Awards & Scholarships

Description: The Dr. Charles A. Messner Scholarship provides scholarship funding ($5,000 annually) to student(s) with financial need and a declared major in the humanities.

Requirements: 

• Be an incoming freshman enrolling full time (12+ credit hours) at Buffalo State 
• Have a declared major in the humanities including the Communication, English, Modern & Classical Languages, and Philosophy and Humanities Departments

Semester(s) Awarded: Fall and Spring

Renewable: Yes, for up to three additional years provided the recipient continues to major in the humanities and maintains a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.

Description: The Stefano Moran-Guiati Memorial Scholarship was created to honor Stefano Moran-Guiati, a 2001 graduate of City Honors School and is available to graduates of City Honors.

Requirements: 

• Be an incoming or current Buffalo State student*
• Be enrolled full time (12+ credit hours)
• Be a graduate of City Honors High School

*Preference is given to first year students who will take courses in modern and classical languages.

Semester(s) Awarded: Fall only disbursement

Renewable: No

Award Amount: Varies

Deadline: April 10, 2022

Qualifications

• Modern and Classical Languages Major
• Graduate December, May, or August
• 3.00 GPA
• Overall Excellence

How to Apply

• Submit a short letter addressed to the Chair of the MCL Department, naming the award(s) applied for, describing academic performance, extracurricular activities, and professional goals
• Attach a copy of a recent audit sheet printed from Degree Navigator
• Request that a faculty member from the MCL Department write a note addressed to the Chair in support of the application.

Deadline: February 21

Awarded to outstanding students in modern languages

Qualifications

• Excellence in coursework.
• Completion of four or more courses in same language area at Buffalo State

How to Apply

• Submit a short letter addressed to the Chair of the MCL Department naming the award(s) applied for, describing academic performance, extracurricular activities, and professional goals
• Attach a copy of a recent audit sheet printed from Degree Works.
• Request that a faculty member from the MCL Department write a note addressed to the Chair in support of the application.

Deadline: February 21

Number of Awards: 1

Selection Committee: MCL Award Committee

Released: Awarded at the MCL Department awards ceremony

Disbursal: Payment made directly to recipient

Stewardship Requirements: Student must forward a thank you letter to the stewardship officer addressed to Mrs. Ruth Falbo

Awarded to students in the classics (Greek, Latin, or classical studies)

Qualifications

• Excellence in coursework
• Complete at least 2 courses in Latin or Classics at Buffalo State
• Be a student of a modern foreign language based on excellence in coursework and completion of two or more courses in the field

How to Apply

• Submit a short letter addressed to the Chair of the MCL Department, naming the award(s) applied for, describing academic performance, extracurricular activities, and professional goals
• Attach a copy of a recent audit sheet printed from Degree Works.
• Request that a faculty member from the MCL Department write a note addressed to Chair in support of the application.

Deadline: February 21

Number of Awards: 1

Award Amount: TBD by award committee

Selection Committee: MCL Award Committee

Released: Spring

Disbursal: Payment made directly to recipient

Stewardship Requirements: Recipient must forward a thank you letter to the stewardship officer addressed to Mr. Charles A. Messner Foundation

Awarded to Professional French, Francophone Studies, or French Education majors

Qualifications

Be a Buffalo State student working toward one of the following:

• A bachelor’s degree in Individualized Studies or in Arts and Letters with a concentration in French, or a minor in Professional French or French Language and Culture, or a World Language Certificate in French or Professional French
• Have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Have a GPA of 3.5 or higher within the majors; and
• Be in good standing with the college and the department

How to Apply

No application necessary: faculty select the recipient from those students demonstrating superior academic performance in upper-level French, and who will return to Buffalo State for the following academic year.

Deadline: February 21

Selection Committee: Department Chair and the full-time faculty within the French Department.

Disbursal: To recipient’s student account to be applied towards cost of attendance for at Buffalo State for Fall - Spring semester.

Stewardship Requirements: Student must forward a thank you letter to the stewardship officer addressed to Dr. Éliane McKee Foundation before scholarship is released.

Awarded to senior Spanish majors

Qualifications*

• Declared major in Spanish
• Undergraduate student
• Senior status
• Minimum GPA of 3.5 in major
• Must have completed at least 89 credit hours
• Must serve as a model to other Spanish majors in demonstrating a serious and loving interest, passion, and enthusiasm in Hispanic culture both in and beyond the classroom

*Preference to students enrolled full-time

How to Apply

• Submit a short letter addressed to the Chair of the MCL Department, naming the award(s) applied for, describing academic performance, extracurricular activities, and professional goals.
• Attach a copy of a recent audit sheet printed from Degree Works.
• Request that a faculty member from the MCL Department write a note addressed to the in support of the application.

Deadline: February 21

Selection Committee: Spanish faculty will nominate candidates for award.

Released: Awarded at the MCL Department Awards ceremony in May

Disbursal: Payment made directly to recipient

Awarded annually to an alumnus and/or area teacher who has partnered with our department in language teacher education.

Learn about the MCL Ambassador Award (PDF)