James J. Garvey Graduate English Language Scholarship
Departments
English
Student Types
Current
Transfer
Class Levels
Graduate Student
Resident Statuses
Colorado Resident
Non-Resident
Scholarship Type
Merit
First Generation
Yes
Required GPA
3.66
Criteria
1) Full-time graduate student in College of Liberal Arts 2) Maintain 3.66 GPA in related courses 3) Enrolled in at least the second semester of graduate coursework 4) Have concentration in Teaching English as a Second Language, Communication Development, Composition/Rhetoric, or English Education, or have completed a minimum of six credits of language courses of their equivalent (see file for specific language courses) 5) Primary consideration given to students with first generation status
History
Professor James (Jim) Garvey taught linguistics, grammar, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, history of English, humanities and literature at Colorado State University for 34 years. He was especially interested in first and second language teaching, usage issues, gender in language, literary stylistics and child language acquisitions. He is the author, with Gerald P. Delahunty, of the book Communication, Language, and Grammar: a Course for Teachers.