Jack C. and Dorothy DeSimone Pitts Endowment for Study Abroad

In honor of Jack C. and Dorothy D. Pitts, Janet Pitts Beckman, in collaboration with Macalester, has established the Jack C. and Dorothy DeSimone Pitts Endowment for Study Abroad to support qualified Macalester students.

This scholarship is intended to support undergraduate study abroad in the social sciences and humanities. Funds can be used to cover any costs directly incurred from participation in the semester of study away, including but not limited to: room, board, tuition, travel, visa, books.

The scholarship is administered through the Center for Study Away in collaboration with the Financial Aid Office and the program sponsor.

Award Amount:
$500-$3,000, depending on funds available and number of applicants

Eligibility:
–Students must be enrolled in a Macalester approved study away semester program that offers direct enrollment in a foreign university where content courses are not taught in English (students will need the relevant foreign language proficiency) AND students must take at least one of those content courses not taught in English offered through direct enrollment at a foreign university.

–Content courses cannot be language-learning courses; they must be in a subject other than language.

Examples: Mac German Program – taking European Society course in German at the University of Vienna; IES Madrid – taking Political & Social History of Spain & Spanish America in Spanish at Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Application & Deadlines:
–Applicants will submit program and course information, along with short essays
–April 15 for fall and spring of the following year