Art Department Travel Endowed Scholarship

Purpose:
To help further the art education of students in the Art Department at MSU Denver by allowing the recipient the opportunity to access visual stimuli and/or research material outside of his/her daily environment.

Criteria:
• Be an art major
• Have a 3.2 or greater major GPA
• Have 60 credit hours completed
• Submit the generic MSU Denver scholarship application to the Financial Aid Office
• Applicants must submit a 500-word statement of intent, This statement should include an outline of the relationship of the travel to the student’s studies in art, a description of the student’s measurable objectives which will be achieved ifs/he receives the award, and the reasons why the travel is necessary to their success. These objectives will be used to assess the academic value of the application. Students in non-studio disciplines should discuss the research opportunities available at their travel destination. The statement of intent must be accompanied by an itemized budget for the proposed travel. If a request exceeds the amount of the award, applications which explain how the additional funds will be acquired will be given priority.