Department Specific Scholorships & Opportunities

The Ongaro Family Scholarships & Awards

Each year, a student is chosen to receive a competitive award for students majoring in Physics. The Ongaro Family also offers several Green Science Awards, which are given for excellent work and presentation of research related to sustainability.

The Horace L. Newkirk Assistantship

Each year an outstanding physics student is selected by the faculty to work with a member of the department faculty or staff at a position which is both educational to the student and useful to the department.

Each year since 2002 an upper division physics student has been selected by the faculty to conduct research with a member of the department faculty during the summer. The students have been paid a stipend provided through an annual donation by Michael and Sheila McQuillen.

The Bryant and Diane Hichwa Summer Research Awards

Each summer, research stipends will be available to outstanding students, who are selected by the department faculty to work in a position that is both educational to the student and useful to the department.