Hello Math Educators,
My name is Doug Pellatz, and I am the academic advisor and scholarship administrator for the Department of Mathematics at UNL. I am hoping for a moment of your time to provide you with information about our Dean H. and Floreen G. Eastman Scholarship in Mathematics and the Nebraska Career Scholarship program.
Many years ago, the Department of Mathematics at UNL was honored with a sizeable donation from Dean and Floreen Eastman to help fund the education of students interested in Mathematics from the state of Nebraska. The Eastman Scholarship fund allows us to award several scholarships to incoming first-year Mathematics majors who graduate from a Nebraska high school each year. This scholarship awards up to $4,000 for the first year at UNL, and students can re-apply every year for up to a total of four years. In addition, our scholarship can be stacked with other UNL scholarships such as the Chancellors, Regents, Honors, Math Day Scholarships, and others. Unfortunately, the number of students applying for this scholarship opportunity has declined even though our numbers of incoming Mathematics students have remained nearly the same.
I am hoping that you can help us spread the word about this scholarship opportunity that is reserved just for Nebraska high school graduates interested in studying Mathematics at UNL. Applying for the Dean H. and Floreen G. Eastman Scholarship in Mathematics is relatively easy for high school seniors. First, your students should complete an application to UNL during the fall semester of their senior year. Then, they can complete our short scholarship application through the Freshmen Eastman Scholarship Application button available at https://go.unl.edu/eastman. Our application requires a short essay concerning their interests and experiences in Mathematics and two letters of recommendation. The letters of recommendation should be from people like you who are qualified to comment on the student's academic abilities, accomplishments, and potential in Mathematics. Any students who ask you for a letter for recommendation should tell you to submit their letter at https://math.unl.edu/letters-of-recommendation. Recipients will be selected based on their Eastman Scholarship application materials, high school GPA, high school Math coursework, and ACT and/or SAT scores. The Eastman scholarship application will be available from the beginning of November to until February 1st each year, and the application for the 2023-24 academic year is open now! We hope to have a large pool of candidates from which to select several recipients for full and partial scholarships.
The Nebraska Career Scholarship program is a program with direct funding from the State of Nebraska that supports students pursuing degrees in certain programs in high-demand fields like engineering, mathematics, and information technology. The Nebraska Career Scholarship program awards $8,000 minimum per year and is renewable if students maintain a 2.5 cumulative GPA and successfully complete 24 credit hours each academic year. Scholarship recipients are required to complete a Nebraska-based internship before graduation. Students interested in studying Mathematics at UNL are automatically considered for the Nebraska Career Scholarship program when they apply for admission and complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Additional information about the Nebraska Career Scholarship program can be found at https://financialaid.unl.edu/nebraska-career-scholarship-guidelines-2023-2024. We are hoping that as many Math majors can be awarded this scholarship as possible, and we are dedicated to help students find Nebraska-based internships that will help them learn about the applications of Mathematics to real-world problem solving. If you or your students have questions about the Nebraska Career Scholarship program, please contact the UNL Office of Admissions at admissions@unl.edu or 402-472-2023.
If you or your students have any questions about the Eastman Scholarship or our undergraduate program in Mathematics, please do not hesitate to contact me at dpellatz@unl.edu or 402-472-4319. You can also contact Dr. Xavier Pérez Giménez, Undergraduate Chair for Mathematics and Chair of the Math Scholarship Committee, at xperez@unl.edu.
Sincerely,
Doug
Doug Pellatz
Academic Advisor, Geology, Mathematics, and Meteorology-Climatology
209 Avery Hall
P.O. Box 880130
Lincoln, NE 68588-0130
Email: dpellatz@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-4319
Fax: 402-472-8466
https://math.unl.edu/