Scholarships and Awards

The Kyrl Leighton-Faxford de Gravelines Scholarship is awarded each year to one, two or three students majoring in foreign language who demonstrate:

A sincere desire to teach foreign languages as a career as evidenced by a statement from the candidate and recommendations of teachers.
Clear excellence in the candidate’s academic record, particularly in the language of study as evidenced by a transcript and vita.

Each candidate’s nomination dossier should include a vita, an up-to-date transcript, a personal statement of career intention, and two letters of recommendation from faculty familiar with the candidate’s work. The dossier needs to be submitted to the respective Program Director by March 31.

Scholarship recipients will be announced by April 15 of each year. The scholarships are awarded as tuition remission for the following fall semester at USC-Columbia.

The Francis W. Bradley Award in Romance Languages is given in honor of a foreign language professor who was at USC-Columbia in the 1920s. The recipient must be a major in French or Spanish who meets the following criteria:

1.) Non-native learner of the language major
2.) Has completed at least 12 credits (209 and above) of the language with a grade of B or A in each courses taken
3.) Must have a overall GPR of 2.75 in 60 or more semester hours credit

One award is given annually, one year to Spanish, the next year to French.

The Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honorary Society - Chi Chapter is open to Spanish majors with outstanding academic records.