| Edward
W. and Virginia Mill Award
The Edward
W. and Virginia Mill Scholarship Award in the department
of Political Science was established in 1981 in memory
of Dr. Edward Mill, who was Chairman of our Department
from 1955 to 1959, and his wife Virginia. In addition
to his professorship here, Dr. Mill taught at Long
Island University and Occidental College and occupied
a number of positions in the United States Foreign
Service and the State Department.
The recipient, a junior or senior majoring in Political
Science, or a Social Sciences Divisional major whose
primary concentration is Political Science, must have
completed 20 credit hours in Political Science (or,
in the case of transfer students, at least 16 hours
at Rockford College), and have an outstanding academic
record, both in the major and overall. Multiple awards
are possible in any given year.
Political
Awareness Award
The Political Awareness Award was established in 2004
by Helena Milman, an alumna of our Political Science
Department who graduated in 1997. Lena came to the
United States from Russia, at the age of 15, as an
exchange student at the Belle Emerson Keith School.
Her grasp of English was a bit shaky, but she was
fiercely determined to make the best of her new opportunities.
While at Rockford College, she attended the Washington
Semester Program and was active in the Model UN and
the International Students Association. Following
graduation, she worked at a law firm in Chicago, and,
as of spring 2006, was completing her law degree.
The award that she set up recognizes students who,
like its sponsor, have demonstrated extraordinary
regard for political thought and political action,
and who are free thinkers.
The recipient must be a senior, whose GPA is at least
2.4, whose last two years and most of whose upper-level
coursework has been taken at Rockford College (including
approved off-campus programs, such as Regent’s
College or the Washington Semester). The nomination
is made by the Political Science Department Chairman,
in consultation with relevant faculty in the departments
of Economics, History and Philosophy.
Additional
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