Awards for Research and Internships
The Department of Sociology at Otterbein College is proud to offer two distinguished funds to which students may apply to fund research or internships.
The Ventresca Family Fund is available to all declared Sociology majors who demonstrate a desire to pursue additional career preparation through work outside the classroom in a venue such as internship, cooperative or research opportunity. The award may be used to pay for tuition, fees, travel living expenses, research supplies, and/or costs related to the experience. It is available year round through application to the Sociology Department Chair and the student's advisor.
The Merriss '33 and Carol Cornell Endowed Research Fund for the Study of Women in Society promotes research focused on the gift of The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Diaries and related materials in memory of Carol Cornell's husband, Merriss, Class of 1933. Professor Cornell is grandson and namesake of Lucinda and great-grandson of Angeline Bishop Cornell, one of the first women to attend Otterbein.
Award is made to students, faculty or staff whose academic work includes the study of women in society, their lifestyles, writings and/or history of women, focusing on, but not limited to, the Cornell Diaries. Student work must include for public review a scholarly paper, exhibit, performance or project under supervision of an advisor. Proposals must be submitted to the Chairperson of the Department of Sociology by November 15 of each year; completed project is to be submitted by May 15.
