Ralph B. Bodine Scholarship
The University of Michigan Physics Department invites undergraduate physics students at the University of Michigan to apply for the Ralph B. Bodine Scholarship. The scholarship is made possible by a gift from Norman R. Bodine and United Technologies. It is named in honor of Ralph B. Bodine, a 1936 University
of Michigan graduate.
The Bodine Scholarship is awarded every other year to an undergraduate physics concentrator who will be a junior during the subsequent fall term.
The scholarship covers tuition of up to $10,000 for the junior year of coursework. Support continues through the senior year if the recipient maintains a
grade point average of 3.2 or better.
The scholarship will next be awarded in April 2002.
Norman M. Leff Scholarship
Awarded every year to an outstanding physics major entering the junior year who is not a Michigan resident. The scholarship provides $7,500 for each of the junior and senior years.
Wiley Book Award
Established in 1996, the Wiley Book Award is presented for outstanding achievement by an undergraduate physicist. The award is presented at the
Departmental Undergraduate Awards Ceremony the day before graduation.
The William L. Williams Award for a senior thesis
All graduating seniors writing a thesis are eligible for the Williams Award. This is a cash award established in memory of Professor William L. Williams.
It is presented for the best thesis submitted by a graduating senior, to recognize students who ''exhibit excellence in posing a question, conducting
independent investigation, and determining an answer.'' The award is presented at the Departmental Undergraduate Awards Ceremony the day before
graduation.
Summer support for thesis research
Each summer the physics department awards research participation salary grants to physics concentrators who are just beginning their thesis research.
Students receiving these awards get three months of salary support so they can spend their summer laying the foundation necessary for a significant
research project. Application for these awards is made during the first weeks of the winter term preceding the senior year.
For more information on any of these prizes, contact the Undergraduate Secretary in the Student Services Office, 2464 Randall Lab; (734)
936-0659; physics.sso@umich.edu.
