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Dr. Carl Wenning Endowment

Scholarship Purpose: Carl Wenning retired from Illinois State University on May 31, 2008. Pursuant to his goal of developing the best physics teacher education program in the nation, he and his wife Carolyn established the Dr. Carl J. Wenning Endowed Program for Physics Teacher Education Scholars. The purpose of this program is to provide resources for majors in the field of physics teacher education to highly qualified program graduates. The materials will be chosen by the program coordinator based on the needs of the average new physics teacher in an Illinois public school and presented to each new teacher upon their graduation from the physics teaching program or when all conditions set forth in this agreement are met.

Major: Physics - Teacher Education

Class Level: Senior.

Department: PhysicsCollege Of Arts And Sciences

Requirements

Minimum Undergraduate GPA: 3.50 3.50 , 3.60 , 3.6 , 3.70 , 3.7 , 3.80 , 3.8 , 3.90 , 3.9 , 4.00 , 4.0 , 4.10 , 4.1

High School GPA: There is no High School GPA requirement for this scholarship.

Essay: An Essay is required towards applying for this scholarship.

Application Deadline: No deadline has been specified.

NODEADLINE NOCOUNTY

Letter of Reference: For this scholarship application 2 letters of reference are required.

Miscellaneous Information

  • Applicant must completed all requirements of the University and Illinois State Board of Education needed for teaching high school physics as outlined in the Undergraduate catalog.

  • Applicant must submit an application for the award that will included a one-page essay outlining a personal teaching philosophy and the his or hers plans after graduation.

  • Applicant must in order to receive the cash award, accepted a fulltime teaching position in either a public or private high school to teach physics within four months of graduation and taught successfully during the first semester.

  • applicants must submit two letters of recommendation from professors and or student teaching co-operating teachers or supervisors, not including the Physics Teacher Education Coordinator or the Physics Department Chairperson.


Fund Group: 3

Fund Type: 2

Fund Purpose: 09

Fund primary Goal:

Fund Status: O

Scholarship Type: F

Searchable: Y

Survey Code: 08

Additional Information

For more information on applying to this scholarship, please visit the Physics website.

Contact Information

Grace Foote Johns
(309) 438-8758
Campus Box: 4560
Normal, IL 61790-4560