Glenn and Dorothy Dumke Fellowship

Please note that CSU Foundation Scholarships offered by the Chancellor’s Office are awarded based on applicants meeting the eligibility criteria and the quality of their submission for these scholarships.

The Financial Aid and Scholarship Office Committee will review all applications and select the top one to two qualified candidates by mid-April. In addition, students applying will undergo an Academic Standing Review as well as a Student Conduct Code Review. These applicants will be nominated and forwarded to the Chancellors Scholarship Committee and applicants from the other CSU campuses to be reviewed in the summer for the upcoming academic year.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Be in good standing and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
• Be enrolled as a full-time equivalent CSU graduate student in the areas of public policy, American history, economics, library science, archival management, or government and remain a CSU full-time equivalent student during the academic year.
• Use the award to pursue research projects within the Dumke Collection or other collections housed within the CSU archives at CSU Dominguez Hills, the Center for California Studies at CSU Sacramento, or other special collections within the CSU system.
• This fellowship encourages student scholars to engage in graduate work in fields such as public policy, American history, economics, archival management and government.

Preference will be given to projects that involve research about the state of California. The selected scholar is expected to pursue research projects within special CSU library/archival collections.

The fellowship was established in memory of Dr. Glenn S. Dumke, Chancellor of the California State University from 1962 to 1982. Under his visionary leadership, the university system made great progress in the breadth and quality of academic programs. He is credited with organizing 16 separate academic programs into a single system that became a model across the nation. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1917, he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Occidental College and his Ph.D. at UCLA and began his 42-year career in higher education as an instructor of history at Occidental College.

How to apply:
A personal statement with the following information:

• The applicant’s interest in American history and/or California history; politics and economics of California; or similar areas of California studies
• Any prior work in the areas listed above and how this work relates to the state of California
• The anticipated focus of the research project and a clearly defined plan of study
• If selected as a final nominee, the CSU Foundation will request a letter of recommendation from a CSU faculty member.

Information about the CSU Special Collections can be found at https://library.csus.edu/special-collections-and-university-archives