ESL Scholarship

The application period is open from December 1st to July 1st for scholarships that will be awarded for the 2023-2024 Academic year. Apply before April 1st to be considered as a priority applicant.

Departmental Scholarship awarded to current Western students who are in the ESL program.
To be eligible, a student must:

• Have a minimum of a 2.5 GPA or higher.
• An Oral Best Plus test score of 4-7. (High Beginner to Intermediate)
• Continue taking classes each semester towards earning the ESL Certificate.
• Submit a 5-8 minute video using Studio in your Canvas account.
  • Applicants must fill out a Western release of information form so student video and student responses can be used as testimonials.
  • Use Apple Clips or other video creation software for the presentation.
  • To access Studio please CLICK HERE and login with your MyWestern credentials. Then you will “add” video in the top right hand corner either directly from your computer or from YouTube.
  • Please “share” the Studio link to lchew@westernwyoming.edu and kbeckermann@westernwyoming.edu.

The questions you need to answer in the video are listed below:

• Who are you?
• What are your academic and professional goals?
• As an ESL scholarship requirement, you have to earn an ESL Certificate. How will earning this certificate help you to achieve your academic and professional goals?
• Think about the ESL classes that you have completed. How has the information that you learned helped you during your time at Western?
• What are the benefits of attending Western Wyoming Community College?
• Why should the ESL Scholarship committee choose to award you a scholarship?_

Full-Time students may apply ($1000 scholarship):

• After completing 3 of 5 ESL classes and First-Year Success class AND Be enrolled in at least 2 required ESL Certificate classes

Part-time students may apply ($500 scholarship):

• After completing any 2 required ESL Certificate classes and the First Year Success class AND Be enrolled in at least 1 ESL class

ESL Classes include:
HMDV 1060 Academic Listening and Speaking
HMDV 1062 ESL Writing and Grammar
HMDV 1064 Reading and Vocabulary Skills
HMDV 1065 Academic Listening and Note-taking Skills
HMDV 1070 U. S. Culture