TCA Scholarships
The Texas Classical Association is proud to announce the call for applications for seven scholarships.
Download the scholarship forms here.
All scholarship applications should be mailed to:
Dr. Robert W. Cape, Jr., Chair of the TCA Scholarship Committee
Austin College, Center for Liberal Arts Teaching and Scholarship
900 North Grand Avenue, Suite 61653
Sherman, TX 75090
TCA Professional Scholarship - Deadline: Friday, May 21, 2010
All teachers and professors are encouraged to apply for the $500 TCA Professional Scholarship. This scholarship is intended to support projects undertaken by members of the association who have at least two years of full-time classroom teaching experience in classical languages or cultures. The project may involve attendance at a course, foreign travel (preferably with some specific goals), the creation of materials, or any other worthwhile activity connected to the teaching of classical languages or cultures. Stress is placed on the contribution of the project to the applicant's future skills as a classics teacher. The applicant must have been an active TCA member for at least two years. The scholarship must be used within one calendar year from receipt. In addition, a report of the recipient's activities or project will be made at the next TCA fall meeting following completion. Recipients will be eligible to reapply after five years. To apply, please complete the appropriate application, attaching an additional sheet to the application if necessary.
TCA Gareth Morgan Student Teacher Scholarships - Deadline: Friday, October 8, 2010
College seniors enrolled in a Latin certification program in Texas are encouraged to apply for one of two $250 TCA Gareth Morgan Student Teacher Scholarships. Undergraduate advisors should inform all student teachers of this scholarship. Applicants must be student teaching in Latin and must be maintaining a 3.00 GPA in Latin or classics, with a 2.85 GPA overall. The monies received will be used during the semester the recipient is student teaching. To apply, please complete the appropriate application and attach an official copy of your transcript plus two letters of recommendation, one from a Latin/classics professor and one from an education professor. Attach an additional sheet to the application if necessary.
Doris Kays TCA Professional Development Scholarship for Future and New Teachers - Deadline: Friday, May 21, 2010
This $500 scholarship support both future teachers and teachers new to the profession who would like to attend a seminar, workshop or course designed to provide meaningful professional development for a career teaching in the classics. The money can be used to defray travel expenses, materials, textbooks, or tuition costs. The scholarship is named in honor of Doris Kays, in memory of her enormous contributions to the TCA and to the teaching of Latin in Texas.
TSJCL Lourania Miller and Gareth Morgan Scholarships for high school seniors - Deadline: Friday, May 21, 2010
Two $1000 scholarships named for Lourania Miller and Gareth Morgan are awarded annually by the TSJCL and TCA to qualified high school seniors who are planning to continue their study of Latin and the classics while in college. Students who receive this scholarship must take Latin or Greek their freshman year at college. Enrollment in Latin cannot be at a beginning level. Courses in classical civilization will not be accepted. JCL chapters may only nominate one student each. The chapter which has the TSJCL Latin Student of the Year is ineligible to nominate a member.
TCA Reuben Shannon Lovinggood Teaching Materials Scholarship for New Teachers and/or New Latin Programs - Deadline: Friday, October 8, 2010
The TCA is proud to offer a $500 scholarship for new teachers or teachers in new programs to assist in the purchase of books and classroom materials.