African American & African Diaspora Studies

Whitney “Whitty” Ransome Scholarship

Posted on March 15, 2016

Attention undergraduate students! The application deadline for the 2016-2017 Whitney “Witty” Ransome Scholarship is April 8, 2016.

Find out more and download the application on the scholarship information page.

About the scholarship

The Whitney “Whitty” Ransome Scholarship in African American & African Diaspora Studies was established in Fall 2013 and provides a merit scholarship to full-time undergraduate African American & African Diaspora Studies majors with exemplary academic performance in the African American & African Diaspora Studies Program. Awards are made on the basis of past academic performance and an essay that explains what inspired the applicant to choose African American & African Diaspora Studies as a major, describes the impact the African American & African Diaspora Studies Program has had on the applicant’s education, and outlines the applicant’s future academic plans.

See past scholarship recipients