Sooner Engineering Education Center Scholarships

Sooner Engineering Education Center Scholarships Available

The Sooner Engineering Education (SEED) Center of the OU Gallogly College of Engineering (GCoE) encourages undergraduate and graduate engineering students to apply to be named a Boggs Family SEED Scholar. This award includes a $2000 scholarship for the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 semesters.  As members of the SEED Center outreach team, SEED Scholars will assist and eventually lead in planning, organizing, and executing educational outreach activities at the Rawl Engineering Practice Facility and other sites. Other responsibilities supporting the outreach mission may be assigned based on individual strengths and interests. Each SEED Scholar will commit, on average, six hours per week to support engineering education outreach activities and will have at least two week-day mornings free from coursework obligations. Scholars must have a 2.75 GPA and maintain full-time enrollment. Qualities demonstrated by the successful applicant through his or her application include:

• Ability and experience teaching or mentoring younger students or peers • Initiative and leadership for completing tasks without constant supervision • Dependability
• Attention to detail • Good oral and written communication skills • Effective time management • Strong sense of responsibility to a team work group

Applications will include a personal statement responding to these questions (1-2 pages): •Why do you want to contribute to GCoE outreach? •What experiences and qualifications will you bring to the SEED Center that will contribute to a strong outreach program? •What do you hope to learn from your experience?

Two letters of recommendation should be submitted directly by the references to the SEED Center wherein they comment on the qualities listed above. In addition to these letters, your complete application must include your personal statement, a resume, a complete schedule (Fall 2019) showing available times for SEED Scholar activities, a list of additional responsibilities outside of coursework and their estimated time commitment, and an unofficial transcript with cumulative GPA. Application materials should be emailed to jfoos@ou.edu and are due by 5:00 P.M. Friday, August 31st, 2019. 

After initial screening, finalists will be scheduled for a 15 minute interview in the REPF during the week of September 3rd – September 6th.   Address questions to: Jackie Foos, Director of Recruitment and Outreach, jfoos@ou.edu.