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Margaret L. Rossiter Award for Outstanding Graduate Paper and Donald Drummond Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Paper These awards are given for the most outstanding paper on women and/or gender that was written by an EMU student. Papers must be nominated by an EMU faculty member and written in the previous calendar year. Nominees must be enrolled at EMU at the time the paper was written but need not be majors, minors, nor in the Women’s Studies graduate program.

The Lloyd-Russell Prize for the Best Paper on Gender or Sexuality is awarded annually during the Winter semester. Papers may be in any discipline, but the focus must be on gender or sexuality. The award is named in honor of Anna Lloyd, former President and Executive Director of The Committee of 200, an organization of top U.S. women entrepreneurs and corporate leaders, and Kathleen Russell, former Assistant Dean of Students, Coordinator of EMU's LGBT Resource Center, and lecturer in the School of Social Work.

Eligible papers must be typed and double-spaced, and 10 to 20 pages in length. A cover page with the title of the paper, the author’s name, address, telephone number and email address, the course or purpose for which the paper was written, and the term during which it was written, should accompany the paper. A brief letter of nomination from the sponsoring faculty member should also be included. The awards are named in honor of the late Dr. Margaret L.Rossiter, Professor of History and founding Director of the EMU Women's Studies Program, and the late Dr. Donald F. Drummond, former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who supported the program's founding in 1974.


The Margaret M. Smith Scholarship for the Advancement of Women
This award is given annually for the purchase of textbooks. Any undergraduate or graduate student at EMU who can demonstrate financial need; a commitment to the advancement of women; and a minimum GPA of 3.0 is eligible. A commitment to the advancement of women can be evidenced in a variety of ways, including but not limited to extracurricular activities demonstrating such a commitment, enrollment in a Women’s and Gender Studies major or minor or non-traditional major or minor, or a non-traditional career choice. The award is named in honor of EMU alumna, former school librarian, athelete and venerable community member Margaret (Peg) M. Smith and the fund was established by friends and family on her 80th birthday.

Please contact the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at 734-487-1177 for additional information on these awards and scholarships.

Scholarships are typically presented before the Winter semester.