The Arts & Technology Scholarship is funded by the Metroplex Technology Business Council 2008 Tech Titan Award and the Greater Texas Foundation. The award will be a total of $2000 towards tuition for one year, or $1000 per Fall and Spring semester. COMPLETED APPLICATIONS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN March 15, 2012.

The University of Texas at Dallas Arts and Technology Scholarship

both Arts and Tech majors

Requirements

• • Students must be Arts & Technology or Emerging Media & Communication majors.
• • Scholarships will be awarded to undergraduates. Applicants must or will be enrolled as full-time students (12 SCH).
• • Scholarship recipients must enroll in at least one course in Arts & Technology or Emerging
• Media & Communication each semester.
• • Students must have at least a 3.0 GPA to qualify for the award and to continue to receive the
• award.
• • If a student drops a course and/or earns less than the required GPA, s/he will be placed on
• probation the following semester and the Arts & Technology Scholarship committee will review her/his case.
• • If graduating in December, students who apply during their junior year will receive one-half of the award (for the fall semester of their senior year).

Arts and Technology Scholarship

Students must submit the following materials:

1. 1. Essay (approximately 250-300 words). Please address the following: What role will Arts & Technology play in your education? What do you hope to gain during your learning experiences at UT Dallas? What contribution do you expect to make to the Arts & Technology program at UT Dallas? (Arts & Technology includes the Emerging Media & Communication degree).
2. 2. Up to 2 letters of recommendation that speak to your academic or professional ability.
3. 3. Work sample and short description of work submitted (For group work, please describe what your role was in the project). Materials will not be returned.

Please submit a portfolio (CD, or web link) of your best material
Limit: 3-5 minutes of a reel or video, 6-8 screen shots or four pages maximum of written work including an abstract. Quality not quantity is vital.

Completed applications should be sent to:

Tara Lewis, Assistant Dean
School of Arts & Humanities, AT 10
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 W. Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080
tara.lewis@utdallas.edu

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