Awards & Opportunities
CUEF Scholarship & Service Learning
Comprehensive University Enhancement Fund (CUEF) Research Scholarships
The CUEF is a unique opportunity to directly fund undergraduate student research in any field. English and Modern Languages will work with outstanding students to develop research projects designed to enhance learning. The focus is on student research learning, not on the faculty project (though one may facilitate the other). There is a maximum of $5,000 available for each Student Research Scholarship. Up to 20 of these scholarships are distributed per year, with two intake periods:
- September call, mid-October deadline for Fall/Winter semester
- February call, mid-March due date for Summer semester
The application comes from the student, but is developed in close consultation with a faculty supervisor. This process may be driven in a number of ways: for example, a student with an interesting project idea may approach a potential supervisor; or a faculty member with a project might locate a suitable, interested student. The project should be of suitable length to fit within a 12- week period, and must result in specific learning outcomes (normally a public presentation or exhibition, a co-authored article, a report). If the research work is a portion of a faculty member’s larger project, care must be taken to ensure that it stands alone to some degree.
How to Apply:
- Faculty member identifies a student / student approaches a potential supervisor
- Develop a project proposal in consultation with faculty supervisor (500 words)
- Complete ethical review if required (faculty supervisor will help here)
- Complete a budget (80% or more goes to the student directly)
- Faculty member completes a course outline: For the duration of the scholarship the student is registered in a research-learning course
- Faculty member completes an RESL Course Approval form; faculty member writes a recommendation; student submits a transcript
- Chair and Dean sign, and all documentation is submitted to the AVP Research Office
Service Learning
Service Learning 300 and 400 provide English and Modern Languages students (both individuals and cohorts of up to five students) with faculty supervised opportunities for civic participation and community involvement. EML faculty have supervised dozens of students, involving them in such activities as orienting International and Exchange students to Canadian culture, tutoring in the TRU Writing Centre, helping organize an international workshop and the school district’s Young Authors Conference, and working in various capacities with local arts organizations. Service Learning carries elective credit: third- and fourth-year students may take count up to six credits of Service Learning toward their degrees; with departmental approval, Service Learning courses that are directly related to the student’s program of study may be used to satisfy Majors requirements.
English Awards
Harrison English Prize
Cash prize awarded annually to a student who successfully completes a first-year, academic English course and whose submission wins the English Essay Competition adjudicated annually by a panel of English faculty. No application necessary. Faculty Selection.
TRU Second-Year English Prize
Cash prize awarded annually to a student who successfully completes a second-year, academic English course and whose submission wins the English Essay Competition adjudicated annually by a panel of English faculty. No application necessary.
TRU Business and Technical Writing Prize
Income from an endowment established in 1992 will provide an annual prize to a top-ranking student completing a first-year business communication or technical writing course (2 semesters). Selection by faculty. No application necessary.
Cariboo College Award for Excellence in Writing
Income from this fund awarded annually to a student who has completed a 2nd- or 3rd-year writing class. Recipient will be nominated by Faculty, with Rhetoric and Composition Faculty choosing a winner. No application necessary. Faculty Selection.
EML Faculty Literature Award
This prize will be awarded annually to a top 3rd or 4th year student majoring in English. Faculty Selection: No Application necessary
Jensen, Wendy – Memorial Endowment
Income from an endowment established in 1992 will provide an annual bursary to a third-year student majoring in English. Deadline: 3rd Friday of September.
Young, Joan - Memorial Award
Income from an endowment established in 2000 will provide an annual bursary to a student majoring in English, with a minimum 3.00 GPA, and with demonstrated financial need. Deadline: 3rd Friday of September.
Modern Language Awards, Bursaries & Opportunities
Les Koritz Memorial Fund Award
Simone Rey Fund Award
For more information on these awards, please contact the Modern Languages Coordinator.
The Micheline Pellerin Scholarship Award
Micheline Pellerin was an instructor of French at UCC from 1989 to 2000. She was known for her good humour and strong concern for students and the languages program, which she coordinated for several years. Before coming to UCC, she taught at SFU, where she earned an M.A. in Applied Linguistics. Micheline was also an avid musician, playing recorder and guitar. She participated in various musical groups, including singing in the UCC Chorus.
The Micheline Pellerin Scholarship award seeks to keep the memory of Micheline alive by promoting the goal to which she dedicated her life: helping her students learn well. Each year, the top two language students receive a $250 award, with the winners being chosen on a rotational basis from two of each of the languages offered at UCC.
For more information on this and other language awards, please contact the Modern Languages Coordinator.
Canadian Bursary programs
There are many opportunities to learn and work in a French speaking Province or abroad. The Department of Canadian Heritage provides funding for Explore, while the provinces and territories assume the costs of the program's decentralized administration. The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, coordinates the program at the pan-Canadian level. Feel free to consult with the Modern Languages Coordinator and explore the following links
Bursary Programs
EXPLORE: www.myexplore.ca
DESTINATION CLIC: www.destinationclic.ca
Language Assistant Programs
ACCENT (part-time): www.myaccent.ca
ODYSSEY (full-time): www.myodyssey.ca
Working Abroad
CIEP offers opportunities to work in France, with over 400 assistantships available each year!
www.ciep.fr
Work Study Opportunities
Work Study students are hired yearly to help out in the language lab from September to April. Students must have a working knowledge of one or more of Chinese, French, German, Japanese or Spanish and must be eligible for student loans. For more information, please contact the Modern Languages Coordinator.
University Wide Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards
www.tru.ca/finaid/awards.html