Our application deadline is typically in February or March of each year. Awards are announced in April and presented during Homecoming Week. View our scholarship application for the 2008-09 academic year. The application deadline has passed. PSLE Department 109 Morris Hall Phone:  507) 389-2721 Fax:  (507) 389-6377 E-mail: patricia.davis@mnsu.edu

Qualifying for the Wood Scholarship

The board of directors will award up to two scholarships totalling $10,000 for the 2008-09 academic year.

To qualify, students must have Political Science or International Relations as a first major, 90 semester hours completed by the end of Spring Semester 2008, a high GPA and a record of community service.

If you have contributed to your community, or had an impact on the lives of others, please apply.

The scholarship criteria are:

• creativity, community involvement
  
• problem-solving abilities
  
• community contributions

Scholarship Founders

Truman Wood is a former professor of Political Science/Law Enforcement at MSU, Mankato. Among his thousands of former students are women and men who have made contributions to the Mankato area, Minnesota, the United States and the world. Truman's church involvement, service on the Mankato Planning Commission and participation in local politics are well documented.

Reta Wood taught elementary school 25 years for Mankato Area Public Schools. More than a decade after retirement, she still receives letters and cards from former students thanking her for making a difference in their lives. Many of those young people have gone on to distinguished careers, contributing, as Reta does, to church and civic organizations.