The 2024 Class Gift created a scholarship for students that are passionate about studying Anishinaabe history, as well as promoting Anishinaabe knowledge and practices related to sustainability. Our goal is to provide an award for a student who engages in meaningful work that supports the heritage and community of the Anishinaabe. Given our university's relationship to the displacement of the Anishinaabe people, we feel it is equitable to provide funding to uplift Anishinaabe knowledge and practices. 

Eligibility:

All SEAS graduate students 

Selection Criteria:

Provide a scholarship for a graduate student who is passionate about studying the Anishinaabe history in the Southeast Michigan area and promoting Anishinaabe knowledge and practices related to sustainability.

SEAS Application Process:

Students must submit a 500-word maximum essay about studying the Anishinaabe history in the Southeast Michigan area and promoting Anishinaabe knowledge and practices related to sustainability. Please address the following prompts in your essay- 

1. First Name 
2. Last Name
3. Specialization
4. Expected Graduation year
5. The 2024 Class Gift Scholarship is to be used for the promotion and preservation of Anishinaabe sustainable practices. How does your research, course work, and other involvements on or off campus further this objective?
6. How will you apply Anishinaabe practices and knowledge to your future professional and personal goals? Please describe. 

Email your essay with responses to the questions to SEAS.Financial.Aid@umich.edu no later than 9:00 AM on Monday, December 2, 2024.