. Application formsare due April 6, 2012 and should be turned into the main office (AH227) with an unofficial transcript and three letters of reference, including at least one from the Spanish faculty.
