Mary Eleanor Buschek Awards

for Foreign Languages & Literatures Study

                                                                                         
Click here for the Buschek application in pdf (requires the free Adobe Acrobat reader or similar software; the Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded here).

Minimum Criteria - Incoming Students

  1. This annual $1000 award to support students pursuing foreign language study at SIUC is available to any incoming full-time undergraduate student, and is renewable for up to four consecutive years providing all the below listed criteria are met.  Transfer students are eligible.
  2. The student must attend SIUC in the Fall and Spring of the award year;         
  3. The student must be in the College of Liberal Arts;
  4. The student must declare and maintain as their primary (first) major any major offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures;
  5. The student must have an incoming GPA of "B" or better.

Minimum Criteria - Renewing Students

  1. Every Fall semester the student must meet requirements #1-3 above; (Study Abroad programs which are pre-approved by the Foreign Languages advisor will be considered as fulfilling #1 above);
  2. The student must maintain full-time enrollment (at least 12 hours) per Fall and Spring semesters;
  3. The student must have at least an overall GPA of 3.0 ("B"), and a major GPA of 3.25 or better.