Ernest Van Vugt Scholarship

Established by his family and friends in memory of Ernest Van Vugt, former Professor of Latin and Registrar of the college, this scholarship is awarded annually to a student entering the junior or senior year, having a GPA of at least 3.30, and pursuing a Classics major or special interest in the Classics. Candidates for this award will be nominated and selected by the Classics Department. The purpose of the scholarship is to recognize and support advanced students in the classical languages, to encourage recipients to pursue careers in this field, and to celebrate Ernest Van Vugt’s great contribution to classical studies at Calvin. Recipients are selected in March by the faculty of the Classics Department. One scholarship of $1,500 was awarded for 2005-06.

Richard & Sylvia Wevers Scholarship

Established by Richard (Emeritus Professor of Classics) and Sylvia Wevers, this scholarship is awarded annually to a senior student with a GPA of at least 3.3 who is majoring in one of the programs of the Classics Department which entails the study of Greek, who is seriously committed to the Christian ministry in the Christian Reformed Church, and who intends to receive training for that ministry at Calvin Theological Seminary. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist and encourage outstanding pre-seminarians in their study of Greek and to promote the Wevers' convictions that thorough study of the Greek language is indispensable for effective textual study of the Bible, and that such textual studies are essential for doing sound theology. Recipients are selected in March by the faculty of the Classics Department. One scholarship of $1,500 was awarded for 2005-06.

Classical Association of the Midwest and South (CAMWS)

Manson A. Stewart Scholarship

Classics Dept. faculty may nominate their most outstanding young classicists for the CAMWS Manson Stewart Scholarships. Every year CAMWS awards $1,000.00 scholarships to a limited number of undergraduate students majoring in Classics at the sophomore or junior level at a CAMWS college or university (including Calvin). Nominees are expected to take a minimum of two courses in Latin or Greek (normally at least one per quarter or semester) during the junior or senior year in which the scholarship is held. Nomination forms and application forms are available for downloading at http://www.camws.org/awards/MAScollege.html. The POSTMARK DEADLINE for applications is around February 15 each year. For further information, please contact the department chair.