Academic scholarships

The Aktins Family Scholarship’s purpose “is to encourage and promote understanding between peoples of the United States and Asian countries….. This Fund shall be used to support full time students enrolled at NAU.  Award funds shall be granted to Humanities students and preference will be given to Humanities majors who: minor in Asian Studies, or chose an Asian emphasis in the departments, who have junior or senior status, maintain at least a 2.5 GPA at the time of application, demonstrate scholastic merit and/or financial need.”

The Lakeview United Methodist Scholarship is established “for the sole purpose of providing scholarship support to an undergraduate student who is majoring in Religious Studies.”

The Kellogg Duncan Scholarship was established in 1977  and is awarded “to full-time students who are pursuing a major program in the Department of Humanities (now CCS) to assist them in rendering service activity to the Department as it may be designated by the Department….

The John Acker Foundation was established by a former HAR, now CCS, faculty member and is maintained by CCS faculty. The purpose of this fund is “to support a student in pursuing the study of humanities and or art history.”

Application instructions

There is one application for all four scholarships. To apply, download and fill out the 2020 Scholarship Application and then email your application to comparativeculturalstudies@nau.edu.

Application deadline

April 10, 2020 by 5 p.m.

Additional Department Awards

• Junior Book Prize, awarded annually to a junior in each emphasis and minor who show outstanding academic promise.
• The Bill Mahan/Arne Hassing Religious Studies Award, awarded each semester to a graduating REL senior.