A&S Scholarships for Spring 2012

The Fred M & Rose Ellen Calkins Scholarship

Description: The Calkins award is for outstanding New Mexico resident scholars enrolled full time within the College of Arts & Sciences.  To remain eligible for the Scholarship, you will need to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above, and continue making outstanding academic progress toward a degree.

Selection Criteria:

  a.. Declared major in any discipline within the College of Arts & Sciences
  b.. Demonstrated financial need.
  c.. NM resident
  d.. Provide a statement of philosophy and purpose.
  e.. Maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above.


Ralph W. Douglass Memorial Scholarship

Qualifications: Student in the Humanities or Social Sciences

Selection Criteria:

  a.. Declared major in one of the above areas of study
  b.. Demonstrated academic excellence and/or financial need
  c.. Maintain a 2.0 or better GPA


Bruce R. Erdal Endowed Scholarship

Qualifications: The Scholarship is for Undergraduate Students in Science and the Arts, with emphasis in Music.

The recipients of this scholarship must:

A.  Be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate in the UNM College of Arts & Sciences.
B.  Demonstrate financial need for scholarship assistance.  Need shall be defines according to the   guidelines established by the UNM Scholarship Office.
C.  Provide a statement of philosophy and purpose.
D.  Have combined interests and actively pursue education in both the sciences (specifically Chemistry, Environmental Science, or Earth Sciences) AND the Arts (specifically as a band member, a music minor, or similar involvement in the creative or performing arts).


George A. Kaseman Memorial Scholarship

Qualifications: Enrollment in any discipline within the College of Arts & Sciences

Selection Criteria:

  a.. Declared major in any discipline within the College of Arts & Sciences
  b.. Preferably a New Mexico resident
  c.. Graduate in the top 1/5 of his/her high school or have above average academic record if already a student at UNM
  d.. Demonstrate economic need

The Nathaniel Pitman Weber Scholarship

Description: Need-based Scholarship.  Recipients should be willing to meet the donors of the scholarship as they will be introduced to them at time of award.

  a.. Must be enrolled full-time in the UNM College of Arts & Sciences.
  b.. Demonstrate financial need for scholarship assistance.
  c.. Must be a New Mexico resident and ineligible for the NM Lottery Scholarship.
  d.. Undergraduate above sophomore level.
  e.. Provide a statement of philosophy and purpose.
  f.. GPA of 2.5 or above and making academic progress.
  g.. May also be awarded to a former student athlete who is no longer receiving an athletic scholarship because he/she has:
  1. Exhausted eligibility but has not yet completed an undergraduate degree.
  2. Family/personal reasons that preclude the ability to remain a student athlete.
Dr. Harry Vanderpool Endowed Scholarship
Qualifications: Study in Government, Social Studies, History, Economics, Sociology, Law, or Religion


Marjorie Yepsen and Carleen F. Farnam Endowed Scholarship

Qualifications: Full time undergraduate enrollment in the Humanities, English or Science.

Selection Criteria:

  a.. Declared major in one of the above areas of study
  b.. Demonstrated academic achievement by maintaining a 3.4 or better GPA


To apply for a College Scholarship:

  1.. Submit a completed application form by December 2.
  2.. Submit a one-page statement explaining why you are a good candidate for an A & S scholarship.
  3.. Submit one letter of recommendation from a faculty member who is familiar with your work. The faculty member should send the letter directly to Brisha Cruz, Scholarship Coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences, MSC03 2120.
  4.. If applying for a need-based scholarship, make sure you establish your financial need at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
  5.. If you are applying for a scholarship that requires further documentation, please submit it directly to the address below.


Mail your application materials to:



Brisha Cruz

Scholarship Coordinator

College of Arts and Sciences, MSC03 2120

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001.