| Combs
Chemistry Scholarship Criteria |
| Requirements: |
1. |
Professional
Chemistry Major in junior or senior year. |
2. |
Minimal
GPA of 3.3. |
| 3. |
Completed
CHEM 1211/L, 1212/L, 2800/L, 3361/L, 3362/L,
and PHYS 2211 with at least at 3.3 GPA
in those courses. AP credit for CHEM 1211 and/or CHEM 1212 are acceptable. |
| 4. |
Planning
to attend graduate school . |
| 5. |
Taken
or registered for a research project with
a faculty member in the Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry. |
| 6. |
Excellent
character/integrity as supported by at
least one letter (see requirement 8). |
| 7. |
Letter
of application required of the student
in which he/she will specify his/her career
goals and why he/she thinks that he/she
is worthy of the scholarship. |
| 8. |
Letter
of support from two tenured or tenure-track
faculty members testifying as to the student’s
scholarship and character. |
| 9. |
Currently
enrolled at KSU at the time of consideration
of the award (April 15 of the semester
before the fall award). |
| 10. |
All
of the above courses must have been taken
at KSU. |
| Reward: |
| |
The
scholarship is in the amount of $500 for
fall and $500 for the following spring
semester, if the requirements continue
to be met. One particular student is only
eligible for two semesters of scholarship
award. If the student has the scholarship
for the fall semester and does not maintain
the GPA requirement, the student is not
eligible for the spring award or for any
other awards. If a student becomes ineligible
for the spring semester then another student
will be chosen for the spring semester
award and that student may receive the
next fall award if the GPA requirements
are maintained. |
| Selection
Process: |
| |
The
student must apply with a letter (requirement
7) to the Chair of the Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry. Until the death of Dr.
Leon L. Combs, he and The Chemistry Department
Selection Committee (The Chair and one
Professor and one Associate Professor
both from the Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry) will choose the recipient
out of the pool of applicants. The award
will only be made each semester if Dr.
Combs and The Selection Committee decide
that a suitable candidate is in the pool
of applicants. Dr. Combs will be notified
of the recipient and the recipient is
required to write a letter of thanks to
him upon notification of the award. |
