The Edward Victor Gant Scholarship is awarded to and Undergraduate and a Graduate student.
Award Background/History: Established in 1979 and first given in 1987, the scholarship is a gift of the University Of Connecticut Board Of Trustees and the family and friends of Edward V. Gant, former Provost and Professor of Civil Engineering.
The late Edward V. Gant, a former provost who served as the University’s acting president for brief periods in the 1960s and ’70s, was once described as smart, kind and considerate. Gant has been recognized as someone who wore many hats in his tenure at UConn. In addition to serving as acting president 3 times, Gant was acting dean and then assistant dean of the School of Engineering, but he is perhaps most remembered as UConn’s provost and a professor of civil engineering, a role he enjoyed during his 43 years with the University. Edward Gant passed away in 1985.
Award Description: The scholarship is granted on the basis of academic excellence, professional potential, dedicated service, and exemplary integrity. The scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate student(s) who will be continuing their studies at the University of Connecticut next fall. Priority consideration is given to those undergraduate students who have more than four semesters of enrollment at UConn.
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For more information, contact: Shari Latif at studentleadership@uconn.edu