DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS
Application
form for the William M. Hill, Jr. Award
Economics majors who are currently third-year students may apply for the William M. Hill, Jr. Award, a scholarship to be paid during the recipient's fourth year. Criteria for the award are "strong potential, significant contributions to the University community, a positive outlook on life, and a Jeffersonian intellectual curiosity." Transfer students may apply.
Please type and include a copy of a current unofficial transcript.
Please complete this form, print it out, and submit it with your unofficial transcript to Annette Kaufman-Horner at 2015 Ivy Road, room 326, by Friday, March 14, 2008. The Awards Committee expects to interview finalists on Friday, March 28, and the winner will be notified in the first week of April. If you have questions, please contact Professor Bruce Reynolds at br3p@virginia.edu.
Name
Local address
Local phone
Email address
Cumulative
grade point average through Fall 2007
Transfer
students should give GPA's for UVA and their previous school, as well
as identify their former school.
UVA GPA
Former School GPA
School Name
Course registration for Spring 2008 (include course mnemonic and number, course title, and instructor)
List names of three economics faculty members who know you well.
You may use a separate sheet for these questions if you prefer, but if you do, please type your responses, be sure to give three separate responses and number them clearly, put your name on all sheets, and staple all sheets together, including your unofficial transcript.
1. Describe briefly your contributions to and involvement with various facets of the University community.
2. Describe your interests, activities, and achievements outside academics, to the extent that these are not covered above.
3. Describe your career ambitions.