Virginia & Fred Anderson Scholarship in History

The Virginia & Fred Anderson Scholarship in History is given in honor of Emeritus faculty Virginia DeJohn Anderson and Fred Anderson. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate scholarship awards for students based on financial need and academic merit who are enrolled in the Department of History.

To be eligible for consideration, applicants must:

• Incoming first-year, transfer or current undergraduate with a major or minor in History in the College of Arts & Sciences.
• Complete the CU Boulder General Scholarship Application and the College of Arts & Sciences Scholarship Application.
• Demonstrated financial need as determined by the FASFA/CASFA.

Scholarships will be awarded for one academic year and recipients are encouraged to re-apply each year. The Scholarship Committee particularly encourages underrepresented students in the History department to apply. Underrepresented students include those students from geographic areas and socioeconomic backgrounds who are historically underrepresented in the field of History, and/or students who have faced unusual adversity.
Read more about emeritus faculty members “Virginia DeJohn Anderson”: https://www.colorado.edu/history/virginia-dejohn-anderson and “Fred Anderson”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Anderson_(historian) on the linked pages.