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The Juniata Scholars Program offers students the chance to enhance their educational and leadership skills through mentorship and community support. Focused on future opportunities, the program encourages participants to look beyond immediate academic goals toward career-enhancing experiences like summer research, internships, study abroad, and prestigious fellowships. It aims to proactively support your journey as you become an impactful intellectual leader on campus and beyond.
The Juniata Scholars program supports students to deepen and amplify their impact on the campus and the world.
The Juniata Scholars Program offers students the chance to enhance their educational and leadership skills through mentorship and community support. Focused on future opportunities, the program encourages participants to look beyond immediate academic goals toward career-enhancing experiences like summer research, internships, study abroad, and prestigious fellowships. It aims to proactively support your journey as you become an impactful intellectual leader on campus and beyond.
The Juniata Scholars program supports students to deepen and amplify their impact on the campus and the world.
The Juniata Scholars Program offers students the chance to enhance their educational and leadership skills through mentorship and community support. Focused on future opportunities, the program encourages participants to look beyond immediate academic goals toward career-enhancing experiences like summer research, internships, study abroad, and prestigious fellowships. It aims to proactively support your journey as you become an impactful intellectual leader on campus and beyond.
The Juniata Scholars program supports students to deepen and amplify their impact on the campus and the world.
Achieve Goals and Inspire Others
Achieve Goals and Inspire Others
Achieve Goals and Inspire Others
Achieve Goals and Inspire Others
Program Components
There are three main components of the Scholars Program:
- Leadership Seminar (a 1-credit course taught in the Fall): Typically taken in your sophomore year, this course helps you demonstrate intellectual leadership by creating and carrying out an on-campus project to engage our academic community.
- Fellowships Seminar (a 1-credit course taught in the Spring): Typically taken in your junior year, this course helps you think about future goals, and prepares you to apply for competitive fellowships, scholarships, and awards.
- Scholars Series: The Scholars Program sponsors and promotes speakers and events that occur throughout the academic year which often include a reception for Juniata Scholars to meet and engage with the speaker on a deeper level than attendance alone.
The Scholars Program is a way to engage in these activities within a community of intellectual peers. We have a Scholars Lounge as a home base for group leadership projects, fellowships advising, or just for hanging out between classes. We also offer a variety of social events including a celebration of fellowship applicants at Juniata’s annual Liberal Arts Symposium.
Program Components
There are three main components of the Scholars Program:
- Leadership Seminar (a 1-credit course taught in the Fall): Typically taken in your sophomore year, this course helps you demonstrate intellectual leadership by creating and carrying out an on-campus project to engage our academic community.
- Fellowships Seminar (a 1-credit course taught in the Spring): Typically taken in your junior year, this course helps you think about future goals, and prepares you to apply for competitive fellowships, scholarships, and awards.
- Scholars Series: The Scholars Program sponsors and promotes speakers and events that occur throughout the academic year which often include a reception for Juniata Scholars to meet and engage with the speaker on a deeper level than attendance alone.
The Scholars Program is a way to engage in these activities within a community of intellectual peers. We have a Scholars Lounge as a home base for group leadership projects, fellowships advising, or just for hanging out between classes. We also offer a variety of social events including a celebration of fellowship applicants at Juniata’s annual Liberal Arts Symposium.
How to Join
Prospective students should indicate their interest in joining the Scholars Program on the Juniata College application or Common App. The admissions team will contact you with more information.
Current students should submit an expression of interest and we will follow up. These are considered on a rolling basis.
Scholars Program Board
Amy Frazier-Yoder Biography →
- Professor of Spanish
- World Languages & Cultures Chair
- WLC 105
- (814) 641-3660
- fraziera@juniata.edu
Katie Hildebrand Biography →
- Assistant Professor of Education
- Good Hall 305
- (814) 641- 3649
- keh100@juniata.edu
Matt Powell Biography →
- Professor of Geology
- BAC P104
- (814) 641-3602
- powell@juniata.edu
Jim Tuten Biography →
- Charles R. and Shirley A. Knox Professor of History
- Founders 312
- (814) 641-3548
- tutenj@juniata.edu
Ursula Williams Biography →
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Chair
- VLB 2061
- (814) 641-3563
- williams@juniata.edu
Recognition
Juniata Scholars will receive a notation on their transcript if they fulfill the following
three requirements: (1) take the Leadership Seminar and complete a leadership project;
(2) take the Fellowships Seminar and apply for at least one external opportunity;
and (3) attend at least one Scholars Series event per term (8 total).
Note that the Scholars Program is distinct from graduating with Latin honors, distinction
in your Program of Emphasis, and membership in a disciplinary honor society. All of
these other accolades are also possible for Scholars Program members.