Scholarships

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Scholarships are announced at the beginning of the Spring Quarter each year with recipients being notified before the end of the Spring Quarter. 

STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ASK FACULTY AND STAFF FOR NOMINATIONS.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THE STUDENT YOU ARE NOMINATING WILL BE ATTENDING CAL POLY FULL-TIME IN FALL. PLEASE ALSO INDICATE THE STUDENT'S MAJOR IN YOUR NOMINATION LETTER.

Scholarship money is disbursed equally each quarter of full-time enrollment for the award year (e.g. 2017-2018) or, with appropriate justification and funding available, scholarship money may be disbursed in its entirety at the beginning of the school year (e.g. Fall 2017).

Scholarship nominations of students by faculty or staff should be submitted in a letter of nomination addressed to the Cal Poly Women’s & Gender Studies Department. Letters may be emailed to wgs@calpoly.edu, faxed to the WGS Office at 805-756-2230 or mailed to Women’s & Gender Studies Dept., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0875. 

If you have more questions, please contact the Women's & Gender Studies Department at 756-1525 and/or wgs@calpoly.edu

 

Past Scholarship Recipients

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2016-2017 Scholarship Recipients

SUSAN CURRIER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: 

Angie Pereida (Psychology Major, Women's & Gender Studies Minor)
 

VICKI AND DARELL FARRER SCHOLARSHIP:

Youlen Ghazalian (Industrial Engineering Major)
 

SARAH PERRYMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:

Rachael Sise (Biological Sciences Major, Women's & Gender Studies Minor)
 

DR. SHIRLEY H. WALKER SCHOLARSHIP: 

Jennifer MacMartin (Sociology Major, Women's & Gender Studies Minor)
 

RALPH R. WILMAR WOMEN’S EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SCHOLARSHIP: 

Diana Hernandez (History Major, Latin American Studies Minor and Child Development Minor)

Rebecca Krieger (Software Engineering Major)

​Carla Simental (Architectural Engineering Major)

​Margaret Jenkins (Biological Sciences Graduate Student)