Scholarships

The Chitjian Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship in Armenian Studies

An annual scholarship will be awarded to students during their junior and senior years who are majoring in Languages and Cultures/Armenian Option, minoring in Armenian, or enrolled in the Integrated Teacher Education Program’s (ITEP) Armenian Studies Teacher Training Program (ASTTP) through the Liberal Studies Program in the College of Humanities.

 Varaz and Karina Shahmirian Annual Endowed Scholarship in Armenian Studies

At least one (1) $1,000 scholarship will be awarded annually to students during their junior and senior years of study in the case of those majoring in Armenian.  The annual scholarship amount will be determined by the Director of the Armenian Studies Program based on the endowment funds available for distribution each year.

TF Educational Foundation Fund Scholarship in Armenian Studies

The scholarship is awarded annually to eligible students as described in the TF Scholarship Details.pdf.  The amount of the scholarship will be determined by the Director of the Armenian Studies Program based on the funds available for distribution each year.

For more information about any of the above scholarships, you can visit the Armenian scholarship page. 

Contact Dr. Vahram Shemmassian at vahram.shemmassian@csun.edu

Students in the French Studies Program who are currently enrolled in one or more French classes at CSUN may be eligible for the following scholarship:

Ralph Baccash Memorial Scholarship

Thanks to the generosity of the family, friends, colleagues and students of Professor Ralph Baccash, a memorial fund has been established in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at California State University, Northridge. The interest from this fund will be used annually to provide one or more scholarships for deserving French minors, French majors, and Majors in Languages and Cultures with a concentration in French. This scholarship requires students to continue their study of French the following semester.

For more information about the above scholarship please contact Dr. Adrian Perez-Boluda at adrian.perez-boluda@csun.edu

The CSUN Italian section now provides a two scholarship programs:

Robert Barbera Endowment for Italian Studies

A yearly fellowship of approximately $ 1,500.00 is being offered to full-time CSUN undergraduate students with a declared Italian Minor or Major in Languages and Cultures with an option Italian, and who are currently enrolled in Italian section courses. The fellowship award is intended to fund Italian study abroad programs recognized and sanctioned by CSUN; internship with Italian firms and/or institutions; activities promoting Italian language and culture at CSUN and in the community; standard fellowship.

Fellowship in Italian Language and Culture

The main goal of this fellowship is to support the students who have declared a minor in Italian, or a major in Languages and Cultures with an option in Italian. Several fellowships (amount varies) will be awarded through a competitive process.

For more information about any of the above scholarships please contact either Patrizia Miller at p.miller@csun.edu or Dr. Adrian Perez-Boluda at adrian.perez-boluda@csun.edu

The DiMascio Family Endowment Scholarship

Alfred and Henrietta DiMascio were born and raised in New York City. They were married in 1946 and moved to California in 1947 so that Alfred could attend Northrop Institute of Technology where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering. In 1952 Alfred went to work for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, located in Burbank, and was there for the next 34 years! The same year, they purchased their first house, a brand new one, in Mission Hills. They lived there until 1964 when the building of the 118 freeway forced them to move to their second new home in Porter Ranch.

They had three daughters whom they encouraged to pursue higher education. They each graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree from CSUN, and have had good lives because of their wonderful parents’ love and support and the excellent education and training they received at CSUN.

This scholarship honors Alfred and Henrietta DiMascio’s memory. It is a fitting tribute because of their love for travel and commitment to higher education. They would be very pleased to know that they are helping future generations of CSUN students learn through their travels abroad, and that their studies will open new horizons for them and lead to degrees of higher learning.

For more information about the above scholarship please contact Dr. Drake Langford at drake.langford@csun.edu

Barbara Ann Ward Annual Scholarship for Spanish Studies

This scholarship is designated to recognize students majoring or minoring in Spanish, or completing their M.A. Program in Spanish at the MCLL Dept.

All eligible students are encouraged to apply for the Barbara Ann Ward (BA Spanish '67) Scholarship. Further information can be found here. 

Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of the importance of Spanish language acquisition to future goals.

For more information, please contact Dr. Adrián Pérez-Boluda at  or (818) 677-3467.

For more information about the above scholarship please contact either Dr. Adrian Perez-Boluda at adrian.perez-boluda@csun.edu, Dr. Axel Montepeque at axel.montepeque@csun.edu, or Dr. Svetlana Tyutina: svetlana.tyutina@csun.edu