Marie & Arthur Berger Scholarship Fund

AWARD

Berger scholars receive academic year awards and a certificate.  The awards include:  4 one-year graduate/second Bachelor scholarships up to $2500 each (up to 2  of these may be awarded to incoming students); 5 one-year undergraduate scholarships at $1000 each.

PURPOSE

The fund was established in 1967 to provide scholarships to students of Landscape Architecture.  Its founding was specifically meant as an expression of regard for Professor Fred A. Cuthbert, who was Marie Berger's instructor at Oregon Agricultural College.

ELIGIBILITY

Students who will have completed a minimum of three terms in the professional curriculum prior to the academic year of the award, and students who have been accepted into the Masters program (MLA and BLA/MLA).  Students must be enrolled for a minimum of 9 credits each term of the award.  Recipients are eligible to apply in succeeding years.

CRITERIA

Graduate awards:  entering students will be judged on their promise to succeed in the program; continuing students will be judged on the basis of demonstrated excellence in chosen area of specialization (if appropriate), and overall contribution to the department.

Undergraduate awards:  performance in studios, other LA coursework; GPA.

All awards:  Special consideration is given to need.

SUBMISSIONS

1. Completed Scholarship Application

2. Completed Financial Statement

Landscape Community Design Award

AWARD

This fund supports a cash award of up to $1,500 annually, as funding permits, to recognize outstanding service in community-based design projects by landscape architecture students.  The award may be divided among several students.

PURPOSE

The award will give public recognition and appreciation of students interests and accomplishments in community–service design projects.  It is made possible with a generous gift by Marjorie Lindholm of who Eugene, Oregon who is personally appreciative of landscape architecture student effort in her neighborhood Washburne Park.  She made this student award possible to foster continued recognition and cooperation between university students and community-scale projects.

ELIGIBILITY

All undergraduate or graduate students in good standing who are enrolled full-time in the landscape architecture program at the UO are eligible.  Students may be nominated for the award by members of the public, park management personnel, public or private organizations, and by faculty and students at the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts.

CRITERIA

Students who have participated in the improvement and/or design of community-based design projects or who plan to participate in such a project in the next year will be considered for the award.  Community design projects need to occur within the city limits or urban growth boundary of Eugene.

SUBMISSIONS

1. Completed Scholarship Application

2. Description of community design project.

Cherylyn K. Peterson Scholarship for Landscape Restoration

AWARD

$250 award for tuition support. May be divided among more than one applicant.

PURPOSE

To support ecological restoration projects, including restoration of

habitat, hydrology or other ecological functions.  Restoration may be

conceived as a process of returning landscape composition, structure or

function to a specified previous condition, or more broadly as a problem

solving tool that includes mitigative measures such as rehabilitation,

reclamation or re-creation of habitats and sites intended to enhance their

ecological value.

ELIGIBILITY

All full time 3rd, 4th or 5th year undergraduates and all graduate

students.

CRITERIA

Highest priority will be given to students proposing active involvement in a

restoration project, and secondarily to students otherwise showing a strong

commitment to restoration studies.  Proposals will be evaluated for their

potential to improve the ecological value of landscapes, for evidence of

critical thinking about the nature of restoration and its applications, and

for the student's potential to accomplish these goals.

SUBMISSION

1. Completed Scholarship Application

2. Statement of 500 words or less describing project goals, procedures and

intended outcomes, or otherwise explaining the goals of the applicant in

relation to restoration studies.