Castleton University

The Heiberg Consulting Student Access Scholarship is awarded annually to students who use the services offered by academic support programs, such as the Castleton Academic Support Center. Academic counselors nominate students from their universities and winners are chosen in a regional competition, which recognizes academic potential and students who have overcome significant barriers to pursue higher education.

This scholarship was awarded to two students who had an immense impact on the creation and publishing of the COVID Chronicles book.

The Sigma Beta Delta Scholarship is selected on criteria including academic strength, community involvement, educational and career aspirations, and the difference receiving a scholarship would mean in their life. The honor society awards approximately 30 scholarships nationally that range from $1,000 to $1,500.

VT EPSCoR offers Native American and First-Generation college scholarships for students studying in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

Each year, the Vermont Educational Opportunity Programs (VEOP) awards six scholarships to students in Vermont's TRIO and Gear Up Programs. These scholarships help teens and adults from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve their educational goals.

The TD Ambassador Scholarship was created to honor a TD Ambassador who is currently attending or has been accepted to a college program and is currently enrolled in college. A TD Ambassador is a civic-minded individual who volunteers to represent their community at the Vermont Symphony Orchestra's TD Bank Summer Festival Tour.

Academic Recognition Scholarships are given to first-year students who have a minimum GPA of 3.75 and are nominated by their First Year Seminar professor. These students will receive an annual scholarship, enrollment in Honors courses during the sophomore year, the option to live in Honors housing, and eligibility to serve on the Honors Council.

Academic Recognition Scholarships are given to first-year students who have a minimum GPA of 3.75 and are nominated by their First Year Seminar professor. These students will receive an annual scholarship, enrollment in Honors courses during the sophomore year, the option to live in Honors housing, and eligibility to serve on the Honors Council.

VT EPSCoR offers Native American and First-Generation college scholarships for students studying in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

Castleton senior Josh Barnhart, a dual Spanish and Criminal Justice major, will spend the fall semester surrounded by the deep-rooted culture, native language and architecture of Cusco, Peru after recently being named the recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a prestigious national study abroad scholarship.

The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program places recent college graduates and young professionals as English teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools and universities overseas. The program aims to strengthen foreign students' English language abilities and knowledge of the United States, while allowing program participants to gain from intensive cross-cultural interaction and international educational opportunities provided at the host institution. Since its inception in 1946, the Fulbright program has provided more than 300,000 participants, chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential, with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.

The scholarship is awarded annually to students who participated in equal opportunity programs, such as TRIO Upward Bound. Winners are chosen in a regional competition, which recognizes academic potential and students who have overcome significant barriers to pursue higher education.

Fulfilling a longtime aspiration to study abroad in China, Global Studies major Eric Ginter, '16, will spend the spring semester of his junior year in Chengdu, China studying foreign language and culture after recently being named the recipient of a prestigious national study abroad scholarship, the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship.

The Gilman Scholarship program provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students to participate in credit bearing, career-oriented study and intern abroad programs worldwide. The program broadens the student population that studies abroad and is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.

The Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program places recent college graduates and young professionals as English teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools and universities overseas. The program aims to strengthen foreign students' English language abilities and knowledge of the United States, while allowing program participants to gain from intensive cross-cultural interaction and international educational opportunities provided at the host institution.

Castleton College Academic Recognition Scholarship