UDC Scholarships
Second Vice President General
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The United Daughters of the Confederacy would like to thank you for
your interest in our scholarship program. We offer a number of
scholarships for those who meet the criteria set forth by our
Organization.
Scholarship candidates are sponsored by local Chapters. Scholarship
application forms are available only through local UDC Chapters.
Completed scholarship applications are submitted only through UDC
Chapters.
Below you will find links to information explaining our scholarship
program. After you have reviewed this information, you may contact me by
email (jamieretired@sbcglobal.net) or mail in
care of the UDC Business Office. Be sure to include your name, address,
and telephone number so that you may be contacted by a local Chapter. It
is not necessary to include information about your Confederate ancestor
in the initial request.
Jamie Crump Davis
Second Vice President General
United Daughters of the Confederacy
GENERAL INFORMATION
Scholarship candidates are sponsored by local UDC Chapters.
Requests made to the Business Office for scholarship information
are forwarded to the Second Vice President General, who will
contact the Division Second Vice President to contact the
appropriate Chapter. Requests must include name, address,
telephone number, and e-mail address so that the local Chapter
may contact the student and set up an appointment for an initial
interview.
The scholarship application will be provided to the candidate by
the Chapter. (Applications are available only from Chapters.)
The Chapter will write a letter of endorsement that will be
included with the application. The candidate will submit the
completed application along with all required documentation to
the Chapter by the Chapter deadline. Chapters set their own
deadlines in order for the applications to be received by the
Division Second Vice President by the Division deadline. The
Division Second Vice President will send the applications to the
Second Vice President General by the April 15 General deadline.
General Scholarship recipients are selected by a four member
Education Committee and the Second Vice President General.
Upon approval of a recipient, the Second Vice President
General will send notification to the applicant with a pledge
letter stating that the scholarship recipient understands and
complies with the rules of the scholarship. The recipient must
sign and return the pledge letter to the Second Vice President
General. Notification to the college or university will be sent
in August and will include one check (made payable to the
college or university) containing the scholarship amount for the
entire academic year.
Each recipient must report by letter, and enclose a copy of
official grade transcript, to the Second Vice President General
by June 15 each year if he/she wishes to be considered for
re-award for the following semester. Any student not complying
with this rule will automatically have his/her scholarship
cancelled.
A recipient who wishes to transfer to another institution or
change course of study or major must contact the Second Vice
President General to ensure continuation of his/her scholarship.
A recipient who drops out of school shall forfeit his/her
scholarship. The institution shall return any unused balance to
the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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TENURE
Undergraduate scholarships are available either until the
student completes the degree, fails to make a minimum 3.0 (out
of 4.0) grade point average (GPA), or a maximum of 4 (four)
years, whichever comes first. Students must be enrolled in an
accredited college or university in the United States and carry
a minimum of 12 hours each semester. Graduate scholarships are
available at the Master's level (2-year maximum unless a 3-year
program) and Ph.D. level (3-year maximum).
CANDIDATES
Each Division and Chapter Where No Division may submit any
number of candidates for the scholarships. Each candidate will
be considered for any scholarship for which he/she is determined
to be eligible. Two members of the same family may not hold
General scholarships simultaneously.
QUALIFICATIONS
- An applicant must be the lineal (direct) descendant of
an eligible Confederate (that is, one who served honorably
in the Confederate Army, Navy, or Civil Service or who gave
Material Aid to the Cause). Only members of UDC/CofC may
apply on the record of collateral ancestors.
- Applicants must be endorsed by the Chapter President and
the Chapter Second Vice President, Division President and by
the Division Second Vice President.
- Applicants must complete and submit the official
UDC
General Scholarship packet. Final approval of
applications shall be made by the Second Vice President
General’s Education Committee.
- An applicant must have a minimum cumulative 3.0 out of
4.0 grade point average (GPA) in high school or college. GED
and recent SAT/ACT scores will be accepted without GPA if
applicant is not a high school graduate.
- Applicant must attend college or university in the
United States.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
Incomplete applications will be given
no consideration by the General Education Committee.
Application and documentation will be returned only if
sufficient postage is included. The following materials are
required.
- Wallet-sized photograph of head and shoulders suitable
for publication in the UDC Magazine if applicant is awarded scholarship (print
name on back of photo).
- General Scholarship Application Checklist complete with
all information.
- Lineage Form (complete with all information and complete
proof of lineage (if non-UDC/CofC),
OR applicant’s original approved UDC/CofC application. Must
include proof to link each generation to the next.
- Copy of Confederate ancestor’s complete service record
(copy of approved UDC or CofC application is acceptable):
a) for military, submit official Confederate military record
from authoritative source, must show unit and state; b) for
civil service or Material Aid, submit proof from
authoritative source and give full description of service
(if ancestor signed Oath of Allegiance prior to April 9,
1865, proof of further service required).
ORIGINAL SET AND FOUR COLLATED COPIES OF THE
FOLLOWING:
- General Scholarship Application Form (official UDC form,
revised 2009), complete with all information signed by UDC
Chapter and Division (or CWND) President and Second Vice
President.
- Letter of endorsement from sponsoring UDC Chapter.
- Letter of recommendation from recent teacher/counselor
(on school’s letterhead) with objective evaluation of
applicant.
- Official grade transcript of previous year and fall
semester/quarter.
- Signed letter from applicant (maximum 300 words) (1)
pledging to make best possible use of the opportunity
offered by a UDC scholarship; (2) outlining goals and
plans/preparation for meeting them; and (3) explaining what
receiving a UDC scholarship would mean to the applicant.
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SCHOLARSHIPS OF
THE
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY®
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
Without Restrictions
Cody Bachman
Major Madison Bell
Hector W. Church
S. A. Cunningham
Henry Clay Darsey
Mrs. Ella M. Franklin
Vicki K. Heilig Scholarship
Stonewall Jackson
Frances Pauline Clark Keys Memorial
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Mary B. Poppenheim Memorial |
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Mrs.
L. H. Raines Memorial
William Dudley Roe Contingency Fund
Schomburg Family Trust
Lucy Robinson Search
Janet B. Seippel
Admiral Raphael Semmes
Barbara Jackson Sichel Memorial
Cornelia Branch Stone
Cora Bell Wesley Memorial
Dorothy Williams
David Stephen Wylie
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UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
With Restrictions
Bentley-Faucette-Miles
: Preference given to UDC and CofC members
from New York.
Helen James Brewer: Recipient must be
enrolled in the study of English history and
literature or Southern history and literature
and must be a member or former member of the
CofC or a member of the UDC who resides in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,
Tennessee, or Virginia.
Eloise Campbell: Recipient must be
female. Preference given to applicants from
Bowie County, Texas, or Miller County, Arkansas.
Lola B. Curry: Recipient must be
resident and student in Alabama.
Winnie Davis—Children of the Confederacy:
Recipient must be, or have been until the age of
18, a participating member of the CofC and
approved by the Third Vice President General.
Doner: Undergraduate work
Jan Gwatney: Recipient must be female.
Preference given to applicants with permanent
residence in Louisiana, Texas or Georgia.
Elizabeth & Wallace Kingsbury:
Recipient must have been a member of the CofC
for a minimum of three years.
Phoebe Pember Memorial: Recipient must
be enrolled in a school of nursing.
Gertrude Botts Saucier: Recipient must
be from Texas, Mississippi or Louisiana.
Walter Reed Smith: Recipient must be a
female who is applying for a degree in business
administration, computer science, home
economics, nutrition, or nursing.
Washington and Lee: Recipient must
attend Washington and Lee University.
Ruth S. Widener: Recipient must attend
Washington and Lee University and major in
history (preferred) or English, business
administration (including accounting), or
computer science.
George Robert Earle Grant-In-Aid:
Recipient must be enrolled at and is chosen by
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GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
Without Restrictions
GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
With Restrictions
| Judge William
M. Beard - Recipient must be enrolled in a
school of history or medicine.
Ship Island - Mrs. J. O. Jones Memorial
- Recipient must be in the field of nursing.
Woodrow Wilson Memorial - Recipient
must be in the School of Law at the University
of Virginia
Mildred Richards Taylor Memorial -
Recipient must be a female in business or a
business-related field. Preference given to
former CofC members.
Robert E. Lee Ministerial Scholarship
- Recipient must be a ministerial student
enrolled at Union Theological Seminary,
Richmond, Va. Recipient chosen by the school.
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Ph.D. GUIDELINES
Three-Year Plan
FIRST YEAR
August - begin Ph.D. program
- College sends an official letter confirming that
candidate has completed comprehensive exams and is
officially a doctoral student.
- Candidate provides a letter outlining research
plans for the first six months.
February - six-month progress report
- Candidate sends letter (co-signed by advisor or
graduate director) reporting first six months
research and outlining research plans for the next
six months.
SECOND YEAR
August - one-year progress report
- Candidate is at least halfway through the
research portion of doctoral program.
- Candidate sends letter (co-signed by advisor or
graduate director) detailing progress and outlining
plans for the next six months.
February - halfway point
- Candidate is at or near end of research. If not,
letter should provide explanation.
- Candidate sends letter (co-signed by advisor or
graduate director) detailing progress and plans.
THIRD YEAR
August - two-year progress report
- Candidate has completed all research and
doctoral thesis is in preliminary draft stage.
- Candidate sends letter (co-signed by advisor or
graduate director) detailing progress and plans.
February - six-month countdown to finish
- Candidate has completed or is near completion of
first draft of doctoral thesis and is beginning
revisions.
- Candidate sends letter (co-signed by advisor or
graduate director) detailing progress and plans.
The Finish Line
- Doctoral thesis completed.
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