Psychology Annual Awards
The Psychology Department offers two annual awards:
- The Annual Merit Award for Psychology Majors
- The Mary Boltuck Award for Psi Chi Students accepted into a psychology graduate program.
Psychology Major Annual Merit Award
Purpose
- To recognize high academic and professional goals in a St. Cloud State University psychology major.
- To partially defray expenses for a meritorious student.
Minimum Qualifications
- Declared psychology major
- Minimum G.P.A. of 3.5 for psychology and overall
Selection of recipient(s)
- Applicants must submit all relevant documentation by April 7th, 2008.
- The final candidate(s) will be selected by the Psychology Department’s Student Issues Committee. Candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their
- grade point average,
- involvement with extracurricular activities in the department, and
- statement regarding their goals in psychology.
Selection will occur by April 9th and awardees notified by April 21st , 2008. The psychology faculty reserves the right to cancel this award at any time if any of the conditions of this application have not been adequately satisfied.
Application forms are available in the Psychology Department main office, Whitney House 102 or online as a pdf document.
The Mary Boltuck Award
Purpose of the Merit Award
- To award a student who has high aptitude for graduate school and who has been accepted in a Psychology graduate program.
- To help pay for psychology graduate program application fees.
Mary Boltuck
Mary Boltuck was a member of the SCSU psychology faculty for 27 years. She advised Psi Chi/Psychology Club for more than 10 years. Her keen interest in Psi Chi never wavered and today she is demonstrating that she still has a heart for Psi Chi/Psychology Club. Dr. Boltuck still lives in St. Cloud, MN.
Selection of Recipient
- Students must submit a complete application by April 7th.
- Psychology department faculty will have two weeks to review the applicants.
- The merit award selection committee will be the department of the whole.
- Selection will occur before April 9th.
- The recipient will be notified by April 12st.
Evaluation Criteria
The recipient will be a SCSU student who:
- Is, and has been, a member of Psi Chi, the national honor society for psychology majors for at least one full semester.
- Has been accepted to a graduate program in psychology.
- When more than one student qualifies, the award recipient will be selected by the psychology faculty based upon the student's overall record including letters of recommendation. Two letters should be from SCSU psychology faculty. Other relevant recommendations will be accepted.
Methods of payment
$100.00 will be transferred directly from Mary Boltuck foundation account to the merit award recipient.
