Undergraduate
Scholarships are available for students with an emphasis on Creative Writing or Journalism.
Click on the appropriate link below to learn more about each scholarship, and to access
the related application.
- Creative Writing Application
- Journalism Application (incoming freshman and transfer students)
- Marshutz Endowed Journalism Award (current undergraduate students) awards up to $2,500 to a student majoring in English
with a Journalism Area of Study, or Journalism or Visual Journalism minors. Created
by Journalism alumnus Scott Marshutz, ’87, the award seeks to support and mentor the
next generation of outstanding journalists by subsidizing the cost of experiential
educational opportunities such as internships. Eligible students must be enrolled
a Journalism Area of Study within Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social
Sciences. Interested students should email Professor Susan F. Paterno (paterno@chapman.edu resumes, cover letters and at least two but no more than five links to their published
work. Selected students will receive funds directly in one single payment.
Graduate
The English Department offers three fellowships each year to select incoming MFA students
with an annual stipend of $18,000 plus full tuition remission for the program. Additional
full-tuition fellowships are available on a limited basis.
All M.F.A. applicants for fall semester admission are considered for the fellowships.
To be considered, the application must be received by February 1. To find out more
about these fellowships and other scholarships, please contact the Graduate Programs
Coordinator David Krausman.
Scholarships: Graduate students are selected for certain scholarships at the discretion of the
Department faculty. If you are selected, you will be notified of your selection via
letter and/or Panther email; the notification will include information on the scholarship's
name, amount of funds to be dispersed, and date by which you need to confirm your
acceptance of the scholarship.
Assistantships: The Graduate Assistantships for MFA students function like work-study in that a
student earns an hourly wage for 5-10 hours per week. Each graduate assistant is assigned
to a particular faculty member to assist with a course, a reading series, a website,
research tasks or other projects. Opportunities vary from semester to semester, and
students gain hands-on experience to help them consider a variety of career options.
Teaching Associates: All graduate students (MA, MFA, Dual Degree and 4+1) in the English Department at
Chapman University are eligible to apply to participate in the Department’s popular
and competitive Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA) program at the end of their first
year of study and after taking ENG 580: Teaching Composition (offered every spring
semester). Selected graduate students earn a stipend and develop valuable experience
teaching composition in a theoretically-informed and supportive environment, especially
useful for those who wish to pursue teaching careers at community colleges or four-year
universities and/or who wish to continue on to Ph.D. programs.
For more information, contact the English Department office during business hours
or via email to the department chair.
