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Center for Irish Studies

		Application Deadline: 1 April 2009
		Award Announcement: 20 April 2009
	Each year, one Eddie Ivie Scholarship is available to a Georgia Southern student participating in the Waterford Summer Study Program offered by Georgia Southern University's Center for Irish Studies. The chance of winning this award is between 1:10 and 1:15 (pretty good odds). It's a prestigious scholarship that will help build your academic record and make you look good to prospective employers and graduate schools. The Eddie Ivie Scholarship honors a noted Savannah restaurateur and chef who had a profound passion for the land and people of Ireland. It is an endowed Scholarship, but the fund receives new monies each fall from generous donors who believe that transcultural opportunities are a powerful and necessary component of third-level education. Once you have signed up for the Waterford 2009 Program, please consider applying for the Eddie Ivie Scholarship. The process is straightforward. You need to do four things: (1) fill out the application form (link below); (2) obtain one letter of recommendation from a professor; (3) submit a copy of your Georgia Southern transcript; (4) write a short essay about why you wish to visit and study in Ireland. As regards the essay, there is no "right answer." You may have Irish blood, or you may have no known ties to Ireland. When you have assembled your application packet, please deliver it to the Irish Studies Suite, Room 3302, Newton Building. Alternatively, you can mail it to The Center for Irish Studies, PO Box 8023, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460. If you have any questions about what to do, please email us at irish@georgiasouthern.edu. Thank you and good luck.
	This is the simplest step in assembling your packet. The other three steps will take a bit longer. Click the button (left) to open a PDF of the application form. You may complete the form using a word processor or by hand (please be very, very neat). Fill out all requisite details and sign and date the document. This and the three other requirements detailed below should be placed in a large envelope: your application packet.
	Ask ONE Georgia Southern professor whose course you've taken (or are taking) for a letter that speaks to the quality of your work and other professional and personal attributes you possess. The letter must be on official Georgia Southern paper, and it should indicate how long the professor has known you. You should not see the letter; rather, ask your recommender to place her or his letter in a envelope, seal the envelope, and sign the seal. You should collect the letter from its writer and place it in your application packet. Tell the writer that the letter will be considered by the three-person Award Committee for the 2009 Eddie Ivie Scholarship for Study in Ireland. Bear in mind that professors are busy people; most are unable to generate meaningful letters of recommendation at the drop of a hat. Give your professor sufficient time to write on your behalf, and remember to follow up with a hand-written thank-you note, hand-delivered or mailed.
	As part of your application packet, you must include an official transcript of your academic record at Georgia Southern. Pull up My Georgia Southern on the web and open your WINGS account (click button on left). Go to Student Records and click Student Records again. Request "Printed/Official Transcript" and follow the directions from there. On the page, you'll see instructions about how to pick up your sealed transcript from the Register's Office on Sweetheart Circle.
	Using size-12, 1.5-spaced Times New Roman font, carefully compose and thoroughly edit an essay of no fewer than 500 and no more than 750 words. The essay must have a compelling title of your choice. In your work, explain why you're drawn to study in Ireland, home of an ancient culture, but also described as earth's "most global" economy. While we're interested to know if you have ancestral roots in Ireland, we don't give that fact special preference. There are many reasons for taking on an exciting international adventure like the Waterford Program. Feel free to do some research about Waterford and Ireland, but make sure to cite any sources you use. We're primarily interested in your voice and opinions, so make sure that they come through. The essay will be read and assessed by the Scholarship Award Committee, which consists of two representatives of the Center for Irish Studies and one representative of the Center for International Studies.
	When you have all four documents, place them in a stout envelope. Seal the envelope and get it to the Center for Irish Studies. You may hand-deliver your application packet between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Thursday. Again, the Center is located in Room 3302 of the Newton Building. You may also mail your packet via campus mail to The Center for Irish Studies, PO Box 8023 OR via US mail to The Center for Irish Studies , Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8023, Statesboro, GA 30460. The final and absolute postmarked deadline is Wednesday 1 April 2009. The winner will be announced on Monday 20 April 2009.