SSWCJ Marc Walters Behavioral Health Scholarship Application

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TACOMA SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

 2024-2025 Marc Walters Behavioral Health Scholarship

As a result of a generous donation from Marc Walters, the University of Washington Tacoma School of Social Work and Criminal Justice is offering scholarship opportunities to UW Tacoma students enrolled in social work, social welfare and criminal justice degree programs who are working or have an interest in utilizing behavioral health skills in their future employment. This includes de-escalation skills, anger management, addictions treatment, stress and coping, mindfulness, treatment adherence, crisis intervention, etc.  

Application procedures are described below.  Eligible applicants are students continuing their degree progression in Winter quarter 2025, when the scholarship funds will be awarded. Successful recipient(s) will be encouraged to write a “thank you” to the donor.

Criteria:

  • Currently enrolled University of Washington Tacoma CJ, BASW, or MSW students in good standing at the time of scholarship application with successful completion of at least one quarter of coursework in their major/program by the time of the scholarship disbursement.
  • Continuous enrollment from winter quarter 2025 through spring quarter 2025.

 

Application Procedure:

To apply for this scholarship, applicants must provide the following to the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice. Please email materials to swcj@uw.edu. 

  • Completed Marc Walters Behavioral Health Scholarship Application webform (this webform)
  • An unofficial UW Tacoma transcript (downloaded from MyUW).
  • A personal statement addressing the following prompt: Your interest in and goals related to behavioral health, and how you plan to utilize behavioral health skills in the field upon graduation from UW Tacoma. 
The length of the statement should be 1-2 pages, typed, double-spaced, with 11 or 12 point font.
When reviewing the applications, the Scholarship Committee’s scoring will include both 1) whether the applicant thoroughly addresses the essay prompt above and 2) whether the writing is clear, well organized, and has been proofread.

 

Application Deadline: Sunday, January 26th, 2025 (by midnight).

Section A: Applicant Information
You are welcome to use your preferred first name
Marc Walters Behavioral Health Scholarship
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Your personal statement should address the following prompt: Your interest in and goals related to behavioral health, and how you plan to utilize behavioral health skills in the field upon graduation from UW Tacoma.

 The length of the statement should be 1-2 pages, typed, double-spaced, with 11 or 12 point font.   

Please upload your unofficial transcripts.
One file only.
15 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.
I understand that I am applying to the Marc Walters Behavioral Health Scholarship.
By signing this application, I certify that my statements in this application are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that any falsification or omission of information may disqualify me from consideration for this scholarship. I understand that all statements made on this application may be verified. I hereby give permission to release my financial aid data to the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice so that the scholarship award committee may consider my financial need as a dimension of the scholarship criteria. If I receive a scholarship from UW Tacoma, I: 1) give the University permission to publish my name in news releases, the web and advertisements promoting its scholarships; 2) agree to write funders a thank you note; and 3) may be required to attend a scholarship stewardship event, if held.