Department nominations are due: April 1, 2025
The Walter Jamieson Memorial Fellowship was created in honor of Walter Jamieson by Lynn Jamieson and Stephen Wolter. Walter Jamieson served the city of Paterson, New Jersey as an active and honored commissioner of the Paterson Park Commission for 20 years. He demonstrated extraordinary commitment to city youth, youth at risk, and recreational sports as intervention and youth development.
ELIGIBILITY
The fellowship is an annual fellowship for a first-year master's level student in any graduate major on the Bloomington campus who has exhibited a service orientation with and dedication that involves youth engaged in community sports, the outdoors, and/or recreation.
The student must have demonstrated academic achievement by achieving a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
The recipient could be a major in professional or non-professional areas that involve sports, outdoor recreation and/or public recreation, but could also include majors such as social work, public administration, liberal arts, or similar fields.
Priority shall be given to a student whose primary interest and experience is in recreational sports, outdoor recreation, and/or public recreation.
Note: The award must be used for the year it is awarded. A recipient cannot place this award into a "reserve status" because of receiving another award.
BENEFITS
This is a single-year award valued at $5,000 for the 2024-2025 academic year.
$5,000 for the 2025-2026 academic year will also be awarded.
DEPARTMENT NOMINATION PROCESS
Submit the Department Nomination Form
- Upload a Personal statement from the candidate (no longer than two (2) pages in length: 1” margins, 11 pt or larger font).
- Upload a Curriculum vitae/résumé for the candidate.
- Upload 1 letter of recommendation.