Application for Giandoni Gateway to History Scholarship

Application Deadline: March 1, 2025

Instructions:

Applicants will submit this completed application form that includes a current cumulative and departmental GPA and a list of courses taken at ODU in the Department of History and grades received, along with a writing sample of at least 5 pages. The writing sample should be a paper or assignment written for a current or previous college-level course (history or non-history) at ODU or another institution. Applicants will also request a full-time faculty member of the department to submit a recommendation form on their behalf.

Award Information:

• A maximum of $6,000 will be awarded for Gateway to History scholars each academic year.
• All Award monies will be used for the payment of undergraduate tuition.
• The Giandoni Awards Committee will ask full-time teaching faculty for nominations at the conclusion of each semester. Students so nominated would be invited to apply for the scholarship.
• Nominated students who wish to apply will fill out an application form (with overall GPA and grades in previous history courses) and submit a writing sample from the 100-level history course.
• Nominating faculty members will fill out a recommendation form for each nominated student.
• Recipients will be required to take 9-12 credit hours in history (either HIST 201 and 6-9 credit hours in upper-level courses, or 9-12 credit hours in 300-level courses) over the following two-to-four semesters, for which the scholarship would defray costs of tuition.
• By accepting the award, students commit to adding a history major or minor in the first term funds are disbursed.
• The Giandoni Awards Committee will evaluate all applications for overall academic merit, performance in 100-level history course, and faculty recommendations.
• ODU's Office of Student Financial Aid will administer the Giandoni Gateway to History Scholarship.
• Please note that accepting a Giandoni Gateway to History Scholarship will NOT affect a student's Pell grant eligibility.

Name Name * First Last

UIN *

Semester(s) for which you are requesting the scholarship: *

Semester(s) for which you are requesting the scholarship: Fall Spring

Students must be enrolled full-time with 12+ credit hours and making satisfactory academic progress in the semester(s) in which they receive the award.

Declared Major *

Minor *

Current Semester Hours *

Current Cumulative GPA *

Class Status (ex: Soph., Jr., Sr.) *

List of History Courses Taken at ODU With Grades Received for Each *

ODU History Department GPA (Available in DegreeWorks) *

List of Any Other College Level History Courses With Grades Received for Each.

Please upload 1 (ONE) writing sample of at least 5 pages that demonstrates engagement with primary sources. Students should submit only ONE writing sample, often from HIST 201 if the student has taken the course. *

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Names of Faculty Recommender(s) (LIMIT 2)
***Students are responsible for reaching out to their recommender and supplying them the link to the form.*** *

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